LADY thorn's EARLY TUTOR. 439 



breeding and management of trotting horses. Dr. Herr is now past 

 sixty years of age, has lived at Lexington for many years, is a gentle- 

 man not large in stature, but has at his command all the attainments 

 ever reached in his line of business in the highest state of develop- 

 ment and practice. A gentleman of the highest degree of intelligence, 

 never lacking in the instincts and proprieties which become a man 

 who is the acknowledged head of his profession or occupation, and 

 one who in the midst of all the jealousies, rivalries and personal 

 detractions, incident to the business which has been that of his life^ 

 never needs the aid of any one in attending to his business, and never 

 squanders an}- time in looking after the business of another. The 

 city and community in which he lives, abound with those who are 

 connected with the production and management of blood horses, and 

 it is safe to say that no place in America presents so great a numbei', 

 a list so capable, and of such high respectability and integrity. In 

 all the list. Dr. Levi Herr stands without a rival or a peer. In the 

 extracts which I make from his sketch of Lady Thorn, it is well for 

 the reader to understand the eminent ability of the author. He is 

 also the owner of the full brother of the great trotting mare, and his 

 reputation and success in business life, both very great, have been and 

 are intimately connected with this fact, and no one ever yet saw the 

 day when the Doctor was not in the strict path of business. 



lA\dj Thorn was bred in Fayette county, Kentucky, by Levi T. 

 Rodes. his father William Rodes being owner of the dam. When she 

 came to maturity, she was a large bay mare, full sixteen and a quarter 

 hands high. Her dam was by Gano, a son of American Eclipse, and her 

 grandam was by a son of Sir William. The dam of Gano was Betsy 

 Richards, by John Richards, son of Sir Archy, and this Sir William,, 

 whose son was the sire of her grandam, was by Sir Archy from the 

 mare called Transport, and was called Sir Wilhara of Transport. 



Gano was a good and strong race horse, and had, it will be 

 observed, one line of Messenger blood, coming through the dam of 

 American Eclipse, Miller's damsel, a daughter of Messenger. 



I take the following, with slight and immaterial changes, from the 

 sketch by Dr. Herr: 



Going back to the great grandam of Lady Thorn and Mambrino Patclien^ 

 we find that she was a bay, ISJ^ hands high, of fine style, and showing great 

 quality and blood in every part. She was, moreover, entirely sound, without 

 blemish, and lived to a very great age, besides being a natural pacer. Mr. 

 Levi Rodcs, whose father owned her, says he never knew her to depart from. 



