490 PILOT AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 



the chestnut jreldincr, paced a mile by the record in 2:20^; and Roan- 

 oake, a roan ij^elding, made a record as pacer of 2:21:|-. Both of these 

 were noted horses on the turf. 



Tom CK0wr)p:R was one of the most successful stallions among the 

 sons of Pilot. His dam was Polly Hopkins, a well bred mare by 

 Slasham, he by Comet, by Blackburn's AVhip, and her dam was 

 also by Whip. He could pace in 2:30, and produced the stal- 

 lions Tom Wonder, a pacer, from a mare by Woodpecker, with 

 record of 2:18; Daniel Boone, out of a mare by Copperbottom, 

 and he was a fast pacer; also another Tom Crowder, 2:33^; and 

 another of same name that produced the trotter Marion, 2:23^, 

 and nine heats in 2:30. He was also sire of Bay Sally that 

 paced in 2:22, and twelve heats in 2:30. He was also sire of the dani 

 of Doble. Tom Crowder was also sire of Crazy Nick, the sire of 

 Charles W. Woolley, 2:29, and three heats in 2:30; and John W. 

 Conley, son of Tom Wonder, is sire of Drvimmer Boy, a trotter, 2:29^. 



The stallion Tom Wojstder, son of Tom Crowder, dam by Wood- 

 pecker, was a horse of great ability. He was sire of the trotters 

 John W. Conley, 2:24, and seven heats in 2:30; another Tom Won- 

 der, 2:27, and John Stewart, a long distance trotter. His dam was by 

 Harris' Hambletonian, and his record was 2:30, and he trotted ten 

 miles in 28:08^; and he also made twenty miles to wagon in 59:23, 

 best time for wagon on record. He made another race of twenty and 

 one-half miles in 59:31|-, best time on record for the distance. Tom 

 Wonder was a grey stallion, about 15^ hands high. 



Daniel Boone was a bay stallion, about 15^ hands high, a very 

 compact and powerful horse, and a superior sire, and was sire of 

 Cooley, a trotter, 2:26, and ten heats in 2:30 or better. 



Ole Bull was the sire of Jim Rockey, a trotter, 2:241, with forty- 

 one heats in 2:30 or better. 



PILOT .IK. 



Through Pilot Jr. the blood of the black Canadian pacer has been 

 rendered a substantial and popular element in the American roadster 

 and trotting horse. He was a gr(!y horse, and was foaled in 1844:. 

 His dam was Nancy Pope, by Havoc; second dam Nancy Taylor, by 

 Alfred, son of imp. Medley. Havoc was by Sir Charles, son of Sir 

 Archy. He died in 1865. 



I- have constantly taught the doctrine or principle, that great and 

 marked changes in type and character must be accomplished grad- 



