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ually; that the union of two diverse and nearly foreign bloods, must 

 be reached and accomplished by gradual approaches; that to do this, 

 the full bloods of either race must not be employed when intermedi- 

 ate grades are within reach. It was by such a process that the blood 

 of Pilot has been rendered available and infused into the best of our 

 trotting families. The dam and grandam of Pilot Jr. were highly bred 

 but part bred mares, each having a strong infusion of road or trotting 

 elements, and the traces of racing blood were much weakened thereby. 

 By such means Pilot Jr. became a horse which was adapted to cross- 

 ing on mares possessed of a strong infusion of racing blood. Pilot, 

 the original, could not have reached such mares and imparted to their 

 progeny as strong an impress of his own qualities, as could his son, 

 which only possessed half of his own Canadian character. But 

 Pilot Jr. met all such on the breeder's well known plane of consan- 

 guinity, and was one of the most successful sires, with mares of rac- 

 ing blood, that we have ever bred. He stands first on the record in 

 that qualification. 



Pilot Jr. was a horse full lo|- hands high, of great compactness 

 and high quality. He showed the true courage and spirit of a great 

 race horse. He was very muscular and well formed all over, and 

 showed much of that severe positiveness of quality and character 

 which marked the descendants of Pilot when crossed with highly 

 bred mares. He was one of the most valuable stallions ever owned 

 in the State of Kentucky, and his sons and daughters have been 

 highly prized both on the turf and in the breeding lists. 



He was sire of many of the early trotters, and his sons and 

 daughters have been distinguished in the present day in the very large 

 list of fast horses they present, and in the collateral branches they have 

 formed by union with other families. His own sons show records 

 and produce as follows: Pilot Temple, 2:24^, the veteran of many 

 campaigns, and forty-four heats in 2:30 or better; also the mare 

 Tackey, 2:26, and ten heats in 2:30 or better; Queen of the West, 

 2:2Gi; Tennessee, 2:40; Gen. Sherman, 2:28|; Dixie, 2:30; Black 

 Pilot, 2:28f; Bolly Lewis, 2:29; Ethelbert, (2:29^*); Volunteer, 

 2:32i; Bull Run, 2:321; Dudley, 2:32^; Pilot Mambrino, 2:35^; 

 Hyman, (2:28*), 2:37; Grey Dick, 2:39^; Pilot Hutchinson (2:25*), 

 2:40; Roscoe, sire of Black Pilot, 2:31. 



His daughter, Santa Maria, was dam of Hylas, by Alcalde, dam by 

 Pilot Jr., 2:24^; dam also of Billy Hoskins, 2:20^. His daughter 

 Flora (2:24*) is dam of Crittenden (2:27*). His daughter Water- 



