220 LIFE WITH THE TKOTTERS. 



S. was br^d at Woodburn would not be enough in praise of 

 that establishment, Avhich is the oldest of its kind in this 

 country, as well equipped in all the fashionable strains of 

 blood as any and conducted in a manner that has made its 

 name known throughout the world, not only by the fame of 

 the horses that have come from there but also by reason 

 of the business-like methods and the strict integrity of i:>ur- 

 pose which have always characterized its dealings with the 

 public. To have produced Maud S. Avere sufficient to give 

 any breeding farm a great reputation, but when one examines 

 the list of American trotters that have beaten 2:30 and scru- 

 tinizes their pedigrees closely, it is simply wonderful to note 

 the frequency with which strains of blood that may be said 

 to have been originated at Woodburn are found. It was at 

 Woodburn that the stallion Pilot Jr., whose daughters have 

 become so famous as the producers of trotters, w^as given his 

 first opportunity in the breeding ranks, and with copious 

 infusions of this blood, together with that of Mambrino 

 Chief and a number of his sons, topped by the best thorough- 

 bred crosses, the result has been a constant succession of 

 trotters, trotting sires, and mares that have i^roduced trot- 

 ters of the highest type, — animals that not only have speed, 

 but also possess the vim, determination and stamina to fight 

 out a race of split heats and contest every inch gamelj^ when 

 they are overmatched as well as when they are winning 

 easily, and, as the owner of the famous race-horse, Longfel- 

 low, said, ' ' to go from eend to eend. ' ' It was from AVoodburn 

 that Wedgewood, of whom I have previously written, came, 

 and, as I have also noted, the foundation of Mr. Emory's 

 farm was laid by the purchase at Woodburn of a large 

 number of colts and fillies, whose produce are making a repu- 

 tation with each succeeding trotting season. When one 

 looks over the catalogue at the Forest City farm, he sees 

 that the blood that has made it known is that of the Wood- 

 burn animals, and the same is true of other prominent estab- 

 lishments in other parts of the country. Messrs. Baker & 

 Harrigan, a well known New York breeding iirm, at one 



