TRAINING THE TROTTING HORSE. 



behind, and in this conformation many of his progeny 

 follow him, notably Sunol. His head is well propor- 

 tioned and of fair size, and is a model of intelligence 

 and beauty. His brainj^ head accounts for the heads 

 of his children — beautiful in shape and level in balance. 

 He has a good shoulder, splendid barrel, faultless back, 

 and simply the best quarters I ever saw on a stallion. 

 There 3^ou see the perfection of driving power. His 

 forearms and gaskins are heavily muscled, his joints 

 clean and sound, and his legs and feet naturally of 

 first-class quality. He is, in short, a stout and smooth 

 horse of the solid type, combining in structure great 

 power with elegant proportion and pleasing finish at 

 every point. 



As a three-year old he was broken at Stony Ford 

 and worked some to wagon. Mr. Charles Backman, 

 whose word is good enough authority for anything, 

 states that he timed him quarters to wagon in thirty- 

 eight seconds, with little work. To some this may 

 be surprising ; to me it is not, for I know his great 

 natural speed. 



Electioneer is the most natural trotter I have ever 

 seen. He has free, abundant action; it is a perfect 

 rolling action both in front and behind, and he has not 

 the usual fault of the Hambletonians, of going too wide 

 behind. Certain writers have said that Electioneer 

 could not trot, and have cited him as a stallion that 

 was not a trotter, j^et got trotters. All the comment 

 I have to make on this is that T have driven, beside 

 Electioneer, a quarter better than thirty -five seconds ; 

 and though this may not be fast enough to suit the 

 critics of Electioneer, I call aii}^ horse that can speed 



