I02 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



He sired four trotters, and one of his five produc- 

 ing sons is Denning Allen, a bay of 15.2, foaled 

 in 1874, and dam Reina by Ward's Flying Cloud. 

 He was taken to Little Rock, Arkansas, where he 

 left 100 colts, one of which is Lord Clinton, 

 2.o8f, the fastest trotter of the Ethan Allen 

 tribe. I saw this gelding in his maiden race 

 at the Alabama State Fair, held at Birming- 

 ham, and he trotted with such apparent ease that 

 I predicted a glowing future for him. I was sur- 

 prised to see a horse come from what was called 

 a brush patch and beat 2.20 without an effort. 

 Lord Clinton was a game race-horse, and in 1892 

 he beat such tried horses as Lobasco, Little Albert, 

 Azote, Magnolia, Cheyenne, and Grattan. He 

 was also a competitor in the stubborn contest for 

 the Columbian Exposition Stake, at Chicago, in 

 September, 1893. This race was finally won by 

 Alix, and Lord Clinton was separately timed in it 

 in 2.08. 



General Knox was a black horse, foaled in June, 

 1855 ; bred by David Heustis of Bridport, Ver- 

 mont, and got by Vermont Hero (son of Sherman 

 Black Hawk, 142) ; dam a large mare by Searcher, 

 son of Barney Henry, the son of Signal and a 

 daughter of Bishop's Hambletonian ; second dam 



