198 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Witherspoon, and reduced his record to 2.17^. 

 The fastest trotter sired by him is William Perm, 

 2.07 J, and one of his pacers, Sidney, 2.i9f, was 

 out of the trotting mare. Sweetness, 2.21 J, by 

 Volunteer; second dam Lady Merritt by Edward 

 Everett (son of Hambletonian) ; and third dam by 

 Harry Clay. Here we have three direct lines to 

 Hambletonian and two to Mambrino Chief, and 

 yet Sidney preferred the lateral to the diagonal 

 gait and is the sire of speed at both gaits. His 

 trotters, however, outnumber his pacers, the fast- 

 est being Monterey, 2.09 J, and Dr. Leek, 2.09^. 

 His fastest pacer is Lena N., 2.05J. One of the 

 mares bred to Sidney was Venus, dam of three in 

 the list, and the produce was Sidney Dillon, sire 

 of Dolly Dillon, 2.07J, and Lou Dillon, 1.58I-. 

 As the champion trotter of the world traces 

 directly in the male line to Strathmore, I have 

 gone at some length into his blood lines. The 

 tendency to pace was strong in Strathmore, who 

 died at Fort Wayne, Indiana, March 11, 1895. 



