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pedigree before the Board, including the objec- 

 tions of Mr. Wallace, and in so doing presented 

 the original documents or sources from which 

 evidence was obtained. I insisted on the gentle- 

 men composing the Board examining the origi- 

 nals, which they did with great care, taking the 

 deepest interest in the investigation, and patiently 

 examining each document as presented." 



The official decision was that Sally Russell 

 was a thoroughbred daughter of Boston. It is 

 easy by insinuation or invention to assail char- 

 acter or pedigree, but to prove the case is quite 

 another matter. The first of Miss Russell's 18 

 foals was Nutwood, chestnut colt (1870), by 

 Belmont. He trotted to a record of 2.i8|, and 

 was in the stud in California, Kentucky, Iowa, 

 and elsewhere. The measure of his fertility was 

 a roster of 133 trotters and 35 pacers. He was a 

 very great stallion, but under the high trotting 

 standard was not the equal of Electioneer. His 

 fastest trotter is Lockheart, 2.o8|-, and his fastest 

 pacer is Manager, 2.o6f. There are no champion 

 performers, no epoch-makers, among his sons and 

 daughters. But 135 of his sons and 126 of his 

 daughters are speed producers. His grandsons 

 are also speed producers. The blood that breeds 



