332 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



ties where they could have the choice mares of 

 a large circle of horsemen. Alexander's Ab- 

 dallah, George Wilkes, Dictator, and Happy- 

 Medium seem to be the order of merit in which 

 the other sons of Hambletonian should be 

 ranked. The two-minute record for trotting and 

 the 1.57 record for pacing show that we are fast 

 getting to the time when we can claim that we 

 have a trotting and pacing breed of horses in this 

 country that approximates in breeding to the 

 thoroughbred race-horse in England. 



"J. Malcolm Forbes." 



Since the above letter was written, Mr. Forbes, 

 who stood for all that was praiseworthy in sport, 

 has passed away, leaving a gap that is really diffi- 

 cult to fill. 



The evolution of the trotter has been aided by 

 trainers, drivers, sulky builders, harness makers, 

 and track builders. The successful trainers of 

 to-day are thoughtful, hard-working men, with a 

 larger store of information than those of former 

 decades. They understand balancing through 

 shoeing better than their predecessors, and re- 

 spect the rules drawn up for the preservation of 

 discipline. The material that they handle is far 



