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Of the foregoing Prospero, Dame Trot, and 

 Elaine have the same sire and dam; Nutwood 

 and Maud S. are half-brother and sister; Mam- 

 brino Gift and Scotland are both out of Water- 

 witch the former by a six-year-old trotting 

 sire and the latter by a fifteen-year-old thor- 

 oughbred. Woodbine at eight years old pro- 

 duced Woodford Mambrino by a horse of eight- 

 een, and when herself sixteen she produced 

 Wedgewood by a five-year-old stallion. Ham- 

 bletonian got Dexter, his best son, at eight 

 years old ; Nettie, his next fastest by the record, 

 when he was sixteen, and Orange Girl, who 

 comes next, when he was twenty-one. Volun- 

 teer got St. Julien (2:11^) at twelve years, 

 Gloster (2:17) at nine, and Huntress (2:20f) at 

 seven. Electioneers three fastest by the rec- 

 ord Sunol, 2:OSi; Palo Alto, 2:08|, and Arion, 

 2:10| were begotten when he was seventeen, 

 thirteen, and twenty-one years old, respectively. 

 Happy Medium got Nancy Hanks, 2:04, when 

 he was twenty-two, and Maxey Cobb, his next 

 fastest by the record, when he was only eleven. 

 Of Blue Bull's four fastest the first and fourth 

 were begotten when he was sixteen and the 

 second and third when he was twenty-two. 



PERCENTAGE OF FOALS TO MARES SERVED. 



Still another question of great interest to 

 horse-breeders is this: What is the actual av- 



