88 THE HORSE 



the purpose were selected and bred in and in. Espe- 

 cially distinguished among these, and today the most 

 famous, was Denmark, who had three sons notable 

 under the saddle and winners in the show ring. Of 

 these, Games' Denmark was the best, and stands at the 

 head of a family. Wherever his blood reached, fine 

 saddle and harness qualities resulted. Many of the 

 best Canadian pacers were crossed with Denmark, and 

 this mingling of thoroughbred, trotting blood and old 

 "side wheelers" (pacers) was the foundation of the grace 

 and gaits of the American saddler. The thoroughbred 

 alone is too high -mettled, and the other strains are 

 too plodding, and lacking in spirit. There are about a 

 dozen good strains, but all "nick" best with the Den- 

 marks, and they in turn "nick" with certain strains 

 of the thoroughbred or running -horse. Denmark is 

 to the saddler what Rysdzke's Hambletonian is to the 

 trotter. His family is said to be of uniformly good 

 size and constitution, of pleasing color and disposi- 

 tion, with a fine high bearing and markedly prepo- 

 tent powers. Besides the Denmark family, other fami- 

 lies are coming into use, such as Cabell's Lexington 

 (a Morgan strain), Dremon, Waxy, Eureka, Dillard 

 and others. CabelPs Lexington and Dremon were 

 progenitors of distinct family types, but both showed 

 their Canadian blood in their heavy manes and tails. 

 Dremon and John Waxey, son of Waxey, bore strong 

 resemblance to the Canadian horse. With such com- 

 posite blood, Kentucky early became famous for 

 saddlers, which were equally good for harness. 



These horses are the product of the southern bri- 



