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Breeders of speed and breeders of breeders. Nothing more 

 forcibly strikes the student working with records of this kind 

 than the fact that some sires are notably sires of speed which 

 ends in that generation, while others, not specially noteworthy 

 for getting performers themselves, yet produce sires and dams 

 of extreme breeding power. See the following table, which is a 

 table of famous producers of speed, and compare with the last 

 table, which is a table of famous producers of producers. Especial 

 attention is called in this connection to Wilton, Simmons, and 

 Pilot Medium, famous getters of speed, as compared with 

 Almont, Belmont, Hambletonian, and Geo. Wilkes, none of 

 them famous as direct producers of speed, but all phenomenal 

 breeders of sires and dams of speed. 



TABLE OF FAMOUS SIRES AND THEIR DESCENDANTS ; BEING ALL THAT 

 SIRED 100 PERFORMERS OR OvER 1 



Attention is especially called to column 7, recording the 



second generation of performers, as compared with column 2, 



those gotten directly. It will be noted of three famous stallions 



that they were represented by fewer performers in the second 



1 This table is made up on exactly the same plan as the previous table ; it 

 is designed to be studied in connection with the former, to show the difference 

 between breeders of speed and breeders of breeders. Years are denoted by figures 

 in parentheses. 



