RECOLLECTIONS OF MEN AND HORSES 



" The law that each creature shall take the bene- 

 fits and the evils of its nature, be they those derived 

 from ancestry or those due to self-produced modi- 

 fications, has been the law under which life has 

 evolved thus far, and it must continue to be the 

 law, however much further life may evolve." 



At Woodburn, and in the hands of Mr. Dana, 

 Mambrino Russell was well nourished, and his 

 growth was rapid. I sometimes doubt if overgrowth 

 does not warp the lines which give speed of the 

 sturdy stamp. Again I quote Spencer : 



:< The welfare of a living body implies an approxi- 

 mate equilibrium between waste and repair. If the 

 activities involve an expenditure not made good by 

 nutrition, dwindling follows. If the tissues are 

 enabled to take up from the blood, enriched by food, 

 fit substances enough to replace those used up in 

 efforts made, the weight may be maintained. And 

 if the gain exceeds the loss, growth results." 



Mambrino Russell was naturally fast, but an in- 

 jury to his ankle when young prevented him from 

 taking a record. If this injury had not occurred, 

 Mr. Dana would have campaigned him. It was his 

 ambition to own and develop a fast trotter. 



Baron Wilkes was bred by Bryan Hurst of Fay- 

 ette County, Ky., and his blood lines appealed 

 strongly to Colonel Stoner. He was foaled May 5, 

 1882, and his sire was Geo. Wilkes, and his dam 

 was Belle Patchen by Mambrino Patchen, second 

 dam Sally Chorister (dam of Proteine, 2.18, and 



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