EVOLUTION ENVIRONMENT, NUTRITION 



and by Clark Chief (son of Mambrino Chief), dam 

 Old Lady by Captain Walker by Tecumseh; second 

 dam by Parish's Pilot, and third dam by Brown Pilot, 

 by Copper Bottom, by Brutus. She was purchased 

 by Robert Bonner and brought to Westchester 

 County, N. Y., and bred to Startle. The result was 

 Majolica, born in 1876. He was so small that he 

 was gelded and sold to Nathan Straus, in whose 

 stable he trotted to a record of 2.15. Westchester, 

 the brother of Majolica, was born in April, 1881, 

 and his breeder experimented on him with food. I 

 have before me the memorandum in the handwriting 

 of Mr. Bonner: 



" October, began to feed 12 quarts of pats a day 

 to the mare, and take her in at night. Didn't wean 

 until January 10, 1882. After weaning, gave colt 

 6 quarts ground oats and 2 quarts of bran daily. 

 When 13 months old, weight, 925 pounds; 15 

 months, 970 pounds; 17 months, 1025 pounds; 18 

 months, 1060 pounds. On the same day Startle 

 weighed 1000 pounds, Eldridge, 1015 pounds, and 

 Nutbourne, 1045 pounds. Broken as a yearling, 

 and the second time Johnny Murphy drove him 

 trotted a quarter in 44 seconds. The remarkable 

 fact is that his full brother, six years old, that trotted 

 in 2.22J, is only 15 hands high." 



Through nutrition this colt, who was named 

 Westchester, was larger and heavier than his sire 

 when a year and a half old, and was a mammoth 

 by the side of his eldest brother. His form, as well 



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