\- , THE AMERICAN TROTTING HORSE. 1O1 



be found closer on the pedigree than the second dam, point to 

 the queen of the trotting turf, Sunol, and her magic 2:o8|. 

 Those who believe in the sustaining power of the thorough- 

 bred through the first dam, dwell lovingly on the champion 

 stallion record of Palo Alto, 2:o8|, a half thoroughbred. 

 4 Honours are easy.' ' 



" Yet there was no chance work in the breeding of these. 

 4 Every one was bred for a trotter.' Merit, therefore, does 

 not seem confined to any particular line of good breeding. 

 4 Good breeding in blood lines from good individuals, and 

 from producing progenitors is the secret of success.' But it 

 does seem that as far as thoroughbred blood is concerned it 

 is best when not too close up. But the better the record its 

 possessor has he is always deeper in trotting blood, which 

 argues the eventuality of the thoroughbred trotter. 



" While on the subject of breeding, allusion may be made 

 to the recognition of the pacer in the Register. The pacing 

 gait is that seen in the camel the lateral propellers move 

 together. In the trotter it is the diagonals that move together. 

 Among some there is also an outcry over the pacer ; he is 

 would be ridiculed. But he is there to stay, and the best 

 should be made of the fact. The fact is, further, that the 

 pace and the trot are interchangeable. It is what such pacing 

 stallions have done, not only in the way of siring 2:30 trotting 

 speed, but also in the prepotency in speed production of their 

 sons and daughters that makes it evident that it is impossible 

 to disregard the influence of the pacing element in the trotter. 

 ' Horses that sire pacers also sire trotters. Pacing stallions 

 get lots of trotters. The sons and daughters of these pacing 

 stallions keep on imparting speed at the trot to their de- 

 scendants.' 



" The conformation of the American trotter is noticeably 

 peculiar to a foreigner. He is not drawn out so finely or 

 whalebone-like as the thoroughbred. He does not stand 

 extend himself over so much ground. He is of more stocky, 

 compact build ; has more sloping pasterns, a shorter and 



