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impressed with the same fact, and, now that a tremendous 

 demand has come for good-h)oking trotters as well as those 

 having speed, on the different speed wa3^s throughout the 

 United States, those able to produce same are few and far 

 between. 



Then, again, a farmer devoting himself to the raising of 

 trotters exclusively is confronted with the fact that he is 

 obliged to put his youngsters in the market to compete with 

 millionaire breeders, who perhaps expect to drop $40,000 

 or $50,000 a year in their farm or racing stable. A great 

 many of them, being ignorant of the game themselves, do 

 not know what is wanted, and consequently the market is 

 flooded Avith bad types and bad kinds. It is this flooding 

 of the market annualh^ that makes the price. 



The expensive stock farms are all provided with private 

 race tracks, and many of the leading owners are making a 

 point of breeding their youngsters in the south and Cali- 

 fornia ; and it can readily be seen that even the rich New 

 England breeder is at a great disadvantage on account of 

 the cold, rigorous winters ; and at what disadvantage must 

 the New England farmer be, who has none too warm stables, 

 and the only place to put his colt out in the winter a frozen- 

 up barnyard, and the only place to exercise him through 

 the snow drifts to the post-office and schoolhouse. 



That it is possible to breed good-looking speedway horses 

 in New Eno-land no one can doubt. All these difficulties 

 have been overcome time and time again in the past, and 

 will be overcome in the future. I shall not dwell long- on 

 this point for the simple reason that there will be enough 

 breeders who will still continue to breed trotters. 



The cut of " Baron Born" gives one an idea of what is 

 the needed type on the speedway. "Baron Born" by 

 " Baron Wilkes" has won a number of blue ribbons at the 

 Madison Square Garden on account of his rare breeding and 

 good looks ; and to those whom it is impossible to wean 

 away from their first love, namely, the American trotter, I 

 can only say this : if a youngster is worth raising, he is 

 worth taking care of; feed him well, clothe him well in 

 winter, and break him carefully. It is far better to break 



