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Now, the hackney should be exactly the ty})e needed for 

 coaching, being, as we all know the}' are, the ideal, English, 

 heavy harness horse ; and this frank acknowledgment of one 

 of the leading exponents in America of English coaching 

 would seem to cover the point conclusively. 



There are trotters that are perfectly capable of winning 

 in the heavy harness classes at our door. In this connection 

 the following story will be interesting: — 



My "Sky High" was just a little bit hard to handle, so 

 much so that when I went to Genesee valley hunting in the 

 fall I used to leave him in the hands of my friend, Thomas 

 Callahan of Worcester. He got along beautifull}^ with him, 

 and in driving him Mi*. Callahan soon became acquainted 

 with what a high stepi)er and a heavy harness horse should be, 

 so much so that a year or so later he came to my office and 

 stated that he had seen a high stepper in Charlton who was 

 as good as "Sky High.'' 1 laughed at the idea, and asked 

 him to produce the horse, which he did. She was a chest- 

 nut mare and an in-bred Lambert, and, whereas lacking a 

 little in bone and substance, was one of the best-actioned 

 mares that has ever been produced in America. He kept 

 her for a year or so, and asked my advice as to her disposal. 

 I advised Mr. Charles F. Baker, who had developed " Bril- 

 liant," and ]\Ir. Baker purchased the mare, naming her 

 "Queen of Quality." 



She was shown at Philadelphia, and carried all before her 

 in the high-stepping classes ; was then sold at auction for 

 $1,950, later on was sold for $4,000, and is now going up 

 and down the Bois in Paris, the admired of a thousand eyes, 

 — and she was bred in Charlton. 



O. A. Kelley of Worcester had a trotting stallion, "King," 

 of good type, conformation and color. I first saw him at 

 the Grafton Country Club horse show in the roadster class 

 last year, and admired his type, and later on saw him at 

 Stiu-bridge. I made up my mind that when I was next in 

 need of a heav}'^ harness horse I would purchase him. When 

 " Ting-a-Ling " died I purchased the horse from Mr. Kelley, 

 made him into a heavy harness horse, showed him at the 

 Grafton Country Club horse show, winning three blue rib- 



