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horse in a wliool of four ; ho has not tronicn(U)us action, but 

 from liis thorouiihbi-ed breeding- it is impossible to kill him. 



In the illustration of '' Blue (irass Maid" we have a typi- 

 cal picture of a Kentucky g-aited saddle horse which has been 

 produced by years of careful an ork of our southern brothers ; 

 and the principal sires have in their pedigree the blood of 

 " Squirrel" or " Denmark," who were clean thoroughbred. 

 When (|uality, sujipleness and energy are needed, one nmst 

 invariably go to the thoroughbred. 



In his majesty "Ambush 2d" we have about a })erfect 

 type of a thoroughbred steeplechaser ; and in winning the 

 grand national, as he did in four and one-half miles, he 

 readily showed that he not only had the ability to jump, 

 but also the brains to carry him around the difficult course 

 without falls from interference or otherwise, and stamina 

 enough to finish out the distance. 



It has been proved ])y Governor Stafford of Palo Alto 

 that it is very necessary to cross out to the thoroughbred to 

 produce our high tv^pe of trotters. Our English brothers 

 even go further, — that is, they cross out to the thoroughbred 

 to produce about any type of horse they desire. 



The thoroughbred is as nmch of a type and as game as 

 the American trotter. You wdll note I give the preference 

 to the American trotter, for the reason that we have thor- 

 oughbreds who can run their mile in l.o5| on a straight 

 track, and in 1.38 and a fraction on a curved track. 



AVhere can we find thoroughbreds that, like the American 

 trotter, can repeat and run six or eight miles all in less than 

 .41 or .42 in the same afternoon? They do not seem to be 

 bred these days ; yet the American trotter will go out and 

 try heat after heat in .08 or .09. 



Of late there has been a call in England for a light(^r 

 horse of the truck type, to have enough breeding to be 

 quick on his feet, start a load prompts, and be tough enough 

 so as not to go wrona:. 



This type is wonderfully well exemplified in "Black and 

 White" and "Sandow%" who are half thoroughbred and half 

 shire horses, and very much of the heavy-weight hmiter 

 type. It is this class of horj^e that is used exclusively on 



