258 HUMANE HORSE-TRAINING 



The list of champion trotting stallions, beginning 

 with Ethan Allen, 2 mins. 28 sees., in 1858, contains 

 eighteen names. Before the 2 mins. 20 sees, mark 

 was reached by a stallion the outstanding figure among 

 the champions as a sire and progenitor was George Wilkes, 

 2 mins. 22 sees., and nothing like him in those 

 particulars has since been seen. The total failure among 

 such horses was Feam aught, which lowered the stallion 

 figures to 2 mins. 23^ sees, in 1868. Ethan Allen, 

 2 mins. 28 sees:, George M. Patchen, 2 mins. 23I sees., 

 and Jay Gould, 2 mins. 2i| sees., of that era, were 

 good sires, but not to be mentioned in comparison 

 with George Wilkes. 



Mambrino Gift, 2 mins. 20 sees., the first stallion 

 to trot in that time, was a fairly good sire, but not a 

 crack. Then came Smuggler, which lowered the record 

 for entire horses to 2 mins. 15^ sees., and was an 

 absolute top-sort race-horse, as the records show. He 

 was a total failure in the breeding ranks. Phallas, 

 2 mins. I3i sees., was the first stallion to beat 

 2 mins. 15 sees. Much was expected of him in the 

 stud, he being a son of Dictator, then in his prime as 

 a truly great sire, but the Dictator blood did not breed 

 on as did some other strains, and, while it was pure gold, 

 the quantity was limited, neither the head of the house 



