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nor his sons being very sure foal -getters. Phallas did 

 fairly well. He sired one 2 mins. 10 sees, trotter, 

 and the dam of another, which tells his story when 

 2 mins. 10 sees, is the standard by which measurements 

 are made. The Phallas strain is no more heard of. 



Maxie Cobb, 2 mins. 13 J sees., which dethroned 

 Phallas, was another absolute failure as a sire or a 

 progenitor. He was by Happy Medium ; he stopped in 

 the home stretch just like a lot of other Happy Mediums, 

 and when he failed utterly as a sire the fact was looked 

 upon as perfectly natural by every horseman of that 

 day. Since then the Happy Medium strain in the male 

 line has given the world Peter the Great, and a son of 

 Happy Medium sired the dam of Lou Dillon, i min. 

 58I sees., the first two-minutes trotter. Happy Medium 

 himself sired a champion trotter, Nancy Hanks, 2 mins. 

 4 sees., first member of the 2 mins. 5 sees, list for her 

 gait, and dam of a 2 mins. 4f sees, trotter. 



All this is here stated to show how public opinion may 

 change relative to the value of a strain of blood once 

 almost despised. The Dictator blood helped Happy 

 Medium to produce a Nancy Hanks. The Pilot Junior 

 strain was a notable factor in the production of Pilot 

 Medium, sire of Peter the Great, all of which tends to 

 show that, while the Happy Medium blood was at first 



