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America's fastest trotting horses trace back their 

 descent to old Henry Clay. The dam of Electioneer 

 was also a Clay." 



And was not Electioneer the sire of Arion, who 

 has lately been sold for $125,000 to Mr. Forbes of Bos- 

 ton as a two-year-old? 



" Certainly, but the dam of Arion was three times 

 interbred to the same blood, which is only another 

 proof of the value of inter-breeding to pure blood 

 derived from the Arab, the primitive." 



Is not Arion a near relation of Axtell? 



" Both Axtell and Allerton were interbred to the 

 same blood as Arion's." 



Is there not an interesting story connected with the 

 rearing of Axtell? 



"Ah, yes, and one which proves again the errors of 

 mismating, and the folly of experiments when mon- 

 grel blood is used. Also it proves the fact that no 

 type of horse can be created except through Arab 

 blood, and that all game qualities are due to that 

 blood." 



Well, what is the story? 



" Two gentlemen of Dubuque, Iowa, purchased 

 mares of fashionable name, to breed to the blood of 

 certain other fashionable name in the sires. To 

 their great disappointment the offspring proved an 

 utter failure, and the mares were sold for a song as 

 valueless. Mr. C. N. Williams bought the two for 

 $225, and bred them to the same blood he believed 

 the mares possessed — the Clay. Each in time pro- 

 duced a colt. One was called Axtell and the other 

 Allerton. When Mr. Williams had offered mares 



