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THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



Money-winning trotting or pacing families. During 1904, 

 according to the American Horse Breeder, 150 sires were repre- 

 sented by money-winning performers on the Grand Circuit. Of 

 these, 128, or 85^ per cent, trace back through the male line to 

 Hambletonian 10 ; while 71, or 47.3 per cent, trace back to Ham- 

 bletonian's greatest son, George Wilkes, he having 14 sons, 

 44 grandsons, and 13 great-grandsons among the winning sires. 

 These descendants of George " Wilkes won a total of $243,682, 

 or more than half of all the money won during the season. 

 Total winnings credited to descendants of Hambletonian were 

 $407,084 as against a grand total of $464,847. 



The following is the summary : 



The number of record-making horses listed among those 

 standard-bred is very large and is constantly and rapidly in- 

 creasing. At the close of the year 1904 there were 20,282 

 trotters in the 2.30 list, and 1 1,745 pacers in the 2.25 list. 



The prices paid for standard-bred horses represent in some 

 cases remarkable valuations, while a long list might be given of 

 animals that have changed hands at $10,000 or more each. The 

 highest price ever paid for a trotter was $125,000, paid by Mr. 

 J. Malcolm Forbes of Boston for Arion 2.07I, by Electioneer. 

 In 1905, at a sale at Madison Square Garden, Mr. M. W. Savage 

 of Minneapolis purchased Arion for $2500. The trotting stallion 

 Axtell 2.12, by William L., was purchased by a company at 

 Terre Haute, Indiana, for $105,000. Dan Patch 1.55^, the 

 great pacing horse, was purchased for $60,000 by Mr. M. W. 

 Savage, who has since refused $180,000 for him. Among other 



