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game, high-strung mare. The dam of George, Jack Hart, 

 etc., was another of the same character. Belle of Lex- 

 ington's dam was another, and all of those that have pro- 

 duced speed in or about this city have possessed these 

 same characteristics, not omitting the stubborn, old, fast 

 pacer that produced Frank Ellis, and the mustang that 

 produced a four-year-old pony by Hermes that can beat 

 2 130, but with no record yet. The dam of Heresy, of 

 Expectation, of Billy Yazell, and all the rest that might 

 be mentioned in this region. 



Charles Wagner tells me that it was almost worth a 

 man's life to attempt to drive the dam of Phyllis. W. 

 H. Crawford tells me that Mr. Ladd wrote him that the 

 dam of Alert was so high-tempered that they could scarce- 

 ly do anything with her, and the dam of Charlie Hilton 

 was the same. May Morning, the dam of Revenue, was 

 about the only exception, if she was an exception. She 

 was fast, level-headed, and prompt. There are many oth- 

 ers that have produced speed of lower rate than those 

 I have mentioned that I know were all mares of the same 

 character, which goes to show that will-force has much 

 to do with a mare's success as a producer of fast colts. 

 Your mind will at once grasp the importance of the sub- 

 ject, and instances immediately occur to you either con- 

 firming or contradicting the theory. 



Xow, why not try to trace this point in all brood- 

 mares that have produced more than one 2 130 trotter and 

 in all that have produced one that has trotted in 2 :20 or 

 better? I only offer this as a suggestion, not knowing 

 but what you have already considered it in your exten- 

 sive study and research of facts bearing on the breeding 

 and development of the trotter. 



