36 THE VETERINARY DOCTOR. 
In reviewing the claims of the pacer as a progenitor of trotters, we see 
that the fastest trotter in the world, Maud S (2:10%%), is a converted pacer, 
for she paced and racked. The fastest trotting stallion, Smuggler (2:151%), 
was originally a pacer. The greatest progenitor of trotters (if we accord 
to Blue Bull this distinction) was a pacer and the most of his best trotters 
were converted pacers. The fastest trotter under saddle, Great Eastern, 
was once a pacer. Trinket (2:14) was converted to the trotting faith, though 
a very fast pacer, and a majority of the best trotters pace or amble more or 
less, which it is well known the best thoroughbreds never do. Moreover, 
nearly all of the best trotters have a pacing conformation. 
The next family of trotters is that of the Bashaw blood, generally 
understood to have originated with imported Bashaw, an Arabian or Barb 
horse. It is sub-divided thus: (1) the Bashaw proper; (2) the Clay, through 
the descendants of Henry Clay, the son of Andrew Jackson, son of Young 
Bashaw, by imported Bashaw;(3) the Patchen, through the descendants of 
George M. Patchen, son of Cassius M. Clay, by Henry Clay, To the 
descendants of the Bashaw proper belong Long Island Black Hawk and 
his descendants, chiefly represented by his grandson Green’s Bashaw, who 
has eleven 2:30 performers to his credit. Long Island Black Hawk was 
by Andrew Jackson. The Clays are the descendants of Henry Clay, 
principally through his son Cassius M. Clay and his descendants (not 
including the son of the latter, George M. Patchen, and his descendants, 
which constitute the Patchen branch). Two of Cassius M. Clay’s sons 
produced each four 2:30 trotters, and another three; another produced 
American Girl (2:161%4), the fastest representative of this branch. The 
Clay blood is further diffused through their sons and is considered very 
valuable in both the male and female lines, the dam of St. Julien, by 
Harry Clay, son of Neaves’ Cassius M. Clay, Jr., being the choicest 
specimen in the female line. Other descendants have more or less distin- 
guished themselves, as the dams of Hattie Woodard (2:1514), George 
Wilkes and others. Among the much-sought Clay mares those of Harry 
Clay have heretofore been the favorites. George M. Patchen, sire of 
Lucy (2:18), is best represented in the male line by Godfrey’s Patchen, 
sire of seven 2:30 performers, one being Hopeful with 2:143/ to his 
credit, with the best wagon time, 2:16, 
The next family to be noticed will be the Morgans with their innumer- 
able branches, chiefly known through Vermont Black Hawk, and he mainly 
through two channels, Ethan Allen and General Knox, the first a son and 
the second a great-grandson. Ethan Allen produced seven 2:30 trotters, his 
sons Daniel Lambert twenty-six, Woodard’s Ethan Allen six, Bacon’s Ethan 
Allen three, Honest Allen two. Many other sons have produced well, as 
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