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genee, speed, endurance, muscular develop- 

 ment, hard bone, strong tendons and good 

 wind. 



Strathmore's influence in the breed has 

 been mainly in the quality of brood mares 

 which trace to him. He gave to his 

 progeny, stamina, hard bone, vitality, lon- 

 gevity and toughness, while his greatest 

 son, "Steinway," who was a world's cham- 

 pion trotter at three years of age, was used 

 successfully in the stud until he was well 

 past the meridian. His son, "Charles 

 Derby," until he was 28 years old, was 

 possessed of great potency. Longevity 

 characteristics appear in certain strains of 

 animals, just as we notice them in certain 

 families among humans. 



All the English thoroughbred horses 

 trace in their male ancestry to three great 

 sires. These three are, — "Matchem," 

 "Herod" and "Eclipse." They, like the 

 trotting horses, sent on their elements of 

 greatness through one, two or three, at 

 most, of their sons and daughters. The 

 laws of heritage, it seems, decree that in 

 the evolution of a breed improvement is 



