TROTTING FAMILIES. AT 
stock, except when this blood was qualified by that of 
high-bred horses. The great Smuggler? was of pacing- 
thoroughbred descent. Both Maud 8. and Jay-Eye-See 
are descended on the maternal side from a Canadian 
pacer. Their grandsire was Pilot, or, as he is now 
more commonly called, Old Pacing Pilot, —a Canadian 
horse with all the characteristics of that race. He 
was coal-black, with a long, thick, “wavy” mane and 
tail, and hairy fetlocks. He stood a little under fifteen 
hands. His head was plain, but not coarse, his neck 
fairly long; he had a sloping rump, and his hocks were 
well let down. He was a very muscular, compactly 
built, stout, tough horse, full of “character,” and he 
could pace a mile in 2.26, carrying a weight of one 
hundred and sixty pounds on his back. Pilot was a 
typical Canadian, descended probably from Norman 
horses brought into Canada by the French, and ren- 
dered smaller, tougher, and longer-haired by the 
severe climate and rough fare. 
By far the best son of Old Pacing Pilot was Pilot 
Jr., a handsome gray horse, whose dam was Nancy 
Pope, a Diomed mare, nearly if not quite thorough- 
bred; and it was Pilot Jr. who sired the dams of both 
Maud 8. and Jay-Eye-See. 
There is another trotting family descended from a 
pacer, which is far more numerous though somewhat 
less distinguished than the family of Pilot Jr. Many 
years ago there was in the mountainous part of Ohio 
an extraordinary looking horse owned by a man named 
Merring. This horse was dubbed “Merring’s Blue 
Bull” by the local wag, — “Blue” on account of his 
color (which was that rare shade commonly known 
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