8 The Third and Fourth Generation 



most famous pacers are taken from him "in the 

 tail-male line." 



It seems very evident from the study of such 

 pedigrees that ability to produce exceptional 

 speed on the track runs in families and that 

 pride in ancestry is perfectly justifiable among 

 race horses. The same thing is apparent if 

 we consider any other animal ability, such as 

 milk production in cows, pointing in dogs, or 

 honey production in bees. Thus in the case 

 of King Melia Rioter 14, a famous Jersey bull, 

 sire of splendidly productive milkers, the same 

 animals have so often reappeared repeatedly 

 in the ancestry of both sire and dam, as is seen 

 in the partial pedigree below, that he is more 

 than 90 per cent (93 . 85) inbred. If an animal 

 were derived from the offspring of a mating of 

 brother and sister, he would be considered 100 

 per cent inbred. 



The breeder appears to be trying, either by 

 skill or luck, to sort and recombine the elements 

 that enter into successful animals and that 

 make for efficiency, taking this trait from one 

 strain, that from another, and uniting them 



