THE LIGHT—-UARNESS BREEDS OF HORSES 103 
latter has two noted sons, Star Pointer, with fifteen in 
the list, all pacers, and Hal Dillard, with forty-two in the 
list, only three of which are pacers. In some instances 
there is a union of one of the leading families with the Hal 
strain which produces pacers consistently. For instance, 
Direct, 2: 0535, of the Dictator family is a pacer and has 
sired forty-two pacers and thirty-seven trotters. He 
sired Direct Hal p., 2:04}, a leading sire of pacers, 
and a most successful campaigner. While some of the 
families of Standardbreds show a stronger tendency to 
trot than to pace, the reverse is not common, although it 
is possible that in time this may result, as it is ostensibly 
the aim to establish two separate standards. The cham- 
pion pacing stallion, Dan Patch, 1: 554, is sired by 
Joe Patchen, a noted race horse and a pacer, sired 
by Patchen Wilkes of the George Wilkes-Mambrino- 
Patchen cross; and the dam of Joe Patchen was by Joe 
Young of Morgan breeding. The dam of Dan Patch was 
Zelicia by Wilkesberry, which was a Wilkes on his sire’s 
side and a Clay on his dam’s. There is very little of 
what might be called pacing blood in her pedigree, although 
the Wilkes strain and the Abdallah 15 strain have pro- 
duced many fast pacers. On the other hand, Lou Dillon, 
a champion trotter, 1:583, comes as near being of a 
pacing line through her sire as almost any noteworthy 
pacer. At present it does not seem likely that the 
pacing families will become separate from the trotting 
families. 
114. Description. — It was a prevalent opinion some 
years ago that there was a type evolving among pacers, 
but this has been largely dispelled. Dan Patch (Fig. 14) 
is as smooth and graceful in line of mold as it would be 
possible to conceive an ideal, and Joe Patchen is con- 
