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than speed. But this answers the question only in 

 part for the blood of the standard-bred trotter is 

 made up of different elements, and certain strains, 

 conspicuous in some and undoubtedly having an 

 influence upon their offspring, are lacking in 

 others. 



If we examine the pedigrees of American-bred 

 horses that are of marked beauty and finish we 

 find with sufficient frequency to make the matter 

 worthy of note strains of thoroughbred, of Den- 

 mark (founder of the American saddle horse), and 

 of that most beautiful of all families ever bred on 

 American soil, the Morgan. These strains vary, 

 not only in the proportion in which they are pres- 

 ent but in their nearness and remoteness, but still 

 throw on the subject enough light for us to say, 

 with but little fear of contradiction from those 

 who have studied it, that the blood which has most 

 often produced our most beautiful carriage horses, 

 is trotting, tracing through thoroughbred, Den- 

 mark, and Morgan crosses. 



Of course, trotting blood, not having these 

 strains (except thoroughbred, which is its most 

 important component part) has also produced fine 

 carriage stock and when it is known to be able to 

 do this its antecedents do not matter. But in 

 selecting stock for the purpose it would certainly 

 be wise to choose not only animals possessing in a 

 high degree, as individuals, the characteristics 



