484 GENETICS IN RELATION TO AGRICULTURE 
Taste LXIII.—Repvuction or tur Trotrinc Recorp 
Name of horse | Place of record Date | Record 
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Boston.....................| Philadelphia, Pa. Aug. 25, 1810 2:48 
Broulblewesetsatensaisa cee: | Jamaica, N. Y. Oct. 3, 1826 2:4314 
Sally =Millers So .0- ance anes | Philadelphia, Pa. Noy. 21, 1834 2:37 
Edwin Forest............... Philadelphia, Pa. Oct. 16, 1838 2 :3614 
Dutchman? syncs ee coe eee Hoboken, N. J. July 18, 1839 2:32 
Lady Suffolk................| Hoboken, N. J. Oct. 13, 1845 2:2914 
Pelham eer ca reer acta Jamaica, N. Y. July 2, 1849 2:28 
Highland Maid............. Jamaica, N. Y. July 14, 1853 | 2:27 
Flora Temple...............| Jamaica, N. Y. Sept. 2, 1856 | 232416 
Flora Temple............... KXalamazoo, Mich. Oct. 15, 1859 2:1934 
Dex tersaee conaantian Merness Buffalo, N. Y. Aug. 14, 1867 2:1714 
Goldsmith Maid............ Milwaukee, Wis. Sept. 6, 1871 2:17 
Goldsmith Maid............ Boston, Mass. Sept. 2, 1874 2:14 
(Rarus enter ent at | Uke One iem Nes Aug. 3, 1878 2:13 
Sts Julieniec. aca: oso een ees | Oakland. Cal: Oct. 25, 1879 2'21234 
Madi. cosaeeecheasen een Chicapos Wl: Sept. 18, 1880 2:1034 
Jay-Eye-See................ Providence, R. I. | Aug. 1, 1884 2:10 
Maud &....................] Cleveland, Ohio. | July 30, 1885 2 20834 
Sunol ee eta ee race eee Stockton, Cal. Oct. 20, 1891 2:0814 
Nancy Hanks...............| Terre Haute, Ind. Sept. 28, 1892 2:04 
EAL Kenner hoes ay aie teene es wees oe eee Galesburg, III. Sept. 19, 1894 | 230334 
MmhesAbbotssne sata tears see Terre Haute, Ind. | Sept. 26, 1900 | 2 20314 
@resceussen ne thie nee oe Columbus, Ohio | Aug. 2, 1901 | 2:02%4 
Gow Dillon yee sas. se oe sae Readville, Miss. Aug. 24, 1903 2:00 
Lou Dillon........ Phares ceitehe | Memphis, Tenn. | Oct. 24, 1903 | 1:58l6 
LUIS Epa piconet est acu cae agente Lexington, Ky. | Oct. 8, 1913 | 1:58 
the American Standard bred horse during the past century. Assome indi- 
cation of this improvement we reproduce here Table LXIII, which shows 
how the trotting record has gradually been reduced. Not all of the de- 
crease in the record represents a real advance, for along with improvement 
in potential ability have gone improvements in methods of training and 
in the circumstances under which records have been made. Aside from 
these factors, however, the reduction in the record does indicate very 
strikingly the improvement which has taken place in the American 
trotter. It is a grave question, however, whether any of this improve- 
ment can be ascribed to the inheritance of acquired characters, for such 
a position fails to evaluate the effect of rigid selection which has been 
followed in building up the American Standard.bred. This matter 
will be treated further in the next chapter. 
The Argument against the Inheritance of Acquired Characters.—Just 
as Lamarck was the moving spirit in formulating the belief in acquired 
characters, so Weismann was the leading protagonist of the contrary 
opinion. Weismann was forced to this position by his belief in amphi- 
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