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TRANSACTIONS OF THE TEXAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
bined will carry highest speed. Mary Marshal, 2:12^ ; Jack, 2:12; 
Delmarch, 2 : 11}4 ; Allerton, 2 : 09 % ; Maud S., 2:08^, and Sunol, 
2:08^, are proof potential of the progress made in breeding trotters 
since the days of Flora Temple. 
And now a word in reference to trotting morals : The time is past 
when prejudice and narrowness of moral vision can obscure the good 
which carries with it often much of evil. The depravity of certain 
classes that frequent the turf and track must not be taken as essential 
features of legitimate sport. That depravity exists we cannot doubt, 
but that the trotting horse should bear the stain of man’s depravity, 
and the trotting race be therefore banished from the list of noble sports, 
are statements that may well be challenged. While the Thoroughbred 
or running horse by some is looked upon as mainly valuable for sport 
with incidental usefulness, the trotter must be classed by all as being 
really useful. The horse that pulls with ease a wagon, coach or car¬ 
riage at a lively trot will shorten time and can not fail to be of really 
greater worth than a running horse, of value mainly for the winnings 
he may earn. We should not overlook the evil which we know is 
often found, nor spurn the good because of evil which we know exists. 
Let us first be right ourselves, and then by effort and example right 
the wrongs we see whenever possible. 
