Edited by JOHN GILMER SPEED 
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Influence of “Indian Chief” and “Harrison Chief” 
Blood in Improving Harness and Saddle Horses 
T his is a very long title but as I shall treat a 
very important subject quite briefly I trust 
I shall be pardoned; indeed I think the 
prolixity in the beginning will be compensated for by 
the conciseness 
of the conclu¬ 
sion. Among 
the horses not 
thoroughbreds, 
that is, racing 
horses, no horses 
in Kentucky 
have ever been 
more famous 
than “Indian 
Chief” and 
‘ ‘ H a r r i s o n 
Chief’’ and 
their progeny. 
They are the 
great show 
horses of the 
great show 
states and a 
strain of the 
blood of either 
of these pre¬ 
potent sires 
whether in a 
harness horse or 
a saddle horse is esteemed by breeders of intelligence 
and experience as of the very highest value as it gives 
at once substance, finish, quality and a certain in¬ 
describable style which removes a horse possessing it 
into the very 
first class. 
Several gen¬ 
tlemen, notable 
among the m 
Mr. Jacob Perk¬ 
ins, of Cleve¬ 
land, Ohio, 
Mr. I. G a n o 
Johnson, of Mt. 
Sterling, Ken¬ 
tucky, are unit¬ 
ing the blood of 
these two great 
families in the 
hope of achiev¬ 
ing someth ng 
finer than seen 
before. 
Both have 
achieved results 
that are most 
encouraging 
though Mr. 
Perkins is using 
a strain of the 
Portrait by Geo. Ford Morris, New York 
Stallion “ Golden King,” in whom the “ Indian Chief and “ Harrison Chief” 
blood is united. Bred and owned by Mr. |. Gano Johnson, Mt. Sterling, Ky. 
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