St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-17

The following article from the Chicago
Breeders Gazette, is of great importance to
the horse breeders of Minnesota, and their
attention is especially called to it:
The trotting horse breeders of Kentucky,
as well as those of other sections of the
country, are fast abandoning the old notion
that close thoroughbred cross is desirable
in a trotting pedigree, and are more and
more leaning to the belief that it is to the
PAGER they must 90 for suitable out-crosses
on trotting families.
That the PAGER is making bis way among
Kentucky breeders is easily seen. Mr.. Brod-
head, who has been for sixteen years in
charge of the great Alexander farm, is free
to confess that he believes the pacing cross
to be highly desirable one in trotting pedi-
grees although in saying this he does not
wish to be understood as in any way losing
sight of the thoroughbred @train, as he is
firm in the belief that for trotter to main
tain an exceedingly high rate of speed for q
mile there must be a dash of Thoroughbred;
but it should, in his opinin, be far enough
removed to do away with the tendency to
run which so many highly bred
strain, he thinks that the talk of the
blood OF Pilot Jr. being a value of that Of
a pacersis not warranted BY the facts in the
case. Pilot Jr. was certainly trotter him
self, never showing an inclination to pace,
and those of his get which obtained fast trot-
ting records were pure gated. Mr.. Broad
head says that be never saw PAGER by Pilot
Jr. that was not out Of pacing mare, and
others who were well acquainted with the
horse say that the PAGERS he got were so few
as not to be worth mentioning. It is the
opinion of Mr.. Broadhead that when a pac-
ing cross is wanted in a trotting pedigree the
source from which To obtain il is the family
of Rysdyk's Hambletonian, and he adduces
the fact that nearly all the sons of that horse
get PAGERS as collateral proof that somewhere
in the blood lines of the founder Of the
family there is an unknown pacing cross
which is all the time asserting itself. The
facts as to the number OF PAGERS got by the
direct male descendants of Ham bletonian are
beyond dispute. Almont has sired West
mont, 2:13%, and Kate Howard, 2:I92<;
Allie West, son of Almout, got the PAGER
Jewett, record 2:l55%. Lorene, 2:l55<, is
by Colonel West, another son of Almont
Standard bearer, a son of Hambletonian, is
the sire of Bulldozer, 2:21l Happy Medium
Wilkes has Nike Wilkes, 2:16H, tn his
credit. Those are facts not to be
ignored, and when we consider how conclu-
sively Blue Bull proved that PAGER may
sirespeed at the trot the deduction is inverit-
able that the gaits are interchangeable, espe-
cially when instances of horses obtaining
fast records at both ways of going and com
ing, Minnie r., Jewette and Lorene being
among the most noted cases of this kind.
DR.. Herr, Kentucky breeder who has
made specially of running blood in the
trotter, and who has every faith in its eff
cacy and value, is also firm friend of the
PAGER, and was the first man owning a stall
lion that had sired numerous $3.50 trotters TO
advertise that he would breed good pacing
mares on shares. The act showed more
plainly than could any other just what he
thought of pacing blood in trotting pedigrees
aud as his experience in breeding trotters
dates back for forty years his views on the
subject connected with the matter in hand
are worthy Of consideration. And he is not
alone among breeders of the bluegrass rel
gion in his estimate Of the value of pacing
blood. Colonel Richard West, whose expe-
rience with trottiug stations has been as ex-
tensive as that OF any other man IN this
country, esteems the pacing cross most
highly, and it is to the Pilot Jr. blood In
Maud S. and Jay Eye See that he attributes
much Of the superlatiye excelleneies of those
horses. The testimony is piing up every
day that the PAGER must not be overlooked,
and men of advanced ideas are not unmind-
ful of fha laccOn II faaohae