Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1889-05-10

ey Cobbs pedigree is lost as of Suno's,
so he also goes out. The dam of Hope
full was by Il horse whose pedigree is en-
tirely lost, making a % per cent. gap,
equivalent to that which disqualified Su-
mol. He is known to have so much tho
roughbred blood through his sire and
grandsire that he is really strong in
stance in favor of Introducing running
blood to trotting strains. Rarus, whose
sire's pedigree the editor insists is entire
ly unknown, is nice instance to mar
shall against thoroughbred blood after
throwing out the lost pedigree of Sunol's
grandam. Here already are five swal-
lows of the editors beautiful summer
that go out of his list under the same
rule of pruning that he applied to mine.
Not one of them is qualiied witness OF
great speed without % per cent. of run
ming blood, because nobody knows but
that they had it themselves. Nay, nobo-
dy knows but they had each a parent
that had 30 per cent. of running blood,
for | have not yet touched one of the list
he has marshaled against me but that
had lost parts of pedigree in as close or
closer iustaposition to themselves as SUI
nol's lost cross was to her. In fact, II
the lost parts were supplied with a tho
roughbred, each of them would be
thrown into my list. constructed to show
what had come of using a parent with 30
per cent or more of running blood. In
citing such horses as witnesses against
editor is only equaled by the parallel case
of the apocryphal lrishman, who thought
it unjust that he should be hanged on the
evidence of two witnesses who saw him
commit murder when he could bring two
hundred to swear they did not see him
do it.
And now comes that astonishing feat
ure of the editors case, viewed from the
ground upon which he has shifted the
argument. / never dreamed that any
body at all familiar with pedigrees of
fast trotters, however opposed to running
blood, supposed for moment that any
trotter since the world began had ever
beaten :l5 that was known to be with
out twenty-five per cent of running
blood, if you considered all he got
through both parents. Not one of the
ten remaining in his list will bear that
test. 1t is my deliberate belief there is
no such thing. nor never was, as trot-
ter or PAGER beating , 10 that had no; %
per cent of thoroughbred blood if the
facts were known, and at all events
neither Mr.. Wallace, nor any other man,
can show one known TO be without it,
while there is abundant evidence that
those known to have it are doing it re-
peatedly. What is trotting blood, any
way. but thoroughbred blood converted
to trotting uses with but slight moditi-
cation by cOarser' material: Rysdyk's
IIambletonian. whose blood permeate-
every horse save one that is left in Mr.
Wallnce's list. j. known To have posses
sed 10. per cent. of thoroughbred blood
, and, W lille the remainder i ali untraced
the probabilities are that if the fact,
could be reached they would disclose
; that he carried at least half "a much
more. 1t is but fair to admit thai
Belfounder, who contributes - per cent
! to IIambletonian. though brought tC
this country with a pedigree claiming
!. Ian ge amount of thoroughbred blood, art
. with some traits conforming thereto
was, nevertheless, not. a whole,
blood-like animal. Whatever Handle
tonian derived from him that was foreigl
. to the thoroughbred has lived with hi
=, blood, but Belltounder. except as a cas-
= ual cross, has disappeared from the trot
II ting world along with Royal George
&C the Morrill, horse, st. Lawrence, and tn
other old Canadian strains, all of whicl
u had "the trot" TO perfection but no train
" ing quality. while Seely's American Stal
u Pilot Jr., AeXander's Norman, Man
= brine Chief. and other foundato
animals that were either known to pc,
= sess. or in themselves gave indubitabl
evidence of possessing, IA large share q
y thoroughbred blood. have maintained
- standing, and are still eagerly sought b
= breeders upon the demonstrations the
u have made.
TSince this was written it has bee
l. fully established that WaXy wa
u thoroughbred and full sister to Annett,
- by LeXington.-Ed.
TO be concluded.