Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-01-24
Per cent. of known
thorough blood.
Record.

jay Eye-See. ......2;lO ................4OH
Sunol ..............2IOR ................3y
Guy ..............2 IOA ...............4On
81. Julen. ..2:llta .....s.s.s......lI
Axtel ............ 2:l2 ................3SR
Stamboul.. ........212ld ..,.......,.....3O
PalO AltO...... ...2'I2z ,...............6lR
Belle Hamlin......2;l2A ................1S
1t will be seen that ALL except two of
the above, are known to have more than
% per cent of thoroughbred blood, and
there is no doubt in my mind that both
those exceptions would really be found
to possess more If the lines could be
traced far enough to show what they are
composed of. For instance, in st.
Julien's case, the breeding of Volunteers
running mare, in the hands of man
identified with runners. If she was
thoroughbred, she alone would contri-
butte l29 per cent-enough to lift him
above the % per cent mark. Then there
are lost lines in his dam, one supposed
to be of Arabian blood. There is no real
reason for supposing that Belle Hamlin's
apparent deficiency of thoroughbred
blood is as great as the figures Indicate
They represent only the known proper
ton. The longer pedigrees have been
bred in trotting lines the more difficult it
is to trace the thoroughbred sources
back of them-not because they do not
exist, but because their remoteness
makes it difficult to pick up lost lines,
For this reason Stamboul doubtless
shows far below his true proportion.
Mr.. Goodlett spoke of Guy as horse
with no thoroughbred blood in him. As
a matter of fact, his known thoroughbred
blood amounts to about the same proper
ton as that of Jay-Eye-See, unless we
credit the latter with what he is doubt
less entitled to through the dam of Pi-
lot, Jr., but which is in all cases
omitted in the above computation. Sunol
has stirred up many headaches among
the anti-thoroughbred men, while Axtel
whom they are booming as case on
their side, is known to possess over 3S1
per cent of thoroughbred blood, hut halt
of one per cent less than shown by the
California filly. True, the bulk of hers
comes in one lump from comparatively
recent infusion, while his comes in more
attenuatcd lines of greater number But
the aggregate in either case is about the
same, and the effect is about the same
The fact is, there is no such thing as &
,; 20 trotter without plenty of thorough
bred blood.
In old times the trotters came from
Canada-queer looking fellows will
names like mop and as shaggy as bears
They won nearly all the races, too. bu
the time used to average about 2 80
But other trotters less numerous, of
kind that have since become known a,
Messenger, used to win the best races
Was it because they were higher bred
Well, anyhow, as the Messenger typ,
increased in numbers, the time of the
heats kept getting faster, and the cold
blooded fellows from Canada began
gradually to disappear from the NOR,
active circuits and contine their opera
tons to the back woods. By the way
what has become of the old Frence typ
of trotter-the real, out-and-out cold
booded fellow? Does he ever show al
at the kentucky meetings in these days
The sight of one-nay, the possession o
Observation-Disclosures with any touch o
the thoroughbred, ought to make tn
| of I.nnn,lact frln Ia irrl
win many races with him, but he coul,
put him in Il cage and show him abou
the country as the ideal of what trotte
should be-all instinct, and all his'n
Not any for Hank Comstock, in Kentuck,
Stock Farm.