St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-16
Requirements Of Standard
Bred Animals and Influence
of Blood.
Thoroughbred Cross Consid-
cred in Connection With
Trotting Capacity.
Obligations Of Breeders Very
Pertinently Stated by
One Writer.
Instances Proving the Popu-
Iarity Of Trotting--Group
Of Etchings.

& horse or mare to be eligible to reg
istration in the English or America n
stud book must have seven uncOn-
taminated crosses to the Barb, says
Albemarle, the well-knOwn turf writer
in the New York Sportsman. This
gives 127 parts of pure blood out of a
possible 12S. OF the value Of this blood
when injected into cold pedigree there
has been much discussion, and yet it
seems strange that difference of opin-
ion should exist regarding demonstrated
facts. We know that common farm
mare bred to a thoroughbred horse will
produce offspring capable Of being
made much superior as a work horse to
one of cold blood. The high courage
and endurance of the thoroughbred en-
able him to far excel ''dung-hill,"
even in performing the ordinary drudg-
cry of team work.
Why should not thorough blood in
jected judiciously benefit trotting ped
igree? The thoroughbred has been
bred for many generations for excel
Ience of racing conformation, capacity
for great lung power, and for the mus
performer to carry the highest rate of
speed for the greatest possible distance.
These are just the points in which the
trotter must excel. the only difference
in the essential requirements of q thor
ough trotter and thoroughbred race
horse being in The gait or manner of
lOcomotion. The thoroughbred is fleet
of foot, and has capacity for speed
and endurance because the instinct
and muscular development has been
handed down implanted and in
tenSihed by many generations
developed in the same methods.
The trotter receives his instinct and
capacity in the same manner. We see
fOalS in which the trotting instinct is so
strong that the tot seems the only
natural gait when the babies get in
hurry.
We know that the instincts of the
thoroughbred do not teach him to stick
to his pure trOtting gait when he is hur-
ried. The natural impulse then is to
run. When the trOttiug instinct is
strong enough in a trotter it knows no
faster gait. especially if developed, and
if forced beyond the speed capacity of
that gait. 1t cannot run. and we call it
tangled or Stand-still break. TrotterS
that are capable of running faster than
they can trOt are rarely reliable when
pushed to the highest point of speed.
SO far only one trOtter out of a strictly
thoroughbred mare has shown extreme
speed. Palo Alto, however, has demon
Strated that even if he stands alone in
point of breeding he also stands at the
very head of the list, and faster, gamer
performer was never bred by any COM
bination of blood lines.
The direct union of tr0tting and thor
Ough blood forms too abrupt uniting
of OppOSites to expect trOtterS in the
first generation except an occasional
one. With the thorough blood in the
second generation, however, very salts
factory results have been obtained
Look over the 2:12 list and see how
many of the performers carry strong
infusion of thorough blood.
Sunol. .0S14 by Electioneer, dam Waxana.
by Gen. Benton, grandam WaXana, by Lex
ington. thoroughbred.
Maud s, 2:0SS4 by Harold, dam Miss Rus
sell. by Pilot Jr. (he was out of a thorough
bred mare), grandam Sally Russell, by Bos-
ton, thoroughbred.
Nancy Hanks. 200. by Happy Medium. dam
Nancy Lee.by Dictator nearly half thorough
bredl, grandam Sophie, by Edwin Forrest,
nearly all thoroughbred.
Allerton, 2:09A. by Jay Bird. dam Gussie
WILKES by MambrlnO Boy, grandam Nora
Wilkes, by George Wilkes. MamDrino Boy
was by Mambrino Patchen (nearly half thor
oughbred). out of Rowing Nelly, by Cassius
NJ Clay, and he was Oul of mare by Il son of
Eclipse. thoroughbred, and she again out OF
mare by imported Messenger The gran.
dam of Mambrino Boy was by Berthune,
thoroughbred.
Palo Alto 2:0915, by Electioneer, dam
Dame Winnie, by Planet, thoroughbred.
JAY Eye-See, 2:1O, by Dictator nearly half
thoroughbred), dam Midnight, by Pilot Jr
Che was out or a thoroughbred mare.
grandam Twilight, by Lexington. thorough
bred.
Nelson, 2:1O. is bred in purely trotting and
pacing lines.
Guy, 2:1Os4, by Kentucky Prince, dam
Flora Gardner, by American Star, grandam
by Bay Richmond, thoroughbred The dam
OF Kentucky Prince was Kentucky Queen, by
Morgan Eagle out of a thoroughbred mare
SO that Guy carries about 62I2 per cent Of
warm or thorough blood
StambOul. 2:11. Is bred in purely trottins
lines.
St Julien, 2:11B. by Volunteer tout of the
thoroughbred mare Lady PATRIOT, dam Flora
by Harry Clay, 2:29, granGam by Napoleon
To warm the blood of Lady Patriot wal
largely due the qualities that made St Julier
in his prime aptly termed the greatest cam
paigner that ever looked through bride.
Delmarch, 2:1l|& is by Mambrino. 2:21A
dam by George Wilkes, grandam by q son o.
Lexington. thoroughbred.
AXell PIP, is by William L, dam Lou, By
Mambrlno Boy. CT INDIAN by son OF MambrinC
Pilot. William L is out of Lady Bunker, b,
Mambrino Patchen, and she out of Lad
a strong infusion of thorough blood and 81
has MambTinO Pilot. With the entire com
bnatiOn Axtell carries more than - per cen
of warm blood.
American Star was, perhaps, the frs
horse largely or wholly thoroughbred
to figure prominently in the pedigree O
.trOtters. Upon the blood of American
Star HambletOnian got all of his direc
extreme speed. Outside of the Sta
blood HamDletonian never sired a 2;2
performer. Lady Thorn, 2:1S4, wa
probably the fastest trOtter of her daV
if not at any time up to the time of Maut
S and Jay Eye See. She represented
union of MambrinO Chief and the bloc,
of GanO, son of thoroughbred Eclipse
The blood of Bonnie Scotland has beel
an important factor in successful trot
ting pedigrees, and so has that of Lex
ingtOn, both taking kindly to the trot
ting action. Indeed, Bonnie Scotlan
has sired one, and perhaps two, 2:3
performers. Trotting breeders shout
not lose sight of the fact that the thol
Ough blood that has been most success.
full in producing great trOtters is tn
blood that has been most successful i
producing great racehOrSes.