Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1898-12-29

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prominent men have passed upon the acts
| and resolves that are now laws. The coun-
/ try is tired and the people want rest.
/ II makes me think OF the old story OF the
preacher who had charge Of a patient par
| ish and was accustomed to exhort his hear
ers 10 loud and earnest manner every
Sunday and also at the regular weekly
prayer and class meetings, almost invsria
bly, working himself up to white heat IN
his enthusiastic manner. prominent
sister in the church started out with q
subscription paper to raise money for the
expenses of q vacation and travel for the
pastor that be might have rest. Meeting
bluff old farmer she made known her de-
sire and solicited aid. crest !" said the
farmer, he don't need apy." Well" the
sister replied, s'if he don't the people dc"
But started out to ask question and,
like many others, ask for the sake OF an
swering myself.
Why does trotting- bred colt pace
II the tendency to adopt the lateral gait
is inherited, as many claim and 1t seems
fair to believe, then why does 1t crop out
SO extensively from sire whose pacing
strain, il any, is SO remote. Many in
stances come under our notice where the
fastest and most consistent racing PAGERS
are strictly trotting bred.
Perhaps the most conspicuous among
them ali is Direct ,2:05 IL pacing and 2:i6-
IA trotting. His sire was Director, 2:17,
pure gated trotter. His dam was Echora
BY Echo, a son of Rysdick Hambletonian,
all trotters with no pacing strains. Direct
or was by Dictator, another son OF Rys-
dick. Directors dam was by Mambrino
Chief and Dictator's dam by Seely's Amer
lean Star. The grand dams of these and
OF Erhora were from thoroughbred run
ming stock, and now we fail to see why, by
inheritance, Direct should pace or why be
should sire PAGERS, which he does equally
with trotters.
His colt, Directly, has pacing record OF
2:O3 Ia and Directum Kelly trotting rec
ord OF 2:08 Ia at four years old. His nu-
merous other colts are about evenly di- |
vided between trotters and PAGERS.
There are many stations situated IN the |
same manner as Direct that are trottiDg |
bred, yet their colts are as likely to pace
as trot, SO the answer to my question il
not hard.
The two gaits are identical and the colt,
Il left to his own inclination, will take the
Due that suits him best, so the trainer is
1nly left to carry out the owners desire in
the youngster. Conformation
,as but little to do with speed as they go
n all sizes and shapes.
Star Pointer is quite large horse but IN
10 particular would he attract attention
IS the fastest horse in the world.
Direct is small and Of blocky build, ac-
luiring from Mr.. Salisbury the nickname
Il the "little black rascal" but in point of
peed and gameness is hardly excelled in
he country.
Don't look for a world beaten because
our colt has crooked hind legs and
Looping rump, for there are many such that
ave little speed.
Now why is it that fast PAGERS have in
reased so rapidly within few years. out
UNI bering more than seven to one the
rotters in the 2:05 list? Twenty five
orses have records in 2:05 or better and
Tenty-two OF them are PAGERS. Six OF this
umber made their best records this year
! actual races while no trotter has equaled {
lis time in three years.
The PAGER has become so popular that
reeders hail with delight the young wig
Ter and at once place an excessive value
D the colt, for in reading accounts OF the !
st road horses owned In the cities he
nds that about nine out OF ten are pacers
his has not been brought about by breed !
g but by encouraging tue gait with n
cry possible appliance that could be y
ought of. i.
The colt may be kept from pacing now
well as twenty years ago when ~ Va.
nsidered unlawful to leave the diagonal
1t, and many OF us can remember whei n
PAGER was looked upon with disdein an.
It allowed to be shown at our count, >
irs. Now no society could exist II the l
ere expelled. p
There are some gentlemen road riders :
40 refuse to keep up with the fashion
d prefer TO pay fabulous prices for fast
otter and then eat the dirt of the pacing
rise, but the general public has become
nd OF the PAGER and the breeder makes N
mistake in training up the young colt
speed as early as possible.