The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-03-08
Development Of the PAGER in
America.
1T Acts as a Check to the
TrOtter.
TROT ANATIONAL STEP
Pacing Comes From Cultivation
and Hobbies.
Some of the Great Sires Of
TrOtting Horses.
rot ANATIONAL STEP

Boston. March 8.-'sOld Horseman"
says In the Post: That the pacing
! horse has received more attention and
I encouragement from race track man-
l ayers during the past 20 years than
( the trotter need not be told The fact
is too much in evidence to be-disputed.
AS a nation we take great pride in
one Of our foremost productions. .'the
( American trotter,'t and boast OF his
achievements, little thinking how we
are retarding his greater development
and value by an insatiate desire 10
3 produce horses whose gait is q. homely,
sldelong movement The breeder of
light harness horses. when speaking
? of a newborn foal tells with a show
/ OF eEultation. that the latest arrival
IS s'a PAGER" not seeming to realize
I that a trotter. with other points equal,
S. worth twice to four times what
PAGER is at any stage Of the game.
The pace fs a deerepit gaint brought
into prominence by weakness and de-
dency. 5e=s----
A pure gated s5rottiSa hozses be-
comes sore through aXeeEstve work
OF lack of proper care and to effect
release from G. stress OF pain starts
with a Stacking walk or pace. If it
IS e. race horse his trainer advises a
change TO the pace, and straightway
adjusts the hobbies to him.
=
cause the horse moves with an amb-
ling step when attacked by an ex-
cruciating pain the pace is a natural
gait. Tt may be. in the same sense
that clog step is natural to some
men. but the proof that it is not truly
natural is that most horses running,
draft. mustang, Arab. Barb an dpOnies
of all breeds, never take pacing step
when young and sound.
The trOt, described by many as an
artificial gait, is natural step de-
veloped by breeding and education in
TO such strides of strength and feet
ness as to make the names Of Flora
Temple Goldsmith Maid Maud s.
Nancy Hanks, AliX and Lou Dillon.
with Nelson, Arion. Cresceus and
Bingen, imperishable. Each Of them
possesses an almost uncontrOllab BILE dis
position. Zach had a superabuudance
OF speed without a knowledge Of It's
use.
Happily each one fell into the hands
OF men who were masters in the art
% educating trOtters. In the hands
Of men without patience or true abil-
lty as trainers they would have been
developed as PAGERS, and in these later
years each would have worn the hob
bIes. 81 1g555a
Nelson From Pacing. StFRtR.
The great trotting stallion Nelson
inherited a pacing strain, but his own
er and trainer was wise and educated
him to perfection as a grand and I'M
pressive trOtter
For some reason the get Of Bingen
are inclined to pace, but patience
and masters hand remedies the de-
Bingen C2:o6H) traces to Ham
Dleton, the great progenitor Of trot-
ters, through Hre and dam His
grandsire, Electioneer. got 15s trot-
Wilkes, paternal grandsire of BinEen's
dam, sired 2 trotters and II PAGERS.
Eambietontan, sire of Electfoneer- and
George Wilkes, sired q trotters to en-
eft the fountain bean 81 the tfotter
and Its main branches, one must note
the prepOnderance Of the trottfng gait
The walk and run are natural to both
domestic and wild horses. The run
llu8 gait is the wild, unrestrained step.
The trotdng gait is used freely bv
Dands OF wild horses, as they wish to
move q little faster than g walk
viii allow. This fact has been noted
Dy travellers and writer's who have had
opportunity TO study the troops of wild
horses OF the Barbs, the bands on the
plains Of South American countries.
the wild horses OF our Southwestern
states a matter Of so years ago. and
the range horses Of Colorado and ore
gon OF today.
with all the disposition to gtrot there
IS an inclination TO pace in some
breeds ana culture and environ
y
which has aided so much in the deveI-
opment or the trotter, have Influenced
the tendency Of this way Of going So
much that IL has become a fixture In
certain families.
There have been families Of pacers
which have assisted IN building m the
ranks OF the tEotters when coupled with
the blood Of Hambletonian. The most
important Of these were the Pilot St
Clair Hal, Rolfe and Blue Bun fanai-
mes. The three former came from Can
adas nom whose domains the United
States received a great many pacing
strains most OF which have been OBJ
liberated, The Halls alone remain. but
lies were mostly built up BY interbreed-
ing in thoroughbred lines which run ia
imported DiOmeds winner Of the first
race run in the English Derby. The St
Clair and Blue Bull family has passed
The Role family is in existence: sew
era OF Its stations are sireing both
PAGERS ana trotcers. Its greatest son is
the horse Nelson GOD, who is descend
ed ia a direct male line from Dfomed
his dam Gretchen being by Gideon, g
son OF 6ambletonian, and his grandam
by Black Hawk, g grandson of Justin
Morgan Pilot, Jr., by old pacing Pilot
whose dam and grandam traced to
Diomed, got daughters who were pro-
ducers Of extreme speed. His daugh-
ter Midnight was the dam OF Jay Bye
See, the first horse TO trot in 30 She
was the dam Of Noontide C2:20) and
MONDAY. dam OF the stallion DarH
Night, owned In California, who go
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