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III LIEN (Pekif1eSe) II

ly blame the cavalry officers for max
Ing the change. Tho Percheron was the
first French trOtter. When NJ. W. Dun
ham began importing them TO the
United States he laid special stress on
their trOtung records. although at that
time the breed was being shifted from
the track and road to the heavy harness
O. the draft horse. lie was followed by
the Norfolk trotter. a type OF hackney.
and the English thoroughbred.
Few American trotters were exported
TO France. one OF the first was the
mare Miss Pierce BY the Ethan Allan
horse Superb out Of Lady Pierce. She
trottcd in about gao. After being bred
she produced six winning trotters and
five stations that We're placed in the
Government studs One OF them was
Fusc.a He was foaled in 1883 and
was the Hamblotonian Of France. his
nearest rival being Phacton by the Eng
fish thoroughbred horse Heir OF Lynne
\ daughter Of Phaeton was bred to
Fuscia and produced Azur. the sire OF
the French champion trotter Jockey.
:0s 10. whose dam, Anazone. was by
Harley a son OF phdeton out OF the or
loft mare Haydee. This is also a fair
sample o. II French trotting pedigree.
On the American market II would
scarcely be catalogued
In 1881 Peter Duryea took the Mann
brine Pilot horse Aemulus to PARIS, but
no otner s.res or note were taken TO
France until DIR. Day shipped Il couple OF
Consignments. NJ. Terry and James
Gordon Bennett took over a number OF
splendid mares. their importatlons IN
GLIDING Misty Morning. eel: Hattie H.,
" llN Helen Leyburn. 9:l4. and Grace
Simmons. 2i9lI. After racing them
they were bred and produced several
good foals. although none OF them was
mated with well bred sires During this
period many American trotting stations
were exported to Russia, where Alvin
and Baron Rogers became famous siros
while the Orion breeders produced Krc-
pish. 2:09L. and Paluga. 2:OSla. In
Austria Cadc, Que Allen. Prince War
wick and Wilburn NJ, the sire of Willy
e:o5. the fastest trotter foaled on Euro
pean soil. were building up regulations
in the stud, while Atlantic, Endymion
ana Elwood Medium laid "a splendid
foundation In Italy.
Did you ever stop To think that the
owners of thoroughbred horses are the
only advocates OF grade breeding? All
other breeders OF live stock from ~ab-
Dts Ia horses are striving to produce
individuals that will measure un TO n
fxed standard OF perfection. The ad-
mirrors of trotters have been carrying
on this work for over three-quarters of
century under the severest racing tests
ever applied to any breed. AZ result
they have established families OF trot-
tiers that can race through n series OF
heats at rate OF speed ton seconds
faster than either Dexter or Goldsmith
Maid could trot a single mile when they
established worlds records. At the
same time they have also retained the
vigor inherited from imported Messon-
ger who died in 1908. and whose sire,
Mamhrino. was almost a coach type
increased the bone, size and weight. and
by constant handling preserved an even
temperament
Major Mckinnon. n field artlleryman
In the Canadian army since the begin
ming or the war and horseman Of
note wrote me from France last March
that his command had number Of
Canadian and American bred trotting
horses In the service and that in his
opinion the trottiug bred horse was very
much superior to the thoroughbred for
war purposes. the latter being too nerv-
Gus and eNCitahle, This testimony from
the battlefield speaks volumes for the
'rotter. II Is also known that a horse
from an established breed Is more de-
sIranle for my purpose and can be bred
more unifo fnly than half breed, which
is very t to be front end galloper
and hind e"d farm horse. or vice versa