. Training the trotting horse : a natural and improved method of educating trotting colts and horses based on twenty years experience . ^ horse that can speed M,. o o w HIS ROLL OF HONOR. 321 faster than a 2:20 gait a trotter. He did this, too,hitched to a 125-pound wagon, with a 220-pound man—and not a professional driver, either—in the seat. Inthis rig he could carry Occident right up to his clip,and could alwaj^s keep right with him; and it was notrick for the famous St. Clair gelding to go a quarterin thirty four seconds. Without preparation you couldtake out Electioneer in stud condition
. Training the trotting horse : a natural and improved method of educating trotting colts and horses based on twenty years experience . ^ horse that can speed M,. o o w HIS ROLL OF HONOR. 321 faster than a 2:20 gait a trotter. He did this, too,hitched to a 125-pound wagon, with a 220-pound man—and not a professional driver, either—in the seat. Inthis rig he could carry Occident right up to his clip,and could alwaj^s keep right with him; and it was notrick for the famous St. Clair gelding to go a quarterin thirty four seconds. Without preparation you couldtake out Electioneer in stud condition any day anddrivQ^ him an eighth of a mile at a 2:20 gait. Healways had his speed with him, and this is a character-istic of his sons, and to my mind one of great impor-tance to breeders. That Electioneer could have beaten2:20 if given a regular preparation is, with me, a con-viction about which no doubt exists. As a sire I believe him to be the greatest of all troirting sires. He began his stud services in California in1877, his family beginning in 1878, and here is his rollof honor: YEARLING. Hinda Rose (fastest when made) 2:36| TWO-YEAR-OLDS. Sunol (
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