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Show Not A Thoroughbred AN enthusiastic eastern journal, after giving the black trotter, Jhlan's, record of 1 minute and 58 seconds, proclaims him "King of Harness Horses, Trotter or Pacers," and adds: "The kingdom of the horse is still of appreciable extent. The thoroughbred is not doomed, nor are his powers declining." That is all right, only Uhlan is not a thoroughbred. thor-oughbred. He is a standard bred, and we suspect sus-pect Is quite one-half thoroughbred else he would fail in courage or endurance in his mighty trials, but a thoroughbred Is a pure child of the desert, with no cold blood in his royal arteries. |