who dropped dead at the close of an
appeal to save the horse breeding In
dustry of Russia, one of his best
stallions, Bob Douglass, 2:04%, by
Todd, 2:14%, Is In the care of
Mndnme Tatiana Telkokn, Who Is
in charge of a so-called Soviet stud,
though horse breeding, as It was
formerly carried on In Russia, Is un
known. Such American horses as
General H., 2:04%, snd Baldy Mc
Gregory, 2:00%, were at three years
of age Impressed Into the cavalry of
the Reds, although they had coit
their owner $20,000 and $35,000 re
spectlvdy.
I he ltusefan trotter known hp the
Orloff, after Count Obloff, the origi
nator, had been developed to a point
where practically all of the breed had
2:30 speed. They had not only speed
at the trot but a lightness of foot and
u symmetry of form Inherited from
their great ancestor, the gray Arabian |
sire Smietanka, which was imported
into Russia in 1774. Some authori- j
ties aay that this horse and a few
Danish mares were the nucleus of a
splendid family of horses which It'
will take half a century to restore to j
its former glory. There are some'
who declare that the Orloff as a na-1
tional type is eliminated for all time-.
