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mated with the Pilot Jr. mare Tackey and got the 

 gray colt Pilot Medium. He was shipped to Michigan 

 where in 1894 he got the wonder sire Peter the Great. 



A raid in Kentucky during the Civil War resulted 

 in the death of Alexander's Abdallah. His name 

 became a fixture through the races of Goldsmith 

 Maid and the get of Almont, Belmont and Thorndale. 

 Almont was a leader for a number of years but his 

 descendants failed after one or two removes. The 

 Belmont strain continued to Nutwood. 



Electioneer was shipped to California in 1876, 

 three years after George Wilkes was taken to 

 Kentucky. There was a keen rivalry between their 

 get. In the matter of extreme speed Electioneer led 

 in the first remove but when it came to getting the 

 money in races the odds were with the Wilkes tribe. 



A wave of time record performances followed the 

 advent of the Electioneer family. Everybody was in 

 the market for brood mares that had produced fast 

 performers, regardless of how the records were 

 made. Those who managed the time record mills at 

 Stockton, Independence, and other points saw that 

 the demand was met. 



As record makers the Electioneers were in a class 

 by themselves. Each year the Marvin School sent 

 out a new set of champions, the list including Fred 

 Crocker, Wildflower, Bell Bird, Hinda Rose, Bonita, 

 Manzanita, Sunol, Palo Alto, Norlaine and Arion. 

 Prices jumped at each transfer until $125,000 was 

 paid for Arion. But with it all from a racing stand- 

 point the only ones which left a mark in the minds 



