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of 2.05^. In 1903, as a six-year-old, he was the 

 determined rival of Lou Dillon, especially after 

 Mr. E. E. Smathers had paid $40,000 for him. 

 The blood lines of Major Delmar are of approved 

 merit, and the critic who objects to missing links 

 in a pedigree has no fault to find with him. His 

 sire, Del Mar, trotted to a record of 2.i6f, and 

 was descended in the male line from Electioneer 

 and in the female line from the great producing 

 mare, Sontag Dixie by Toronto Sontag, son of To- 

 ronto Chief and Sontag, 2.31, by Harris's Hamble- 

 tonian. Expectation, the dam of Major Delmar, 

 was got by Autograph, 2.16^ (son of Alcan- 

 tara and Flaxy by Kentucky Clay), out of Miss 

 Copeland, who obtained a pacing record of 2.25^, 

 and who produced the celebrated trotter, Cope- 

 land, 2.09^. Miss Copeland was by Almont Star, 

 2.28^ (son of Almont 33 and Blanch Star by 

 American Star 37), dam Copeland Maid by 

 Prophet Jr. by Prophet, a descendant of Justin 

 Morgan. Alcantara was the son of George 

 Wilkes and Alma Mater by Mambrino Patchen, 

 and Flaxy was out of Young Flaxy by Telegraph, 

 a descendant of Justin Morgan. Kentucky Clay, 

 sire of the dam of Autograph, was by Strader's 

 Cassius M. Clay Jr., out of the Rodes mare, dam 



