32 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



of Lady Thorn and Mambrino Patchen. Expec- 

 tation has no record, but as a three-year-old she 

 trotted a trial in 2.28. Major Delmar carries the 

 blood of the foundation families, Justin Morgan ; 

 Messenger, through Hambletonian and his two 

 great prepotent sons, Electioneer and George 

 Wilkes ; Clay, through its best source, Green 

 Mountain Maid ; Mambrino Chief through Mam- 

 brino Patchen and Almont ; and American Star: 

 and all who believe in close adherence to demon- 

 strated trotting lines in breeding point to his 

 achievements with satisfaction. It is to be re- 

 gretted that he was not given an opportunity 

 at Memphis, where he made his shield record 

 of i-59f, to see what he could do to establish a 

 record without the aid of a pace-maker in front. 

 I do not believe that he has reached the limit of 



his speed. 



Cresceus 



The third trotter who was reported to have 

 crossed the two-minute line in 1903 is Cresceus, 

 a chestnut horse of powerful build, foaled in 1894 

 and sired by Robert McGregor, 2.17^, son of 

 Major Edsall, 2.29, by Alexander's Abdallah, the 

 prepotent son of Rysdyk's Hambletonian ; dam 

 Mabel by Mambrino Howard by Mambrino 



