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Two-year-old Champions 



The first champion two-year-old trotter was 

 Doble, a black horse, by Ericsson, out of Belle by 

 Davy Crockett. He trotted in 2.40! at Lexing- 

 ton, October 19, 1872, and it was considered a 

 phenomenal performance. I recall how impor- 

 tant I felt when I was invited to drive Doble 

 around the Price track. Soso by George Wilkes, 

 dam Little Ida by Edwin Forrest, trotted at 

 Lexington, October 12, 1877, to a record of 2.31, 

 and she was heralded as another world's wonder. 

 Three years later, the news was flashed from Cali- 

 fornia that Mr. John W. Mackay's brown filly, 

 Sweetheart by Sultan, dam Minnehaha, had 

 trotted September 25, 1880, at Sacramento to the 

 two-year-old record, 2.26^, and the general im- 

 pulse was to take off hats to her. November 20, 

 1880, the bay gelding Fred Crocker by Election- 

 eer, dam Melinche by St. Clair, trotted to a record 

 of 2.25^, and her breeder, Governor Leland Stan- 

 ford, was congratulated as if he was at the flood- 

 tide of his career. Wildflower, bay filly, by 

 Electioneer, dam Mayflower by St. Clair, trotted 

 at San Francisco, October 22, 1882, to a record 

 of 2.21, and again was her breeder, Governor 



