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Stanford was an advocate of early development. 

 Judicious exercise, as he frequently said to me, 

 was not harmful. On the contrary, it added 

 strength to growth. The trainer was always 

 required to stop the quick exercise before the 

 fatigue point was reached. This kept the colt 

 buoyed up, and he was willing to try the next 

 time. Beautiful Bells was bred to Electioneer, 

 and the result was the brown filly Hinda Rose, 

 foaled February 27, 1880. She was a sensational 

 yearling, trotting to a record of 2.36^, and there 

 was great desire to see her when she came east 

 as a two-year-old in the stable of Marvin. She 

 trotted to a three-year-old record of 2.19^, and 

 Robert Bonner vainly sought to add her to his 

 collection of stars. Fred Crocker, a bay gelding, 

 foaled March 23, 1878, by Electioneer out of 

 Melinche by St. Clair, established the two-year- 

 old trotting record at 2.25^, and he riveted atten- 

 tion upon his sire. The question often was 

 asked, " Will the equal of Fred Crocker ever be 

 seen?" Other fast two-year-olds by Election- 

 eer were Bonita, 2.24^; Wildflower, 2.21; and 

 Sunol, 2.18. These were to high- wheel sulky 

 on tracks not as fast as those of to-day. The 

 supreme two-year-old by Electioneer is Arion, 



