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ter of imported Hurrah. Whips by Electioneer, 

 out of Lizzie Whips, thoroughbred daughter of 

 Enquirer, trotted in 2.27^-, and sired Azote, 2.c4f. 

 Truman, who trotted in 2.12, is by Electioneer 

 out of Telie by General Benton, and she out of 

 Texana, thoroughbred daughter of Foreigner, son 

 of imported Glencoe. These impressive truths 

 took the wind out of the sails of dogmatic theo- 

 rists, and every year added to the lustre of the 

 star of Electioneer. The championship laurel was 

 worn by many of his 158 trotters, and one of the 

 jewels in his crown is that he sired but two pacers. 

 His family is steadily growing in numbers and 

 importance, and conspicuous among his 98 pro- 

 ducing sons are Chimes, St. Bel, Sphinx, Elec- 

 trite, Expedition, Anteeo, Arion, and Del Man 

 Eighty-three of his daughters are dams of speed. 

 As a direct transmitter of the trotting gait and 

 as a factor in the problem of extreme speed, 

 Electioneer stands in a class by himself. His 

 equal has not yet appeared. He died Decem- 

 ber 3, 1890. 



Chimes, brown horse, 16 hands, foaled April 4, 

 1884; by Electioneer, dam Beautiful Bells by 

 The Moor, trotted in 2.30^ as a three-year-old 

 and was not further trained on account of a 



