182 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



and then reduced the stallion record to 2.o8f, 

 was one of the gamest horses that ever scored 

 for the word. His first dam was by Planet, his 

 second dam by imported Glencoe, and his third 

 dam by imported Margrave. Why then should 

 he not carry his action through stubborn contests 

 of divided heats? Palo Alto died July 27, 1892, 

 and as he was one of the horses that Governor 

 Stanford refused to price, a friend of mine 

 offered #100,000 for him, his loss was severely 

 felt. The fastest of his 14 trotters was Iran Alto, 

 2.12^, and three of his sons are producing sires. 



May King, the sire of Bingen, 2.o6j, and other 

 fast trotters, is by Electioneer out of May Queen, 

 2. 20, and he has a record of 2.21. 



February 16, 1887, the chestnut mare Sontag 

 Dixie by Toronto Sontag, out of Dixie by Billy 

 Townes, running bred, produced the bay colt Del 

 Mar by Electioneer. He passed to Suburban 

 Stock Farm, Glens Falls, New York. He trotted 

 to a record of 2.i6|, and meeting with an acci- 

 dent, was destroyed. Among his n trotters 

 are Copeland, 2.09^, and Major Delmar, i.59f. 

 He was a sire of extreme speed, and it is a pity 

 that he could not have lived to witness the 

 triumph of his wind-splitting son. 



