218 Tbe Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



rence's Eclipse. He passed from R. S. Strader to 

 General William T. Withers, and he died at Fair- 

 lawn. He sired four trotters, Durango, 2.23!; 

 Harry Clay, a black gelding, 2.23^; Equinox, 

 2.27!; and Sinbad, 2.29!. Sixteen of his sons are 

 sires of standard speed and 35 of his daughters 

 are producers of trotters and pacers. George M. 

 Patchen, a bay horse, foaled in 1849, was a great 

 performer on the trotting turf from 1859 to 1863, 

 and retired with a record of 2.23^, made at Union 

 Course, Long Island, in August, 1860. He was 

 a horse of distinguished appearance as well as 

 action, and his sire was Cassius M. Clay, by 

 Henry Clay, dam Head'em by imported Trustee, 

 son of Catton and Emma by Whisker. George 

 M. Patchen was bred by Richard M. Carman of 

 Monmouth County, New Jersey, and among the 

 four trotters sired by him was the celebrated bay 

 mare Lucy, 2.18^, foaled in 1857, who won 62 

 heats in 2.30 and better, and became a speed-pro- 

 ducing dam at Fashion Stud Farm. Fourteen of 

 the sons of George M. Patchen are sires of speed. 

 One of these is Godfrey Patchen, sire of eight 

 trotters, including Hopeful, 2.14^, and of four pro- 

 ducing sons. Another is George M. Patchen Jr. 

 (California Patchen), sire of ten trotters including 



