234 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



to be by Iron's Cadmus, a grandson of American 

 Eclipse. The first time I saw Green Mountain 

 Maid was in a large paddock at the Sunshine 

 Stud of D. B. Irwin, who owned the stallion 

 Middletown by Rysdyk's Hambletonian. She 

 was a self-willed filly, and having been frightened 

 by a dog barking at her heels, was bred to Mid- 

 dletown instead of being trained. Charles Back- 

 man purchased her for $450 in foal, and from 

 that hour until her death she enjoyed the freedom 

 of the pastures of Stony Ford without ever being 

 touched by harness. The bay filly by Middle- 

 town was born in the fields during a heavy 

 rainstorm in the spring of 1867. The filly was 

 puny-looking, and the wonder was that she sur- 

 vived the shock of birth. She was called Storm, 

 was sold at auction for $140, and at maturity was 

 driven on the road and used as a brood mare. 

 At the age of 17 she trotted to a record of 2.26^. 

 With Storm by her side Green Mountain Maid 

 was led across the hills to Chester and bred to 

 Hambletonian. The result was a bay colt, foaled 

 May 2, 1868, and named Electioneer. He was 

 never regularly trained, but as a three-year-old 

 trotted a quarter to wagon in 38 seconds. 

 In the fall of 1876 Leland Stanford visited 



