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Stony Ford, and was so much pleased with the 

 form of Electioneer that he paid the price asked 

 for him, $12,500, and shipped him to California. 

 He was eight years old at the time, but had not 

 been used much in the stud and left very few 

 colts east of the Alleghany Mountains. At Palo 

 Alto Stock Farm he was bred to mares of differ- 

 ent families, and impressed his trotting form and 

 action upon all of them. His descendants are 

 legion, and champion records are distributed all 

 along the line of descent. After the birth of 

 Electioneer, Green Mountain Maid was bred 

 without exception to Messenger Duroc, son of 

 Hambletonian. As Hambletonian died in 1876, 

 there was no chance to return her to that horse 

 after Electioneer began to prove his worth. The 

 produce of 1869 was the black colt Prospero, 

 who was gelded and sold to W. M. Parks, who 

 campaigned him and trotted him to a record of 

 2.20. Prospero died from the effects of an injury 

 to his jaw-bone. The foal of 1870 was Dame 

 Trot, who trotted at eight years old to a record 

 of 2.22, and was a producer of speed. The fifth 

 foal, Paul, was driven on the road, where he 

 showed a 2.30 gait. Miranda, chestnut filly, 

 born in 1872, trotted to a record of 2.31, driver 



