252 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Orator, 2.23, and Impetuous, three-year-old 

 trotting record 2.13, are by Dictator, out of 

 Ethelwyn by Harold ; second dam Kathleen 

 by Pilot Jr., and third dam Little Miss, thor- 

 oughbred daughter of imported Sovereign. The 

 power to control action out of mares with a 

 strong running inheritance is another high test 



of merit. 



Alma Mater 



Alma Mater, chestnut mare, foaled in 1872, by 

 Mambrino Patchen, dam Estella, thoroughbred 

 daughter of imported Australian, second dam 

 Fanny G. by imported Margrave, was a remark- 

 able producer of trotters, and she confounded the 

 critics who objected to the thoroughbred founda- 

 tion for light-harness purposes. Her first foal, 

 Alcantara by George Wilkes, trotted to a four- 

 year-old record of 2.23, and is the sire of 153 in 

 2.30, and a host of producing sons and daughters. 

 Alcyone (1877), brother of Alcantara, has a rec- 

 ord of 2.27, and is the sire of Martha Wilkes, 

 2.08 ; Bush, 2.09^ ; Harrietta, 2.09! ; and 56 

 others in 2.30. Among his scores of producing 

 sons is McKinney, 2.1 ij, sire of five 2.10 trotters, 

 and fifty others in the list. His daughters also 

 rank high as producers. Alcyone died when 



