258 The Trotting and tbe Pacing Horse 



records of 2.20 or better. This is a great show- 

 ing for a mare that was not favorably situated to 

 achieve success. 



Sontag Mohawk, gray mare, foaled in 1875, by 

 Mohawk Chief, dam Sontag Nellie by Toronto 

 Sontag, made a distinguished record at Palo 

 Alto. She is the dam of eight trotters, one of 

 which, Norhawk, has a record of 2.15!, and 

 another, Sally Benton, trotted to a four-year-old 

 record of 2.17^. Conductor, one of her produc- 

 ing sons, has a record of 2.14^, and is the sire 

 of Walnut Hall, 2.09^, and of 17 others. Another 

 son, Eros, 2.29^, is the sire of Dione, 2.07^, and 

 1 8 others. One of her daughters, Sally Benton, 

 is the dam of Surpol, 2.10. Sontag Mohawk was 

 fertile to six different stallions. 



Soprano, bay mare, foaled in 1875, by Strath- 

 more, dam Abbess by Albion, is the dam of eight 

 trotters and two pacers ; and one of her sons, 

 C. F. Clay, 2.18, is the sire of 42 trotters, includ- 

 ing Leola, 2.ioJ, and 17 pacers. 



Dolly Smith, brown mare, foaled in 1879, by 

 Mambrino Chief Jr. (son of Mambrino Chief and 

 a thoroughbred mare by Birmingham), dam Maid 

 by Surprise, thoroughbred son of Bonnie Scot- 

 land, is the dam of five trotters and two pacers. 



