308 CLAY HAMBLETONIANS. 



Hattic Wood (dain of Gazelle), by Saver's Haiiy Clay ; seconci dam 

 Grand mother, by Terror, son of Eclipse, by Long's Eclipse; third 

 dam Jennett, by Cock of the Rock — he by Duroc — dam Roni]) by 

 imp. Messenger. 



This is the later pedigree given by the owner of this stallion upon 

 what is regarded satisfactory authority. He is owned by Charles 

 Backman, Stony Ford, Orange county, N. Y. 



Electioneer is a bay stallion, 15 hands 2^ inches in height, with 

 white hind ankles — foaled 1868, by Hambletonian. Dam Green 

 Mountain Maid (dam of Prospero, Dame Trot, Miranda, etc.), by 

 Sayer's Harry Clay. He was bred by Charles Backman, of Stony 

 Ford, and is now owned by Gov. Leland Stanford, of Sacramento, 

 California. 



" Hark Comstock," a well known contributor to the turf journals, 

 thus describes Idol : 



Idol is a handsome, smoothly made horse of fine finish. He is in action " 

 what is called big-gaited, and his stroke pure and even, going well apart 

 behind and possessing none of the shuftling action irequently shown by his 

 full sister. Gazelle, at half speed. In his four-year-old form he received a 

 short course of handling at Carl Burr's, and showed extra promise of speed, 

 but it became necessary to interrupt his training and return him to the stud 

 to fill the gap caused by the sickness of old Hambletonian, to whom the Stony 

 Ford mares were heavily booked. He has since remained in the stud, and is,^ 

 therefore, undeveloped. The get of Idol evidently require more age to deter- 

 mine their value for trotting purposes than those of Messenger Duroc. They 

 possess wiry, enduring qualities that promise to enable them to undergo the 

 severe preparation necessary to develop the best rates of speed and staying 

 qualities. , 



The same writer in the same sketch thus speaks of Electioneer : 



Electioneer possesses a powerfully knit frame, well harnessed with muscle. 

 His head and neck are plain, shoulders powerful and well thrown back, withers 

 broad and rather low, back short, loin fall and well braced with fillets of 

 muscle reaching back into his powerful quarters, below which his propelling 

 points are powerfully defined. He is deep through the heart, with well sprung 

 ribs and good in the flank as well. His limbs are of the clean, hard, wiry sort^ 

 and are well supported by excellent feet. He is a horse of great speed, which 

 has been entirely developed at Stony Ford. His gait is long and low, and 

 carries him with the least possible apparent expenditure of force. He never 

 appeared in a race. 



Imay say further, that Electioneer and Idol both show the extra 

 cross of Bellfounder blood derived through their dams, the daughters 

 of Sayer's Harry Clay. Electioneer is 40 inches in length in the line 



