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that is now known world-wide as the great Electioneer 

 came, and, in 1S77, Gen. Benton followed. In 1883, the 

 famous campaigner Piedmont, 2:1 Tf, son of Almont, 

 was purchased, and a few years ago Xephew, son of 

 Hambrino, 2:21^, joined Electioneer, Piedmont and 

 Gen. Benton to complete the quartette of famous 

 Palo Alto sires. At different times lots of brood- 

 mares were brought from the East, and others had 

 been purchased in California, until, with the natural 

 increment, the brood-mares now number about 300. 

 The most famous of the mares imported from the 

 East are Elaine, 2:20, by Messenger Duroc, out of 

 Green Mountain Maid, Electioneers dam; Sontag 

 Mohawk, the dam of Sally Benton ; ^orma, the dam 

 of [N'orval, 2:17i; Lady Thorn Jr., the dam of Santa 

 Glaus. 2:17i-; Sprite, by Belmont, out of the great 

 mare Waterwitch; Gazelle, 2:21, by Hambleton- 

 ian, out of Hattie Wood, by Harry Clay ; the noted 

 trotting -mares Lula, 2:15, and May Queen, 2:20, 

 Lucy, 2:1-1, the great white pacer, and many other 

 Eastern mares of note. Among those of Californian 

 origin that were brought to Palo Alto were Beautiful 

 Bells (the greatest dam of trotters, age considered, 

 that ever lived), by The Moor, out of Minnehaha, also 

 a famous producer ; Addie, the dam of Manon, 2:21, 

 and AYoodnut, 2:16^; Aurora, 2:27, by John JS^elson ; 

 Columbine, the dam of Antevolo, 2:19^, and Anteo, 

 2:164; Mayflower, 2:30^, the dam of Manzanita, 2:16, 

 and Wildflower, 2:21 ; and May Fly, 2:30^, the dam 

 of Bonita, 2:1 8^. 



In this chapter I only propose to outline the found- 

 ing and history of Palo Alto, but later on in the book 



