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only Occident and the brown gelding Capt. Smith, by 

 Locomotive, out of the famous mare Maid of Clay, the 

 dam of the stallion Clay, 2:25, and Carrie C, 2:24, two 

 of Electioneers get that have since distinguished them- 

 selves. We started at Sacramento, September 11th, 

 where Ca])t. Smith was beaten by Del Sur, and Occi- 

 dent by Xutwood. "We started Occident a couple of 

 weeks later, at San Jose, against Graves, and Graves 

 won in straight heats in 2:20, 2:20, 2:23. This race 

 ended the turf career of Occident. 



The following year, 1880, was a busier and more 

 successful one for the stable, and it marked the debut 

 of the first of the sensational youngsters that have 

 come from Palo Alto, for in that year Fred Crocker 

 lowered the two-year-old record to 2:25 J. We also 

 campaigned Elaine, the half-sister to Electioneer, that 

 season, and gave her a record of 2:20, and with Capt. 

 Smith we beat Del Sur at Sacramento, giving him a 

 record of 2:29. In 1881 Palo Alto brought out two 

 other world-famous young performers in the yearling 

 filly Hinda Kose, and the two-year-old TTildflower, 

 daughters of Electioneer. Hinda Eose made a yearling 

 record of 2-Mi, and Wildflower a two-year-old record 

 of 2:21, and the former record stood unbeaten for six 

 years, while the latter was at the head of the list for 

 seven years. On the same day that Hinda Eose made 

 her record we gave Bonita a two-year-old record of 

 2:24^, beating all performances except Wildflower's; 

 and now the star of Electioneer was fairly started in 

 its ascendant flight toward that high pinnacle of 

 supremacy as a sire of young trotters where no rival 

 has been able to approach it. 



