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of 2.05^. In 1903, as a six-year-old, he was the 

 determined rival of Lou Dillon, especially after 

 Mr. E. E. Smathers had paid $40,000 for him. 

 The blood lines of Major Delmar are of approved 

 merit, and the critic who objects to missing links 

 in a pedigree has no fault to find with him. His 

 sire, Del Mar, trotted to a record of 2. 16 J, and 

 was descended in the male line from Electioneer 

 and in the female line from the great producing 

 mare, Sontag Dixie by Toronto Sontag, son of To- 

 ronto Chief and Sontag, 2.31, by Harris's Hamble- 

 tonian. Expectation, the dam of Major Delmar, 

 was got by Autograph, 2.i6|- (son of Alcan- 

 tara and Flaxy by Kentucky Clay), out of Miss 

 Copeland, who obtained a pacing record of 2.25I-, 

 and who produced the celebrated trotter. Cope- 

 land, 2.09J. Miss Copeland was by Almont Star, 

 2.28|- (son of Almont 33 and Blanch Star by 

 American Star 37), dam Copeland Maid by 

 Prophet Jr. by Prophet, a descendant of Justin 

 Morgan. Alcantara was the son of George 

 Wilkes and Alma Mater by Mambrino Patchen, 

 and Flaxy was out of Young Flaxy by Telegraph, 

 a descendant of Justin Morgan. Kentucky Clay, 

 sire of the dam of Autograph, was by S trader's 

 Cassius M. Clay Jr., out of the Rodes mare, dam 



