178 Tbe Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



quarter crack. At Village Farm he made a great 

 reputation as a sire of speed. His daughter 

 Fantasy held the three-year-old record, 2.o8f, and 

 the four-year-old record, 2.06. His son, The 

 Abbot, was the champion trotter until his record of 

 2.03J was beaten by Cresceus. Chimes is the sire 

 of 72 in the list, and his daughters have produced 

 American Belle, three-year-old, 2.1 2J ; Dare Devil, 

 2.09; and Lady of the Manor (pacer), 2.04J. 



St. Bel, the elder brother of Chimes, trotted to 

 a four-year-old record of 2.12^, and was making 

 rapid progress in the stud at Prospect Hill Stock 

 Farm, Franklin, Pennsylvania, when death cut 

 short his career in September, 1891. The fastest 

 of his 47 trotters is Lynne Bel, 2.io|, also a pro- 

 ducing sire. Baron Bel, 2.1 1 J, is the fastest of 

 his nine pacers. 



Whips is the sire of Azote, 2.04! ; Cobwebs, 

 2.12; and eight other trotters. His one pacer, 

 Myrtha Whips, has a record of 2.09. Whips died 

 in his prime. 



Ansel, before his death, sired Answer, 2.14I-, 

 and eight other trotters. He also had one pacer, 

 Miss Emma, 2.17. 



Anteeo by Electioneer, out of Columbine by 

 A. W. Richmond, she out of Columbia, thorough- 



