200 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



attention to him as a sire of early speed. Elvira, 

 who was out of Mary Mambrino (dam of Bea- 

 trice) by Mambrino Patchen, was bred to Pan- 

 coast, 2.2 if (son of Woodford Mambrino and 

 Bicara by Harold), and the result was Ponce de 

 Leon, a black horse of i6 hands, who trotted to 

 a record of 2.13 and is a good producing sire. 

 Beatrice, the sister of Elvira, is the dam of Patron, 

 2. 1 4J, a distinguished trotter and sire; Prodigal, 

 2.16, another famous trotter and sire; and Patron- 

 age, the sire of Alix, 2.o3f. The blood of Cuyler 

 thus rounded out champion form. Both Patron 

 and Prodigal are the sires of fast pacers as well 

 as fast trotters. Baron Crisp, 2.12^; Cuyler- 

 coast, 2.1 1 ; and Prince of Orange, 2.07^, are 

 out of daughters of Cuyler. 



Egbert 



Camptown by Messenger Duroc (son of Ham- 

 bletonian) was bred to Hambletonian, and the 

 fruit was Egbert, who in the hands of Colonel 

 Richard West achieved quite a reputation as a 

 sire. Two of the 67 trotters by Egbert are 

 Superior, 2.1 7^, sire of Wentworth, 2.08; and 

 Egthorne, 2.1 2|, sire of Maid Thorn, 2.14. The 

 daughters of Egbert are also noted for their speed- 



