2 14 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



owner of Peerless, a fast and handsome road 

 mare, and as she was by Seely's American Star, 

 he recognized the value of the blood. Of Clara, 

 the greatest daughter of Seely's American Star, 

 I shall speak at length in the chapter devoted to 

 Great Brood Mares. Dexter was the greatest 

 horse of his day for speed and endurance, and 

 a few years after his purchase by Mr. Bonner 

 he trotted a mile to road wagon over Prospect 

 Park, Long Island, carrying 319 pounds, in 2.2 if. 

 Prominent among the daughters of Seely's Amer- 

 ican Star were Widow Machree, dam of Aber- 

 deen, a stallion whose blood bred on; Lady Sears, 

 dam of Huntress, 2.2of, and Trio, 2.23J; Lady 

 Sanford, dam of Jay Gould, 2.2 1|^, a successful 

 sire, and of Emblem, dam of five in 2.30 ; Flora 

 Gardiner, dam of Guy, 2.09I, and Fred Folger, 

 2.20J; Nancy Whitman, dam of Madeleine, 

 2.23J, and Robert McGregor, 2.1 7^^, sire of 

 Cresceus; Lady Dunn, dam of Joe Bunker, 2.19J, 

 and of Lady Bunker (dam of Guy Wilkes, 2. 15 J, 

 El Mahdi, 2.25I, and William L., sire of Axtell, 

 2.12); and Imogene, dam of Arthurton, sire of 

 Arab, 2.15, and of the famous brood mare, Han- 

 nah Price, dam of Lesa Wilkes, 2.09. Leland, 

 sire of Geneva, 2.11^, and others in the list, as 



