2 28 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



sire of the champion yearling trotter Adbell, 

 2.23. Lula Wilkes is also the dam of Alia, 2.2 1|^, 

 and Welbeck, 2.2 2 J. At one time Governor 

 Stanford thought so well of Advertiser that he 

 refused an offer of #100,000 for him. The stal- 

 lion carried the blood of Electioneer and George 

 Wilkes as well as that of Alexander's Norman, 

 and an extravagant valuation was put on the 

 combination. Jenny, daughter of Crockett's 

 Arabian, was bred to Alexander's Norman, 

 whose registered number is 25, and the fruit 

 was May Queen, a trotter of celebrity, who re- 

 tired with a record of 2.20. May Queen is in 

 the great brood-mare list as the dam of Maiden, 

 2.23, and May King, 2.2 1^ The latter, who is 

 by Electioneer, is the sire of Bingen, 2.06J, a 

 producing sire. Election, the brother of May 

 King, is also a producing sire. A daughter of 

 Todhunter's Sir Wallace, she out of Eagletta, 

 thoroughbred daughter of Gray Eagle, was bred 

 to Alexander's Norman, and the outcome was 

 Norma, who, bred to Electioneer, produced Nor- 

 val, 2.i4|-, sire of the first great yearling trotter, 

 Norlaine, 2.3 il Among the more than three- 

 score trotters of Norval is Countess Eve, with 

 a record of 2. 09 J. Norman, 25, passed from 



