238 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



Allen Farm 11 trotters and pacers, and sires 

 and dams of speed. On an eminence overlook- 

 ing the Wallkill at Stony Ford is the grave of 

 Green Mountain Maid, marked by a tall shaft 

 of red granite, with this inscription: — 



In Remembrance 



of 



GREEN MOUNTAIN MAID 



The Great Mother of Trotters and Producers of Trotters 



Born 1862 — Died 1888 



at 



Stony Ford 



The Birthplace of all Her Children 



Dam of 



Electioneer 



1867 



Prospero, 2.20 Elaine, 2.20 



Mansfield, 2.26 

 Antonio 2.28I 

 Elista, 2.2o| 



Elise, 



Paul, 



Lancelot (18S7), 2.23 



Also Grand Dam of Norlaine, one-year-old record 2.31I 



This stone was erected a.d. 1889, by Charles Backman, on the spot 



dedicated to her worth and honored by her dust 



Although Electioneer was without record, he 

 did more to fix the rank of Green Mountain 

 Maid than all of those which obtained records. 



