other Great Producing Mares 253 



ten years old, and his success for that short 

 space of time was dazzHng. Arbiter (1878) by 

 Administrator trotted to a record to 2.22^, and 

 is a producing sire. AlHne (1880) by Belmont 

 is the dam of two in the list. Alfonso (1886) by 

 Baron Wilkes is the sire of 18 in 2.30. Allen- 

 dorf (1883) by Onward is the sire of 32 in the 

 list. Other producing sons are Alsatian and 

 Baron Alexander. The nine trotters from Alma 

 Mater are Allendorf, 2A()\\ Arbiter, 2.22|-; 

 Alcantara, 2.23; Almater (by Hambrino), 2.24J; 

 Alcyone, 2.27 ; Amami (by Wilton), 2.28|; Alicia, 

 2.30; Alsatian, 2.30; and Baron Alexander, 2.30. 

 Almeta (by Almont) has a record of 2.32I. This 

 is a wonderful showing — speed from six different 

 stallions. 



Australian was a richly bred horse by West 

 Australian out of Emelia by Young Emilius, she 

 out of Persian by Whisker; and he died at Wood- 

 burn, where he was a noted sire of race-horses. 

 Margrave was also a richly bred horse, by Muley, 

 out of Election, and tracing directly to Crofts Bay 

 Barb and Burton's Barb Mare. He was im- 

 ported into Virginia in 1835. If speed is not 

 interchangeable, why should the half-running 

 bred Alma Mater have become the mother of 



