258 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



records of 2.20 or better. This is a great show- 

 ing for a mare that was not favorably situated to 

 achieve success. 



Sontag Mohawk, gray mare, foaled in 1875, by 

 Mohawk Chief, dam Sontag Nellie by Toronto 

 Sontag, made a distinguished record at Palo 

 Alto. She is the dam of eight trotters, one of 

 which, Norhawk, has a record of 2. 15 J, and 

 another, Sally Benton, trotted to a four-year-old 

 record of 2.17I. Conductor, one of her produc- 

 ing sons, has a record of 2.14I, and is the sire 

 of Walnut Hall, 2.09J, and of 17 others. Another 

 son, Eros, 2.29^^, is the sire of Dione, 2.07J, and 

 18 others. One of her daughters, Sally Benton, 

 is the dam of Surpol, 2.10. Sontag Mohawk was 

 fertile to six different stallions. 



Soprano, bay mare, foaled in 1875, by Strath- 

 more, dam Abbess by Albion, is the dam of eight 

 trotters and two pacers ; and one of her sons, 

 C. F. Clay, 2.18, is the sire of 42 trotters, includ- 

 ing Leola, 2.10J, and 17 pacers. 



Dolly Smith, brown mare, foaled in 1879, by 

 Mambrino Chief Jr. (son of Mambrino Chief and 

 a thoroughbred mare by Birmingham), dam Maid 

 by Surprise, thoroughbred son of Bonnie Scot- 

 land, is the dam of five trotters and two pacers. 



