E. H. HARRIMAN AND OTHER BREEDERS 



was Palatka by Nutwood, dam Atlanta by Alcan- 

 tara, second dam Starling by George Wilkes, and 

 third dam the famous Jessie Pepper by Mambrino 

 Chief. These are great blood lines, but Palatka 

 was hardly equal to his opportunities. Athel, the 

 brother of Arion, who sold for $125,000, was pur- 

 chased by Mr. Olcott for $25,000, and he is a 

 brown stallion of high quality. The fastest of his 

 trotters is Bugle, 2.12^. One of the brood mares at 

 Round Top Farm is Alar by Alcantara, dam Myra 

 by Knickerbocker, second dam Thorndale Maid, the 

 producing daughter of Thorndale. Mr. Olcott cam- 

 paigned her and took much pleasure in watching her 

 resolute finishes. After she had trotted to a record 

 of 2. 1 1 she was bred to Athel and the result was 

 Emsie, a brown filly foaled in 1900, and who took 

 a standard record in 1904. We shall see more 

 Round Top Farm horses enter the list when they 

 are given a good chance in the training school. Mr. 

 Olcott was the President of the Road Riders' Asso- 

 ciation of New York, which was effective in shaping 

 the sentiment which secured the Harlem River 

 Speedway, and it is gratifying to find him among 

 breeders not dead to sentiment. He gets more pleas- 

 ure than actual money out of his farm. 



When So So, driven by Crit Davis, trotted at 

 Lexington, October 12, 1877, to a two-year-old record 

 of 2.31, she was hailed as a wonder. She was by 

 George Wilkes, out of Little Ida by Alexander's 

 Edwin Forrest, she out of Ida May by Red Jacket, 



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