Chapter XI 



THE AMERICAN PACER 



The Wilkes blood, through San Francisco, leads in 

 America with the fastest pacer of 1921 in Sanardo, and 

 he is a double Wilkes, his dam being by Mobel, son of 

 Moko. In the Electioneer family the honours in the 

 matter of his sons getting fast pacers go to Cochato, 

 three-year-old record, 2 mins. 4 J sees., one of the 

 early sons of Todd, greatest son of Bingen. Todd was 

 double-gaited and could pace well, although trained only 

 for trotting. His son, Cochato, is the grand-sire of John 

 Henry, 2 mins. loj sees., and Walter K., 2 mins. 

 2f sees., a pair that raced well, the first-named 

 being by Wilkoe and the latter by Walter Cochato, 

 2 mins. 2i sees, on the pace. With a little better 

 chance in the early part of his career Walter Cochato 

 would probably have been a member of the 2 mins. 

 list, but he was such an unpromising chunk of horseflesh 

 as a yearling that when led into the ring $80 was 



the best bid for him, and he got a new owner at that 



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