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THE MORGAN HORSE 



of most horses, Occident, in 1873, trotted a mile in 2 :i6^. He was the 

 first horse to drop below 2:17, and the first of the grandsons or grand- 

 daughters of St. Clair to gain distinction. The above named were bred, as 

 may be termed, haphazard. Nothing is known of the blood of their dams, 

 that of Occident to all appearance having a dash of native blood, while in all 

 probability the dams of Mayfly and Mayflower were the progeny of ' Ameri- 

 can ' mares. 



"But when the blood of St. Clair was blended with that of Electioneer, 

 and due attention was paid to development, there followed startling results. 

 In 1880, Fred Crocker, then two years old, trotted a mile in 2 125^, and the 

 next year Wildflower, two years old, trotted in 2 121, and Bonita, two years, 

 in 2 :24^. Wildflower became incapaciated from a severe attack of dis- 

 temper, so severe that great portions of flesh were eaten away, ears curtailed 

 and a hole corroded through the membrane which separates the nostrils. 

 Bonita, at four years, obtained a record of 2 :i8^ and 'trained on', as is 

 proved by her trotting last year in 2:18^. But by far the greatest per- 

 formance, excepting the 2 :2i of Wildflower, was that of Manzanita, and few 

 will question that it can be classed with the best when the age is taken into 

 consideration. When four years old she not only trotted in 2:16, but also 

 defeated the best of her age, among them the great Patron. It is not the 

 intention to present illustrations which have not been made in public, or the 

 value of this blood could be shown in a much stronger light, and this sketch, 

 etching would be a better name, is drawn in order to give those at a dis- 

 tance a little insight into the merits of the St. Clairs ; and the summary 

 shows : The fastest five miles either pacing or trotting, the fastest record up 

 to 1874, the fastest and second fastest four-year-old, and three of the blood 

 with records below 2 II". 



Total, 8 ; 3 p. in 2 :3O ; 8 race-winners ; i ten-race winner ; i fifty-race trotter. 

 Races won, 50. Races lost, 78. Total races, 128. 

 Sires : Doc, i ; St. Clair ad, 2. 



Dams of Bonita 2:28%. f Manzanita 2 :i6. Pomona 2 :28%- 



C. W. G. 2:22%. 1 Wildflower 2:27%. Dirigo 2:27. 



Pocakontas 2 :22^. 



Second dams of Alma 2:28%, Aleck B. 2:25%, Fowler Boy 2:26, Idle May 2:27%, Mamie 

 Comet 2:23%, Maralia 2:25, Wild May 2:30, Wildmont 2:27%. 



DOC (MEDOC) 



Bay, 15^4 hands, noo pounds; foaled 1858; bred by Charles S. Lowell, 

 Sacramento, Cal. ; got by St. Clair, which see: dam sorrel, 15^ hands, 

 foaled near the Black Hills, on the way to California, breeding unknown. 



