THE STANDARDBRED HORSE II9 



their descendants assumed family names. Most of these 

 families are more or less submerged in the breed, but at 

 least one of them stands out so prominent as to be con- 

 sidered a separate breed by some persons. 



The Hambletonian family. — This family descended 

 from Hambletonian lo, and at least in number and im- 

 portance, stands first in the list. This noted stallion sired 

 40 standard trotters, the most famous, particularly from 

 a breeding point of view, being Electioneer, George 

 Wilkes, Abdallah 15 and Happy Medium. 



Electioneer. — This horse is the sire of 160 standard per- 

 formers, 158 trotters and two pacers. His particular fame 

 is due to his offspring developing speed at an early age. 

 His most noted sons are Sphinx, Chirnes and Norval, each 

 with 100 or more standard performers. 



George Wilkes. — This horse is the sire of 83 standard 

 performers, 72 trotters and 11 pacers. His great fame is 

 due to the speed-transmitting ability of his sons. At the 

 close of 19 12 there were but 10 stallions with 150 or more 

 standard performers, and George Wilkes is the sire of 

 five of them and the grandsire of three others (see chart, 

 p. 120). His greatest sons are Gambetta Wilkes, On- 

 ward, Red Wilkes and Alcantara, each the sire of 170 or 

 more standard performers. Red Wilkes is the sire of 

 Ashland Wilkes, a horse with 171 standard performers 

 to his credit, and Jay Bird, another noted son of George 

 Wilkes, is the sire of AUerton, the leading sire of the 

 breed, having 246 standard performers to his credit. 



Abdallah 15. — While this horse is the sire of but five 

 standard performers, his son, Belmont, sired Nutwood, 

 the sire of 174 standard performers, 137 trotters and 37 

 pacers. Nutwood leads all other stallions as sires of 

 producing brood mares. Abdallah also sired Major Edsal, 

 the sire of Robert McGregor, a horse with 112 standard 

 performers, 98 trotters and 13 pacers. 



Happy Medium. — This horse sired 99 performers, 88 

 trotters and 11 pacers. His greatest son, Pilot Medium, 



