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FAMOUS 
 
 AMERICAN 
 
 RACE HORSES. 
 
 WITH THIRTY ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
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 HENRY B. ASHMEAD, 
 
 PHII.ABKLPUIA. 
 
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 
 
 Acrobat and Tom Ochiltree, 
 
 American Eclipse 
 
 Aristides, 
 
 Boston, . 
 
 Countess, 
 
 Daniel Boone, 
 
 DiAVOLO. 
 
 Fiddlestick, . 
 Harry Bassett. 
 Idlewild, 
 
 KiNUFLSHER, 
 
 Leamington, 
 
 Lecompte, 
 
 Lexington. 
 
 Lyttleton, 
 
 Nettie Norton. 
 
 Olitipa, . 
 
 Ozark, 
 
 Parole, . 
 
 Planet, . 
 
 Preakness, 
 
 Prioress, 
 
 Rhadamanthus. 
 
 Springbok, 
 
 Starke, . 
 
 Ten Broeck, . 
 
 Tom Ochiltree, 
 
 Trouble, 
 
 Vagrant, 
 
 Viator, . 
 
 DRAWN BY 
 
 Henry Stull, 
 
 A. Fisher, 
 
 C. Lloyd. 
 
 H. De Latre, 
 
 C. Lloyd, 
 
 E. S. H., 
 
 C. Lloyd, 
 
 Henry Stull, 
 
 From Photograph by 
 A. J. Russell, 
 
 J. A. O , . 
 
 C. Lloy'd, 
 
 C. Lloyd, 
 
 W. Ford Atwood, 
 
 Keller. 
 
 C. Lloyd, 
 
 C. Lloyd, 
 C. Lloyd, 
 C. Lloyd, 
 Henry Stull, 
 E. S. H., 
 C. Lloyd, 
 H. De Latre, 
 Henry Stull, 
 C. Lloyd, 
 Henry Hill, . 
 Henry Stull, 
 C. Lloyd, 
 C. Lloyd, 
 T. J. Scott, 
 Henry Stcll. 
 
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MERICAN ECLIPSE was bred by Gen. 
 Nathaniel Coles, of Dosoris, L. I., on May 25, 
 1814. His sire was Duroc, and his dam Mil- 
 ler's Damsel, by imp. Messenger. The colt 
 was weaned on November 10, and not broken 
 until September, at three years old. The following March 
 he was trained and given a trial of two miles, which aifordod 
 high satisfaction to his owner. When only a suckling of 
 five months old. General Coles had named him " American 
 Eclipse," on account of the high promise he gave of stride, 
 strength and speed. While a colt he was not confined, but 
 in the winter season he was turned out every fine day ; he 
 was first shod in the spring, when three years old. His first 
 race was in May, 1818, when he started for the purse 
 for three-mile heats at Newmarket, L. I., and won it with 
 ease, beating Black-eyed Susan and Sea Gull, then called 
 the best three-mile horse of the day. The following 
 spring American Eclipse was sold to Mr. Van Ranst, 
 who, in June, 1819, started him in the four-mile heat 
 purse at Bath, beating Little John, by Virginia Potomac ; 
 Bond's Eclipse, by First Consul ; and James Fitz James, 
 by Sir Archy. The following October he again ran and 
 won the four-mile heats purse at Bath, beating Little John. 
 Fcarnaught, and Mr. Bond's colt, the two latter being with- 
 drawn the second heat; time, 8:13 — 8:08. He then made 
 two seasons at the stud on Long Island, in the spring of 
 1820 and 1821, covering, as a common stallion, at |12 50 
 the season. It was not contemplated to bring him on the 
 turf again, but the Legislature of the State of New York 
 having remodelled the law respecting racing, and a society 
 being reorganized specially for the" improvement of our 
 breed of horses, Mr. Van llanst was induced again to put 
 Eclipse in training for the four-mile heat race, to be run 
 over the New Union Course, L. I., in October of that year. 
 For this race four horses started, viz., American Eclipse; 
 Lady Lightfoot, by Sir Archy ; Flag of Truce, by Sir Solo- 
 mon ; and Heart of Oak. The betting was two to one on 
 Lady Lightfoot, but Eclipse beat her handily in two straight 
 heats, distancing her in the second heat; Flag of Truce and 
 Heart of Oak being drawn after the first heat; time, 8:04 
 —8:02. In May, 1822, Eclipse won the purse of $700, 
 four-mile heats, on the Union Course, beating Sir Walter, 
 by Hickory ; time, 7:54—8:00. The following October he 
 again won the $1000 purse over the same course, beating, 
 a second time. Sir AValter, Duchess of Marlborough, by sTr 
 Archy, and Slow and Easy, by Duroc ; the first heat being 
 run in 7:58, after which the mares were withdrawn, and 
 Sir Walter being distanced in the second heat, which was 
 not timed. A day or two previous to this race, a challenge 
 had appeared in the New York papers from Mr. James J. 
 Harrison, of Virginia, oflTering to run Sir Charles against 
 American Eclipse over the Washington Course, four-mile 
 heats, for $5000 or $10,000. Mr. Van Ranst promptly 
 accepted this challenge, aad chose the larger stake, so 
 that the object of the contest might correspond with 
 the fame of the horses. The time of running was 
 fixed for November 20, 1822, and at the appointed hour 
 both horses were brought out, and the riders mounted, 
 but instead of running agreeably to the challenge, Mr. 
 Harrison gave notice that, as his horse, Sir Charles, had 
 met with an accident, he would pay forfeit. He at the 
 
 same time proposed to run a single dash of four miles, for 
 $1500 a side, which the owner of Eclipse at once agreed 
 to. The horses started. Eclipse, who carried 120 lbs. 
 against Sir Charles's 120 lbs., taking the lead. On the 
 fourth mile Sir Charles broke down, and Eclipse won in 
 8:04. In the evening of the same day, William R. John- 
 son, Eisq., of Petersburgh, Va., the recognized "Napoleon 
 of the Turf," off'ered to produce a horse, on the last Tues- 
 day in May, 182.3, to run a race of four-mile heats against 
 Eclipse, over the LTnion Course, L. I., according to the 
 rules of that track, for $20,000 a side, $3000 forfeit. 
 The challenge was immediately accepted by Mr. John C. 
 Stephens, in consequence of which Colonel Johnson, on the 
 day mentioned, brought on the course the four-year old 
 chestnut colt Henry, by Sir Archy, dam by Dionied, bred 
 by Mr. Lemuel Long, Halifax, N. C, who, two weeks pre- 
 vious, had beaten Betsy Richards, in the four-mile-heats 
 race, at Petersburgh, in 7:54 — 7:58. Colonel Johnson, 
 when he made the match, intended to run the bay colt 
 John Richards, by Sir Archy, but becoming lame, 
 while en route for the North, Henry was substituted 
 for him, although in a private trial John Richards 
 had proved his superior. The race is one of the most 
 memorable events in the annals of the American turf, and 
 was productive of the most intense and wide excitement 
 throughout the length and breadth of the continent. It 
 was considered as a match between the North and South, and 
 sectional feeling ran high respecting the issue. More than 
 twenty thousand people assembled to witness it, and the bet- 
 ting on the result was enormously heavy, each section back- 
 ing its representative racing champion without stint or limit. 
 Henry, carrying 108 lbs., was ridden by a lad ; Eclipse, 
 nine years old, 126 lbs., was mounted by William Grafts. 
 Henry took the lead in the first heat, and was never headed, 
 winning by half a length, apparently well in hand, in the 
 fastest heat ever run to that day in America in 7:37 J. 
 On the call for the second heat, Mr. Samuel Purdy, then 
 regarded as the best amateur horseman in the country, 
 mounted Eclipse. Henry, who was the favorite at odds of 
 three to one, again took the lead, and held it until the last 
 quarter of the third mile, when Mr. Purdy made a push 
 for the lead. Eclipse soon reached his rival and passed 
 him at the commencement of the fourth mile, and beat him 
 the heat in 7:49, by thirty feet, Henry having been pulled 
 up after passing the distance pole, the loss of the heat being 
 evident. Upon being summoned for the third heat, the 
 great trainer Arthur Taylor mounted Henry, instead of 
 the boy who rode him in the first two heats. At the signal, 
 Eclipse took the lead, which he kept to the finish of the 
 race, beating Henry some three lengths, Henry having been 
 reserved for the last quarter ; time, 8:24. The twelve miles 
 were run in 23:500. This established Eclipse's reputation 
 as a racehorse. Oq the evening of the .same day the match 
 was run, Colonel Johnson challenged J. C. Stevens and the 
 friends of Eclipse to run Henry against Eclipse the ensuing 
 Fall over the Washington Course, for any sum from $20,000 
 to $50,000 a side, $10,000 forfeit. The challenge was de- 
 clined, and Eclipse never ran again. In his latter days he 
 was sent to Kentucky, and made several seasons there, and 
 died, in Shelby County, Ky., in August, 1847, in the 
 thirty-fourth year of his age. — Spirit of the Times, 
 
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08T0N, foaled 1833, was bred by Mr. John 
 Wickhani, of Richmond, Va., and was by 
 Timoleon out of Sister to Tuckahoe, by Ball's 
 Florizel. He first started at Broadrock. Va., 
 April 20, 1836, in a sweepstakes for three- 
 year-olds, mile heats, but was beaten by his only opponent. 
 Colonel White's colt, by Carolinian, Boston boltina: when 
 in the lead. He did not run again until the Fall, when 
 he started for, and won, the two-mile-heat purse at Peters- 
 burg, Va., Oct. 12, 1836, beating Nick Biddle and five 
 others, 4:(ll — 4:110, over a heavy track. The following 
 month, he won the Jockey Club Purse, at Hanover, Va. As 
 a four-year-old. at Washington, D. C, he won the three-mile- 
 heat race in 6:U4 — 6:10, beating Norwood and four others. 
 At the same place, Oct. 5, 1837, he won the three-mile-heat 
 race, in two heats, beating Prince George, Stockton and 
 four others, in 5:55 — 5:53. A fortnight later, at Baltimore, 
 he won the three-mile-heat purse, in 5:51 — 6:08, from three 
 opponents, and at Camden, N. J., a week later, he won the 
 threc-niile-heat purse, in 5:51 — 6:02, beating Betsy Andrew. 
 May 3, 1838, he walked over for the three-mile-heat purse at 
 Union Course, L. I., and two weeks later beat Dosoris for the 
 four-mile-heat purse of II ,000 over the Beacon Course, N. J. 
 A week afterwards, he beat Decatur at Camden, N. J., in 
 the four-mile-heat race, in 8:36 — 8:41, and on June 1, on 
 the Union Course, L. I., he beat Charles Carter, who had 
 been brought on purposely from Virginia to meet him, in 
 the four-mile-heat race, in 7:40. Charles Carter was drawn 
 in conse(|uence of having injured his leg, after the first heat, 
 of which the first three miles were run in 5:36 j — the best 
 time ever made in America at that date. On June 8, over 
 the Beacon Course, he beat Duane for the four-mile-heat 
 purse; time, 7:52 — 7:54 — 8:30. Duane won the first heat, 
 which was the first that Boston had ever lost; the latter 
 ran unkindly, sulking repeatedly in the second and third 
 heats, in starting for which he was obliged to be whipped ott'. 
 The same Fall, he beat Polly Green, at Petersburgh, in 9:25 ; 
 Balie Peyton, at Baltimore, in 8:05 (both drawn after first 
 heat) ; and Decatur, at the Union (."ourse, L. I., in 8:00 — 
 7:57 -V and the Beacon Course, N. J., in 8:12—8:26, all 
 four-mile-heat races ; besides recovering forfeit twice. On 
 Apu-il 16, 1839, he commenced his six-year-old career by 
 being beaten by Portsmouth, in a match for $20,000, two- 
 mile heats, in 3:50 — 3:48. At Richmond, Va., he beat 
 J.ady Clifden and Brocklesby with ease, in one heat, in 
 5:46 ; and at Washington, D. C, he won the four-mile-heat 
 race in 7:53 — 8:06, from Tom Walker, Black Knight and 
 two others. After walking over for a $1000 purse, four- 
 mile-heats, at Camden, N. J., he next proceeded to Tren- 
 ton, N. J., and won the Jockey Club Purse of $1000, four- 
 mile-heats, in 7:57 — 8:24, beating Decatur and Vashti with 
 great ease. The week after, on the Union Course, L. I., he 
 beat Decatur and Bailie Peyt*jn, for the four-mile-heat purse, 
 in 7:47 — 8:02. Boston won the four-mile-heat purse of 
 flOOO, at Petersburg, Va., Sept. 26, 1830, beating the 
 Queen and Omega in 8:02 — 7:52. October 17, he"" beat 
 Omega at Camden, N. J., for a purse of $1000, four-mile- 
 heats, easily, in 7:49; Omega being drawn after the first 
 heat. Six days after, Boston won the four-mile-heat purse 
 at Trenton, N. J., beating Decatur in 7:57 — 7:58. On May 
 1, 1840, at Peter.sburg, Va., he encountered the gray mare 
 Andrewetta for the four-mile-hcat purse. The mare won 
 the first heat in 7:50, the best time ever made over that 
 track, but in the second heat, the game old chestnut turned 
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 the tables on her, and won with ease in 8:04. Andrewetta 
 was then withdrawn. Just a week afterwards, he defeated 
 Reliauce and Cippus for the four-mile-heat purse of $1000, 
 at Washington, D. C, in 8:02 — 8:06, in a heavy rain. After 
 walking over for a $1000 purse at Camden, N. J., he had 
 a summer's rest until October 2, when he defeated Bandit, 
 at Petersburg, Va , in a four-mile race, in 7:57, Bandit was 
 drawn after the first heat. On October 8, at Broadrock, 
 Va,, he defeated Texas, Bailie Peyton, and Laneville, for the 
 Jockey Purse of $500, three-mile-heats, in 5:56 — 5:49. He 
 next beat Gano, four-mile-heats, winning the first heat in 
 7:57, when Gano was withdrawn. Ten days after, at Au- 
 gusta, Ga., he beat Santa Anna and Omega, four-mile-heats, 
 in 7:52—7:49. 
 
 Boston then went to the stud and made the season of 
 1841 at Chesterfield, Va., where he covered forty-two mares, 
 at $100 each. In the Fall he was again put into training, 
 and made his reappearance on the turf at Petersburg, Va., 
 for the Jockey Club Purse of $700, four-mile-heats, which 
 he won in one heat from his only opponent, Texas; in time, 
 8:14J. A week after, at Alexandria, Va., he walked over 
 for the Jockey Club Purse of $800, four-mile heats. Boston 
 next appeared at Washington, D. C, October 15, 1841, and 
 there won the four-mile purse of $1000, beating Accident, 
 Ned Hazard, and Green Hill; time, 7:59 — 8:24. A week 
 later, at Baltimore, he beat IMariner in three heats, for the 
 Jockey Purse, four-mile-heats, Mariner winning the first 
 heat in 8:00-2, and Boston the second and third in 8:05 — 
 8:06. The week after, at Camden, N. J., he started, when 
 dead amiss, against Fashion and John Blount for the four- 
 mile-heat purse, but was distanced in the first heat, won by 
 John Blount in 7:42. Fashion won the second heat and 
 race in 7:48, John Blount breaking down and being with- 
 drawn. In consequence of this unexpected defeat, he was 
 matched against Fashion, four-mile-hcats, over the Union 
 Course, L. I., for $20,000 a side, and on May 10, 1842, the 
 great match came off. The number of spectators was esti- 
 mated from 50,000 to 70,000 ; the weather was fine, and the 
 track in fine order. The betting was 8100 to $00 on Bos- 
 ton. In the first heat Boston on the inside took the lead 
 and maintained it to the commencement of the fourth mile, 
 when Fashion collared and passed him in half a dozen 
 strokes, at a tremendous fiight of speed, which she main- 
 tained to the end, winning the heat by a length, in 7:32 J, 
 the fastest heat run in America up to that time. In the 
 secoud heat Fashion came home an easy winner in 7:45. 
 
 Only two days after this great match, Boston beat Slariner 
 (Fashion's half brother) over the same course for the Jockey 
 Club Purse, four-mile-heats, in 8:13 — 7:46 — 7:58-> ; Mariner 
 winning the first heat. Boston was, of course, very sore from 
 the previous race, and would not extend himself. On May 
 26, at Camden, N. J., he won the Jockey Club Purse of 
 $1000, four-mile-heats, in 8:00J — 8:05, beating Treasurer. 
 In the Fall he again came out, and at Baltimore, won the 
 four-mile-heat race, in 8:09 — 7:57, beating Wilton Brown, 
 Reliauce, and Spectre. This was his last race in 1842, and 
 the year following he only started once, at Petersburgh, Va., 
 fall meeting, when he won the Jockey Club Purse of $300, 
 four-mile-heats, beating Black Dick over a very heavy track, 
 in 6:10 — 6:21 ; a race which terminated a racing "areer un- 
 exampled in brilliancy on the American turf. Bos. m started 
 in forty-five races, winning forty, of ''"hich thirty were at 
 four-mile-heats (including five walks c.er) nine at three- 
 mile-heats (one walk over), and one at two-mile-heats, 
 
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 RXINGTON was foaled in 1850, and bred by 
 Pr. Warfield of liexington, Ky. He was got 
 by Boston, out of Alice Carneal, by imported 
 Sarpedon. Her son Lexington, her fifth foal, 
 was always of exceeding great promise — so much 
 so, that Dr. Warfield named him Darley, after the renowned 
 Darley Arabian. He was entered in the Phoenix Stake, 
 mile heats, to be run in the spring of 1853, at Lexington, 
 and in the Citizens' Stake, two-mile heats, for the same 
 meeting. The race was run in rain and mud. There was 
 a false start, in which Darley and Garrett Davis ran three 
 miles before they could be pulled up. In five minutes they 
 had to start again with a lot of fresh horses, among whom 
 was Wild Irishman, by Glencoe, a fast miler, as was after- 
 wards abundantly proved. Nevertheless, Darley won in 
 three straight heats. Meantime, the powers of the colt 
 had been recognized, and two parties were after him to run 
 in the Great State Stake at New Orleans in the following 
 spring, which stake was about to close. Mr. Louis Smith 
 of Alabama wanted him for that State. Captain Viley 
 and Mr. Ten Broeck wanted the colt to represent Ken- 
 tucky in the State Stake, and they finally got him. Mr. 
 Smith was vexed at not having got Lexington for Alabama, 
 and matched Sallie Waters against him to run three-mile 
 heats in the fall, staking $5,000 to Lexington's $3,500. 
 The latter was sent for preparation to Natchez to Mr. J. 
 B. Pryor, a man of great natural sagacity, of much skill 
 as a trainer. After some time had passed at his new 
 home, Lexington was brought out at early morning to run 
 a trial. He did so, and pulled up in great distress, for 
 which Mr. Pryor was unable to account. But upon ques- 
 tioning his boys, one of them confessed that Lexington had 
 broken into the feed-room, through the board partition, in 
 the night preceding the trial, and eaten up a large part of 
 a barrel of wheat. The result of the matter was, that the 
 horse went all to pieces, and Mr. Pryor is inclined to believe 
 that the infirmity of his eyes and his early blindness re- 
 sulted in part from that cause. They now proposed to 
 draw the match with Sallie Waters, but Mr. Smith and his 
 trainer (Tom Patterson) refused, although their mare was 
 herself badly off. The race was run, Lexington won it, 
 and the mare never recovered from its effects. She did not 
 long survive. A four-mile trial before the Great State 
 Stake in the following spring proved that Lexington was 
 all himself, and a horse of ten millions. Four horses were 
 run against him, mile about. Little Flea and Jim Barton 
 being among them. None of them could keep anywhere 
 near Lexington, and when Little Flea cut in to run the last 
 mile the grand young horse ran clean over him, and knocked 
 him into the ditch ! The Great State Stake was run in 
 mud, and Lexington won in two straight heat«, beating 
 Lecompte, Highlander, and Arrow in 8:08 J — 8:04; Arrow 
 distanced in the first heat and Highlander in the second. 
 After the State Stake, Captain Viley determined that Lex- 
 ington should race no more that season. His .shoes were 
 pulled off and he was turned out. But Mr. Ten Broeck 
 wanted to run him in the Jockey Club Purse, four-mile 
 heats, and as Captain Viley would not consent he bought 
 his half of the horse. Lexington had but two gallops 
 before he started, and was beaten by Lecompte, but even 
 under those circumstances many attributed his defeat to 
 the fact that his rider thought he had gone four miles 
 when he had only run three, and partly pulled him up. 
 
 After that Lexington and Arrow were brought to Sara- 
 toga, and thence to the Fashion Course, Long Island. 
 There had been some talk of sending them to England to 
 run, but the match was made for Lexington to run against 
 Lecompte's time (7:26), and he returned to Mr. Pryor at 
 Natchez to be trained for it. That famous match was 
 decided on the Metairie Course, New Orleans, April 2, 1855. 
 The horse was to beat Lecompte's time (7:26) for $20,000. 
 Lexington won with great ease, running in 7:191. The 
 track is commonly supposed to have been in extra good 
 condition, but that is an error. There had been no rain for 
 about throe months, and it was very hard. The tanbark and 
 sawdust laid near the pole did but little good. When Lex- 
 ington reached Natchez to be trained for this race he was 
 somewhat scarred. He had run away at Mr Lloyd's, and 
 galloped through a cornfield, in which the stalks had bruised 
 his legs. He was not hurt seriously, however, and Mr. 
 Pryor got him into splendid staying condition. Some said 
 he was a little big when he arrived at New Orleans, but 
 Mr. Pryor said in reply, "If he is it is my fault, for he 
 has never missed a feed nor a gallop." In the match 
 Joe Blackburn ran the first mile with him. Arrow the two 
 middle miles, and Joe Blackburn the fourth. Lexington went 
 clean away from them, and the time of his miles was 1:-47J- 
 — l;52i — 1:511 — 1:48J. Only once did Arrow get up to 
 him, which was when Lexington's feet had been made very 
 hot by the hard ground, and he swerved out into the middle 
 of the track, where it was softer. But a touch of Gilpat- 
 rick's spur and a pull forced him to the pole, and finding 
 Arrow near him, he shot off again. He had the advantage 
 of an excellent rider, for Gilpatrick's seat was beautiful, 
 his hand light and artistic, and he was a good judge of pace. 
 The best judges say that Lexington could have run in 7:12 
 on this memorable day, and that when he beat Lecompte 
 twelve days afterwards for the Jockey Club Purse in 7:23|, 
 he could have run in 7:10, or better. The style and action 
 of this king among horses were of the finest description. 
 He went stealing along with a low, easy stride, his head 
 levelled and generally inclined a little in towards the fence, 
 on the other side of which the carriage horses were. His 
 speed was so great that he could go within himself while 
 other horses were running nearly their best rate and tiring, 
 and for staying qualities which result from good wind, good 
 disposition, sound legs, and easy action, he was unrivalled. 
 His gameness was unquestionable, for when his feet were 
 burning hot in the time race, and both the fore plates were 
 badly twisted, he no sooner heard Arrow approaching than 
 he shot away like an arrow from a Comanche bow. He 
 was not a horse of the large bone, which some declaim 
 about as the sunwnmi bonum, but his joints were large and 
 strong, and his legs clean and sinewy. He was a very 
 bloodlike horse, much more so than his sons of some fami- 
 lies, and his head was clean out, as if struck out of marble 
 by the chisel of a great sculptor. When blind in his pad- 
 dock his appearance was grand as that of Belisarius in his 
 old age. He died at Woodburn Stud Farm, in Kentucky, 
 July 1, 1875. 
 
 Lexington hit with nearly all sorts of mares, but those 
 who were by English horses seem to have suited him best. 
 The cross with the daughters of Glencoe was generally 
 happy in its results. The same may be said of that with 
 those of Yorkshire, and the Leviathans and Albious also 
 suited him well. — Sportsman. 
 
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 ECOMPTE was bred by General Thomas J. 
 Wells, of Louisiana;. foaled in 1850, by Bos- 
 ton, out of the renowned mare, Reel, by Glen- 
 coe. He was a chestnut horse, with white near 
 hind leg, about 15.3 in height, and made his first appear- 
 ance on the turf as a two-year-old (according to the then 
 existing Southern rule of calculating ages), on the Jletairie 
 Course, New Orleans, April 5, 1853, in a sweep-stakes for 
 that age, winning both heats, in 1:48^ — 1:451, and beating 
 Conrad the Corsair, Argent and Zero. The ensuing Fall, 
 he started for and won the sweepstakes for three-year-olds, 
 two-mile heats, Pharsalia Course, Natchez, carrying 86 fts.; 
 beating his two opponents, Atala and Conrad the Corsair, 
 in 3:45J— 3:46J. On Jan. 6, 1854, he beat the fomous 
 mare SalHe Ward, by Glencoe, and another, in a race of 
 mile heats, over the same course, in 1;47 — 1:47; and just 
 one week afterwards beat Mary Taylor, Joe Blackburn and 
 Medina, two-mile heats, in 3:45.1 — 3:525. Seven days 
 afterwards, he won the two-mile heat purse, same course, 
 in 3:441—3:55, beating the Cora Colt, by Gallatin. On 
 April 1, 1854, on the Metairie Course, New Orleans, he 
 started for the Great Post Stakes, of S5000, each, four- 
 mile heats, against Lexington, Highlander and Arrow, 
 over a heavy track. Highlander was the favorite, but 
 Lexington won the first heat by three lengths in 8:081 ; 
 Lecompte second and Arrow distanced. Lexington won 
 the second heat by four lengths in 8:04 ; Lecompte again 
 second and Highlander distanced. The friends of Lecompte 
 attributed his defeat to the heavy state of the track, which 
 was not adapted to his long, sweeping stride, and confidently 
 predicted that he would retrieve his laurels the next time 
 he encountered Lexington. That occasion soon arrived, for 
 a week afterwards, on the same cour.se, Lecompte, Lexing- 
 ton and Reube came together for the Jockey Club Purse of 
 S2000, four mile heats. The track was in capital order for 
 running, and the day pleasant, Lexington was the favorite at 
 $100 to S80 against the field, and $100 to $60 against Le- 
 compte. In the first heat Lecompte made the running at a 
 terrific pace for three miles, when Lexington made a brush to 
 take the lead, and on the backstretch partially closed the gap 
 his fleet opponent had placed between them ; but all his 
 efforts were fruitless, for Lecompte baffled every ch.allenge, 
 and, shaking him off, crossed the score the winner of the 
 heat by six lengths, in the quickest time ever made in the 
 world up to that time — 7:26 ! The announcement of the 
 time produced intense excitement and the most clamorous 
 demonstrations of delight. Lexington was much distressed 
 after the heat, but recovered well before the second heat. 
 Lexington made the running for nearly two miles, when 
 Lecompte overhauled and passed him as they entered 
 the third mile, which throughout was one long-onntinutd 
 
 struggle for the lead, and was run in 1:46, the quickest 
 of the race. On the first turn of the last mile, Lexington, 
 who at that point was nearly up with his rival, for a moment 
 gave back and lost his stride, owing, it was alleged, to his 
 rider nearly pulling him up, under the impression that the 
 race was finished ; but, quickly recovering, he continued 
 the hot pursuit, although in vain, for Lecompte won the 
 heat and race by four lengths, in the astonishing time of 
 7:38f , distancing Reube. The result astonished the party 
 connected with Lexington, and his defeat was attributed to 
 the mistake made by his rider in pulling up at the end 
 of the three miles. The same Fall, at Natchez, November 
 17, 1850, Lecompte won the Association Purse, two-mile 
 heats, in 3:47—3:46*, beating Joe Blackburn. Three days 
 after, he walked over for the Association Purse, four-mile 
 heats. At New Orleans, December 5, he won the Jockey 
 Club Purse, two-mile heats, in 3:56 — 3:52J, beating Galla- 
 tina and Joe Blackburn. In the following spring, April 
 2, 1855, Lexington's great match against time was run on 
 the Metairie Course, when he made his imperishable record 
 of 7:19}. Three weeks afterwards, Lexington and Lecompte 
 again encountered each other, over the Metairie Course, 
 for the Club Purse, when Lexington obtained a decisive vic- 
 tory, winning, with ease, the first heat, in 7:23|, after which 
 Lecompte was drawn. At Natchez, Nov. 17, 1855, Lecompte 
 won the four-mile heat Purse, beating Arrow, in 7:551 — 
 7:56i ; but the latter very unexpectedly turned the tables 
 on him, at New Orleans, on Dec. 5th, the same Fall, in the 
 three-mile heat race, Lecompte winning the first heat by 
 three lengths, in 6:00, and Arrow the second and third 
 easily, in 5:59 — 6:03. Three days afterwards, on the same 
 classic course, he walked over for the four-mile heats. Jockey 
 Club Purse. The ensuing Spring, March 15, 1856, at 
 Natchez, Miss., he was beaten by Pryor, for the four-mile 
 heats Purse, in two heats, run in 7:57 — 7:44}. At New 
 Orleans, on the Metairie Course, April 18, 1856, Pryor 
 again beat him in the three-mile heats race. Minnow also 
 running. Lecompte won the first heat, but Pryor outlasted 
 him, and won the second and third; time, 5:58} — 5:59 J — 
 6:12. Mr. Ten Broeck then purchased Lecompte to take to 
 England, in company with Prioress, Pryor and Babylon, 
 in the Fall of 1856, in his memorable enterprise to test the 
 speed and bottom of the American against the English 
 thoroughbred horses on the turf of the latter country. 
 Lecompte only started once on the English turf, in the 
 Warwick Cup, three miles, Sept. 3, 1857, when, he ran 
 third to the winner, Fisherman, and Oak Ball, second. The 
 following month, he, along with his stable companion, 
 Pryor, fell victims to disease, which had never been absent 
 from the stable of Mr. Ten Broeck since their arrival in 
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 RIORESS was foaled 1854, and was got by imp. 
 Sovereign out of Reel, by Glencoe. She was a 
 bay mare, about sixteen hands high, with a white 
 star on her forehead, and a small ring of white 
 on her near hind pastern. She made her debut, 
 under the name of Poison, on the iletairie Course, April 3, 
 185G, in the Equus Stakes, for two-year-olds, mile heats, 
 which she won easily — beating the filly by Glencoe out of 
 Blue Filly. Lucy Dashwood colt and L'Ingot D'Or. April 
 10, same course, won similar stakes for two-year-olds, mile 
 heats, beating the Lucy Dashwood colt easily. June 19, 
 Fashion Course, was beaten, under the name of Prioress, 
 for the Association Stakes, mile heats, by Nicholas I. 
 Prioress was second in the first heat, and distanced in the 
 second. In August, 1856, she was embarked for England 
 with Pryor and Lecompte. 
 
 Mr. Ten Broeck's enterprise in thus boldly pitting his 
 stable against the whole of England had been widely 
 noticed by the American press, and their first races on 
 English soil excited great interest on both sides of the 
 Atlantic. Prioress, ridden by Gilpatrick, who rode Lexington 
 in his famous match against time ; and Pryor, with Little- 
 field up, made their debut in the race for the Goodwood 
 Cup, two miles and a half, July 30, 1857, for which four- 
 teen horses ran. For a while they figured prominently in 
 the race, but not being thoroughly acclimated, they could 
 only run into the fifth and sixth places respectively, Count 
 La Grange's Monarque, the sire of the renowned Gladia- 
 teur, winning the race, with Riseber second, the famous 
 Fisherman third and Anton fourth. The result of this race 
 created much disappointment in America. The horses were 
 put into the hands of a new trainer, and Charlton, the cele- 
 brated English jockey, who had recently won the Derby 
 and Oaks with Blink Bonny, was engaged to ride Prioress 
 in her next engagement — the Sussex County Cup, two 
 niiles, August 12, for which five horses started. Li worse 
 condition than at Goodwood, nervous and leg weary, she only 
 obtained fourth place to Tournament, Polestar, and Chevalier 
 d'Industrie. October 5, in the Shorts Handicip, at the 
 Chester Autumn fleeting, she was last in a field of seven. 
 The American mare had now recovered from the sickness 
 which haunted 3Ir. Ten Broeck's stable, and had become 
 acclimated; but still the betting public would not believe , 
 in her, and in the race for the Cesarewitch Stakes, two 
 miles and two furlongs, October 13, she was hardly even 
 named in the betting, 100 to 1 being ofi'ered against her. 
 Thirty-four horses ran, among which were many of the best 
 in England, notably Fisherman, 4 years, carrying 129 lbs.; 
 Warlock, the winner of the St. Leger, 185G, 4 years, 123 
 lbs.; Saunterer, 3 years, 117 lbs.; Black Tommy, second in 
 the Derby, 18-57, 3 years, 109 lbs.; Gunboat, 3 years, 
 103 lbs., and El Hakim, 3 years, 93 lbs. The race resulted 
 in a dead heat between Prioress, El Hakim, and Queen 
 Bess, a three-year-old who only carried 66 lbs. In 
 the deciding heat, she came home an easy winner by a 
 length and a half. El Hakim beating Queen Bess by a head 
 only for secnnd place. For the Cambridgeshire Stakes, 
 October 30, she was unplaced, and then went into winter 
 quarters. 
 
 Her first appearance in 1858 was for the Great York- 
 shire Handicap, September 14, where she achieved an easy 
 ibur-lengths victory over brother to Bird-on-the-Wing and 
 ten others. The Cesarewitch day now rolled round, and 
 thirty-five of the pick of England's race-horses came together 
 
 for this rich prize. Among them were Leamington, 5 years, 
 130 lbs. ; C)dd Trick, the winner of the Cambridgeshire of 
 1857, 4 years, 119 lbs ; Malacca, the winner of the Cam- 
 bridgeshire of 1856, 5 years, 99 lbs. ; the game little Under- 
 hand, 4 years, 114 lbs. ; Mr. Sykes, who won the same stakes 
 in 1855, carrying 106 lbs.; Poodle, Vandermeulin and 
 others. Notwithstanding Prioress carried 126 lbs., the 
 highest weight but one, her game qualities were so univer- 
 sally recognized, that the despised outsider of the previous 
 year now stood at the starting-post the first favorite. A 
 very exciting race resulted in the success, by a head only, 
 of the three-year-old Rocket, who only carried 88 lbs., while 
 Prioress ran a dead heat for second place with the Brewer, 
 who, although her own age, carried 28 lbs. less than .she did. 
 The rest of the field were some distance behind the trio. 
 The London Snnduj/ Times said of this race : '• Prioress ran 
 
 with extraordinary gameness Had she not incurred 
 
 the seven pounds penalty for winning at Doncaster, she 
 would unquestionably have repeated her triumph of the 
 preceding year." The day before the Cesarewitch, the 
 mighty Beadsman elected to pay forfeit, in a, match for 
 £500 a side, rather than meet the American mare. October 
 27, she ran in the Cambridgeshire Stakes, but only obtained 
 sixth place; and with a victory over Poodle, in a match for 
 £200 a side, she closed her labors for the season. 
 
 As a six-year-old, April 28, 1859, at the Newmarket 
 Craven Meeting, she gave Count Batthyany's Olympus a 
 twenty-lengths beating, in a match for 100 sovereigns, ditch 
 mile; and in the Chester Cup, May 4, carrying l02 lbs., in 
 a field of thirty-three horses, she was fourth to Leamington, 
 G years, 114 lbs.; Heme, 4 years, 88 lbs., and Botany, 4 
 years, 76 lbs. Two days afterwards, at the same meeting, 
 carrying 102 lbs., she was fourth for the Steward's Cup, 
 won by Tunstall Maid, for which eleven horses started. 
 May 9, at the Newmarket Spring Meeting, carrying 140 
 lbs., she won the Queen's Plate for mares, defeating Pole- 
 star, 140 lbs., and Target, 4 years, 121 lbs. The latter 
 "led to the Bunbury mile-post, where she .shut up, and 
 finished a quarter of a mile ofi'; Prioress coming on, 
 defeated Polestar by fifteen lengths," June 2, at the 
 Epsom Summer Meeting, carrying 131 lbs., she won the 
 Queen's Plate for mares, beating Archduchess, 3 years, 
 98 lbs., by three lengths; Julie, 3 years, 98 lbs., a bad 
 third, and three others not placed. July 28, carrying 118 
 lbs., she ran third to Promised Land, 3 years, 105 lbs., and 
 Newcastle, 3 years, 105 lbs., in the Goodwood Cup; and 
 on the following day she again ran third for the Bentiuck 
 Memorial Plate, which was won by her stable companion, 
 Starke. In the Cesarewitch, she was sixth in a field of 
 thirty-six. October 24, at the Newmarket Houghton Meet- 
 ing, carrying 101 lbs., she beat, by twenty lengths. Lord 
 Glasgow's Toxophilite, 4 years, 124 lbs., generally con- 
 sidered the best horse of his year. The following day she 
 was unplaced for the Cambridgeshire Stakes, won by Red 
 Eagle, and October 28, carrying 126 lbs , she beat, by sis 
 lengths. Lord Glasgow's Maid of Masham filly, 4 years, 
 112 lbs., and thus closed her third year on the English turf 
 
 At the Newmarket Spring Meeting, 1860, she challenged 
 for the whip, but the weight carried (140 lbs.), and the con- 
 dition of her ofl" fore leg, was too much for her, and though 
 she ran with wonderful gameness for throe miles, she was 
 forced to succumb to Mr. Merry's Special License. After 
 this race she was sold to Sir Lydston Newman, and with- 
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 |EAMINGTON was got by Faugh-a-Ballagh. 
 His dam was a very high-brcil mare by Pan- 
 talooQ. Leamington was foaled in 1853, and 
 was run when a two-year-old in the name of 
 his breeder, Mr. Halford. It is said, however, that he had 
 already been sold to Mr. Higgins, an innkeeper of North- 
 ampton, who was connected with Tom Parr and his son 
 Edward, who in turn were connected with Starkie. He 
 first started at Warwick, in the Woodcote Stakes for two- 
 year-olds, and won. At Nottingham he was beaten in the 
 Robin Hood Stakes, and also in the Bunney Park Stakes. 
 He was also beaten in the Convivial Produce Stakes at York. 
 At Derby he won the Chesterfield Stakes. In 1856 his 
 first start was for the Derby. On the day of the race he was 
 suffering from an attack of the throat disease called stran- 
 gles, which had defeated Stockwell four years before. The 
 party now determined to play him for big handicaps. He 
 was started in four little ones, and was beaten with light 
 weights up, the last of them 84 lbs. They then let him 
 win a half-mile race, however, at Wolverhampton. At 
 Warwick, in the Town Plate, he was beaten; at Leicester, 
 in a half-mile handicap, he was beaten; at Shrewsbury, in 
 the Corporation Plate, he was beaten; but he won the 
 Stewards' Cup, one mile, with 98 fts., and beat a large 
 field of horses. Parr & Co. must have been hard up then, 
 so they won this stake to enable them to pay tlieir way. 
 The horse was entered for the Chester Cup, two miles and 
 a quarter, to be run for on the 6th of May, 1857. His 
 party had so managed that Leamington was regarded as 
 a non-stayer, and before the weights came out 100 to 1 
 was laid against him. Leamington was weighted with 
 93 lbs., and they knew he could win with 110 ftis. 
 Before the start Leamington was at 6 to 1, while Com- 
 motion, a three-year old, with 83 lbs., was at 3 to 1. 
 Thirty-five started. David Hughes, the boy who had 
 alwaj's ridden Leamington in his work, was in the saddle, 
 and Edward Parr's last words to him were : '■ Keep out of 
 the crowd. When you have gone two miles call upon 
 Leamington, and he will bring you through." The horse 
 stood very calm and quiet at the post, while many of the 
 others were dancing and scuflBing about. Away they went ! 
 Hughes galloped on the outside of them all for two miles, 
 then let Leamington shoot out, and he ran clean away from 
 them, and won in a walk. He next started ibr the Gold 
 Cup at Ascot, and was not placed. Three three-year-olds — 
 Skirmisher, Gemma di Vergy, and Saunterer — ran first, 
 second, and third. At Goodwood, Leamington was in the 
 Goodwood Stakes, Cup course, two miles and a half. His 
 weight was 118 fts. Fisherman, the only horse that carried 
 more, had 124 fts. Nineteen ran. Fisherman was a hot 
 favorite, and 100 to 3 was laid against Leamington at the 
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 length, ridden by Tom Aldcroft, and Gunboat, a very good 
 three-year-old, with 91 fts., was second. Fisherman was 
 not placed. This was a magnificent performance on the 
 part of Leamington. He started in the Chesterfield Cup 
 at the same meeting, with the top-weight, 131 fts., and was 
 not placed. At Egham he was beaten in the Queen's Plate, 
 won by Fisherman. In 1858 he ran but once, which was 
 in the Cesarcwitch. The Admiral had now found him out, 
 and put 130 fts. upon him, which was 30 fts. more than 
 he allotted to Prioress, of the same age. Rocket, to whom 
 Leamington was giving 42 fts., won. 
 
 In the following spring, Fisherman and Leamington 
 were accordingly entered in the Chester Cup. The former 
 had 126 fts. allotted to him, and Leamington got off with 
 114 fts. He had to meet four-year-olds at a difference of 
 38 fts. and 40 fts. The public in general concluded that 
 he could not do it, and though the bookmakers dreaded 
 him, because of his former victory in the Chester Cup and 
 that in the Goodwood Stakes, in both of which his party 
 hit them very hard, they laid heavy odds against him. They 
 started, and Leamington got a bad start, which is a very bad 
 thing on the Hhoodee; but when Wells really set him a-going 
 he galloped clean through the other two-and-thirty without 
 any apparent exertion, and won in a canter by two lengths. 
 The four-year-old Heme, to whom Leamington gave 26 fts., 
 was second. Botany, another four-year-old, to whom he 
 gave 38 fts., was third. Prioress was fourth. Fisherman, 
 Lifeboat, Underhand, and some other very famous horses, 
 were among the twenty-nine who were not placed. There 
 was in truth nothing in it at the finish but Leamington, 
 and Mr. Minor said " it seemed to me that he could have 
 won with nine stone (126 fts.)." At Ascot Heath, Leam- 
 ington, with 131 fts., ran second to Schism for the Queen's 
 Gold Vase. He gave the winner 34 fts., and beat Tourna- 
 ment, Miss Cath, and Black Tommy. In the Goodwood 
 Cup, with 138 fts., he was not placed. His off fore leg was 
 under suspicion. In the spring his party, confident of his 
 great staying powers, had challenged for The Whip, over 
 four miles, with 140 fts. up. This race was to be ran in 
 October. During his preparation for it, Leamington broke 
 down in his off fore leg, and the courses of England knew 
 the great modern i-ace-horse no more. Leamington lost 
 many races, but, as Mr. Minor said, with a low laugh, 
 " He never lost when his party had their money on. after 
 his defeat in the Derby." Leamington went to the stud 
 in 1860, and stood at the Rawcliffe Paddocks, getting 
 many winners. In 1865 he was purchased by Mr. R. W. 
 Cameron, of Clifton Stud Farm, for £1575, and brought 
 over to this country, and is now the property of Mr. A. 
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 I TARKE wiis bred by Geaeral T. J. Wells, the 
 former owner of Leconite. He was foaled iu 
 1855, and his sire was the four-miler Wagner, 
 and his dam the famous Reel, the dam of Le- 
 comte and Prioress. He was a mealy chestnut 
 horse, about fifteen hands three inches high, rather short- 
 bodied, but with plenty of depth of girth and capitally 
 arched loins. He ran very creditably at the winter meeting 
 of the Metairie Jockey Club in 1859, where, when not in 
 condition, he ran against La Variete, two-mile and four-mile 
 heats ; and, though beaten in both races by the mare, he so 
 pleased Mr. Ten Broeck, that he immediately purchased 
 him for $7,500, to add to his stable in England. May 
 12th, little over one month after landing in the "old coun- 
 try," carrying 124 lbs., lie started at the Newmarket First 
 Spring Meeting in a Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovereigns 
 each, and, not being acclimated, was unplaced. At Royal 
 Ascot, June 15th, eari-yiug 115 Ow., he ran fifth and last 
 for the Rojal Stand Plate, 2 miles 174 yards. July 6th, 
 at Newmarket, carrying 116 ft>s., he was beaten twelve 
 lengths by the Duke of Bedford's Killigrew, 4 years, 119 
 lbs.; in a match for 100 sovereigns, over the Bunbury mile. 
 But he had now run himself into condition, and at Good- 
 wood, July 27th, carrying 105 lbs., to the astonishment of 
 the betting public, he won the Goodwood Stakes by half a 
 length from Lifeboat, 4 years, 119 lbs., and Blue Jacket, 
 5 years, 118 lbs., with fourteen others beaten oflF. Two 
 days afterwards, carrying as much weight as any horse of 
 his year in the race, with one exception, and giving weight 
 to the second horee, he won the Bentinck Memorial Plate 
 in a canter by six lengths. In this race America was 
 third with Prioress, and the Stars and Stripes suffered no 
 discredit from their champions that day. Starke's next race 
 was at York, August 18th, for the Ebor Handicap, 2 miles. 
 Thirteen ran, and, notwithstanding the fact that he carried 
 more weight than any hor.se of his year in the race, and 
 more weight for age than any of his competitors, he started 
 first favorite, but came in third ; Underhand and Arch- 
 duchess being before him. At Warwick, September 7th, 
 carrying 119 lbs., he gained for Mr. Ten Broeck his first 
 cup trophy, the Warwick Cup, defeating easily Liveryman, 
 3 years, 79 fts., and Lifeboat, 4 years, 119 lbs., considered 
 one of the best distance horses in England. At the New- 
 market First October Meeting, September 29, carrying 147 
 fts., he ran for a Royal Plate, three and a half miles, and 
 was beaten half a length by Independence, 3 years, 128 fts., 
 the rest of the field being beaten off. In the Cesarewitch, 
 he was unplaced, and on the Cambridgeshire day, he ran for 
 a £50 Plate, but was only fourth in a field of five, Zuyder 
 Zee, 5 years, 122 fts., winning. Starke made his first 
 appearance, in 1860, at the Newmarket Craven Meeting, 
 April 11, in the Subscription Plate, a weight-for-age race, 
 five furlongs (140 yards), for which seven horses started, 
 and only obtained the third place, Gallus, by Chanticleer, 
 winning, with Cynricus second. At the Newmarket First 
 Spring Meeting, carrying 126 fts., in a handicap, 1 mile 2 
 furlongs 73 yards, he was second in a field of twelve. 
 The winner, Precursor, by Pyrrhus the First, 4 years old, 
 carrying 115 fts., while the third horse, Toucher, though 
 of the same age as Starke, only carried 110 Ifts. At 
 Goodwood, the scene of his last year's unexpected triumph, 
 in the Goodwood Cup, won by Sweetsauce, he was fourth ; 
 and on the next day he was pulled out again for the 
 
 Queen's Plate, but was beaten by the three-year-old Crater, 
 by Orlando, to whom he was conceding 36 fts. At the 
 Newmarket Second October Meeting, he was defeated for 
 the whip by Mr. Merry's Special License, who had, at the 
 Spring Meeting, beaten Prioress for it. 
 
 In 1861 he commenced badly, being unplaced in the 
 Great Metropolitan Handicap at Epsoui, won by Parmesan, 
 since famous as the sire of the Derby winners, Favonius and 
 Cremorne. He was now kept for the Goodwood Meeting, 
 and in the Stakes (which event he had won two years 
 before) he started a hot favorite. Eleven ran, and Umpire 
 made the running for Starke at his best pace for two miles, 
 when he was passed by Starke and Jingling Johnny, who 
 raced neck and neck to the distance, where Elcho, a three- 
 year-old by Rifleman, dashed past them both, and, after a 
 game struggle with Starke, won by half a length, Jingling 
 Johnny being third, the rest nowhere. Notwithstanding 
 this severe race, Starke was brought out the following day 
 for the Goodwood Cup. In this race Mr. Ten Broeck had 
 three horses engaged, Starke, Optimist, by Lexington, and 
 Wallace, an English horse. The Wizard, the winner of the 
 2000 guineas, and second in the Derby the year before, was 
 the favorite, with 5 to 2 against him. The mighty Derby 
 hero, Thormanby, was second favorite at 3 to 1, while 7 to 
 1 was freely offered against Starke, and 20 to 1 against his 
 stable companion, AVallace. The race is thus described in 
 the Illustrated London News: 
 
 Betting : 5 to 2 against the Wizard, 3 to 1 against 
 Thormanby, 9 to 2 against Mon Etoile, 100 to 15 against 
 Doefoot, 7 to 1 against Starke, 20 to 1 against Optimist, 
 100 to 4 each against Royallieu and Lady Clifden. Wal- 
 lace made the running, Starke second, Royallieu third. 
 Wizard fourth, and Doefoot fifth; Lady Clifden, Thorm- 
 anby, and Mon Etoile being the last three. They proceeded 
 in this order by the " ladies' lawn" towards the top end of 
 the course, when Wallace, whose rider fully obeyed his 
 strong-running orders, to make a greater pace than in the 
 Starke race of the day previously, increased his lead to 
 .seven or eight lengths. When they again appeared iu sight, 
 Wallace was still splitting away at the head of affairs, but 
 with a sadly-diminished lead ; Starke second ; Wizard, the 
 northern hope, third ; and Optimist and Thormanby fol- 
 lowed next, Doefoot being close on their flanks. Wallace, 
 having fulfilled his required duty, shut up before the dis- 
 tance was reached. Wizard then took the lead. Starke 
 joined him at the half-distance, and a splendid race ensued 
 home between them. At the stand the couple were neck 
 and neck, but the Wizard, at the last moment, was "bested" 
 by Starke, who won a terrific and quickly-run race by a 
 head only. Optimist (who had been so judiciously steered 
 by Edwards as to be ready for any possible emergency) was 
 close in the wake of the two just named, and finished third, 
 but two lengths from the quarters of the Malton crack. 
 Thormanby, evidently overpowered with the weight, was 
 declining every stride he took towards the close, but finished 
 a moderate fourth. Mon Etoile, who was beaten thoroughly 
 a mile away from home, pulled up next, and then came 
 Doefoot. 
 
 Starke followed up his victory by winning the Brighton 
 Stakes, August 7, "in a walk" by four lengths, beating 
 Blue Jacket and others. This was his last race ; in No- 
 vember, 1861, Mr. Ten Broeck sold him for WOOO to go to 
 Prussia, where he was put to the stud. 
 
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 TjANET was bred by the ]ate Thomas W. Dos- 
 well, Esq., of Virginia, in 1855, and was the 
 first foal of that famous stud matron Nina (by 
 Boston out of imp. Frolicksome Fanny, by 
 Lottery), the dam of Exchequer, Ninette, Orion, Echptic, 
 Winesap, and otliers. Phmet's sire was Revenue, by imp. 
 Trustee out of Rosalie Somers, by Sir Charles, who was 
 bred and owned by Hon. J. Minor Botts, of Virginia, and 
 was not only a great racehorse himself in his day, but the 
 sire of many renowned racers also. Planet was, perhaps. 
 Revenue's best son, for he was a winner at all distances. 
 His first appearance on the turf was at Fairfield, Va., May, 
 1858, in the Doswell Stakes for three-year-olds, mile heats, 
 which he won in 1:47| — 1:48, beating four opponents, the 
 stake being worth $10,750. At Mobile, Ala., he won the 
 three-year-old sweepstakes, mile heats, in l:49i — 1:54; a 
 similar sweepstakes, at Savannah, Ga., mile heats, in 1:51 — 
 1:52 J, beating Socks; the Post Stakes, for all ages, four- 
 mile heats, at New Orleans, beating Bonnie Lassie, Lizzie 
 McDonald, La Variete and Glycera, in 7:4G — 7:49J, on a 
 very heavy track; a match for $5000, two-mile heats, 
 against Hennie Farrow, at Charleston, S. C, in 3:47 — 3:48; 
 being beaten by Socks, by Albion, for the Hutchinson 
 Stakes, mile heats, at Charleston, S. C, in 1:48J — 1:47'. 
 At four years old he won the Post Stakes, for all ages, 
 four-mile heats, at Ashland, Va., in 7:4{j — 7:51, beating 
 Tar River and Don Juan ; a three-mile-heat purse at Fair- 
 field, Va., in 5:44J, beating John L. ; and the Balenbrook 
 Stakes for four-year-olds, two-mile-heats, at Petersburgh, 
 Va., in 3:50 J— 3:52, beating Pate and Gold Leaf In 
 1860, at Savannah, Ga., he won the Po.st Stakes for all 
 ages, four-mile heats, distancing Arthur Macon in the first 
 heat, a performance he repeated two weeks afterwards, at 
 Charleston, S. C, in the four-mile-heat race for the Jockey 
 Club Purse of $1000. At Augusta, Ga., he beat Delphine, 
 by Red Eye, for the purse of S500, three-mile heats ; and 
 
 at Mobile, Ala., the same spring, he won the Jockey Club 
 Purse of $700, three-mile heats, beating John C. Brecken- 
 ridge. Bill Alexander, and another. At New Orleans spring 
 meeting he won the Planet Post Stakes, four-mile heats, in 
 7:35 J — 7:46 J, beating John C. Breckenridge and La Va- 
 riete. Three days afterwards, at the same meeting. Planet 
 started against Daniel Boone and Sigma, in the Crescent 
 Post Stakes, two-mile heats, with the odds of two to one on 
 him, but had to succumb to that grand racehorse, Daniel 
 Boone, who won in two straight heats. After this race, a 
 match was informally made to run Planet against Daniel 
 Boone at four-mile heats; but it went off, however, as 
 Messrs. Jackson and Cheatham were not able to command 
 the services of Boone. At this juncture. 3Ir. H. J. Culton 
 offered a $20,000 sweepstakes for a four-mile-heat race over 
 the Fashion Course, L. I., for which Planet, Daniel Boone 
 and Congaree entered. The race was fixed for September 
 25, 1860, but, unfortunately, Daniel Boone hit his leg at 
 exercise, a few mornings before, and he was unable to start. 
 Planet had no difiiculty in beating Congaree, who was dis- 
 tanced in the first heat, in 7:39, the track being very heavy. 
 Planet did not run again until the New Orleans spring 
 meeting, in 1861, when he ran against Lightning and 
 Panic, for the four-mile-heat Jockey Club purse, won by 
 the first-named horse. Panic being distanced. He was sub- 
 sequently beaten by Albine, at four-mile heats, which was 
 Planet's, last race, for Major Doswell placed him at the stud, 
 where he has gained high honors. Katie Pease, a winner 
 at all distances from one mile up to four-mile heats, Gray 
 Planet, Hubbard, Brigand, Falmouth, Minnie Mac Platina, 
 Planetarium, Larry Hart, Moonbeam, Planter, Playmate, 
 Steel Eyes, Whisper, and many other good racers, testify, 
 by their performances on the turf, of the merits of Planet 
 as a sire. 
 
 Planet died at the Woodburn Stud Farm, Kentucky, 
 September 3, 1875. — Spirit of the Times. 
 
23 
 
 ANIEL BOONE was bred by Mr. J. M. Clay, 
 of Ashland, Ky., in 1856, and is by Lexington, 
 out of Magnolia, by imp. Glencoe. His first 
 appearance on the racing turf was at the 
 Spring Meeting of the Kentucky Association at Lexington, 
 in 1859, when three years old, where he was beaten in the 
 Association Stakes, for colts of that age, by the chestnut 
 colt Sherritt (subsequently named Satellite), by imp. Albion 
 out of a Leviathan mare owned by Hon. Baillie Peyton, 
 and taken, by Mr. Ten Broeck, to England, where he won 
 many races. In the third heat of this race, Daniel Boone 
 was distanced. His next appearance was at the Lexington 
 Fall meeting, the same season, in the Produce Stakes, for 
 three-year-olds, mile heats, won by Mr. Alexander's Lin- 
 dora. Daniel Boone won the first heat, and Goodwood, 
 Endoi-ser, and two others ran. In both these races he ran 
 full of flesh; but, training down, his next essay was more 
 successful, for, at Woodlawn Course, Louisville, Ky., the 
 following month, in the sweepstakes for three-year-olds, 
 two-mile heats, he won easily, beating Lindora, Endorser, 
 the chestnut colt by Wagner, dam by Glencoe, and the bay 
 filly, by Lexington, dam by imp. Margrave. The ensuing 
 month, November 3, 1859, he won the Jockey Club purse, 
 two-mile heats, at Memphis, Tenn., beating Hempland, 
 Mary Wylie and Birdcatcher. This was his last race at 
 three years old, and he now became the property of Cap- 
 tain Cottrill, of Mobile. He commenced his four-year-old 
 career brilliantly, for, at Mobile (Ala.) spring meeting, 
 March 15, 1860, he won the Campbell Handicap, two and 
 a half mile heats, carrying 86 lbs., beating the famous 
 racer Nicholas I., with 105 lbs. up, in two straight heats, 
 and with great ease, in 4:43J — 4:42J. Planet, Fanny 
 Washington, Allendorf, Arthur Adams, and Marengo, 
 were entered, but paid forfeit. Proceeding to New Orleans, 
 at the Metairie Spring Meeting, April 2, 1860, he started 
 for, and won, the Crescent Post Stakes, for all ages, $500 
 entrance, half forfeit, with $500 in plate, given by the 
 proprietor of the New Orleans Crescent, two-mile heats. 
 His opponents were the renowned racehorse Planet, owned 
 by Messrs. Do.swell, and Sigma, the property of that dis- 
 tinguished Southern gentleman, the Bayard of the Ameri- 
 can turf, Duncan F. Kenner, Esq. Planet had run with 
 such brilliant success in his previous engagements at 
 Charleston, S. C, Augusta, Ga., Mobile, Ala , and New 
 Orleans, that his victory was regarded as assured, and the 
 odds of two to one were currently offered and freely taken 
 by the partisans of Daniel Boone. The latter won the first 
 heat easily in 3:381, Planet not going for the heat; but 
 the second heat produced a magnificent contest, and re- 
 sulted in the victory of Daniel Boone in 3:36f ; Sigma 
 distanced. The Virginia stable was greatly disappointed 
 
 and dissatisfied with the result of this race, and a match 
 was informally made to run Planet against the winner at 
 four-mile heats ; but, in consequence of Messre. Jackson 
 and Cheatham, who made the arrangement on the part of 
 Daniel Boone, not being able to command his services, the 
 match fell through. At this juncture, Mr. H. J. Colton, 
 of New York, oifered a 120,000 sweepstakes for a four-mile 
 race over the Fashion Course, L. I., and for which Planet, 
 Congaree, and Daniel Boone entered. The race was fixed 
 for September 25, 1860, and no turf event, since the day 
 when Fashion and Peytona ran their memorable match on 
 the Union Course, L. I., created such intense and wide- 
 spread excitement in racing circles as this anticipated con- 
 test. The turf for some years past had been steadily 
 declining in the North, and the prospect of the meeting 
 together in a four-mile-heat contest of the three confessedly 
 best racehorses of the day, was anticipated with absorbing 
 interest. Planet had never been defeated at either three- 
 mile or four-mile heats, and his Virginia partisans looked 
 upon him as invincible in races at these distances. Con- 
 garee, the champion of the Palmetto State, had won all his 
 three-year-old engagements for which he started in com- 
 manding style, at one, two, and three-mile heats, and he 
 carried the entire confidence of the South Carolina turf- 
 men. Daniel Boone, as we have already stated, had, a 
 short time before, signally defeated Planet and Sigma in a 
 two-mile-heat race, and his experienced trainer, the late 
 Col. Tom. Patterson, was confident he could go four miles 
 and repeat with the best of them. How the expected great 
 race ended, as far as Daniel Boone was concerned, in 
 grievous disappointment alike to his owner, trainer, and 
 the public, is now a matter of history, for he broke down 
 hopelessly a few days previous to the race, and his brilliant 
 turf career was thus abruptly terminated. At the stud he 
 has been fairly successful, considering his limited chances ; 
 Sallie Watson, Winifred, Ino, Nannie F. Sweepstakes, 
 Magnolia, Frank Boss, Billy Williamson, and Cottrill (a 
 hor.se whose great racing merits were never allowed full 
 development), being among those who can boast of him as 
 their sire. He is still standing at Captain Cottrill's Stud 
 Farm, Blagnolia Course, near Mobile, Ala. In color he is 
 a bay, standing close on sixteen hands in height. When 
 in traiuing, his shoulders are capital, arms immensely long 
 and muscular, tremendous hips and good gaskins, his hocks 
 and knees coming very low down. All his points indicated 
 the possession of great speed, and his gameness and endur- 
 ance were unquestionable. In his races he was always 
 looked upon as a racing wonder, from his .splendid action 
 and thorough gameness ; whenever beaten, his backerai knew 
 that he had done all in his power, and honored him for it. 
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 JIDLEWILD is a brown mnre, blind iu one eye, 
 foaled 1859. She was bred by W. S. Buford, 
 Esq., and was got by Lexington out of Florine 
 by imported Glencoe. She first started at 
 Lexington in a sweepstakes for three-year- 
 olds that had never won a race. In this she won the 
 first heat, and was placed third in the race, two Glen- 
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 behind Idlewild, and three of them distanced, 
 in June, 18G0. In the Fall of the year she 
 down the river, and ran at Memphis, Mobile 
 Orleans. At Memphis, October 29th, she won the Walker 
 Stake for three-year-olds, and it was after this that she 
 received the name of Idlewild In December, at Mobile, 
 she was again victorious, winning the Grant Stakes for all 
 ages, beating Twilight, Neil Robin.son, and James Cropper. 
 Jn the riub Pur.se for all ages, mile heats, at the same 
 meeting, Idlewild was ruled out. Idlewild next appeared 
 at New Orleans, in the Spring Meeting of 1861, and 
 on the 5th of April, and running as a three-year-old 
 according to Southern rules, she won the Club Purse of 
 $400, mile heats. She beat the two-year-old filly Regret, 
 by Brown Dick, and an imported two-year-old colt by 
 Stockwell, running the two heats in 1:452 — 1:461. Four 
 days afterwards she defeated Dick Edward for the Club 
 Purse of S600, heat of two miks, in 3:38 J— 3:41. On 
 May 18th, at the Woodlawn Course, in the Purse for All 
 Ages, mile heats, she beat Austerlitz and three others, in 
 1:48 — l:44i. F^ive days afterwards, at the same meeting, 
 she beat Pope Swigert, Lucy Fowler, and a Sovereign filly, 
 in the Purse for All Ages, mile heats, best three in'five, in 
 three straight heats, in 1:46— l:47i — 1:47. 
 
 The outbreak of the great civil war for a while crushed 
 out the sports of the turf, but the Lexington Fall Meeting 
 was held as usual, despite the fact that many of Kentucky's 
 bravest sons were facing each other on the fatal battle-fields 
 scattered over that State. September 25th, in the Purse 
 for All Ages, mile heats, best three in five, Idlewild beat 
 Pope Swigert, and four others, in three straight heats ; 
 time, 1:471 — 1:45—1:46 ; and the next day she beat Bettie 
 Ward, a Vandal filly, Simon Kenton, and Pope Swigert, 
 two mile heats, in 3:57 J — 3:55. She then went to Louis- 
 ville, and, on October 5th, beat Ella D. and Bettie Ward, 
 for the Challenge Vase, valued at $1000, a dash of three 
 miles. Her first race in 1862 was at Georgetown, Ken- 
 tucky. May 21st, where she beat Kansas easily, two mile 
 heats, in 3:47—3:50. At Lexington, June 3d, she beat 
 Filla D. and Jerome Edgar, two mile heats, easily, over a 
 very heavy track, in 4:32—4:28. For a Purse for All 
 Ages, three mile heats, run June 7th, for which six started, 
 shewas the favorite, at evens against the field, and seemed 
 to justify the confidence of her admirers by winning the 
 first heat in 5:43J, but was absolutely last in the second 
 heat, which was won by the colt by imported Sovereign 
 out of Sallie Lewis. She was then drawn, and the 
 Sovereign colt won the third heat and the race in good 
 time. ^She now left the Sunny South, and at Philadelphia, 
 June 28th, she won the three-mile-heat race easily, from 
 Ella D. and Bettie Ward, in 5:48|— 5:48. At Boston, 
 July 20th, she defeated Wagram and Avalanche, in the 
 three-mile-heat race easily, in 5:42—5:48. At Philadel- 
 phia, October 25th, she won the Post Stake for All Ages, 
 three-mile heats, beating Blackbird, Avalanche and Wo- 
 
 gram, in 5:45 — 5:35J. In 1863 she made a wonderful 
 performance. It was at the Centreville Course, June 25th, 
 in the four-mile dash for all ages ; weight for age ; and 
 Idlewild, 6 years, carrying 117 lbs., ridden by Tom Patton ; 
 Jerome Edgar, 4 years, 104 lbs., ridden by the famous 
 Gilpatrick ; and Dangerous, 4 years, 104 lbs., ridden by 
 Gordon Davison, were in it. The track was excessively 
 hard, and very trying upon the horses. 
 
 The following report of the race is from The Spirit of 
 the Times: "Dangerous had the inside — the blind side 
 of the mare — Jerome on the outside was on that of her 
 good eye. She, sandwiched in between, reminded one of 
 the great Queen Bess, with Philip of Spain on cme side aud 
 Louis of France on the other, and more than a match, in 
 craft and power, for both. At the word they jumped off 
 together, but Idlewild was soonest on her legs in earnest, 
 for she was ahead of the others going round the turn. But 
 Tommy Patten's orders were to wait, and he pulled her to 
 the rear as soon as he could. Gilpatrick now made the 
 running, but not at a strong pace. At the half-mile pole 
 he was four lengths ahead of Dangerous, and the mare as 
 much behind that ."^tout little horse. Idlewild was pulling 
 as hard as Glenartney when Lord Jersey's other colt, Mame- 
 luke, beat him for the Derby, and all the fielders exclaimed, 
 " If the bridle had a broke, he couldn't have lost it." Going 
 around the turn. Tommy indulged the mare with a little of 
 her head, and she ran by Dangerous, taking a place about 
 three lengths from Jerome, while the other colt fell as much 
 behind her. Thus they came along to the stand in 1:59, 
 the pace not having been strong in any portion of the mile. 
 Perhaps Gilpatrick now received a signal to that effect, for 
 they were no sooner out of the crowd than he put on steam. 
 The mare followed suit and maintained her relative position, 
 but Dangerous fell a little more to the rear. The pace was 
 maintained by Jerome all through the mile, which was run 
 in 1:482-. Idlewild just lay about three lengths behind the 
 leader, while Dangerous was some five behind her when 
 they came to the stand. Another mile was run, and there 
 was no change worth mentioning in the relative positions 
 of the horses, save that Dangerous dropped a little further 
 back. This mile was not quite as fast as the second, 1:51 
 being the time of running it. As they ran along the back- 
 stretch of the fourth mile, the mare began to creep towards 
 Jerome Edgar. At the half-mile there wa.s but a length 
 of daylight between them. Now the great struggle in reality 
 began. Inch by inch the stride of the mare closed this 
 gap of daylight. Soon it was all gone. And then steadily 
 but inevitably, as the shadow of the moon during an eclipse 
 advances over the firce of the sun, she fore-reached to his 
 head. But Jerome was not to be pa.ssed, and streamed away 
 from her. Carefully nursed b}' Gilpatrick, he had a run 
 yet in him, even at the rate they were going. Neck-and- 
 neck with the mare in the hollow of the turn, as though 
 cheered on by the clarion voice of Clay of Kentucky, the 
 capital game colt raced. As they swung into the home- 
 stretch the mare had about half a length the best of it, and 
 no more. Once in the straight, however, her stroke, strong 
 and elastic as the Saxon bow that strewed the field of 
 Cressy, soon decided the matter. She got clear of her gal- 
 lant opponent, took the track, and won it by two lengths 
 (such was the fiat of the judge) in 7:261, the last mile 
 having been run in 1:47 J." Her son Wildidle won a four- 
 mile heat, at San Francisco, October 22, 1875, in 7:25J. 
 
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 YTTLETON is a bay horse, by imported 
 Leamington out of Fannie Holton, by Lexing- 
 ton. He was foaled in 1867, and was bred by 
 John Harper. He made his first appearance 
 on'the turf at Lexington, Ky , Sept. 10, 1869, in the Sweep- 
 stakes for two-year-olds, a dash of one mile, and was third : 
 Lynchburg, also by Leamington, winning, with Annette by 
 Lexington second, an Australian colt fourth, and Fireball 
 by Lightning fifth. His second effort was still more unsuc- 
 cessful, for at the Buckeye Course, Cincinnati, September 
 28, he was sixth in a field of seven. At Louisville, October 
 5, he was third for the Willard Hotel Stakes, a dash of one 
 mile : Lynchburg winning, with Maggie B. B. second. As 
 a three-year-old he was more successful. His first race in 
 that year (1870) was the Citizens' Stake, at Lexington, Ky., 
 May 20, two-mile heats, won by Enquirer in two straight 
 heats. Four days afterwards he won his first victory — the 
 Louisville Hotel Stakes, mile heats, beating Defender, and 
 the colt by Donerail out of Anna Farris, in two straight 
 heats, in 1:471 — 1:46*. He then lay by until September 
 27, when he ran in the Buckeye Stake, at Cincinnati, 
 mile heats, for which five horses ran : Lyttleton took 
 the first heat in l:44i, but Regent won the second and 
 third in l:44i — l:47i. At the Fall Meeting of the 
 Nashville Blood Horse Association, October 13, Lyttleton 
 won the Mike Burns Stake for three-year-olds, mile 
 heats. He had for competitors, Regent by Bonnie Scot- 
 land, who beat him at Cincinnati, Banquet by Brown 
 Dick, and Coup de Claire by Lightning, all good horses. 
 Lyttleton won the first heat in 1:46J, Regent the next 
 in 1:47;, and Lyttleton the third and the race in l:46j. 
 At Memphis, October 26, he won the Jockey Club Purse, 
 a dash of two miles, beating Allie Hunt, Village Black- 
 smith, Bonita, Zuzu, and St. Leger, in 3:42J. As a four- 
 year-old he appeared three times. At Lexington, Ky., 
 May 23, he won the Association Purse, a two-mile dash, 
 beating Allie Hunt in 3:34J. His next engagement was 
 at Long Branch, July 7, in the Americus Club Purse, 
 mile heats, best three in five, for which Chillicothe, Susan 
 Ann, and Hamburg, all by Lexington, and Lyttleton, were 
 entered. Lyttleton won the first heat, in 1:47 J, with Ham- 
 burg second, Susan Ann third, and Chillicothe last. The 
 second heat reversed these positions, for Susan Ann won in 
 1:49, with Chillicothe second, and Hamburg last. In the 
 third, Chillicothe was first, in 1:48J, Hamburg second, and 
 Lyttleton last. Hamburg, not having won a heat, was sent 
 to the stable, and the others prepared for the fourth heat, 
 which Chillicothe won in exactly the same time as the 
 last, and Susan Ann was second. In the last heat Chilli- 
 cothe won in 1:50, Lyttleton was second, and Susan Ann 
 
 third. At Saratoga, August 16, Lyttleton was last in 
 the Purse for all Ages, three quarters of a mile. Ortolan 
 winning, with Frogtown second. His opening race in 1872 
 was at Lexington, May 15, where he defeated Hilderic 
 easily for the Club Purse, two-mile heats, in 3:37 — 3:49}. 
 He next encountered the redoubtable Harry Bassett in the 
 "Westchester Cup, June 8, a dash of two miles and a quar- 
 ter, and was roundly beaten for his audacity. Nothing 
 daunted, three days later he encountered Tubman, Metella, 
 and Ortolan, in the race for a Purse of $700, mile heats. 
 The first heat Tubman won by a length, in 1:46}, with 
 Lyttleton second. The second heat Lyttleton beat Tubman 
 by a head, in 1:45 1. Ortolan and Metella were now ruled 
 out, and only Tubman and Lyttleton contended for the 
 third heat. In this, Lyttleton's jockey broke his stirrup 
 and was unable to steady his horse, and Tubman won by a 
 length in 1:472-. July 2, 1872, is a memorable day in the 
 history of racing at Long Branch, and few larger crowds 
 ever appeared on an American race-course than that which 
 greeted Longfellow and Harry Bassett as they saddled for 
 the Monmouth Cup. But just before that event came off, 
 Lyttleton, Lochiel, Abd-el-Kooree, Shylock, John Merry- 
 man, Piedmont, and Belle Aiken appeared in the Purse for 
 all Ages, mile heats. Abd-el-Kooree and Lyttleton, stable 
 companions of Harry Bassett and Longfellow, respectively 
 were equal favorites in the betting, and this race was gener- 
 ally regarded as a forecast of the great race of the day. 
 Lochiel won the first heat by a head from Abd-el-Kooree, 
 in 1:45, with Lyttleton a good third. Lyttleton beat 
 Lochiel by a neck, in 1:45, for the second heat, and Abd- 
 el-Kooree was a bad third. He also won the third and the 
 race, in 1:49, and the Kentucky division were exultant. 
 Three days afterwards he beat Susan Ann, in a dash of 
 three miles, very easily, by two lengths. The track was 
 heavy, and the time only 6:06. He then went to Saratoga, 
 so fatal to poor old John Harper's hopes, and on July 13, 
 was beaten easily by Harry Bassett, in a sweepstakes for all 
 ages, one mile and a quarter, and sis days afterwards Bas- 
 sett beat him again, in a three-mile dash. His last race 
 that year was at Long Branch, August 9, where Susan Ann 
 beat him by two lengths, in a dash of four miles, in 7:40| : 
 Milesian was third, two lengths behind Lyttleton ; King- 
 fisher, who started first favorite, broke down in the third mile. 
 Lyttleton was bought by Mr. A. Welch, and is now in the 
 stud at that famous stud farm, where his sire, Leamington, 
 is the lord of the harem. If there is any virtue in crossing 
 the thoroughbred sire upon the trotting dam, Lyttleton, 
 with his well-known stoutness and gameness, ought to have 
 many representatives on the trotting as well as the running 
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 INGFISHER is by Lexington, out of the im- 
 ported mare, Eltham Lass, by Kingston. He 
 was bred by Mr. Alexander, and purchased 
 when a yearling by Mr. Daniel Swigert, who 
 has selected many good horses at that stage of their develop- 
 ment. The dam of Eltham Lass was by Pyrrhus, the First, 
 who got the famous mare Virago ; then in the pedigree of 
 the former are found Palmyra, by Sultan (he got Glencoe, 
 Bay Middleton, and a host of other fast and stout race- 
 horses) ; Hester, by Camel (son of Whalebone and sire of 
 Touchstone); Monimia, by Muley, etc., and so on for fifteen 
 crosses, ending in the old Montague mare, who will be for- 
 ever famous as the grandam of Mother Western, who was 
 the grandam of English Eclipse. 
 
 Kingfisher did not figure much at two years old. He 
 ran in a mile race at Woodlawn, but was not placed; Lynch- 
 burg won it. At three years old he was a splendid colt, 
 fifteen hands three inches high, with very great power and 
 much quality. His head, neck and throttle were superb. 
 His shoulders were very muscular, his back was good, and 
 his haunches and quarters very large and fine. His action 
 was very clean and determined, but, like Vauxhall, the 
 brother of one of his famous opponents, he hit the ground 
 pretty hard when he was in rapid stride. The first race he 
 ran in 1870 was the Belmont Stakes, at Jerome Park. 
 There were seven starters. Kingfisher had been brought 
 on from Kentucky just before the race, and had caught 
 such a cold that Mr. Swigert and his trainer, Raleigh, were 
 not over-confident. When the former bought Kingfisher, 
 he also bought the chestnut colt by Lexington, out of 
 Verona, by Yorkshire, grandam the celebrated imported 
 mare Britannia, who was sister to Muley Moloch. This 
 colt had been sold while a yearling to Captain JMoore, and 
 had been named Foster. He, too, had been brought on to 
 run in the Belmont Stakes, and after being four days in 
 the cars, had come out with a cough and running at the 
 nostrils. He had suifered very severely from distemper in 
 the preceding spring. The other runners were Midday, 
 Nellie James, Stamps, the Canary Bird colt and the Emma 
 Johnson colt. They both started, and neither of them 
 was up to fair condition. Kingfisher darted off like his 
 brilliant namesake of the brook, when he shoots all purple 
 and gold between the alder bushes. He was never headed, 
 and won by three-quarters of a length, Foster second. 
 Kingfisher was well ridden by Black Dick, while Foster 
 had to pull round his horses about four times in the race. 
 Kingfisher next won the Travers Stakes, at Saratoga, a mile 
 and three-quarters. Telegram was second and Foster third. 
 Chillicothe, Governor Bowie, Scathelock and Sarong were 
 not placed. Foster got off far behind in this race. At 
 Long Branch, Kingfisher was second to Enquirer in the 
 
 Robins Stake, two-mile heats. Kingfisher won the first 
 heat. The track was heavy. At Jerome Park, in the Fall, 
 Kingfisher won the Champion Stakes, mile heats, beating 
 Haric, Midday, Chillicothe, the Canary Bird colt and Item. 
 Time, 1:49 — 1:49. He then walked over for the Annual 
 Stakes, two miles. At Baltimore, he won a sweepstakes for 
 three-year-olds, two miles, beating Midday, and that finished 
 his running in 1870. In 1871, before he was brought out 
 in public, he ran a two-mile trial at the Nursery Training 
 Course with Glenelg. The latter was a capital race-horse, 
 and he was in form that spring, as his race with Preakness 
 and Helmbold, in the Westchester Cup, showed. Never- 
 theless, Kingfisher won the trial with ease. Nobody, how- 
 ever, knew what the weights were but Mr. Belmont and 
 Pincus, and they would not tell. Moreover, Mr. Belmont's 
 faith in Glenelg could not have been much shaken by the 
 trial, as he laid a thousand even on him against Helmbold, 
 in the Westchester Cup, and won it. His horse would have 
 won the race, too, in our opinion, if he had been ridden as 
 well as Ilayward rode Preakness. Concluding from this 
 running that Kingfisher was a very great horse that year, 
 a belief in which they were not at all mistaken, they saved 
 him for the Saratoga Cup, in which Longfellow was entered. 
 That famous horse had made a singular exhibition of Preak- 
 ness, Helmbold, etc., in the Monmouth Cup, at Long Branch, 
 by running clean away from them. The only starters at 
 Saratoga were Longfellow and Kingfisher, and it was a 
 battle of the giants. It was said of the British forces in 
 the Crimea that they were an army of lions led by asses. 
 The horses in this race were like that army, for they were- 
 ridden in the most foolish manner. Longfellow cut loose 
 at a tremendous rate, and Kingfisher kept nearly with him. 
 The former ran the first mile in 1:391, and Kingfisher in 1:40. 
 This was the timing of Captain Cottrill, who stood where 
 they started and waited till they came back to him. The 
 second mile was, of course, much slower, but the two miles 
 were run in 3:33. Both were then tired, and no wonder, 
 after the cut-throat pace of the first mile. Longfellow won 
 by four lengths. At the same meeting Kingfisher walked 
 over, three miles. At the second Saratoga meeting he was 
 entered in the four-mile race with Helmbold and Long- 
 fellow. There was very heavy betting between the latter 
 and Kingfisher, but Kingfisher strained his leg in running 
 a trial at night and did not start. In the following year, 
 at Saratoga, Kingfisher beat Fadladeen and Ramadan, a 
 mile, in 1:434^. He was not placed in three-quarters of a 
 mile, run in 1:16 by Alarm ; and was beaten a mile by the 
 same horse, in l:42i. Alarm was a tremendous colt. King- 
 fisher's last race was run at Long Branch, where he broke 
 down in a four-mile race with Susan Anne and Lyttleton. — 
 Sportsman. 
 
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 EEAKNESS was bred by the late Mr. R. A. 
 Alexander, of Woodburn Stud Farm, Ky., 
 and was foaled in 1867, being by Lexington 
 out of Bay Leaf, by imported Yorkshire, the 
 dam of Bay Flower, Beacon, Bayswater, Bay wood. Bayonet, 
 Bingaman, Niagara, M. A. B., Bay Final, and others. He 
 was purchased when a yearling, at Mr. Alexander's annual 
 sale, for $4,100, by M. H. Sauford, Esq., and did not ap- 
 pear on the turf until he was three years old ; his first race 
 being for the memorable Dinner Party Stakes, for three- 
 year-olds, at the inaugural meeting of the Maryland Jockey 
 Club at Pimlico Course, Baltimore, October 25, 1870. 
 This was the richest stake, with the exception of the Bailie 
 Peyton Stake, ever run for in America, the entrance being 
 $1,000, h. f., two miles, thirty subscribers, and seven starters, 
 making its monetary value §18,500. For this event Preak- 
 ness was trained by William Hayward, under Mr. Sanford's 
 personal superintendence, and was also ridden to victory by 
 that able jockey. His preparation had been interfered 
 with by his going lame at Saratoga, and when he started at 
 Baltimore, his astute owner did not fancy him strongly, as 
 he thought he was not up to the mark in point of condition, 
 owing to lack of work. He won the race very cleverly by 
 a length in 3:47}, beating Ecliptic, Foster, Susan Ann, 
 Finesse, Lida Grissom, and My Maryland, and since that 
 time his turf career has been one of unexampled brilliancy. 
 At four years old, in 1871, he won the Westchester Cup, at 
 Jerome Park, two miles and a quarter, in 4:15}, beating 
 Glenelg and Helmbold in commanding style; the Maturity 
 Stakes, for four-year-olds, three miles, in 5:53, at the Jerome 
 Park Fall Meeting, beating Susan Ann, Judge Durell, Haric, 
 Chillicothe, Fireball, and Pilgrim ; and the Pimlico Stakes 
 at Baltimore, two-mile heats ; the lastruamed race being a 
 walk over ; suffering defeat from Longfellow, in the Mon- 
 mouth Cup ; from Ecliptic, in the Mansion House Stakes, 
 at Long Branch ; and from Harry Bassett, in the Two-mile- 
 and-a-half Purse, at Baltimore, and from Alroy, in the Mile- 
 and-a-half Purse, at the same meeting. At five years old, 
 in 1872, he ran nine times, winning twice, having apparently 
 lost his once great form ; his two victories being in a mile 
 dash at the Monmouth Park August Meeting, in which he 
 beat Fadiadeen, Henrietta, Platina, Venetian, and Bazaine, 
 in 1:45 ; and a purse for four-year-olds, two miles, at Balti- 
 more Fall Meeting, where he beat Frank Hampton, John 
 Merryman, Fanchon, Cadence, Lord Baltimore, and Grace 
 Rogers, in 3:39 i. During this season, he was defeated by 
 Midday (to whom he ran second), in the Long Branch 
 Stakes, two miles in 3:451; by Susan Ann, at the same 
 meeting (again running second), for the Hoey Stakes, three 
 miles, won in 5:33i ; by Fanchon, in the Manhattan Han- 
 
 dicap, at Jerome Park Fall Meeting, one mile and a quarter, 
 in 2:13, by Tubman, twice, in the mile-heat race, and in 
 the Grand National Handicap, two miles and a quarter, at 
 the same meeting; and by Tubman, again, in the Bowie 
 Stakes, four-mile heats, at the Baltimore Fall Meeting. But 
 a long rest did wonders for him, and the following season 
 (1873) he won the Long Branch Stakes, at Monmouth 
 Park, one mile and a quarter, in 3:15J, beating Arizona 
 and Wheatley ; the Manhattan Handicap, one mile and a 
 quarter, in 2:13, beating Mildew, Eolus, Joe Johnson, 
 Harry Bassett, Stonehenge, Stockwood, Survivor, and Min- 
 nie Mac; the Jockey Club Handicap, two miles, in 3:382, 
 beating Eolus, Hubbard, Stockwood, and two others ; and 
 Grand National Handicap, at Jerome Park Fall Meeting, 
 two miles and a quarter, beating Harry Bassett, Fellowcraft, 
 and Galway, in 4:08i ; being beaten by Lizzie Lucas in the 
 Handicap Stakes, at Baltimore ; by Wanderer, in the Mon- 
 mouth Cup, running second; by his stable companion. Mate, 
 in the Fordham Handicap, at Jerome Park, which he could 
 have won easily if wanted; and by True Blue in the two- 
 and-threequarter mile race, at the same place. In 1874, 
 being seven years old, he ran and won four out of seven 
 races, being credited with the Jockey Club Stakes, the 
 Mile-and-a-quarter Purse, and the mile-heat race at Jerome 
 Park Spring and Fall Meetings, and the Selling Race at 
 Baltimore. He was beaten the same season by Springbok, in 
 the Cup and Three-mile Purse, at Saratoga ; and by Fadia- 
 deen, in a mile dash, at the Jerome Park Fall Meeting. 
 In 1875, he came out and won the Baltimore Cup, and at 
 Jerome Park Spring Meeting succumbed twice to Wildidle, 
 in the Fordham and Jockey Club Handicaps, giving the 
 winner 27 lbs. in the first race and 19 lbs. in the second 
 race. At Saratoga he and Springbok ran their memorable 
 dead heat for the Saratoga Cup in 3:56}, the fastest time on 
 record for that event. In 1876, he was exported to Eng- 
 land, and at the New Market Craven Meeting he was 
 unplaced in a free handicap, over the Rowley mile; at the 
 Epsom Summer Meeting was second to Cato, a five-year-old, 
 with 84 lbs., Preakness carrying 94 lbs., in the High Level 
 Handicap, one mile and a half, carrying 119 lbs., Preakness 
 was third to New Holland, 4 yrs., 122 lbs., in the Goodwood 
 Cup, two miles and a half; and at Brighton he walked over 
 for the Brighton Cup, two miles. He was purchased by 
 the Duke of Hamilton and put to the stud. And at the 
 recent Horse Show at London received the first prize, as 
 the best thoroughbred stallion, over all comers. He is a 
 dark bay in color, stands fully sixteen hands in height, with 
 capital back and loins, strong, powerful quarters, clean head, 
 well set on a thick, muscular neck, and legs like iron and 
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 AKRY BASSKTT was foaled 18G8, and was 
 gut by Lexington out of Canary Bird. He 
 made his entree into racing society at Saratoga, 
 August 13. 1870, by winning the Kentucky 
 Stakes for two-year-olds from seven opponents. 
 He next won in the Nursery Stakes, at the Fall Meeting 
 at Jerome Park, and concluded the season by carrying off 
 the Supper Stakes, at Baltimore, (3otober 2G, his solitary 
 opponent being Madame Dudley, the dam of Mr. Sandford's 
 Brown Prince" who ran so well in England this year in the 
 Guineas. He commenced the season of 1871 at Jerome 
 Park, June Sth, in the Belmont Stakes, one mile and five 
 furlongs, for which eleven horses mustered at the starting- 
 post, among them were the fiimous four-milers, Monarchist 
 and Wanderer, Mary Clark, Tubman and Stockwood. Harry 
 Bassett, however, won the race, Stockwood second, and Mr. 
 Belmont's imported Bythe-Sea, by the famous Derby win- 
 ner, Thoruianby, third. Time. 2:56. He nest won the 
 Jersey Derby, at Mcmmouth Park, Long Branch, July 4, 
 Jlonarchist second, Llaho third, and Wanderer, Nathan 
 Oaks, and four others not placed ; and at Saratoga, July 12, 
 won the Traver's Stakes, Nelly Gray second, Alroy third, 
 and four others not placed. At the same place, August 16, 
 in the Kcnner Stakes, he defeated Nellie Ran.som, Alroy, 
 Wine Cup, ^l^olus, Nathan Oaks and Express. At Jerome 
 Park, Oct. ber 7, he won the Champion Stakes for three- 
 year-olds, Monarchist second, Alroy third, and Mary Clark, 
 Nellie Kansoni and Stoekwell not placed. At the same 
 place, one week later, he raced off with the purse for all 
 ages. Thence he went to Baltimore, where, October 24, he 
 walked over the course for the Reunion Stakes ; and on 
 the next day defeated Preakness in the SlOllO purse for all 
 ages, two-and-a-half-miles, in 5:41}; and on October oO, he 
 defeated his solitary opponent, Helmbold, in the Boone 
 Stakes, four-mile heats, in 7:54:] — 8:03^ 
 
 In 1872, at Jerome Park, June 8, in the Westchester 
 Cup, he defeated Lyttleton easily by half a length ; and five 
 days later, at the same place, he distanced Metalla in the 
 $1000 purse. He had up to this time won fourteen races, 
 meeting some of the best horses on the turf, and had never 
 been beaten, and when it was announced that he was to 
 meet Longfellow, July 2, at Long Branch, in the Mon- 
 mouth Cup, two-miles-and-a-half, the greatest interest was 
 manii'ested in almost every part of the country. A vast 
 concourse assembled to see the race. The betting was 
 strongly in favor of Harry Bassett. Bassett led a length as 
 they pa.ssed by the club-house at the beginning of the first 
 turn, but Longfellow ran up to him on the baekstretch, and 
 when they had gone a mile they were together in 1:44. On 
 the turn, Longfellow, running on the outside, was a neck 
 ahead, but at the head of the stretch they were even, and 
 on they came. Nearly up to the end of the first mile and 
 a half it was as close and good a race as a man could wish 
 to see. ]5ut the pace was too strong for Harry Bassett at 
 the stand. Longfellow took the lead. On the turn Bas- 
 sett's rider applied the whip, but it was of no use. The 
 horse shut up at once. Longfellow went away from him, 
 and beat him out in a common canter by about sixty yards, 
 in 4:34. The defeat of Harry Bassett was signal and sur- 
 prising. The idol had fallen — the oracles were dumb. 
 
 An explanation of his Cjuitting is given by a writer in the 
 Golden Rule: -The boy who was left to watch Harry 
 during the moining, subsequently confessed to Colonel 
 
 McDaniels that he had received money from outside par- 
 ties, and he had allowed a fiend in human shape to give the 
 horse a bunch of grass upon which was sprinkled a quau- 
 tity of powder, which from its effects was proven to be 
 morphine. Although for the first time in his life Harry 
 had refused to eat, and what seemed more strange, allowed 
 any one to go near him without paying attention, his owner 
 thought the extreme heat and annoyance of the flies, which 
 werealniost intolerable, caused this singularity in his favor- 
 ite's behavior. The result of the race was so unexpected 
 and exceptional, that inquiries were made, and elicited the 
 above information." 
 
 Taken immediately to Saratoga, he remained quietly 
 under treatment until July 13, when he won a sweepstakes 
 for all ages; and on July 16, he and Longfellow started 
 together^for the Saratoga Cup ; the mighty Western cham- 
 pion twisted his plate, and broke down when vicl;ory 
 seemed in his grasp, and Bassett won by a length amidst 
 great excitement. Three days after, Harry Bassett defeated 
 Lyttleton by a length in the ?1000 purse, three miles; 
 time, 5:43i ; and with a twenty lengths' victory over Mary 
 Louise, August 21, he left the fashionable waters of Sara- 
 toga, and at'^Fordham, Oct. 2, administered a throe lengths' 
 beating to Else, Fadladeen, Lochiel, Hattie O'Neil, Nema, 
 Henrietta, and Wheatly, for the $600 purse. But now 
 reverses were in store for him. October 5, at the same 
 meetin", he was defeated by Monarchist in the Maturity 
 Stakes by two lengths, and though he in the meantime beat 
 Albuera," Mary Louise, and Wheatly with ea.se, in a dash of 
 a mile and three quarters, he was again defeated by Mon- 
 archist, on the last day of the Fall Meeting, at Jerome 
 Park, in the four-mile dash, by two hundred yards, in the 
 excellent time of 7:33 J, King Henry being third. 
 
 As a five-year-old, his first appearance was at his favorite 
 Sarato"-a, July 26, 1S73, where he was fourth to Crock- 
 ford, Mate, and Gray Planet; in the Saratoga Cup, where 
 mak'ino- the running for his stable companion Joe Daniels, 
 he was" second. At the same meeting, August 2, he was 
 third in the $1000 purse for all ages, a dash of three 
 miles, his stable companion, Hubbard, winning by twenty 
 lengths, with Wanderer second. In the Manhattan Handi- 
 capt one mile and a quarter, October 4, he was among 
 the unplaced, the game old Preakness winning the race ; 
 and in the Grand "National Handicap, two and a quarter 
 miles, run one week later, he was again beaten by him, the 
 famous four-miler Fellowcrai't being third, and Galway 
 fourth. October 15, at the same meeting, he scored his 
 first victory that year, in the Free Handicap, two miles, 
 defeating Katie Pease, Mendac and four others, in 3:39J. 
 At Baltmiore, October 25, he defeated Shylock, W^irlike 
 and three others, two-mile-heats, in 3:56 — 3:571, and the 
 next day he wound up a nut altogether successful season, 
 hew distanced by the game little True Blue in the first 
 heat° in the four-mile-heat race. In 1874, he ran four 
 times On October 3, at the Annual Fall Meeting of the 
 American Jockey Club, he was beaten by Countess, in the 
 $400 purse for all ages, the Warminster-Sophia filly being 
 second ; and four days later, he was unplaced in the fe.600 
 purse, won by Grinstead At Baltimore, October 20, he 
 defeated Gray Planet, Lottie Jloon, and thirteen others; 
 and at the same place, two days later, he was fourth in the 
 Free Handicap Stakes for all ages, Ballankcel winning the 
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 PRINGBOK is one of that grand galaxy of 
 race-horses bred at the Woodbuvu Stud by Mr. 
 Alexander. He was got by Australian, a sire 
 who has produced a veryl arge proportion of 
 capital race-horses, and for whose importation the country 
 is indebted to Mr. A. Keene Richards of Kentucky. 
 Springbok is one of the highest bred, as well as one of the 
 most beautiful and swift of all our race-hor.-ies. His dam, 
 Hester, by Lexington, was out of Heads-I-Say, by Glencoe, 
 grandam the imported mare Heads-or-Tails, by Lottery. 
 
 Springbok is a chestnut, and he was modelled by nature 
 for a great race-hor.se, being sixteen hands high, with great 
 length and power, and fine quality. His speed was first- 
 class, and he was not deficient in bottom. But some said 
 he lacked courage when collared and compelled to struggle. 
 Now, to our mind, he was as game as flint when three 
 years old, and though he afterwards got to run cunning, it 
 was as much the fault of the system pursued with him as 
 his own. He had boys to ride him, and, as might have 
 been expected, instead of their mastering him, he mastered 
 them. A gamer horse was never bridled than he was in 
 the Travers Stake at three years old, and if he afterwards 
 declined to run any more than he could help, he only fol- 
 lowed the example of Monarchist and Foster. Perhaps, if 
 he had been as wisely treated as they were, he would have 
 struggled for victory with nearly as much stubbornness. 
 
 Springbok was bought by Mr. Daniel Swigert, who ran 
 him as a two-year old at Jerome Park Spring Meeting of 
 1872, where he beat Minnie Mac, Katie Pease, and others, 
 Colonel McDaniel then purchased him. He ran in the 
 Saratoga Stakes that year, but was not placed, and this 
 ended his doings at that age. In 1873 he came out a 
 splendid three-year-old, and won the Belmont Stakes at 
 Jerome Park Spring Meeting. Count D'Orsay was second 
 and Strachino third. Behind them there were eight others, 
 the since famous Fellowcraft among the lot. At that meet- 
 ing Springbok also won a purse, mile heats, and distanced 
 the field in the second heat. At Long Branch, in the 
 Jersey Derby, he first encountered the famous horse Tom 
 Bowling, who was for a good while the lion in his path, and 
 beat him every time they met. Springbok was second and 
 Count D'Orsay third in the Jersey Derby. At Saratoga 
 these horses met again in the Travers Stake. The Count 
 was left at the post. Tom Bowling and Springbok ran one 
 of the closest and most desperate of races for a mile and a 
 half, leaving all the others far behind. At the head of the 
 stretch Bowling had the best of it, and by some means 
 Springbok tripped and fell, while his great antagonist went 
 on and won. Springbok was started again in the Kenner 
 
 Stakes, but he had not recovered from the effects of the 
 fall, and was third to The Ill-Used and Strachino. At the 
 Fall Meeting of the American Jockey Club Springbok met 
 Tom Bowling again in the Jerome Stakes, two miles, but 
 could not conquer him. He was second, and his relative, 
 the great four-miler, Fellowcraft, was third. Concerning 
 this horse, we may remark, in passing, that though he was 
 commonly defeated until they .sent him four miles and made 
 running, he was almost always " placed " with very superior 
 horses, such as Tom Bowling, Springbok, and Mate. At 
 that Fall Meeting Springbok won mile heats. In 1874, 
 Springbok first met his particular friend, the illustrious 
 Preakness. It was in the Jockey Club Handicap, two 
 miles. The four-year old carried 111 lbs., the old horse 
 had 130 lbs., and beat him. Springbok was second, and 
 there were six light^weighted ones behind him. At the 
 same meeting he won a race of a mile and three-quarters. 
 Mate second, and Fellowcraft third. He also gave weight 
 to Lizzie Lucas, and beat her a mile and five furlongs. The 
 Colonel now took Sprinkbok and Katie Pease to Utica. 
 The colt was in high form, and the visitors at the beautiful 
 course on the banks of the Mohawk had the pleasure of 
 seeing one of the finest four-year-olds in the world win two 
 races. In a two-mile handicap he carried 112 lbs., and 
 beat Artist and Lizzie Lucas in 3:36J. There was some 
 grumbling when Captain Connor put this 112 lbs. upon 
 him to 100 lbs. for Artist of the same year; but we said : 
 " Why, 120 lbs. will not stop Springbok, in our judgment." 
 From Utica the great colt went to Saratoga, and achieved 
 the most brilliant successes one after another. His tre- 
 mendous antagonist, Tom Bowling, had run and won his 
 last race, the Monmouth Cup, at Long Branch, and his 
 leg had gone. Springbok seemed to have it all his own 
 way. He won the mile and a quarter sweepstakes for all 
 ages. Mate second, and Survivor third ; he won the Sara- 
 toga Cup, Preakness second, and Katie Pease third ; he 
 won three miles, Preakness second, and Fellowcraft third. 
 In 1875 he won four purses for all ages at the Jerome 
 Park Spring Meeting. At Saratoga he was beaten by 
 Grinstead, in the mile and a quarter stakes for all ages, in 
 one of the swiftest and closest races ever run. In the 
 Saratoga Cup, he ran the dead heat with Preakness in 
 3:565^, beating the time of Harry Bassett, when he floored 
 Longfellow, by two and three-quarter seconds. 
 
 In 187G he ran but once. In the purse for all ages, mile 
 heats, at Jerome Park, June 8, 1876, carrying 12-1 lbs., he 
 was distanced in the first heat. Freebooter, 3 years, 103 lbs , 
 winning both heats, with Leander, -i years, 118 lbs., second. 
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 lAVOLO is a bay gelding, fifteen hands three 
 inches high, with a great deal of strength and 
 propelling power. He was bred by Major 
 Thomas Doswell, of Virginia, and was foaled 
 1870, and got by Jonesboro' out of Ninette, by Revenue, 
 grandam Nina, by Boston. Nina was out of imported 
 Frolicksome Fannie, by Lottery. Jonesboro' was got by 
 Lexington out of Alice Jones, by Glencoe, grandam Blue 
 Bonnet, by Hedgcford, dam of Lightning, Thunder, Load- 
 stone, Lancaster, Nebula, &e. When Diavolo was young, 
 very little was done with him. He was lame on and off, and 
 had a violent attack of distemper. When he was four years 
 old, Major Doswell sold him to Ayres & Sutcliffe, his pre- 
 sent owners, for $500. He was to retain the privilege of 
 starting the horse twice on the flat, and did start him once, 
 after which he turned him over to the purchasers. George 
 Sutcliffe then undertook to teach him how to jump. At his 
 first lesson he behaved kindly and well, but at the second 
 his conduct was the reverse. He refused his leaps after the 
 first fence, plunged about like a wild horse, and bolted all 
 over the course. His rider was unable to control him at all. 
 He then got lame, and was let-up for three weeks At the 
 end of that Sutcliffe mounted and went at him again. He 
 is a powerful man in the saddle, rides l-t5 lbs., and has un- 
 daunted resolution. Somewhat to his surprise, he found 
 Piavolo more tractable. Every three or four days the horse 
 had a slow gallop and a number of leaps. He soon took to 
 the business and appeared to like it. He is now a very fast 
 horse, a great weight-carrier, and a good stayer. But he 
 is a difficult horse to ride, especially at his fences. He has 
 plenty of power to lift his weight, but he goes with his head 
 very low, and unless it is got up at his leaps he never clears 
 the obstacle. He first appeared as a jumper at the Utica 
 Fair, in the fall of last year, where he ran in a hurdle race 
 with his stable-companion, Blind Tom, Lily, and Lobelia. 
 Diavolo, in making the running for Blind Tom, fell at the 
 first hurdle, and the latter won. At the same place he 
 started in a steeplechase, and when leading at the last fence 
 but two, he overjumped, and his rider fell. He next ran 
 at the extra meeting at Jerome Park, in the Handicap 
 Steeplecha.se, against Trouble, Resolute, Moonstone, JIary 
 Clark, Harry Booth, Impecunious, Vesuvius, Austrine, and 
 Blind Tom. Diavolo ran Trouble to a neck, but he was in 
 receipt of 18 lbs. Diavolo's first race this year was the 
 Grand National Handicap Steeplechase, at Jerome Park 
 Spring Meeting. He was opposed by Resolute, Daylight, 
 
 Moonstone, Au.strine, and Bibakiba. Diavolo won with 
 146 lbs.. Resolute second (150 lbs.), Daylight third (14.3 
 Ib.s.). His nest race was a handicap steeplechase at the 
 same place, in which Deadhead, Resolute, Moonstone, 
 Meteor, Stanford, Daylight, and Coronet also started. 
 Diavolo carried 149 lbs., and won ; Deadhead (140 lbs.) 
 second. Resolute (147 lbs.) third. At Monmouth Park, in 
 a two-mile hurdle race, Diavolo was third to Trouble, at 
 even weights. At the second meeting Diavolo beat Trouble 
 at eveu weights, over hurdles, and also defeated Deadhead, 
 Risk, and Minnie Mac. At Saratoga, in the Handicap 
 Steeplechase, about three miles, Diavolo, with 155 lbs., beat 
 Trouble (158 lbs.), together with Deadhead, Daylight, 
 Stanford, Helen Bennett, and Prodigal Son, all of whom 
 had much lighter weights. In the second Handicap Steeple- 
 chase, Diavolo, with 158 lbs., ran second to Deadhead ( 140 
 lbs.), Stanford (140 lbs.) third. Daylight (135 lbs.) not 
 placed. At Jerome Park fall meeting, Diavolo, with 158 
 lbs., beat Trouble (same weight) second, Deadhead (152 
 lbs.) third. Coronet, Busy Bee. and Boz not placed. At 
 the same meeting. Trouble (158 lbs.) beat Diavolo (163 lbs.) 
 second, Deadhead (149 lbs.) third. Busy Bee and Coronet 
 also started. At the same meeting Diavolo, with 164 lbs., 
 bolted, and was not placed to Trouble, who won with 160 
 lbs. ; Coronet second, and Busy Bee third. At Baltimore, 
 Diavolo won the Grand Steeplechase Post Stakes, with 154 
 lbs., Coronet (154 lbs.) second, Deadhead (148 lbs.) third. 
 At Washington he won a hurdle race, a mile and a half 
 over eight hurdles, beating Busy Bee and Cariboo At the 
 same place, he won a hurdle race of two miles and a half, 
 over fifteen hurdles, beating Busy Bee. At the Jerome 
 Park extra meeting, Diavolo won the Handicap Steeple- 
 chase with 165 lbs., beating Boz (117 lbs.). Resolute (1.38 
 lbs.), and Osage (140 lbs ). He was then handicapped 
 with 175 lbs. in another steeplcch.ase, Resolute 140 lbs., 
 Osage 136 lbs , and Boz 118 lbs. In this effort to give 
 Resolute, a horse of his own age, thirty-five pounds, Diavolo 
 failed through slipping at the water-jump. He went to his 
 stable on three legs, having wrenched the muscles of the 
 hock and thigh. We are glad, however, to be able to 
 state that he is getting better, and that there is great 
 hope of his recovery from that severe and very painful in- 
 jury. It has, as might very naturally have been expected, 
 reduced hiui somewhat in flesh, and has also tended to 
 bring back a cough to which he has been subject at times 
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 ROUBLE was bred in Franklin County, Ky., 
 by Mr. A. K. Richards and Dr. Butler. He 
 was foaled 1870, and was got by Ulverstone, 
 a son of Lexington and Utilla. by JIargrave. 
 Trouble's dam was Kate McDonald, by Mickey Free out of 
 Annie Laurie, by Vincent Nolte (son of American Eclipse). 
 When a two-year-old he was sold to Dick Jackson, the 
 jolly Kentucky blacksmith, whose well-known face it is 
 pleasant to see at the beginning of every great meeting. 
 He had the colt galloped a little as a two-year old, and 
 during the spring he was three, he sent him to our gal- 
 lant friend Major B. G. Thomas, of Fayette County, to 
 be trained. There he was seen by Mr. Clement Alloway, 
 of Montreal, who fancied he would make a jumper, and 
 purchased him for himself and Mr. Torrence for $300, 
 That was in the spring of 1873. In Canada they sold him 
 for §1500, and afterwards Mr. Torrence purchased him 
 back. That year he started twice over the flat while Major 
 Thomas had him, was not placed the first time, but ran 
 second to Florence I. in the other. In May, 187-4, he ran 
 a two-mile hurdle race at Carleton Park, Toronto, Canada, 
 and won, beating Jack the Barber, Jr., Kelso, Blackbird, 
 and Olga. On the .=ame day he was second to Lulu, for- 
 merly Sunrise, in the Stewards' Plate, mile heats. At 
 London, Canada, he was third in a race of two miles for 
 all ages. At Carleton Park, in July, he was beaten mile 
 heats, but won a mile dash, beating Helen Bennett and 
 Alfred. At Toronto was second to Lady Washington in 
 the Merchants' Purse, mile heats. Same place he won a 
 purse, one mile, beating Helen Bennett and Alfred. At 
 Hamilton, Trouble won a hurdle race, two miles, beating 
 Kelso and Jack the Barber. At Ottawa, he was second to 
 War Cry in the Citizens' Purse, and won the Flash Stakes, 
 beating Tradewind and Hampton. He also won the steeple- 
 chase, two miles and a half, beating Tradewind and Abbots- 
 ford. Trouble was brought by Mr. Torrence to Jerome 
 Park last fall, and won the handicap steeplechase, carrying 
 the top weight, 150 lbs., and beating Daylight, Vesuvius, 
 Lady Bruce, Chief Engineer, Buckshot, and Impecunious. 
 He also won a handicap steeplechase, carrying 160 lbs., 
 and beating Mary Clark, Vesuvius, and Daylight. At 
 Baltimore Trouble beat Austrine in the Grand Steeplechase 
 Post Stakes. At Jerome Park extra meeting he won the 
 Grand Steeplechase Handicap, carrying the top weight, 
 158 lbs., and beating Diavolo, Resolute, Moonstone, Harry 
 Booth, Mary Clark, Impecunious, Vesuvius, Austrine, and 
 Blind Tom. In these great steeplechases, Johnny High- 
 land rode Trouble. This year at Baltimore Spring Meeting 
 he won the Steeplechase Post Stakes, beating Coronet, 
 
 Daylight, Calvert, and Linda. At Jerome Park he came 
 in first in the Handicap Steeplechase with the top weight, 
 158 lbs , but was disqualified, because Murphy dismounted 
 without notice. At Long Branch he won the Grand 
 National Steeplechase, beating Bullet, Stanford, and Vesu- 
 vius. He also won a hurdle race, two miles, beating Dead- 
 head, Diavolo, Vesuvius, and Stockwood. At the second 
 meeting he was second to Diavolo in a hurdle race, in which 
 Deadhead, Risk, and Minnie Mac also ran. At Saratoga, 
 Trouble, with 158 lbs., ran second to Diavolo, 155 lbs., in 
 a steeplechase. Deadhead, Daylight, Stanford, Helen Ben- 
 nett and Prodigal Son also ran. After this Mr. Torrence 
 sold him to Mr. Charles Reed of this city, to whom he now 
 belongs. Anthony Taylor took him to train, and Tom 
 Little was engaged to ride him. At the Jerome Park Fall 
 Meeting he was second to Diavolo in the Handicap Steeple- 
 chase, both 158 lbs. Deadhead, Coronet, Busy Bee and 
 Boz also ran. Next week, with 158 lbs., he beat Diavolo, 
 who carried 163 lbs. Little rode, and Midgely was on 
 Diavolo. The race was exceedingly close and good ; won 
 by a head only. Deadhead was third, a length behind ; 
 Coronet and Busy Bee also started. On the last day of the 
 Fall Meeting Trouble carried 160 lbs., and beat Coronet, 
 Busy Bee and Diavolo. The latter bolted twice in that 
 race. Geo. Sutclifie was riding, and being weak from 
 recent illness, was unable to hold him. Trouble was then 
 sent into winter quarters at Long Branch, with Taylor's 
 other horses. In 1876, at Jerome Park, June 6th, he won 
 the $800 purse, beating Point Blank, Bullet and Colonel 
 Nelligan ; and at the same place, on June 17, carrying the 
 top weight, 165 lbs., he defeated Stanford, years, 158 
 lbs.; Risk, 4 years, 138 lbs.; Warlike and Resolute, who 
 were also in this race, fell. At Saratoga, July 27, carrying 
 165 lbs., he was second to Osage, 5 years, 142 lbs. ; Doubt- 
 ful, 3 years, 120 lbs., and Katie P. being behind the pair; 
 and at the same place, August 8, carrying 160 lbs., he was 
 again second to Osage, 5 years, 134 lbs. ; Resolute, 6 years, 
 140 lbs., being third, and Stanford and Coronet not placed. 
 One week later, at the same place, he was among the not 
 placed, Resolute winning the race, with Kelso second and 
 Stanford third ; and at the same place (Saratoga), August 
 19, he fini.shed his labors for the year by winning a $750 
 purse, defeating Resolute. Osage was killed by falling, and 
 Stanford was distanced. 
 
 This year, 1877, at Jerome Park, he won twice. On June 
 5th, he won the Grand National Handicap Steeplechase, 
 defeating Resolute, Deadhead and Fredericktown ; and on 
 June 12th, he won the $600 Purse, defeating Deadhead, 
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 OUNTESS is a daughter of Kentucky and 
 Lady BlessingtoD, by Eclipse. Lady Blessing- 
 t<in was a very fast and good-looking mare out 
 of Philo, by Mariner, grandam Cassandra, by 
 Priam. Her first colt was Lord Byron. Her next was a 
 much better horse, Count D'Orsay. He always ran well, 
 but it was his luck to meet such grand three-year-olds as 
 Tom Bowling and Springbok. The nest thrown to Ken- 
 tucky and Lady Blessington was Countess. She came 
 out as a two-year-old, in 1873, at Baltimore, in the 
 sweepstakes for two-year-olds, three-quarters of a mile, the 
 same race which Mr. Belmont won this year with Sul- 
 tana. Countess was immediately thought by the connois- 
 seurs to be one of the very best-looking two-year-olds 
 that Kentucky had produced. She was of fair size, very 
 muscular, very full of quality, and very high behind. 
 She defeated King Pin, the Sue Washington colt, Shil- 
 lelagh, Vandalite and Dublin with great ease, in 1:17 a. 
 Last year her success was not as great as we had anticipated. 
 Bonaventure beat her in the Ladies' Stake, aud Regardless 
 defeated her in the Monmouth Oaks, at Long Branch. The 
 same filly beat her in the Alabama Stakes, at Saratoga, a 
 mile and a furlong, in 2:00J, 107 lbs. each. Madge, Val- 
 dine, Bonaventure, Beatrice and Moonbeam were behind 
 Countess. In the Sequel Stakes, two miles, she was not 
 placed. She was second to Madge in her next race, nine 
 furlongs, in the splendid time of 1:57}, but in this they 
 carried 95 lbs. Gnnstead and six others were behind 
 Countess. At the Jerome Park Fall Meeting she beat In- 
 spiration, Harry Bassett, Lotta Moon and Audubon, three- 
 quarters of a mile. This spring Mr. Belmont let her racing 
 qualities to Mr. Longstaff, a Yurkshireman of great shrewd- 
 ness and fine business qualifications, with a large livery 
 establishment in this city. With Countess they began at 
 Baltimore, mile heats, a handicap, in which she conceded 
 even weights to the colt Piccolo. She won the first heat, 
 aud made a dead heat for the .second with him, thus y-ettinsr 
 sec(ind money, when he won tliiid and fourth heats. Seven 
 
 others were behind her. In the Fordham Handicap, at 
 Jerome Park, she was not placed with 100 tbs. At the same 
 meeting she beat Bob Woolley, Dublin and five others, 
 three-quarters of a mile. At Long Branch, Searcher, who 
 had the fastest mile record, beat her a mile, but Countess 
 did not get off well, and really ran it faster than he did. 
 Verdigris and eleven others were behind Countess. In 
 this race Field-Marshal Swim first rode the coroneted lady, 
 and she has been a favorite of his ever since. Countess 
 started in the Mansion House Stakes, for four-year-olds, 
 which Grinstead won, with Rutherford second. In her 
 next race, three-quarters of a mile, at Saratoga, she beat 
 Madge, Searcher and three others, in 1:16 J; Swim rode. 
 She next beat Inspiration, the Naphtha filly and six others, 
 a mile handicap, 1:422; Countess carrying her full weight, 
 and ridden by the Field-lNLir.shal, who said she had plenty 
 left. It was a groat performance. At a mile and a furlong, 
 she was beaten by Brigand and Rhadamanthus, but five 
 others were behind her. At Prospect Park, she beat B. F. 
 Carver, Wyndham and Lutetia H., mile heats, in straight 
 heats, each 1:46. At the same meeting she beat Burgoo 
 and Wyndham, a mile and a quarter. She now had a rest, 
 and was kept quiet for a race which many thought she 
 could never compass. It was the Maturity Stakes for four- 
 year-olds, three miles. George Longstaff and Suedekcr 
 had tried her mile heats with great success, and a mile and 
 a quarter. They now held a council of war, debated and 
 disagreed. Field-Marshal Swim was called in as a sort of 
 umpire, and the result was that these tliree worthies finally 
 determined to stretch her out further, and won a sackful 
 of money. The race is undoubtedly fresh in everybody's 
 memory. Couute.ss met Madge and The Hoaxer, outran 
 the latter, and lasted somewhat longer than the Austra- 
 lian filly. At the same meeting she ran second to Shylock 
 for the $600 Handicap, Arcturus and Athlete being third 
 and fourth. After the race she went into winter quar- 
 ters, and has not since appeared on the turf — N>w York 
 
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 ETTIE NORTON was bred by Mr. John Coffee, 
 of Sufferns, N. J, and was foaled in 1871. 
 She was by imported Leamington out of Long 
 Nine, a daughter of Lightning, and Sallie by 
 imported Sovereign. She was a dark bay mare, 
 fully sixteen hands high. She made her first appearance on 
 the turf in the August Stakes for two-year-olds, one mile, 
 at Monmouth Park, N. J., July 21, 1873. Imported Saxon 
 won an easy victory by five lengths, and Nettie and Scratch 
 ran a dead heat for second place, Vandulite being behind 
 them. Her only other race that year was at the same place, 
 August 21, when she beat Visigoth aft«r a hard struggle, 
 by a short neck, for a purse of $500, three-quarters of a 
 mile. She did not start at three years old until the Fall 
 Meeting at Jerouje Park, October 14, when she won a purse 
 of $500, one mile and three-quarters, beating The Hoaxer, 
 Emma, and O'Neil. Three days afterwards she was beaten 
 by Shylock, in a free handicap. Jack Frost being second; 
 and on the same afternoon was again broujiht out to do 
 battle against Kadi for another handicap, with a like result, 
 Kadi winning, with Resolute second, London third, and 
 Stanford, B. F. Carver, Nellie Norton, and Minstrel un- 
 placed. In 1875 she had plenty of work to do, and did it 
 well. Her first race that year was at Jerome Park, June 
 17, where she was among the unplaced in a handicap 
 sweepstakes for all ages, one mile and a quarter, time 3:08f, 
 Survivor winning, with Willie Burke second and Cariboo 
 tliird. At Saratoga, August 17. she won a purse of $600, 
 one mile and three-qua"ters ; Scratch was second, Willie 
 Burke third, and Vagabond fourth ; and two days later she 
 captured another purse of $600, one mile and a half, in 
 2:44}, defeating B. F. Carver, Knlister, Brigand, Caroline, 
 and Survivor. At Long Branch, August 28, she was third 
 and last to Galway and Osage, in a Purse of $450 ; and at 
 the Fall Meeting, at Jerome Park, October 5, she was third 
 to St. Martin and Joe Cerns, in a purse of $600, one mile 
 and a half. Invoice and Warrior being unplaced. October 
 14 she was again unsuccessful, only attaining second place 
 in the Post Stake for all ages, Aaron Pennington winning, 
 with Willie Burke third, and Deadhead and Warrior un- 
 placed. Four days afterwards, at the same meeting, she 
 beat Madge for a purse of $800, two and a half miles. 
 Her next engagement was at Baltimore, October 21, in the 
 Bowie Stakes for all ages, four-mile heats; $100 entrance, 
 half forfeit, and $25 if declared out, with $2200 added, had 
 originally nine subscribers, of which three only came to the 
 post. Of the added money, $200 went to the second horse, 
 who was also entitled to receive $300 out of the stakes. 
 The runners were: Mr. H. P. McGrath's Aaron Penning- 
 ton, 4 years, by Tipperary, carrying 108 lbs.; Mr. J. G. 
 K. Lawrence's Shylock, aged, by Lexington, 118 lbs.; and 
 Mr. John CoflFee's Nettie Norton, 4 years, by Leamington, 
 105 lbs. Aaron Pennington was the favorite in the pools, 
 selling for $1000 ; Shylock, $310 ; and Nettie Norton, $220. 
 Hayward had the mount of Shylock, Evans on Nettie Nor- 
 ton, and Bobby Swim on Pennington. The conditions 
 of the horses were critically scanned by their backers. 
 Opinions differed as to Pennington ; some alleging that he 
 was far from fit, and had not recovered from his four-mile 
 race at Jerome Park, while others as stoutly asserted that 
 
 he was fit to run for a man's life, and could not be beaten. 
 Nettie Norton was quite ignored, although her owner and 
 trainer were equally confident, and the former had brought 
 with him from New York a number of friends, who never 
 tired of backing her. She looked light, wiry, and fine 
 drawn, and evidently had been specially prepared for this 
 race. The favorite indulged as usual in backjumping before 
 the lot were sent off, Evans sending Nettie Norton quickly 
 to the front, and at once opening a wide gap, for at the 
 quarter she led Shylock eight lengths, while Pennington 
 was as far behind the latter, both pulling double. The 
 jockeys on the favorite and Shylock paid little attention to 
 the wide gap that the Leamington filly was steadily opening 
 on them, confident that she would in time come back, to 
 them. With Nettie Norton under a steady pull, Evans 
 kept her steadily going along the back and lower stretches, 
 and up the straight run in, passing under the string full 
 forty yards ahead, and making the first mile in l:55i : Shy- 
 lock ten lengths before Pennington. On the second mile, 
 the filly kept rapidly increasing her commanding lead, for 
 she made the pace considerably faster, and at the end of 
 the second mile, run in 1:47* (the two miles in 3:43), she 
 witf fully fifty yards in front : Shylock and Pennington run- 
 ning head and head. Their backers now anxiously looked 
 to see them go up and pass the leading filly, but, to their 
 consternation, neither of them appeared able to gain a yard 
 on her, but, on the contrary, she was increasing her pace, 
 and leaving them further behind at every stride. At the 
 end of the third mile (run in 1:53; and the three miles in 
 5:36), Nettie Norton was seventy yards ahead, and shouts 
 arose, "$100 to $75 she distances both," without any one 
 having the courage to accept the odds. It was evident that 
 both Shylock and Pennington were in difficulties, for their 
 riders were already at work with catgut and steel without 
 effect. Evans took in the situation at a glance, and gently 
 urging Nettie Norton along, he galloped home the easiest 
 of winners in 7:37i; the distance flig dropping when the 
 other two were thirty yards outside, Shylock being in front. 
 Tremendous cheering greeted the victorious filly and her 
 clever jockey, George Evans, as they returned to weigh ; 
 Nettie thus securing both first and second money, $2800 
 altogether. Although somewhat tired, she soon recovered, 
 and could have run another heat handily. Some credit 
 must be given to her trainer, William Strong, for the fine 
 condition in which he brought her to the post, she being a 
 most difficult filly to train. At the National Capitol, Oct. 
 27, she was second to Ozark, Galway and Kenneth being 
 behind them ; and two days after she was again second to 
 the same horse, five others being in their rear. She was 
 engaged the Centennial season in the Jockey Club Handi- 
 cap, the Centennial Stakes, and Centennial Cup at Jerome 
 Park, the Monmouth Cup at Long Branch, and the Phila- 
 delphia Cup and International Handicap at Philadelphia, 
 and would undoubtedly have won most of them, as she was 
 an improving mare. She died suddenly while at Mr. 
 Coffee's farm near Sufi'erns, N. J., on Friday, May 12, 
 1876. She was grazing in the paddock, and was observed 
 to suddenly fall on her fore-knees, but before the lookers-on 
 could reach her, she was dead. 
 
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 RISTIDES was foaled 1872, and is by l.caniing- 
 ton out of Sarony. He made his first appear- 
 ance at Lexington, Ky., May 12, 187i| and 
 ran second to Leona, by War Dance, from Alu- 
 mina, in the half-mile sweepstakes for two-year-olds, Katie 
 Pearce third, beating a field of six others, among them Bob 
 Woolley and Weatherby, in 0:49}. He then came East, 
 and ran unplaced to Meco, for the Juvenile Stakes, half- 
 mile, run at Jerome Park, June 13, time 0:50}. He was 
 also unplaced to Caroline, by Kentucky, dam imp. Camilla, 
 for the Hopeful Stakes, a half mile, at Long Branch, July 7, 
 time 0:51. At the same meeting, July 16, he was second 
 to Sweet Lips, by imp. Eclipse, dam Prophetess, for the 
 Thespian Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:18. At 
 Saratoga, July 30, he was unplaced to Willie Burke, in a 
 three-quarters dash, for the Saratoga Stakes, in l:23f. At 
 the second Saratoga meeting, August 18, he won a purse 
 of $500, one mile, Aniella second, Holbrook third, beating 
 Joe Corns, Victorious, Enlister, Risk, and Babylon, in 1:46J^. 
 At the Jerome Park Fall Meeting, October 7, he won a 
 purse of $500, at five furlongs, in 1:04}, beating Firework, 
 Babylon, Mr. F. Morris' Warminster»Bebel Colt, Joe Cerns, 
 Enlister, Scramble, Holbrook and Springlet. At the same 
 meeting, October 14, ran second to James A., for a purse 
 of $500, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:18}, and closed the 
 season by a brilliant performance at Baltimore, for a purse 
 of $400, for two-year olds, one mile, where on October 22, 
 he took up 100 lbs., and beat Joe Cerns second, Aniella 
 third, and Holbrook unplaced, in 1:44|, 
 
 In 1875, as a four-year-old, Aristides ran nine times. 
 He was beaten as follows: May 10, Lexington, Ky., 
 for the Phoenix Hotel Stakes, one mile and one-eighth, 
 in 2:11 1, by Ten Broeck, with Bill Bruce second. 
 Goldmine third, and Millionaire, Elemi, and Aristides 
 unplaced ; next by his stable companion, Calvin (with 
 whom his owner declared to win), lor the Belmont Stakes, 
 one mile and a half, at Jerome Park, Juno 12, in 2:42J. 
 Aristides could have won easily, but took second place, 
 Milner third, with such horses as Chesapeake, Ozark, Rha- 
 damanthus, Tom Ochiltree, Willie Burke, James A., and 
 Joe Cerns unplaced ; was second to Ozark for the Ocean 
 Hotel Stakes, at Long Branch, July 13, one mile and three- 
 quarters, in 3:10|, Leader third, and Tom Ochiltree un- 
 placed. At Saratoga, July 24, he was third to D'Artagnan 
 and Milner for the Travers Stakes, six others beaten off; 
 was unplaced to Tom Ochiltree first. Viator second, and 
 Joe Cerns third, for the Dixie Stakes, at Baltimore, Octo- 
 ber 19. 
 
 He won, 1875, the inaugural Kentucky Derby at Louis- 
 ville, May 17, one mile and a half, in 2:371, beating a list 
 of good horses, and among them his great rival Ten Broeck. 
 
 Volcano was second and Verdigris third, and the unplaced 
 were Ten Broeck, Bob Woolley, Chesapeake, Ascension, 
 Searcher (afterwards Leander), Vagabond, Goldmine, Bill 
 Bruce, McCreery, Warsaw, Enlister, and Grenoble. He 
 then came East, and at Jerome Park, June 5, captured the 
 Withers Stakes, one mile, in 1:45J, Rhadamanthus second, 
 Ozark third, with a field of ten unplaced. At the Jerome 
 Park Fall Meeting. October 2, he won the Jerome Stakes, 
 two miles, with Calvin second, Joe Cerns third, and Tom 
 Ochiltree, Ozark, Viator, Milner, and Rambler unplaced, 
 in 3:43, and closed the season by winning the Breckenridge 
 Stakes at Baltimore, two miles, October 22, with Viator 
 second, Tom Ochiltree third, and Joe Cerns and Bay Final 
 unplaced, in 3:36i. 
 
 As a four-year old (1876), Aristides appeared only at 
 Lexington, where, on the 10th of May, in the four-year- 
 old Sweepstakes, he met Ten Broeck over a distance of two 
 miles and one- eighth, and Aristides conquered, after a 
 terrible fight, in the unprecedented time of 3:45}. Ten 
 Broeck made the running from the string, and Aristides, 
 after feeling of him one time on the route, let him stride 
 along until the two miles had been covered, when he went 
 up and made his fight and won. He then appeared, again 
 and for the last time, at the same place, on May 13, for a 
 purse of $500, two miles aud a half, and here he caught a 
 tartar in the little Bazar (since Waddill), who took up the 
 running and made the pace fearfully hot. Aristides lay 
 behind, expecting the little horse to come back to him, but 
 he refused to slacken the pace or lessen the stride, and, 
 finally. Aristides was required to go to him. In the home- 
 stretch, the fight was furious, but Aristides won in 4:27}. 
 In these struggles the work was very severe. He has not 
 appeared in public since. 
 
 Aristides started twenty times; nine as a two-year-old, 
 and won three times; nine as a thi-oe-year-old, and won 
 five times, and started in two events as a four-year-old, and 
 won both times. He has won ten out of his twenty races. 
 Five of these performances, to wit, the dash of a mile for 
 the purse of $400 for two-year-olds, at Baltimore, October 
 22, 1874, which he won in 1:44 J; as a three-year-old, the 
 inaugural Kentucky Derby of May, 1875, one mile and a 
 half, in 2:371, the Breckenridge Stakes at Baltimore Fall 
 Meeting, 1875, two miles, for three-year-olds, in 3:36}, and 
 the two races at the Lexington Spring Meeting of 1876, 
 the one in which he beat Ten Broeck, two miles and one 
 furlong in 3:45}, and two miles and a half, which distance 
 he covered in 4:27}, are numbered among the best events 
 ever accomplished by any horse in the country. The two 
 latter are the fastest on record at the respective distances, 
 two miles and an eighth, and two miles and a half — Sj)irit 
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 lATOR is ,1 chestnut colt, by Vauxhall out of 
 Heatherbell, by imported Balmonie, of one of 
 the best bred mares in America. He was 
 foaled in 1873, and is owned by Mr. E. A. 
 Clabaugh, of Baltimore. Viator commenced his career 
 at Baltimore, May 28, 1875, by running second to the 
 famous Tom Ochiltree for the Preakness Stakes. Bay 
 Final, who was taken to England by Mr. Sanford, was 
 third, and Vagabond, Risk, Ad, Consignee, Australind, 
 and Elmwood were unplaced. In the Jersey Derby, at 
 Long Branch, July 3, he was third ; Calvin winning, 
 with Chesapeake second ; but his conqueror in the Preak- 
 ness Stakes, Tom Ochiltree, found himself among the un- 
 placed in such good company as Bob Wooley, General 
 Harney, James A., and Bayminster. At Saratoga, July 
 24, in the rich Travers Stakes, one mile and- three-quarters, 
 he was unplaced ; D' Artignan, to the surprise of all, win- 
 uing in 3:06J, the quickest time on record for that event. 
 At the same meeting, August 4, he improved his usual 
 position of second, scored his maiden victory by beating 
 the favorite General Harney, Vagabond, and Paul Pry, for 
 the Sequel Stakes for three-year-olds, two miles, in 3:43i ; 
 and at the same place, August 19, he defeated Warwick and 
 Vinaigrette, in a Sweepstake fur three-year-olds, one mile 
 and a half Time, 2:48i At the Fall Meeting of the 
 American Jockey Club, October 2, in the Jerome Stakes for 
 three-year olds, two miles, he was unplaced ; Mr. McGrath's 
 horses, Aristides and Calvin, being first and second respect- 
 ively, with Joe Cerns third. His next appearance was at 
 Baltimore, October 19, in the Dixie Stakes, for three-year- 
 olds, two miles, where he was second to Tom Ochiltree ; 
 Joe Cerns being third, and Aristides, Rhadamanthus, Ozark, 
 Bay Final, General Harney, Chcsnpeake, and D' Artignan 
 being unplaced. The Breckenridge Stakes, at the same 
 
 meeting, run three days afterwards, upset the calculations 
 based upon the result in the Dixie Stakes, and showed that 
 racing is " very onsartin." Aristides this time put his nose 
 first past the winning-post, Viator was in his old place of 
 second, but Tom Ochiltree could only run into the third 
 position, and Joe Cerns and Bay Final were unplaced. He 
 commenced his four-year-old season at Baltimore, May 24, 
 1876, by running third to Tom Ochiltree and Stampede, in 
 the Baltimore Cup, for which seven ran; then, two days after, 
 he defeated Joe Cerns, The Hoaxer, Tom O'Neil, and Hart- 
 land, for a Purse of $1000, two-mile heats, winning in two 
 heats, in 3:41 — 3:43. He then went to Jerome Park, and 
 defeated St. Martin, Joe Cerns, and Lelaps, for the West- 
 chester Cup, two miles and a quarter, in 4:10i. The value 
 of the stakes was $2300. At the same meeting, June 10, 
 ho was unplaced in the Jockey Club Handicap ; Tom Ochil- 
 tree, who seemed invincible this year, winning. At the 
 Centennial Meeting, at Philadelphia, June 26, he won the 
 Philadelphia Club Cup, two and a half miles, in 4:37i; 
 Chesapeake was second, Shirley third, and Madge not 
 placed. The value of the stakes was $2150. At Saratoga, 
 August 12, though limping on the morning of the race, 
 he won a Purse of $700, defeating Preston and Brother to 
 Bassett, two miles Time, 3:37. His other two efi'orts at 
 the meeting were unsuccessful. On August 19, he was 
 beaten by St. Martin for a Purse of $1400, four miles; 
 and two days later, wound up the season by being unplaced 
 to Burgoo, in a Purse of 1500, one mile and a half His 
 game leg, which had troubled more or less through the 
 whole season, gave way, and ho was then thrown out of 
 training. He was considered one of the pluckiest horses 
 on the turf, and possessed great endurance, and would doubt- 
 less have given a good account of himself, if he had not 
 gone lame. 
 
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 ZARK, a brown colt, by Pat Malloy, was bred 
 by the popular Missouri turfman, Mr. J. J. 0. 
 Fallon, who owns both his sire and dam. He 
 was foaled in 1872. The breeding of Ozark is 
 excellent. His sire was got by Lexington out of Gloriana, 
 by American Eclipse, grandam the famous mare Trifle, by 
 Sir Charles. His dam was the imported mare Sunny South, 
 by Irish Birdcatcher out of Equal, by The Cure— Equation 
 by Emilius— Maria by Whisker, &c. She was bred by Mr. 
 John Osborne, and was brought over in 1860. As a two- 
 year-old he ran twice. At St. Joseph, Mo., September 7, 
 1874, he was second to Jennie Rowett, by Uncle Abe, in 
 a mile dash, three others being behind him. At St. Louis, 
 October 5, half-mile heats, he was again second to Jennie 
 Rowett, three others being again behind them. His first 
 race as a three-year-old was the Withers Stakes, at Jerome 
 Park, June 5, in which he was third ; Aristides winning 
 with Rhadamanthus second and ten others unplaced. In 
 the Belmont Stakes, one week later, he was unplaced ; Mr. 
 McGrath's horses, Calvin and Aristides, being respectively 
 first and second. In these races he was quite green and 
 raw, and was besides not ridden in the most judicious man- 
 ner. But even under those circumstances he ran so well 
 that he made a very favorable impression upon good judges. 
 Still few were bold enough to predict his victory in his next 
 engagement— the Ocean Hotel Stakes, at Long Branch. 
 July 13, a dash of one mile and three-quarters. This he 
 won cleverly, beating Aristides, Leader, and Tom Ochiltree, 
 in 3:1 Of ; and four days later he won the Bobbins Stakes, 
 two miles, in 3:52i, defeating Chesapeake and Leader. 
 For the rich Travers Stakes, at Saratoga, July 24, one mile 
 and three-quarters, he was a leading favorite, and endea- 
 vored to cut down his opponents by forcing the pace from 
 the fall of the flag, but suffering somewhat from a cold, 
 he was unable to maintain the pace, was "pumped out" 
 after going a mile and a quarter, and was unplaced ; D'Ar- 
 
 tagnan winning in the fast time of 3:06], with Milner a 
 length behind him. On the 12th of August, he started 
 for the Kenner Stakes, two miles. Of the fifty-six nomi- 
 nations only six appeared at the starting-post. These were 
 Milner, second in the Travers Stakes, Warwick, Chesa- 
 peake, St. Martin, Willie Burke, and Ozark. St. Martin 
 was the favorite, Milner being second in estimation, and 
 Ozark almost entirely ignored by the cognoscenti. St. 
 Martin was struck into and cut down while running very 
 strong and looking dangerous, and the issue was left to 
 Ozark and Milner, who finished so close together that the 
 judges were unable to separate them, and declared it a dead 
 heat. The Stakes, amounting to $4000, were divided. 
 Warwick was third, three lengths behind the dead-heaters. 
 In the Jerome Stakes, at Jerome Park, October 2, he was 
 unplaced, Aristides winning, with Calvin second; and in 
 the Dixie Stakes, at Baltimore, October 19, he was again 
 unplaced, Tom Ochiltree winning, with Viator second. On 
 October 22, 1875, he ran second to Madge for a handicap 
 purse of ?400, for all ages, at Baltimore. At Washington, 
 on the 27th of the same month, he won a purse of $325, 
 for all ages, beating Nettie Norton, Galway, and Kenneth. 
 On October 29, he won a purse of $1000, for all ages, at 
 Washington, beating Nettie Norton, Busy Bee, Galway, 
 Fairy Queen, Caroline, and Gayo. On January 20, of this 
 year, he was beaten at Charleston in the Hampton Stake, 
 for four-year-olds, by Damon. At Savannah, on February 
 1, he won the Savannah Cup, for all ages, two miles, beat- 
 ing General Harney, Survivor, and Damon. The time was 
 3:45 J. On the following day he won the Bonaventure 
 Stake, for four-year-olds, mile heats, beating General Har- 
 ney, Startle, Jack Trigg, and Springlet, in l:48f— l:48i; 
 and on the 3d of the same month, at the same meeting, he 
 won a purse of $300, two-mile heats, in two straights, beat- 
 ing Prussian, Tom O'Neil, Oxmore, and Busy Bee. He 
 has since broken down. His present owner is Ira Platner. 
 
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 EN BROECK is a bay colt, foaled Spring 1872, 
 bred by the late John Harper, owned by F. B. 
 Harper, of Woodford County, Ky., by imp. 
 Phaeton (son of King Tom and Merry Sunshine, 
 ** by Storm), dam Fanny Holton, by Lexington ; 
 2d dam Nantura, by Counterplot (Brawuer's Eclipse); 3d 
 dam Quiz, by Old Bertrand ; 4th dam Lady Fortune, by 
 Brimmer or Blue Beard ; 5th dam Woodpecker's dam, by 
 imp. Buzzard; 6th dam The Fawn, by Craig's Alfred; 7th 
 dam Shepherdess, by Wormsley's King Herod ; 8th dam by 
 Moreton's imp. Traveler ; 9th dam by imp. Whitlington ; 
 10th dam by imp Chalders ; 11th dam by imp. Babraham ; 
 12th dam by Old Starling ; 13th dam by Bethell's Arabian ; 
 14th dam by Graham's Champion; 15th dam by Barley's 
 Arabian; l(5th dam by Old Merlin. 
 
 Ten Broeck made his first appearance at Lexington, Ky., 
 September 15, 1874. In the Colt Stake for two-year-olds, 
 J of a mile, be was placed third to Bill Bruce, Bob Wool- 
 ley beins; second, in 1:17. His second appearance was for 
 the Phoenix Hotel Stakes at Lexington, Ky., May 10, 1875, 
 for tbree-year-old.s, $50 each, play or pay, with $200 added, 
 15 su'Dscribers, one and an eighth miles; this he won in 
 2:111, beating Bill Bruce, Goldmine, Millionaire, Elemi 
 and Aristides. His next was same place, May 14, Citizens' 
 Stake, for three-year-olds, $50 each, play or pay, $250 
 added, 10 subscribers, two miles; he was unplaced, Chesa- 
 peake winning. Big Sandy second, Gyptis third, in 3:37*. 
 His next was at Lexington, Ky., September 6, Sweepstakes 
 for three-year-olds, $25 each, play or pay, with $400 added, 
 1100 to the second; in this he was not placed, Bob Wool- 
 ley winning in 1:54, King Alfonso second, Katie Pearoe 
 third. On September 9, at the same place, Sweepstakes for 
 three-year-olds, $25 each, play or pay, with $500 added, 
 $100 to the second, 9 subscribers, one mile and five fur- 
 longs ; this he won handily in 2:49 J-, beating Bob WooUey, 
 Elemi, King Alfonso and Emma C. ; this was the fastest 
 race run at "the distance to that date. His next appearance 
 was in the Kentucky St. Leger, at Louisville, September 20 ; 
 in this he was defeated by King Alfonso in 3;34i, Ten 
 Broeck second. Verdigris third, with a good lot behind 
 them. His next appearance was in the Post Stake, for All 
 Ages, at Louisville. September 23, $150 each, pay or play, 
 with 1800 added ; $200 to the second ; 9 subscribers ; three 
 miles. This he won handily in 5:31, beating Stampede, 
 Vandalite, Enlister and Arizona. His next appearance 
 was at Nashville, October 5, in the Merchants' Post Stake, 
 of $50 each, pay or play, with $1,000 added; $100 to the 
 second ; 7 subscribers ; two-mile heats. This he won, de- 
 feating Bob Woolley in 3:36J— 3:40^. 
 
 He next won the Maxwell House Stakes, for three-year- 
 olds ; $25 each, pay or play, with $500 added ; $100 to the 
 second; 16 subscribers; mile heats; in 1:44 — 1:45, beatr 
 ing Damon and Bob Woolley. His first appearance as a 
 four-year-old was at Lexington, May 10, Sweepstakes for 
 four-year-olds ; $50 each, pay or play; $600 added ; second 
 to save his stake ; two and one-eighth miles. There were 
 seven entries, but only these two faced the starter. The 
 Woodford County delegation backed Ten Broeck almost to 
 
 a man, and McGrath, in a rosy mood, recklessly accepted 
 all bets oifered. Swim, on Aristides, was content to trail 
 Ten Broeck until the last half mile was reached, when he 
 braced himself in the saddle for the deadly conflict. Gra- 
 dually the son of Leamington closed the gap, and the two 
 horses rounded into the home-stretch side by side. In the 
 run from that point to the wire, Aristides developed the 
 highest rate of speed, and he beat the son of Phaeton 
 thirty yards. The time was 3:452. The last two miles 
 were run in 3:31. It was a great race, and the victor was 
 cheered to the echo. Each horse carried 104 lbs. McGrath 
 won thousands of dollars, and the speculative crowd from 
 Woodford went home " dead broke." Ten Broeck was 
 high in flesh on the day of the contest, but as the race was 
 the fastest on record at the distance, it is hardly proper to 
 make excuses for Mr. Harper's horse. Ten Broeck's second 
 appearance was for the Club Purse ; $500 to first and $200 
 to second, at Louisville, May 16, two-mile heats, which he 
 won easily, beating Brake.sman and Captain Hutchison, in 
 3:381 — 3:38. May 18, at same place, won Louisville Cup, 
 for All Ages, $50 each, pay or play, with $1000 added, 10 
 subscribers, two and one-quarter miles, beating Monmouth, 
 in 4:03|. Same place. May 20, won the Gait House Plate, 
 for four-year olds, $50 each, pay or play, with $1000 added 
 by the Gait House, $200 to the second, 10 subscribers, two 
 and one-half miles, beating Steinbok and Damon, in 4:35 J. 
 The Fall Meeting at Lexington, Ky., September 14, Ten 
 Broeck won a dash of one and five-eighths miles, in 2:51 J, 
 beating Phyllis; first horse $300, second $50. Same place, 
 September 16. won Jockey Club Purse, $600; $450 to 
 first, $100 to second, and $50 to third, two and five-eighths 
 miles, in 4:582-, beating Redding. Louisville, Ky., Sep- 
 tember 23, Post Stake, for all ages, $50 each, pay or play, 
 with $700 added, second to receive $200, and third $50, 
 5 subscribers, three miles; Ten Broeck won in 5:26}, the 
 fastest time ever made at the distance, beating Add. Same 
 place, September 27, purse $1000, Teu Broeck to beat Fel- 
 lowcraft's time — 7:191 — Ten Broeck won in 7:15|. This 
 achievement made Ten Broeck the long-distance champion 
 of America. At the Lexington Spring Meeting, May 16, 
 Ten Broeck walked over for a purse of $350, for all ages, 
 one mile and a half, and two days afterwards defeated 
 Katrine and Chestnut Oaks for a purse of $600, two miles 
 and an eighth, in 3:53}. He then went to Louisville, and 
 on the 24th of May he ran the first race against time at 
 olae mile, and, as usual, he lowered the standard, even 
 against " catch-weights," to 1:39|, and now has the best 
 mile in the world. On the 29th of May, the last day of 
 the meeting. Ten Broeck ran two miles in 3:27*, thus cut- 
 ting down all past records, even the unofiicial but neverthe- 
 less real one of Tom Bowling of 3:27i. Ten Broeck's 
 record now stands, one mile, l:39f ; one mile and five fur- 
 longs, 2:49}; two miles, 3:272; two miles and five fur- 
 longs, 4:58 j; three miles, 5:26J; and four miles, 7:15$. 
 After these brilliant performances he was thrown out of 
 training, and stands for mares at the hospitable home of 
 his owner, near Midway, Kentucky. — Turf, Field mid 
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 OM OCHILTREE was bred at Woodburn Stud 
 Farm, Ky. ; was foaled Blay 29, 1872, by 
 Lexington, dam Katona (the dam of Metairie, 
 Kadi, &c.), by Voucher ; 2d dam Countess, by 
 imp. Margrave; 3d dam by American Eclipse; 4th dam 
 by Thornton's Kattler; 5th dam by Thornton's Diomed ; 
 6th dam by Tiger ; 7th dam by imp. Shark ; 8th dam by 
 imp. Fearnought. He was selected and purchased by S. D. 
 Bruce, of this paper, for J. F. Chamberlain, the price paid 
 being $500. The colt, being a large, growthy one, was not 
 run in his two-year-old form, but came out on May 26, 
 1874, at Baltimore, and won the purse of $300, for maidens 
 of all ages, three-quarters of a mile, in which he defeated 
 a field of nine in 1:241, the track being very heavy. Two 
 days after he won the Preakness Stakes, for three-year-olds, 
 one and a half miles, $50 each, pay or play, with $1000 
 added, of which $200 to second horse, closed with twenty- 
 three entries, beating such horses as Viator, Bay Final, 
 Add, &c., in 2:432. His next appearance was in the Bel- 
 mont Stakes at Jerome Park, in which he finished seventh, 
 the race having been won by Calvin, Aristides finishing 
 second, with Milner third, in 2:42;. He was again beaten 
 for the Jersey Derby, one and a half mile*, finishing fifth, 
 Calvin winning, with Chesapeake second and Viator third, 
 in 2:432. He was again defeated, and was unplaced in the 
 Ocean Hotel Stakes won by Ozark, Aristides second. Leader 
 third, in 3:10i. Same year, at the Jerome Fall Meeting of 
 the American Jockey Club, he ran fourth in the Jerome 
 Stakes won by Aristides, Calvin second, Joe Cerns third, 
 two miles in 3:43. Same meeting he won the Annual 
 Stakes, two and one-eighth miles, defeating with ease Chesa- 
 peake and Ascension in 4:092. He next met all his old 
 competitors in the Dixie, at Baltimore, and defeated them 
 with ease, two miles, in 3:422, Viator second, Joe Cerns 
 third. Two days after, Aristides turned the tables on him, 
 and won the Breckenbridge Stakes, two miles, in 3:36i, 
 Viator second, Ochiltree third, with a penalty of 5 lbs. up. 
 This closed his three-year-old career. He was then sold to 
 G. L. Lorillard for $5000, and one-fourth his winnings 
 during the year 1876. 
 
 Tom's first appearance as a four-year-old was at Balti- 
 more, in the Baltimore Cup, $50 each, half forfeit, $1000 
 added, of which $200 to the second horse, third to save his 
 stake; 14 subscribers; won handily in 4:09, Stampede 
 second, Viator third. His next appearance was in the 
 Jockey Club Handicap, at Jerome Park, dash of two miles ; 
 $100 each, half forfeit, with only $20 if declared out, $1000 
 added; 28 subscribers; 10 declared out. Tom won easily, 
 Milner second, Chesapeake third. Viator, Madge and others 
 unplaced, in 3:41f . He next won the Centennial Stakes, 
 for all ages, at Jerome Park, $200 each, $50 forfeit, with 
 $2000 added, second to receive $500 out of the stakes, and 
 the third to save his stake ; Acrobat second, Olitipa third ; 
 
 a dash of 2 J miles; time, 5:09^. His next appearance 
 was at Long Branch, for the Monmouth Cup, 2i miles, $50 
 each, play or pay, $1200 added, second to receive $200, 
 and the third $100 out of the stakes; 17 subscribers. 
 This he won easily, beating Stampede in 4:48i. He at 
 the same meeting won the Capitol Stakes, for four-year- 
 olds, $300 each, $100 forfeit, $1500 added, $500 to the 
 second; 9 subscribers; three miles; beating Chesapeake 
 and Ascension in 5:355. Tom's next appearance was at 
 Saratoga, in the Sweepstakes for All Ages, $50 each, play 
 or pay, $800 added, of which $200 to the second; 21 
 nominations; H miles. He was beaten by Parole, Ochil- 
 tree second, Mattie A. third, in 2:12|. Tom had his re- 
 venge in the Saratoga Cup, for All Ages, $50 each, play or 
 pay, with $1200 added, $200 to the second; 2k miles. 
 This he won, beating Parole second, Big Sandy third, in 
 4:06J. His next appearance was in the Maturity Stakes, 
 at Jerome Park, for four-year-olds, $200 each, half forfeit, 
 $1200 added, of which $300 to the second horse; 28 sub- 
 scribers ; three miles. This he won handily, defeating 
 Chesapeake, Mattie A. and Grey Nun, in the order named, 
 in 5:43}. His next was in the Centennial Cup Sweep- 
 stake, for All Ages, $250 each, $100 forfeit, plate value of 
 $2500, and $1500 added, second to receive $750 out of the 
 stakes, and the third to save his stake ; four miles. This 
 he won in the very fast time of 7:36, with 118 lbs. up. 
 Acrobat second. Big Sandy third. — Turf, Field and Farm. 
 
 After this performance it was a pity to wind up the Cen- 
 tennial season with a defeat, but at Baltimore, October 25, 
 in a purse for all ages, two-mile heats, for which Add, Part- 
 nership, Paladin, and Athlene also started, he was distanced 
 in the second heat, after winning the first heat in 3:47J. 
 His first race this year (1877) was at Baltimore, May 23, 
 for the Baltimore Cup, two miles and a quarter, in which 
 he defeated Preston, Burgoo, and Bertram, in 4:14. It was 
 a mere exercise gallop for him, and two days afterwards, at 
 the same meeting, he distanced Jenifer, Shylock, and Little- 
 fellow, for a purse of $1000. At Jerome Park, June 5, 
 he carried ofl' the Westchester Cup, two miles and a quarter, 
 easily, from Athlene and Fellowcraft — time, 4:09 J; and at 
 the same meeting, two weeks later, he beat Athlene again 
 for the Keene Purse, two miles and a half, in 4:362. For 
 the Saratoga Cup, July 26, he started first favorite, but 
 Parole unexpectedly won by a length, Athlene third, and 
 Vera Cruz unplaced. Five days afterwards Tom Ochiltree 
 defeated Athlene and Aunt Betsy easily, for a purse of 
 $600, two miles, in 3:39J. On the 4th of August, he was 
 unexpectedly beaten by outsider Whisper, in a dash of two 
 miles and a quarter, Athlene being third, and Viceroy and 
 Lenifer unplaced. Three days later he redeemed his repu- 
 tation by beating Cloverbrook, Oriole, Galway, and D'Ar- 
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 HADAMANTHUS is a coal-black horse with 
 no white, standing; close to 16 hands high. He 
 was foaled in 1872, and is by imported Leam- 
 ington out of Nemesis. He was brought out by 
 Hon. August Belmont, and ran in that gentle- 
 man's colors, the popular " maroon and red," for his first 
 race, the Kentucky Stakes, one mile, at Saratoga, August 8, 
 1874. He was unplaced, Chesapeake winning, with James 
 A. second, and Willie Burke third. For the two-year- 
 old Sweepstakes, three-quarters of a mile, August 13, he 
 was second to King Bolt, three others being behind him. 
 The following day he scored his maiden victory, defeating 
 Vassal and Chesapeake for the Grand Stakes, valued at 
 $4000, one mile. The time was l:46i. In the Nursery 
 Stakes, at Jerome Park, October 3, he was third : the 
 flying Olitipa winning, with Chesapeake second, and others 
 unplaced. He then went to Baltimore, and on October 21, 
 ran in the Central Stakes, one mile: Kinework won, with 
 Amelia .second, and James A. third, and Rhadamanthus was 
 among the unplaced. As a three-year-old, he started four- 
 teen times. In the Withers Stakes he was second to Aris- 
 tides, Ozark and ten others being behind him, and in the 
 Belmont Stakes he was unplaced. On 15th of June, he was 
 second to Grinstead, in a Purse for all Ages, heats of a mile 
 and an eighth, Fadladeen being third. He now lay by until 
 the Saratoga Meeting, where, on the 10th of August, he was 
 second to "Madge, in a Sweepstakes for all Ages, three- 
 quarters of a mile, the shifty Leander being third, and 
 three others unplaced. Four days later he won a purse of 
 S500, one mile and an eighth, beating Australind, Golden 
 Gate, and Paper Maker, in 2:041. On the 17th, for a 
 purse of 1500 for all ages, one mile and an eighth, he was 
 in his accustomed place of second : Brigand winning, with 
 Fadladeen third, and five others unplaced. Mr. Belmont 
 was now dissatisfied with his running ability, and sold him 
 to Mr. George LongstafF, who persevered with him, and 
 finally brought him out in fine fix, winning several closely- 
 contested races with him, especially several mile-heat races, 
 where the " black colt" showed both his ability to run fast 
 and to stay. This colt's sale is not the first instance in 
 which his former owner, Mr. Belmont, has " cut the stick 
 to break his own back with," as witness the victories of 
 Scratch and Freebooter, both of whom he sold as worthless, 
 and both of whom subsequently proved victorious over his 
 entries in the races they ran for their new owners. His 
 first performance in his new colors was by no means encour- 
 aging, for at Jerome Park, October 2, in the $400 Purse, 
 three-quarters of a mile, he was third to Mattie A. and 
 Springlet, five others being unplaced. The tide of ill luck 
 which had so persistently followed him now turned, and 
 October 8, he beat Mattie A. for a purse of $700, mile 
 heats, in 1:48 — 1:48}. On the 14th of October, he de- 
 feated Egypt, Mattie A., Leander, and Rambler, one mile 
 and an eighth, in 2:01. In the Dixie Stakes, at Baltimore, 
 October 19, won by Tom Ochiltree, he was unplaced, but 
 he made some amends for it by beating, on the following 
 day, Arcturus, Jack Twigg, Grey Lag, and Charley Chea- 
 tham, mile heats, in 1:47 ij — l;47i; and ten days after, he 
 beat Arcturus, Big Sandy, and General Harney, mile heats. 
 
 in 1:46J — l:44f . On the 1st of November, at Jerome Park, 
 he defeated Arcturus and six others, one mile, in 1:49 J ; and 
 five days afterwards, ran .second to Madge for a Handicap 
 Sweepstakes, one mile and three-quarters, Lelaps and three 
 others finishing behind him. As a four-year-old he was 
 kept very busy. He commenced at Baltimore, May 23, in 
 a Handicap Sweepstakes, mile heats, six starters, and was 
 placed fourth, Ore Knob winning. Two days later he was 
 placed second to Willie Burke, in a purse for all ages, mile 
 heats, after winning the first heat in l:47i ; Wateree and 
 Probability were also in the race. He then went to Jerome 
 Park, and on June 10, was beaten by Old Spindrift, in a 
 purse for all ages, one mile and an eighth. In the Free 
 Handicap, won" by Sunburst, June 15, he was unplaced. 
 He won the opening race at the Saratoga Meeting, a purse of 
 $400, five furlongs, in 1:031, beating Inspiration and Madge. 
 On July 27, he was third to Mattie A. and Yorkshire Lass, 
 in a purse of $400, three-quarters of a mile, Inspiration 
 and Orion being unplaced. Rhadamanthus again changed 
 hands, being purchased by the Dwyer Brothers, of Brook- 
 lyn, in whose colors he has won many races, and he bids fair to 
 win many more before the racing season closes. On August 
 15, he beat May D., Madge, and Mettle, for a purse of 
 1500, one mile and an eighth, in 1:59| ; and two days after- 
 wards, beat Vigil and four others, for a purse of $500, one 
 mile and a quarter, in 2:11. Four days later he was un- 
 placed, in a purse of $500, one mile and a half, won by 
 Burgoo. As at Saratoga, so on the opening day of the Fall 
 Meeting at Jerome Park, he won the first race on the card, 
 a purse of $400, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:201, beating 
 Freebooter and five others. On October 5, he won a purse 
 of $700. mile heats, defeating Preston, Freebooter, Fiddle- 
 stick, and Gray Friar. Time, 1:47^—1:47—2:18, Preston 
 taking the second heat. In the All-aged Stakes, October 
 14, won by Parole, he was unplaced ; and November 4, in 
 a purse of $400, mile heats, won by Madge, he was fifth 
 and last. He now went into winter quarters. This year 
 (1877) he has been busy. On the opening day at Jerome 
 Park, he was unplaced, in the Purse of $400 for All Ages, 
 won by Janet Norton ; and three days later, in a purseof 
 $500 for all ages, won by Fugitive, he was unplaced again. 
 On June 14, he was second to Explosion, in the Free 
 Handicap, one mile, Bertram was third, and six others not 
 placed. Four days later, in the Consolation Purse, he was 
 again second, and this time Mary won, with Madge third, 
 and four others unplaced. Following in the wake of 
 ftishion, he went to Saratoga, and won the very first race, 
 a dash of five furlongs, June 21, by a neck, from Chiquita, 
 the favorite, and five others. The time was IMi. On July 
 2eth he beat Diamond and seven others easily, three-quar- 
 ters of a mile, in 1:16; but two days later, for a purse of 
 $300, for all ages, one mile, he was second. Oriole winning 
 by half a length, with Fugitive, Virginius, and p:xplosion 
 behind the leading pair, and on August 4th his ill luck still 
 continued, for although starting first favorite, he was third 
 to Virginius and Bombast, in a purse of $400, one mile, 
 Mary being unplaced. August 9, the gray colt. Bill Bass, 
 beat him by a neck for a purse of $300, three-quarters of 
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 LITIPA, is by Leamington out of Oliata. She 
 was bred at Chestnut Hill by Mr. A. Welch, 
 and was sold to Messrs. Hunter & Travers when 
 a yearling. Her first appearance was at Sara- 
 toga, in 1874, when she won the Flash Stakes, for two-year- 
 olds, half a mile, in 471 s., beating Willie Burke, Australind, 
 Calvin, Victorious, Bayminster, Ravenna, and Caroline, 
 thus early stamping herself as a flyer of no common ability. 
 She did not agaiu run till fall meeting at Jerome Park, 
 vphen she won the Nursery Stakes, one mile, in 1:40, defeat- 
 ing Mr. M'Grath's Chesapeake, Rhadamanthus, Bayminster, 
 James A., Leader, Athlete, and Australind. These were 
 her only performances that year. During the winter of 
 1874 her owners, Messrs. Hunter & Travers, sold her to 
 Mr. August Belmont, and in 1875 she made her first ap- 
 pearance under his colors at the Jerome Park Spring 
 Meeting, in the Maryland Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, 
 a mile, which she won in 1:49, beating Ascension, Springlet, 
 Finework, "Vinaigrette, and Mattie A. At the same meet- 
 ing, in the Ladies' Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, one mile 
 and a half, she justified her backers' confidence by running 
 away from all her competitors in 2:42|. Mattie A., 
 Invoice, Misdeal, Lizzie R., and Scramble were the beaten 
 ones. At Saratoga, in the famous "sweepstakes for all 
 ages," she was unable to get better than the third to 
 Grinstead, who, however, made the distance, one and a 
 quarter miles, in the fastest time on record, 2:08J, which 
 was only eclipsed at Lexington the other day by Chas. 
 Gorham, he beating Grinstead's time by a quarter of a 
 second. Three days after Grinstead's victory, Olitipa won 
 in a canter the Alabama Stakes, for three-year-old fillies, a 
 mile and an eighth, in 2:00J, and Invoice, a filly by a 
 Asteroid out of a planet mare, and Australind were the 
 three beaten ones. Two days after this she started against 
 Springbok, Preakness, Grinstead, Aaron Pennington, Ruth- 
 erfurd, and Wildiddle (a strong field) for the Saratoga Cup, 
 which resulted in the famous dead heat between the two 
 first-named. The distance was two miles and a quarter, 
 
 and the time 3:56}. The owners of the dead-heaters 
 divided the stakes. Olitipa's last appearance in 1875 was 
 at the Jerome Park Fall Meeting, in the Hunter Stakes, for 
 three-year-old fillies. Her only competitors were Mattie A. 
 and Gillyflower, and these she had no difiiculty in beating 
 in 3:14 (one and three-quarter miles). Her total winnings 
 in 1875, then, amounted to the round sum of $10,600, 
 which was a fine showing for so few races. In 1876, at 
 Jerome Park Spring Meeting, her first race was for a purse 
 for all ages, which she won in 3:12} (one mile and three- 
 quarters), beating easily Kildare and Stampede. She next 
 came out for the Centennial Stakes, for all ages, two miles 
 and three-quarters, in which Tom Ochiltree and Acrobat 
 both beat her. Time, 5:09}. In our account of that race 
 we threw out the impression that neither of the horses was 
 up to the mark. This was afterwards more than verified 
 in her case by the fact that she never again ran, though 
 speculation was rife at one time with regard to the appear- 
 ances of the same trio in the Monmouth Cup. These 
 expectations were not justified, as Olitipa did not run again, 
 and now is broken down from the same complaint which 
 last year caused trouble. This mare's performances have 
 all been first-class, and we shall watch with interest her 
 debut as a matron at the stud. Olitipa will be bred to The 
 Ill-Used. She is a mare of great size and high quality. 
 Her frame is truly grand iu its racing-like proportions. The 
 long angles behind from hip to whirlbone, and thence to 
 the stifle, and thence to the point of the hock, are fully dis- 
 played. Her fine bloodlike head and neck and superb 
 gamecock throttle are followed by a splendid shoulder. 
 Olitipa is a great strider, and with all her exceedingly 
 fine qualities she has an even temper. She never made 
 the slightest trouble at the starting-post, and, commonly 
 lying behind for about seven-eighths of her races, 
 found no trouble whatever in winning when her jockey 
 intimated his opinion that it was time she should say 
 good-bye to her companions and lead the van. — Sjxrrts- 
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 IPDLESTICK is a dark bay or brown colt, 
 foaled 1873, by Lexington, dam Filagree, by 
 Stockwell; 2d dam, Ecstasy, by Touchstone; 
 3d dam. Miss "Wilfred, by Lottery; 4th dam 
 by Smolensk!; 5th dam, Lady Mary, by Benningbrough ; 
 6th dam by Highflyer; thus combining in his veins 
 the best and choicest blood of the American and English 
 stud-books. Filagree was imported when a yearling, in 
 1860, by Messrs. Dudley & Bruce, agents of the Kentucky 
 Importing Company, and became the property of John R. 
 Viley, Esq., Fayette County, Ky., who, after breeding from 
 her Alta Vela, Finesse and three others, sold her, in 1872, 
 to A. Belmont, Esq., Nursery Stud Farm, Babylon, L. L, 
 and the ensuing year she produced Fiddlestick, by that 
 emperor of American stallions, the immortal Lexington. 
 He is a very symmetrically-formed colt, fully 15 hands 
 2i inches in height, with star in forehead, and two white 
 feet, that on the near hind foot extending half way to the 
 hock, while the near fore foot is white to the ankle. He 
 has a fine, clean cut, expressive head, capital neck and 
 shoulders, good middle piece, well ribbed up, and unusually 
 muscular hips and quarters. He has good legs, rather light 
 in the bone below the knee, and well-shaped feet. As a 
 two-year-old, he was trained, but never started, as he 
 exhibited symptoms of lameness when about ready to run, 
 at Saratoga, and was, in consequence, turned out of train- 
 ing; his fore-legs laboring under some suspicion of his 
 standing a strong preparation. During the early spring he 
 was twice blistered, and, thanks to the skill and constant 
 attention of his capable trainer, Mr. Jacob Pincus, he was 
 able to undergo a steady preparation. Mr. Belmont was 
 averse to running him in his early engagements at Jerome 
 Park, preferring to preserve him for Saratoga; Bertram 
 and Clematis being regarded as the hopes of the Babylon 
 stable in the Withers and Belmont Stakes. Fiddlestick, 
 however, was kept at work, and daily made marked improve- 
 ment. Having, one morning, tried Bertram and Clematis 
 together, it occurred to their trainer to put Bertram and 
 Fiddlestick together at a mile, and the latter won with such 
 consummate ease, that he immediately tried him with Cle- 
 matis, and he beat his second trial horse in exactly the 
 same style he had done the first. The stable was now 
 convinced that, in the son of Lexington and Filagree, they 
 possessed an extraordinary race-horse, and the programme 
 was changed, Fiddlestick being sent to Jerome Park to 
 represent the maroon and crimson belt in the Withers and 
 Belmont Stakes. His opponents in the former race, which 
 was a dash of a mile, were Merciless, Algerine, Brother to 
 Harry Bassett, Freebooter, Waco, Sister to Milner, Dail- 
 
 gaisian, Viceroy, and his stable companion, Bertram. The 
 Belmont pair were the favorites, with Merciless second 
 choice, and the others selling at equal rates with each 
 other. Fiddlestick, ridden by Feakes, took up the running, 
 after going half a mile, where he had all his opponents 
 settled, and, galloping on, won the race with the most con- 
 summate ease, by four lengths, in l:46i, Brother to Bassett 
 and Merciless finishing respectively second and third. The 
 following week he started for the Belmont Stakes, a mile 
 and a half, in which his opponents were Brother to Bassett, 
 Barricade, Algerine and Red Coat. In this race he was 
 ridden by Hayward, and the betting was two to one on his 
 winnino-. Hayward made the running from the fall of the 
 flag, closely pressed by Brother to Bassett throughout the 
 first mile, which was run in 1:45; and on the retirement 
 of the latter, Algerine went up and challenged with such 
 resolution, that Hayward was unable to get a relieving pull 
 on his horse, and although he struggled to the finish with 
 the most indomitable gameness, he was finally beaten by 
 Algerine, in 2:40J. His next appearance was in the Jersey 
 Derby, at Monmouth Park, where he ran second to his 
 stable companion, Bertram, the latter only winning on suffer- 
 ance, for Fiddlestick was pulling over him in every part of 
 the race. Rappahannock and Fugitive also started. He 
 next came out for the Ocean Hotel Stakes, at the same 
 meetino', and won in the commonest of canters, from his 
 only opponent, Rappahannock. At the recent Saratoga 
 meetings he did not start. Sultana representing the interests 
 of the Babylon stable in both the Travers and Kenner 
 Stakes. In the former she was successful, beating Barri- 
 cade, Ambush and Fredericktown with great ease, but in 
 the second she had to succumb to Brother to Bassett, in 
 the fastest run race at the weights on record. The tide of 
 fortune which had generally set in his favor now turned, 
 and since this time he has not scored a single victory, 
 althouoh often well up at the close. In the Jerome Stakes, 
 Oct. 2d, he was unplaced. Brother to Bassett winning, with 
 Sunburst second, and Red Coat third ; and three days after- 
 wards, he was beaten by Rhadamanthus, Preston and Free- 
 booter, in the $700 Purse for all ages, mile heats. October 
 10th, he was third in the two-mile Purse, Vigil winning, 
 with Athlene second. 
 
 This year Fiddlestick has been still more unfortunate. 
 At Jerome Park, June 2, 1877, he was unplaced in the 
 Fordham Handicap, won by Chiquita, and ten days later 
 he was third to Parole and Ambush in the Woodburn 
 Stakes, for four-year-olds. June 18th, he was second to 
 Chiquita, in the Free Handicap, with eight others behind 
 them. — Spirit of the Times. 
 
61 
 
 AROLE is a brown geldinc' by imported Leam- 
 ington out of Slaiden. She was by imported 
 Glenooe out of Kitty Clark. He was foaled 
 in 1873, and was bred by Mr. A. Welch, at 
 Chestnut Hill, near Philadelphia, and was sold 
 by him to Mr. Pierre Lorillard, of New York, who now 
 owns him. His first appearance was at Long; Branch, 
 July 8, 1875, in the July Stakes for two-year-olds, three- 
 quarters of a mile, which he won in 1:17'4, defeating 
 Freebooter, Bryen, and Knapsack. At the same meet- 
 ing, July 17th, he won the August Stakes, one mile, in 
 1:54, beating Shirley and Lady Clipper. His next essay 
 was the Flash Stakes, at Saratoga, July 29th, for which 
 ten youngsters mustered at the starting-post, but he was 
 unplaced; his stable companion. Faithless, coming in first, 
 with Sister of Mercy second, and Pastor third. On the 
 4th of August he won the Saratoga Stakes, three-quarters 
 of a mile, beating Adelaide, Sultana, Brother to Bassett, 
 Athlene, and four others; time, lilSf. Six days later he 
 was saddled for the Kentucky Stakes, and Adelaide, Sul- 
 tana, Brother to Bassett, and three others, were all compelled 
 to acknowledge the supremacy of Maiden's flying son, who 
 won the race in the good time of 1:44}. For the Central 
 Stakes at Baltimore, October 19th, he ran second to Cyril, 
 two others being behind them. This was his last race that 
 year. He had started for six events and won four of them, 
 the combined value of which was $8500 ; and he went into 
 winter quarters with a reputation second to none of his 
 years. As a three-year-old his first start was at Louisville, 
 May 15, for the Kentucky Derby, one mile and a half, but 
 after going nearly a mile, when running second to Vagrant, 
 the winner, he was cut down, and was, of course, unplaced. 
 He did not appear until July 25th, at the Saratoga Meet- 
 ing, when he defeated Tom Ochiltree and Mattie A, in a 
 .sweepstakes, one mile and a quarter, run in 2:12}. Four days 
 afterwards he was second to Tom Ochiltree in the Saratoga 
 Cup; Big Sandy being third, and Madge not placed. On 
 the 3d of August he won the Sequel Stakes, one mile and 
 three-quarters; time, 3:10}. Freebooter was second, War- 
 lock third, and Odd Socks not placed. 
 
 At Jerome Park, October 14th, he carried away the 
 All-aged Stakes, one mile and a half, from St. Martin, 
 Warlock, Virginius, and Rhadamanthus ; time, 2:38 ; value 
 of the stakes won, $!3650. In the rich Dixie Stakes, 
 at Baltimore, C>ctober 25th, he was second to Vigil; Here- 
 tog was third, and Algerinc, Sultana and Shirley were un- 
 placed. Three days later, in the Breckinridge Stakes, he 
 again succumbed to the same horse, Virginius being third. 
 As a four-year-old he ran second to Janet Norton in the 
 1400 Purse for All Ages, on the opening day of the Jerome 
 Park Meeting, June 2d, 1877, for which seven started. 
 Ten days later, the Woodburn Stakes for four-year-olds, 
 two and a half miles, brought Parole, Ambush, Fiddlestick, 
 and Virginius to the post. AH of these had supporters. 
 Parole having slightly the call in the betting. Ambush 
 forced the pace from the start, with the intention of finding, 
 if possible, a weak spot in Parole. Virginius was second, 
 with the other two alternating as third and fourth until 
 within a quarter of a mile of home. Here Parole was 
 sent along, and quickly passing the others, won ea.sily by a 
 length, Ambush, who came gallantly when Barbee called 
 upon him, being second, and Fiddlestick third ; time, 4:37). 
 At Saratoga, July 21st, in the Sweepstakes for all ages, 
 Parole and Tom Ochiltree were the favorites, and made 
 
 the running, but Vera Cruz, a very fast fine colt, lay well 
 off for a mile, and then coming with a rush, closed up on 
 the leading pair so rapidly that the three went under the 
 wire so close together that none but the judges could place 
 them. The verdict was in favor of Vera Cruz, Tom Ochil- 
 tree being placed second, and Parole third. The first of 
 the other three was half a dozen lengths away; time, 2:12^. 
 His next efl'ort was the Saratoga Cup, two and a quarter 
 miles. There were twenty-four nominations for this event, 
 of which the following came to the post : Charles Reed's 
 chestnut filly Athlene, by Pat Malloy, 4 years old, 113 lbs. ; 
 Gr. L. Lorillard's bay horse Tom Ochiltree, by Lexington, 
 5 years old, 124 lbs.; P. Lorillard's brown gelding Parole, 
 by Leamington, 4 years old, 115 lbs.; J. T. Owing's bay 
 colt Vera Cruz, by Virgil, 3 years old, 97 lbs. Tom 
 Ochiltree was a favorite over the field. The start was a 
 good one, and the horses came away very leisurely, Tom 
 Ochiltree going to the front, followed by Vera Cruz, who 
 soon took sides with him; Athlene third. Parole bring- 
 ing up the rear. When the horses came up to the stand, 
 Vera Cruz and Tom had their heads together, Athlene four 
 lengths behind, with her head in advance of Parole. The 
 first quarter was run in 28-2 seconds. Going around the 
 upper turn, Vera Cruz had his head in front of Tom, both 
 of the jockeys pulling their horses double ; Athlene three 
 lengths behind ; half a length in front of Parole. Time, 
 to this point, 57-5 seconds. Going down the backstx'etch. 
 Vera Cruz moved away from Ochiltree, and when he passed 
 the half-mile pole he was two lengths in front of Tom; the 
 latter three lengths ahead of Athlene, who was one length 
 in advance of Parole. Time, 1:23. The horses ran in 
 this way to the lower turn, going around which they got 
 two lengths apart. Vera Cruz leading ; Tom Ochiltree 
 second, Athlene third, Parole fourth. Time, this mile, 
 1.51}. They came into the quarter-stretch in this order, 
 and then the pace was much accelerated by them all. Vera 
 Cruz kept the gap open, and had two lengths the best of it 
 as he passed under the wire at the stand ; Ochiltree second, 
 two lengths ahead of Athlene, who was three lengths in 
 front of Parole, the latter running very leisurely under a 
 pull. Time of the mile and a quarter, 2:20. Going around 
 the upper turn, big Tom made strong running, and closed 
 the daylight, Athlene following, with Parole also moving a 
 little sharper. When Vera Cruz passed the quarter pole 
 he was leading one length, Ochiltree second, two lengths in 
 advance of Athlene, who was one length ahead of Parole. 
 Time of the mile and a half, 2:47 J. Tom Ochiltree forced 
 the pace down the backstreteh and closed up on Vera Cruz 
 at every stride, until at the half mile the latter only led a 
 neck, Tom four lengths ahead of Athlene, who was three 
 lengths ahead of Parole, the latter still under a pull. Time, 
 for a mile and three-quarters, 3:12. Turning into the 
 lower turn, Ochiltree took Vera Cruz by the head and ran 
 parallel with him to the three-quarter pole. The time of 
 the two miles was 3:38. Parole now was third, he having 
 begun his run for the Cup. After the horses got into 
 straight running, Vera Cruz was in trouble, and was soon 
 passed by Parole, who, coming on in a gallant manner, 
 picked up Tom at every stride, and, finishing like a race- 
 horse, won the race by two lengths, Ochiltree four lengths 
 in front of Athlene, the latter one length ahead of Vera 
 Cruz. The time of the race was 4:041, which is remark- 
 ably good, considering the weights. Tom Ochiltree ran the 
 last two miles in 3:36, and Parole the same distance in 3:35. 
 
63 
 
 AGRANT was bieJ by Mr. U. II. Sanfoid, of 
 the Preakness stud; was foaled May 17, 1873, 
 by Virgil (he by Vandal), dam Hymenia, by 
 imp. Yorkshire; 2d dam Little Peggy, by 
 Cripple, son of Medoc ; 3d dam Peggy Stewart, by Cook's 
 Whip ; 4th dam Mary Bedford by Duke of Bedford ; 5th 
 dam by imp. Speculator ; 6th dam by imp. Dare Devil, out 
 of imp. Trumpetta, by Trumpator, &c. Virgil was a fine 
 race-horse, a winner both on the flat and over timber iu 
 good time. 
 
 On the Dam's side, Vagrant is descended from one of 
 the most celebrated racing families of the country. 
 
 Vagrant is a brown bay, stands 16 hands high, with four 
 white stockings and a bald face ; he has a very fine, expres- 
 sive head, well set on rather a light ueck, re.sulting, doubt- 
 less, from being early gelded, the neck running back into 
 faultless shoulders, with great depth in the heart, which 
 makes his body appear rather light. His hips, quarter and 
 second thigh cannot be excelled, while his legs are perfec- 
 tion, being without a scar or abrasure of any kind. He 
 runs with his head rather low, but his action is low and 
 easy, with an imnien.se stride and great speed, which is the 
 first and most important element in a race-horse. No horse 
 is more easily controlled or has a finer temper. 
 
 He was purchased at Mr. Sanford's sale in 1874 by 
 Thos. J. Nichols, for $250, the Virgils being then wholly 
 untried and unknown to fame. He made his debut upon 
 the turf at Louisville, Ky., May 18, 1875, for the Alex- 
 ander Stake, half a mile, $25 .subscription, play or pay, 
 24 subscribers, $250 added. This he won handily in loOi, 
 defeating Harry Hill, Russ Butler, Congressman, Malmistic, 
 Bazar, Virgil, Creedmoor, Pluto, Grit, Meluotte, Ceylon and 
 Mediator; value to winner, $750. May 21, Louisville, 
 Ky., Tennessee Stake, for two-year-olds, three-quarters of 
 a mile, ran third to Creedmoor, Tecalco second. In the 
 race he carried a penalty of 5 lbs. There were 15 starters, 
 and getting a bad start, he was unable to get through the 
 horses before the race was ended. Lexington, Ky., Sep- 
 tember 7, sweepstake, for two-year-old colts, $25 each, play 
 or pay, $350 added, of which $50 to the second colt; 12 
 subscribers. This Vagrant won in 1:18, defeating The 
 Nipper, Creedmoor, Melnotte, Grit, Bazar, Goldsberg, 
 Berlin and Bombay; value to winner, $600. Lexington, 
 Kv., September 10, sweepstake, for two-year-olds, one mile, 
 $25 each, play or pay, with $400 added, of which $100 to 
 the second; 11 subscribers. Vagrant won, beating Clem- 
 mie G., The Nipper, Creedmoor, Bazar, Gold.sberg, Berlin 
 
 and Bombay, in l:45i; value to winner, $575. Louisville, 
 Ky., September 22, Belle Meade Stakes, for two-year-old 
 colts, three-quarters of a mile, $25 each, play or pay, with 
 $300 added, of which $100 to the second; 23 subscribers. 
 Vagrant won, beating Bengal, Bombay, Malmistic, Harry 
 Hill, Grit, Melnotte, Johnny B., Pluto, The Nipper, Russ 
 Butler and Preston, in l:17i ; value to winner, $775. 
 Louisville, Ky., September 24, Sauford Stakes, for two-year- 
 olds, $25 each, play or pay, with $500 added by M. H. 
 Sanford, of which $100 to the second; 28 subscribers. 
 Vagrant won, beating Alborac, Miriam, Lexington filly. 
 Blue Coat, Bombay, Clemmie G., The Nipper, Harry Hill, 
 Russ Butler and Pirouette, in 1:46 ; value to winner, $1100. 
 This closed Vagrant's career as a two-year-old, in which he 
 started six times, won five and lost one, when he was beaten 
 by Creedmoor on a heavy track, whom he had previously 
 and afterwards defeated. Net winnings as two-year-old. 
 
 Vagrant was purchased by S. D. Bruce, bf this paper, 
 on the 8th of May, 1876, for Mr. Wm. Astor, of this city, 
 with his engagements, and on the same day won the Phoo- 
 uix Hotel Stakes, for three-year olds, one and an eighth 
 miles, $50 each, play or pay, with $300 added, 15 sub- 
 scribers, beating Clemmie G., Knapsack, Very Fine, Yan- 
 dall and Janet in 1:56| ; the first mile was run in 1:43. 
 Vagrant won by 40 yards ; value to winner, $1050. Louis- 
 ville, Ky., May 15, Kentucky Derby, for three-year-olds, 
 one and a half miles, $50 each, play or pay, with $1500 
 added, of which $200 to the second; 34 subscribers. 
 Vagrant won, beating Creedmoor, Harry Hill, Red Coat, 
 Bombay, Harper's Enquirer, Ninette colt, Leamingtonian, 
 Maria Michon, Bullion and Germantown, in 2:38i; value 
 to the winner, $3000. Louisville, Ky., May 20, 1876, 
 Clarke Stakes, for three-year-olds, two miles, $50 each, play 
 or pay, $1000 added, of which $200 to the second horse, 
 28 subscribers. Creedmoor won. Vagrant second, beating 
 Henry Owings and Leamingtonian, in 3:34|; very fast for 
 the track. Vagrant was not in condition, coughing and 
 much tucked up. 
 
 Vagrant was now shipped East, and made his next ap- 
 pearance at Philadelphia, Pa., June 26, Grand Exposition 
 Stakes, $100 each, half forfeit, with $1000 added, of which 
 $200 to the second, the third to save his stake, one and a 
 half miles; 24 subscribers. Vagrant won easily, beating 
 Woodland, Virginius, Fugitive and Coupon, in 2:42J, thus 
 winning three out of the four stakes in which he was en- 
 tered, and $6350 in money.— Turf, Field and Farm. 
 
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