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HASTINGS SIXTH OF AMERICAN SIRES. Sixth in the list of American winning sires of 1906, is August Belmonts brown horse Hastings. This horae la i warn f Spendthrift and the English-liii-il mm Cinder* lis, by I.hie Ruin or Tomahawk. Spendthrift was a magnificent three year-old and thought bj eastern folks to be invincible until Falsetto ram r eat of the west and trimmed him i! • Isrretj in the Travers and Kenner Stakes at Bar : iga. Km to be lieaten by Falsetto was no disgrace aad Apt nil thrift was truly a great race-lini so and as truly I great sire. Hastings. Kingston. Lamplighter, Laaaarone and many other brilliant racera Owing their paternity to him. Hastings was foaled in IMS. His dam was a ■BperiST pcodnctc of speed and l esides Hastings. foiled Ferrier. Plaudit. Handsome and Glenlieiin. all noted racers. As a two year old he started in four races and won three. His successes were in tWO panes and the Surf Stakes .;t Sheepshead Bay. Hi-, defeat ama in the Futurity won by Re|uital. In his last three races he was the property of Gideon .V Daly. Mr. Belmont then bought him and it was as his property that he ran fifth to Requital. Crescendo, Silver II., and Handspring in the Futurity. Wlcii a three ear old lie ran in six races and won three. With 117 pounds up lie defeated p.oldeiii re, Gotham and others in a live furlongs dash run in :5«t at Morris Park. Then his frequent antagonist. Handspring, beat him by a head for the Withers Stakes. Next lie won the Toboggan Hand! cij.. three quarters straight in 1:123. and followed this ag by taking the Belmont Stakes by a head in a severe finish with Handspring. At Sheepshead I Ray he ran second to his stable mate Margrave, in 1 the Tidal Stakes aud was unplaced to Requital, I a r . i , . ] , i j i | I i • I Peep o Day, and Merry Prince for the Realization. As a four-year-old Hastings ranked with the best horses of his time and was handicapped to be as good as Clifford aud Ben Brush — and was. He was sprinter of extreme speed, yet could stay a long route as well as any horse of his time. He won frequently in the l est of company and was seldom unplaced. He aud Clifford had a tremendous set-to in the Kearney Handicap at Saratoga and when the affair ended in a dead heat the horses were applauded when the owners divided the stakes. One of Hastings great feats at weigh! carrying that year t Was winning the Westchester Handicap with 1 10 pounds up. Hastings was sent to the stud in IS! HI and his suness as a aire was remarkable from the outset. The first of his progney ran in HM, and in HNS he headed the winning list of American stallions. In each of his six years in ihe stud lie has stood high in the list. His representatives are tleet. hardy, and as a rule, at home in any kind of going. Those running in 1!MM! and their earnings were: HASTINGS, br. h. ISM, by flpf adlhilfl H_fc rella, by Blue Ruin or Tomahawk. Horse. Age.Sts. 1st. 2d. ,td. Unp. Ami. Anueta Lady :5 21 5 4 :: ! $ 4.085 Bivouac .". 17 2 2 0 7 1,760 Blsndy 4 12 2 o 2 S 4.S.V. Chrysolite 4 4 1 o 0 :: 850 Countersign 2 1 o o o l . Curriculum 2 11 :: 1 O 10 :t.7 «» Diamond 4 12 t; 4 0 2 4,115 Don Enrique 2 15 1 4 :: 7 3.725 PlaTleny :: ::."• ."• s r. 17 2,586 Flinders 4 2 o o o 2 Glsmor 2 21 7 2 ." !» 4.580 Gloritier 4 7 1 2 1 .. 3,340 Glorioaa 6 «! o 1 2 :: 766 Hekate :: 7 1 V *i 128 Henchman :: it 4 4 » 1 1,500 Lackey 3 13 :: 1 II 1.270 Left :: S O 1 it 7 125 Lord of the Vale ... C, 12 1 4 1 t! 1,045 Lord of the Valley.. 5 ti O o O IS Magistrate 5 2 o o o 2 Main :! 5 o o O 5 Malacca 2 8 2 2 O 4 1,730 Nancy 2 22 2 S o 15 1,300 Nine Spot «" 10 5 :: 4 7 2.20Q Ninepin 5 11 o O o 11 Oarsman ti 14 2 4 O S 2.165 okenite 2 17 1 :: o 1 t 10,2:15 Oloroso 4 19 2 4 5 s 2.72o urn 4 13 1 1 4 7 2.800 Prlncipia :t ::i 8 :: 0 14 2.s_o Red Damsel 7 15 1 1 3 M 456 Rider Haggard 2 4 o 0 4 Roseinount 2 13 • . o O lo 2,240 Rosetint S :: o 1 1 1 WO Taxer 1 5 O It 1 4 36 Sef Smile :: 2 o t o 2 Shackle 2 1:: 1 0 2 10 570 Sonvigny :: 7 2 1 1 .". 825 ileing 2 25 4 2 5 14 4.7::r. Tiptoe :: 1C 7 ti 1 2 10,530 Toucan C 21 1 1 1 is 4.mi WIW n.ui.-e 2 :: o o o :t — Woodsfaade 5 s o o 1 7 25 Woolwich o 10 l 2 4 7 4.7.11 Total 5.::t !I2 7C .7 :*n 188,431 Port] four starters; twenty nine winners.
