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FORMER STARS IN AMERICAN BREEDING Things Wrought in Their Generations by American Eclipse Glcncoc Boston Vandal and Lexington A group of five horses which in their generations exerted a tremendous influence on American breed ¬ ing were American Eclipse Glencoe Boston Van ¬ dal anil Lexington American Eclipse was the senior of them all and was foaled far enough back to be u grandson of the winner of the first Epsom Derby Hi was si great and unbeaten racer and winner among others of the long famous match race over tin Union course on Long Island for 20000 a side in which he represented the nortli arid Henry the south He was equally great as a sire and sent a host of famous sons and daughters into racing One of his noted daughters was Ariel which ran in fiftyseven races and won fortytwo seven of which were at heats of four miles Illustrating the difference between racing now and then his first race came when he was five years old He lived to the great hor e age of thirtyfour years and figures in many pedigrees of the present day His llnengi was f Herod Flnrizel ° f Diomed f Dau of Cygnet 2 f ° IT Spectator fS Horatia HoratiaW W S f Grey Medley gg Medleygg lAtnanil1 Diomed Daughr of Sloe 3 = iDanghterof Ja Cade 3 Dolly Fine 4 S fMambrino Engineer 3 = 5 f n Vall Snaps dam Kt r Daughter of TU 3 Si J Sis to Figurante s Vv I fPot8os Eclipse EclipseW SportsmistressS W s Daugh J Sportsmistress S 5 ter of Daughter of Oimcrack 3 Snapdragon SnapdragonGlencoes Glencoes racing career was confined to England It was a highclass one and included victories in the Two Thousand Guineas Goodwood Cup and Ascot Gold Cup Before being brought to this country Clencoe had one season in the stud in England nml among his progeny left there was the filly Iocahontas in time a brood mare of deathless fame dam of the Emperor of Stallions Stockwell of his brother Rataplan and of his halfbrothers King Tom The Kriight of Kars and Knight of St Patrick Through these and her daughters Aya cnnorn and Araucaria she is a pervading force in bloodstock breeding to this day in England France anil this country James Jackson of Alabama had bought him in 1835 and Glencoe made the season of 1830 in England as his property American bloodstock breeding was then at a low ebb from one cause or another but Glencoe sneedily revivified it when put into stud service His mares were wonders in the stud and he founded one male line here that reads Glencoe Vandal Virgil Hindoo Hanover and is potent and alive today Glencoe stood in Alabama and Tennessee from 1837 to 1848 and was then bought by W F Harper and taken to Kentucky where his success continued A Keene Richards bought him in 1857 and he died on his owners farm in August of that year aged twenty six Such was his indomitable courage that he literally died standing upon his feet Here is his line of descent descentf f Buzzard Woodpecker rSelim Misfortune 5 I LCastrels dam Alexander Z D of Highflyer HighflyerS S 3 nac rWTiJmsons Sir Peter PeterS S S chante H c Arethnsa b LhI5 to Mercury MercuryWJ WJ = J Calomel j augi of Herod AndrewsS 8 o fDick Andrews j Joe Andrews S = cfTramp D of Highflyer HighflyerdS dS Daughter of Gohanna hJH cj Fraxinella 3 l fWaxy Pot8os 5 I Web J Maria I Penelope Triimpator TriimpatorI I Prunella PrunellaBoston Boston was the racing wonder of his time Sucli short distance racing as we have now was unknown then and would have been scorned by the sturdy owners of that time Boston started in fortyfive races of which he won forty Of these thirty were at fourmile heats nine at threemile heats and one at twomile heats When at the apex of his fame his owners challenged Wagner then fresh from his victories over Grey Eagle or any other horse in the United States to a match for any amount but no one accepted Two English gentle ¬ men then challenged to run against Boston or the best American horse at four miles The owners of Boston at once accepted and offered to run Boston against any horse they could produce for 50000 a side one race to be run in England and another in the United States This was declined His owners then offered to lay 50000 to 40000 and race Boston at fourmile heats against any number of horses thev might import and allow them to name their horse at the post This was also de ¬ clined From this it can be perceived that owners of that day thought in large sums Great as Boston was in racing he was as great in the stud and was the sire of Lexington Lecompte Arrow and many other racing stars of long ago He was a great grandson of the first Epsom Derby winner Diomed and his pedigree was as follows IpSirArchyJniomed j jrizel rizel ro I Icnstianira Rocking J RockingJ = Tabitha Tabithag g JDnngh f ff ffo ffP P Cs o 5 L Daughter of Symnie SymmesWildair = i 5 Daugh of Driver DriverOt Ot = = J8 = f rnas nU noiiv J 4 fDioraed Sister Florizel t to Juno g If l FIortel nDaugbter Daiigbter of Shark = i j D of Hs Eclipse In EclipseIn f Alderman Pot8os I Pot8osI It i i LBolingbke LBolingbkeo l r Ol of o 1 Daughter of Clockfast ClockfastX X J D of Ss Wildair WildairAnmlal Anmlal and Lexington were foaled in the same year Both were fine race horses but It is no dis ¬ credit to Vsindnl to say that Lexington was much hi sux rior in that resect In fact it is prob ¬ able that when in his prime he Avas without an equal in tlu world Vandal was rated as the best son of GlinciH When done with racing he had but a scanty chance in the stud for a niinilier of years but it finally came about that Gen AV G Harding was in need of a stallion and securing Vandal he put him at the head of the famous Belle Meade Stud near Nashville Tenn Given an opportunity at last Vandal sent a host of conquering sons and laughters into racing It is due mainly to hin that there is more of the prized blood of Glencoe in this country than in all the world besides It might be said that if he had sired nothing but his black son Virgil his fame would have been secure for Virgil gave us the mighty Hindoo and Hindoo in his turn gave us Hanover Vandals pedigree follows followsSultan Sultan fSellm Buzfar1d Castrelsdam Ifiacchante CastrelsdamIfiacchante AVilmsns Ditto Sis to Calomel Trampo Tramp Dick Andrews line S Dau of Gohauua GohauuaJSaT JSaT AVeb Waxy Penelope PenelopeSi Si fBlacklock Whitelocks 3 5 rTranby J D of Coriander 5 S LDaughter of Onllle K J Miss Gmstone I rTrumpator Sir Solomon Solomong g Lucilla J Dau of Hickory 3 I Lucy Orphan lLady Grey No more famous horse than Lexington ever first beheld the light of day in the United States He was a bay foaled in 1850 and bred by Dr EC Warfield at the Meadows near Lexington Ky His first race was under the name of Darley when he was si threeyearold He was bought from Dr AAarfield by W Viley anil R Ten Broeck who changed his name to Lexington He was a strictly firstclass race horse and was only once beaten in a race This was inflicted by his famous half brother in blowl Lecompte in a race of fourmile heats at New Orleans anil led to Lexingtons cele ¬ brated match against time in which he astounded the racing worlil by running four miles in the then unheard of time of 719 He was not only the best race horse ever produced in Airierica up to his time but a stallion of undying fame He led the American sire list eleven years and his sons and daughters dominated our racing for a quarter of a century with such marvels of speed and stamina as Harry Bassett Tom Bowling Norfolk Kentucky Asteroid Idlewild AAanderer Monarchist Duke of Magenta Kingfisher Preakness Bayonet J aniel Boone Uncas and hundreds of others of scarcely lesser goodness His mares proved jewels as stud matrons but his sons were comparative failures and his male line is now to all intents extinct Here is his pedigree pedigreeTimol Timol f sir Archy DiomedCastimiira Diomed eon Castimiira CastimiiraSaltram Dlughter o oRobin Saltram SaltramDof Dof Sys Wildr WildrDi6med Robin fBalls Di6medDaugh Di6med BrownK Florizel Daugh ot Shark SharkAlderman dam L Daughter o AldermanDau Alderman 7 7fEmilius Dau of Clkfast ClkfastOrville fEmilius Orville Sarpe J Jdonllcaria Emily OrvilleEmily donllcaria EmilyThe The Flyer FlyerParma donllcariafSumpter ParmaSir Parma fSumpter Sir ArchyFlirtillas Archy RowenaJ Flirtillas dam damRobin LadyGrey Maria GreyMaria Robin Grey
