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CONCERNING SIRE OF EOLE Eolus, famous as he became as a sire, had a narrow escape from being turned into a trotting horse. He had performed creditably as a racer, and then disappeared. The late Mr. Hancock of Virginia had been a great admirer of him, especially as he was a son of the celebrated mare, Fanny Washington, and began a search for him. " For nearly two years he corresponded freely with various parties, and at last traced him to the farm of Mr. John Cranor, at Warwich, Cecil County, Md. But Eolus had fallen into the hands of a practical owner, who had broken him to harness. In fact, he threatened to figure as a trotter. Mr. Cranor having issued a challenge against "any horse on the Peninsula" to trot a mile for 00 a side, which challenge was pretty well understood as intended for Legatee, owned by a Mr. Lock-wood. Mr. Hancock purchased Eolus and, located at the Ellerslie Stud, Eolus began by siring Eole. Then followed Eolist, Eon, SL Saviour, Knight of Ellerslie, Eorus, Eolian, Morello, and a band that stamped Eolus the most successful sire, of his day, measured by his limited opportunities.
