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HINDOO VICTOR IN 1881 I One of Greatest Derby Winners ancj Among Americas Best on Track and in Stud. One of the greatest of all Derby winner! was Hindoo. He carried off the famous Kentucky classic in 1881. Hindoo ranks as one of Americas greatest race horses and in the stud produced the wonderful Hanover! next to Lexington, one of our most successful sires. In all, this noble thoroughbred ran in thirty-five races of which he won thirty, was second in three and third in two. £s a two-year-old he won seven consecutive races, then finished second and third in his other two starts. His juvenile successes included the Colts and Fillies Stakes at Lexington, the Alexander and Tennessee Stakes at Louisville, the Juvenile and Jockey Club Stakes at St. Louis, the Criterion at Chicago and the Tremont Stakes at Gravesend. Hindoo won eighteen out of twenty starts as a three-year-old. In addition to the Kentucky Derby, he was victorious in the Blue Ribbon Stakes at Lexington, Clark Stakes at Louisville, Tidal Stakes and Coney Island Derby at Sheepshead Bay, the Ocean, Loril-lard, Champion Stakes and Jersey St. Leger at Monmouth Park, the Travers, Sequel, United States Hotel and Kenner Stakes at Saratoga. He ran second in the Brighton Beach Purse and third in the September Handicap, both of which races were won by Crickmore. Hindoo won five out of six starts as a four-year-old. At Louisville, won the Cup, the Merchants and the Turf Stakes; at Sheepshead Bay, won the Coney Island Stakes and Coney Island Cup. As a three- and four-year-old, Hindoo defeated all of the best horses of his day, in eluding Bend Or, Creosote, Getaway, Lelex, Alfambra, Bootjack, Thorn, Sir Hugh, Jack of Hearts, Crickmore, Saunterer, Monitor, Glidelia, Eole, Compensation. Greenland, Parole, Checkmate, Runnymede, etc. Crickmore beat him when not at his best, but he beat Crickmore three times. Colonel S. D. Bruce, author of the American Stud Book, said: "Hindoo was the best race horse which has appeared in this country for more than a decade, and it is doubtful if any horse in England could have beaten him in the great classic events." *
