74 THE HORSE IN AMERICA 



boy, was the star of his year. Indeed, the horses 

 now winning the laurels seem to be mainly by 

 imported sires, though Ben Brush and Ham- 

 burg appear to be holding their own as sires. 



These rapidly sketched events I have only 

 meant as illustrations of the four periods in the 

 development of the English Thoroughbred in this 

 country. The first period was Colonial; the sec- 

 ond period was up to the Civil War; the third 

 period from the end of the Civil War to 1880, and 

 the fourth from 1880 till the present writing. 



