40 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



ENQUIRER Continued. 



the injury to his ankle, which caused his retirement from the turf. Enquirer 

 traces through several crosses of Sir Archy to the great imp. Diomed, winner of 

 the first English Derby, and a horse in which the best stock of America can be 

 traced through uncontaminated sources. There is no better line through which to 

 perpetuate and retain this blood, with the Whalebone and Pantaloon blood in- 

 herited through his sire. He is 1G hands high girth 73 in., length of shoulder 

 29f in., circumference of arm 22 in., around the leg below the knee 9 in., from 

 point of shoulder to turn of the buttocks 69 in., from point of hip to point of hock 

 38 in., around the gaskins 18 in., and weighs 1,200 Ibs. 



EOLUS, 



^ WINNER OF THE CITY HOTEL STAKES AT BALTIMORE, AND OTHER 



GOOD RACES,) 



Will stand the season of 1883 at the Ellerslie Stud near Charlottsville, 

 Albermarle County, Va., at $100 the season. Application to R. J. 

 Hancock, proprietor, Overton, P. 0., Va. Yearlings will be sold an- 

 nually. 



EOLUS, by imp. Leamington, son of Faugh-a Ballagh, bred by Major Thomas W, 

 Doswell, Bullfield Stud, Hanover Junction, Va., foaled 1868, dam Fanny Washing- 

 ton, dam of Rappahannock, etc., by Revenue, sou of imp. Trustee, out of Sarah Wash- 

 ington the dam of Oratrix. Inspector, etc., by Garrison's Zinganee, son of Sir Archy. 

 Leamington, his sire, can be found in this book. Fanny Washington, his dam, was 

 one of the best mares of her day ; was winner at all distances, 2 mile heats in 3:4?| r 

 3:40|, 3 mile heats in 5:43, 5:44, defeating Tar River, and in 5:43, 5:332-, she won 

 4 mile heats in 7:87, 8:02, defeating La Variete. Endorser and others, and beat 

 the best ones on all the tracks ; her full sister, Sue Wa-hington, was also noted as win- 

 ner at all distances. Revenue, her sire, won at all distances, and was the sire of the 

 great Planet, Exchequer and other good race-horse?. Sarah Washington, his gran- 

 dam, was one of the best mares of her day, winner at all distances ; 3 mile heats- 

 in 5:42, 5:39, and beat the famous Lady Clifden 4 mile heats! She produced In- 

 spector, one of the best race-horses of his day, and Oratrix that beat the noted Bostona. 

 Eolus did not start as a two-year old, but won three out of the six races in which he 

 started as n three-year old, a club purse, 2 miles, at Saratoga, in 3:38 ; a purse, If 

 miles, in 3:14^, beating such horses as Tubman, Frogtown 'and others, and the City 

 Hotel Stakes at Baltimore, 1-J miles, in the mud, in 2:55 He did not start as a four- 

 year-old, and only won three races at five years old ; 1 miles at Baltimore, in 2:43f ; 

 If miles at Saratoga, in 3:15, and one of 1-J- miles in 2:02. He was clo>e up in seveial 

 races in first-class company. When six years old he ran three races, won two, one of 

 2i miles at Baltimore, in 4:39, and one of two mile heats, in 3:40, 3:39J, 3:36f, Mart 

 Jordan winning the second heat. This third heat is the fastest and best third heat 

 ever run, and stamped him as a race-horse of the first water, possessing both speed and 

 stamina. He had but one representative on the turf in 1881, Eole, and although much 

 out of condition during the year, he ran creditably in all his ra^es and won some of 

 great merit, notably his If miles in 3:07^, one mile and rive furlongs in 2:49f, one mile 

 and a furlong, with 116 Ibs., in l:5Sf, one mile and three furlongs in 2:24, 1-J- miles in 

 2:1H, 1| miles in 2:39J. In 1882, Eole, although saddled with . the top weights, won 

 the great Metropolitan Stakes at Jerome Park, 1 miles, in 2 '41, defeating General 

 Monroe, Monitor, Parole, etc., and the Jockey Club Handicap, 2 miles, in 3:38|, car- 

 rying 123 Ibs. to Monitor's 122, he be ; ng second. In the Coney Island Cup he forced 

 Hindoo to run the first 2 miles in 3:29f, and the 2 mile** in 3: 58, the fastest race at 

 the distance during the year. Eole won the Monmouth Cup, 2 miles, in 4:07f, beat- 

 ing Girofle and Monitor. He won theC hampion Stakes, the Morrissey Stakes at Sara 

 toga, and the Autumn Cup at Coney Island, 3 miles, in 5:26, in which he defeated 

 Lida Stanhope, Thora, Glenmore and four others. In this race he carried 120 Ibs, and 

 conceded all lumps of weight. When beaten ho was out of condition or over loaded 

 by the handicappers. Eolist is the only other colt by him which has been trained. 

 Eolus is a dark bay horse, with star in his forehead and two white hind heels, full 15f 

 hands, and weighs 1,100 Ibs. He is a large, fine horse, of great substance and power, 

 and in addition to his Waxy blood through Whalebone and Whisker, he has four dis- 

 tinct crosses of Sir Archy on his dam's side, and traces to Eclipse and Herod through 

 his collateral branches. The stock all possess symmetry, constintion and staying 

 powers. He should command the patronage of the public. 



