52 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Boole. 



GLEN ATHOL (Imp.) 



Glen Athol will be located the season of 1883 at the Woodburn Stud r 

 Spring Station, Wbodford Co., Kentucky ^ and icill be permitted to 

 serve mares at $50 each. Application to be made to L. Brodhead^ 

 Spring Station, Kentucky. Annual sales of yearlings in May. 



GLEN ATHOL, by Blair Athol, son of Stockwell, bred by Mr. J. Johnstone, foaled 1869 r 

 "called in the English Stud Book The Reaper," dam Greta, the dam of Heather 

 Bloom, Harvester, Maid of Tyne, by Voltigeur, out of Mountain Flower, dam of 

 Richochet, Heather, Alpenstock, etc., by Ithuriel. Glen Athol was imported by Mr. R. 

 W. Cameron when two years old ; he was so badly injured on the voyage that he was 

 never trained ; Blair Athol, his sire, is well known as the best son of Stockwell ; the 

 latter won the 2,000 guineas and the St. Leger in 1852, and sired more winners of the 

 great turf events in England than any other horse which ever lived, such as The Mar- 

 quis, winner of the 2,000 guineas and St. Leger ; Bothwell and Gang Forward, win- 

 ners of the 2,000 guineas ; Lady Augusta and Repulse, winners of the 1,000 guineas ; 

 Achievement, winner of the 1,000 guineas and St. Leger ; Lord Lyon, winner of the 

 2, 000 guineas, Derby and St. Leger ; Doncaster, winner of the Derby and sire of Bend 

 Or ; St. Albans, winner of the St. Leger ; Caller On, winner of St. Leger and 

 other good races. Yolligeur, the sire of his dam, was oue of the few horses that won 

 the "double event," Derby and St. Leger; is a fine improving strain of blood and 

 noted for stoutness. Ithuriel, the sire of his great grandam. was by Touchstone, who 

 was one of the great horses of England, and who defeated in the St. Leger, Plenipo- 

 tentiary, surnamed The Lion of Doncaster, and also won the Doncaster Cup in 1835-36, 

 and the Ascot Cup in 1806-37. The blood is as good as it can be made ; in addi- 

 tion to the speedy crosses of Touchstone and Melbourne, his blood is fortified by that 

 of Blacklock and Waxy through his best sons Whalebone and Whisker, Glen Athol 

 has only covered a limited number of mares and has gotten some first-class race 

 horses. There has not been upon the American turf for years two such aged horses 

 as Checkmate and Glenmore, which not only possess great speed, but wonderful 

 staying powers with ability to carry weight. Checkmate ran during the season of 

 1881 a series of the most remarkable races ever run by any horse in the annals of 

 racing ; he won one mile and a furlong in 1 :56J, carrying 131 Ibs. ; 1 J miles in 2 :09, 

 carrying 117 Ibs. ; 1-J miles in 2 :B5J, with 119 Ibs. ; and If miles in 3:01^, with 124 

 Ibs. ; the history of the turf furnishes no parallel to these grand performances. Glen- 

 more accomplished nearly as much ; he won at mile heats in 1 :42$, 1 :42J, 1 :46J ; 

 1J miles in 2:10 ; If miles 3:10, and 2 miles in 3:58f, the fastest at the distance dur- 

 ing the year 1881. 



Checkmate in 1882 won the Dixiana Stakes one mile 110 yards in 1:50$, beating 

 Hindoo, Fellowplay and six others, won the Swigert Stake, one mile, 118 Ibs., in 1:42, 

 beating Runnymede, etc ; won the Brewer's Cup, St. Louis, 2 miles, in 4:01, beating 

 John Davis. 



Glenmore's heats of 1J miles in 2:09, 2:10, 2:14, have never been equaled. His great 

 race in the Bowie Stakes, four-mile, heats in 7:29^, 7:30J, 7:31 ; the average has never 

 been equaled in the world. Other reputable winners by him are Nannie H., Mamie H., 

 Sagamore (Glen Ogle), Frank Short, Athol. Mattie Moore, Alec Grant, Tolima, Macedo- 

 nicus, Mattie Glenn, Voltague, etc. Glen Athol is a dark chestnut, 16 hands high, 

 with a blaze face and two white stockings behind ; he is fine through the heart and 

 shoulders and, for his chances, one of the successful sires of the day. He is by the best 

 son of Stockwell and he traces through the blood of Waxy, Eclipse and Herod to a 

 Jloyal mare. 



