54 The Horse-Breeders' Guide and Hand .Book. 



GLENELG (Imp.) 



(WINNER OF THE TRAVERS STAKE AT SARATOGA, 1869 ; THE CHAM- 

 PION STAKES AT JEROME PARK SAME YEAR ; THE MATURITY 

 STAKES AT JEROME PARK, 1870 ; AND THE BOWIE STAKES AT 

 BALTIMORE (FOUR MILE HEATS) SAME YEAR,) 



Will stand for mares at the Elmendorf Stud (North Elkhoni), near Lex- 

 ington, Fayette County r , ^ffy., at $1CO the season. Application to D+ 

 Swigert, Muirs P. O., Ky. Annual sale of yearlings in May. 



GLENELG, by Citadel, son of Stockwell, bred by R. W. Cameron, Clifton Stud r 

 Staten Island, N. Y., foaled 1866, dam Babta, imp. when in foal to Citadel by King- 

 ston, son of Venison, out of Alice Lowe, by Defence, son of Whalebone. Glenelg was 

 purchased by Hon. A. Belmont, in whose colors he ran all his races. Glenelg was a 

 first class race-horse ; did not run at two years old. He made his debut in the Bel- 

 mont Stakes in 1869, running second to his stable companion, Fenian, one mile and 

 five furlongs, in 3:04}. Saratoga, 1869, won the Travers Stakes, If miles in 3:14. 

 Same year won the Champion Stakes at Jerome Park (mile heats), beating 

 Vespucius, who won the first heat, and five others, in l:48f, 1:48}, 1:49. Same 

 meeting ran second to Vespucius in the Annual Stakes, 2 miles, in 3:54,. 

 Invercauld, Niagara, Blarney Stone, etc., behind him ; 1870, June 7, was unplaced in 

 Westchester Cup, won by Helmbold, 2J miles, in 4:11. Same meeting won purse If 

 miles, beating Vespucius, in 3:16f. October 8, won the Maturity Stakes, for four- 

 year olds, 3 miles, in 5:42}, beating Helmbold. October 11, ran third ta Niagara 

 and Mozart, in Grand National Handicap, 2J miles, in 4:09^ Glenelg carried 119 

 Ibs. to Niagara's 104, both four years old. Saratoga, July 14, Glenelg won the Sweep- 

 stake for All Ages, 1J miles, in 2:18i, beating Maggie B. B., Niagara and others. 

 July 15, ran third to Helmbold and Hamburg in Saratoga Cup, 2J- miles, in 4:03f. 

 August 16, ran third to Judge Curtis and General Yorke, 1-} miles in 2 :40}. August 

 18, won purse, If miles, in 3:12}, beating Alta Vela, &c. Long Branch, July 30, ran 

 second to Helmbold, in Monmouth Cup, 2} miles, in 4:33. August 2, won dash, 1} 

 miles, in 2:87f, beating Legatee and others. Baltimore, October 29, won the Bowie 

 Stakes, 4 mile heats, in 7:47, 7:44, beating Niagara and distancing Abd-el-Kader, 

 Nannie Douglas, Plantagenet and Carrie Atherton in the second heat ; 1871, Jerome 

 Park, June 13, ran second to Preaknessin Westchester Cup, 2J miles, in 4:15J, beat- 

 ing Helmbold. This closed his turf career. While on the turf he met the best horses 

 and at all distances, and won a large majority of his races with the top weights. He- 

 lost one or two races which he would have won but for an ugly habit of turning the 

 wrong way as the flag fell. Citadel, the sire of Glenelg, was a good race-horse. In 

 1863 he won the Prince of Wales Stakes, at Newmarket, Cesarewich Course, 2 miles 

 two furlongs 28 yards. Same meeting won Free Handicap Sweepstakes,^ middle 

 miles of Beacon Course 1 mile 7 furlongs 158 yards, and ran reputably in others. 

 Kingston, the sire of Babta, was one of the best race-horses which ever started in 

 England ; was a winner at all distances, from two years old up to five, carrying the 

 heaviest weights and against the best horses of his day, from one to four miles. 

 He was by Venison (son of Partisan and Fawn, by Smolensko), dam Queen Anne, 

 by Slane. The late Mr. Wm. Blenkiron thought the Kingston cross superior to all 

 others, and very many of his daughters were in Middle Park Stud. Glenelg is 

 much inbred to Waxy, through his sons Whalebone, Whisker and daughter Web, and 

 the collateral branches are full of the blood of Eclipse, Herod, Regulus 

 and the Godolphin Barb. Glenelg is a blood bay full 16J hands high, of 

 grand presence, having a beautiful head and neck, running into well-set, oblique 

 shoulders, well covered with muscle ; deep, roomy chest, with good breadth through 

 the heart ; most excellent body, strong back, the ribs running close up to the hips, 

 which are broad and well rounded, with good length, long well-muscled quarters, 

 and great length from the point of the hip to stifle and thence to the hock, which is 

 well shaped, tapering gradually into the shank, with most excellent legs and sound, 

 good feet. Taking him altogether, there is not a handsomer, better-formed and more 

 blood-like stallion in the world, with most excellent temper. There are few (if any) 

 of his colts whicn are not handsome and well-shaped, and generally good feeders, with 

 immense speed. As he could stay a distance with weight, most of his colts possess 

 these qualities in an eminent degree. The best of his get are Ferida, the equal of any 

 mare which ever started in America. She has won at all distances ; from one to four 

 mile heats, has met and defeated the best, her four-mile heat race in 7:?3}, 7:41, is not 



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