66 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



GREAT TOM Continued. 

 Stakes, 10 sovereigns each, for four-year olds, colts 122 Ibs., fillies 119 Ibs., Ditch In, 



2 miles, 105 yards, Augusta was first, Great Tom second, Footstep third. For the Cesare- 

 witch Handicap Stakes, 2 miles, 28 yards, won by Hilarious, 3 years, 88 Ibs. ; Great 

 Tom, 4 years, 111 Ibs., was unplaced. Same place, for the Champion Stakes of 20 sover- 

 eigns each, half forfeit, with 1,000 added, Across the Flat, 1 miles, 73 yards, second 

 to have ten per cent, and thirty -five per cent, of the stakes (225 subs.), Springfield, 4 

 years, 130 Ibs., first ; Silvio, 3 years, 118 Ibs., second ; Great Tom, 4 years, 130 Ibs., 

 third ; Hesper, 4 years, 130 Ibs. ; Duchess of Cambridge, 3 years, 115 Ibs. ; Zucchero, 



3 years, 118 Ibs., and Midlothian, 3 years, 118 Ibs., unplaced. Same place, for the 

 Winding-up Handicap of 10 sovereigns each, with 100 added, Rowley mile, 1 mile 17 

 yards, Great Tom, 3 years, 117 Ibs., was first ; Augusta, 4 years, 105 Ibs., second;. 

 Sheldrake, 3 years, 91 Ibs., third ; Chevron, 3 years, and Buridan, 86 Ibs., unplaced. 

 Won by three lengths, a head between the second and third. At Shrewsbury, for the 

 Queen's Plate of 200 guineas, about 2 miles, Sheldrake, 3 years old, 117 Ibs., was first ; 

 Redoubt, 3 years old, 117 Ibs,, second ; Great Tom, 4 years old, 133 Ibs., third ; Little 

 Beware, 5 years old, 135 Ibs., and Drumhead, 4 years old, 133 Ibs., unplaced. Same 

 meeting, was unplaced for the Hawkstone Welter Cup, New mile, won by Specula- 

 tion, 3 years old, 134 Ibs. ; Plaisante, 3 years old, 139 Ibs., second ; Skatka, 5*years old 

 139 Ibs., third ; Great Tom, 4 years old, 176 Ibs.; Hippias, aged, 152 Ibs., and Trom- 

 mel, 3 years old, 124 Ibs., unplaced. Great Tom, as will be seen, conceded lumps of 

 weight to every horse in the race. 



King Tom, the sire of Great Tom, started three times as a two-year old ; won two- 

 races, and was third in one ; ran third to Marsyas, 122 Ibs., and Scythian, 119 Ibs., 

 King Tom, 119 Ibs. ; 174 subscribers, 12 starters, for the great North and South of Eng- 

 land Biennial Stakes, at Goodwood, T. Y. C. ; three-quarteas of a mile, won by three- 

 quarters of a length, a head between the second and third. Brighton, won the 

 Brighton Biennial Stakes, T. Y. C., beating Student, Bracken, and four others, each 

 canying 119 Ibs. Newmarket First October Meeting, won the Triennial Produce 

 Stakes, T. Y. C. , three-quarters of a mile, 87 subscribers, beating Champagne, Miranda 

 and six others. 1854, King Tom, 3 years old, ran only once ; was second to Andover 

 for the Derby Stakes at Epsom, 217 subscribers, 27 starters ; Hermit third, each 119 

 Ibs. At 4 years old King Tom made a season at Mentmore, limited to twety mares. 

 He, however, ran two races, Newmarket First October Meeting won the Triennial 

 Produce Stakes, Ditch In, 2 miles and 119 yards, beating Boer, Alembic and six others. 

 Newmarket Second October Meeting, broke down and was unplaced in the Cesare- 

 witch Stakes, handicap, won by Mr. Sykes. As a sire, King Tom, styled the Monarch 

 of Mentmore, was a grand success, although not so popular or successful as his half- 

 brother, Stockwell. The most noted of his get are Mainstone ; Wingrave, sire of Lil- 

 lian ; old Calabar ; Tomato, winner of the 1,000 guineas in 1864 ; Zephyr, dam of 

 Favonius, winner of the Derby in 1871 ; Tormentor, winner of the Oaks in 1866 : Hip- 

 pia, winner of the Oaks in 1867 ; King Alfred ; Restitution, winner of the Alexander 

 Plate at Ascot and the Goodwood and Brighton cups in 1869 ; Kingcraft, winner of 

 the Derby in 1870 ; King Lud ; Corisande, winner of Cesarewitch in 1871 ; Hannah, 

 winner of the 1,000 guineas ; Oaks and Doncaster St. Leger in 1871, a feat never 

 accomplished by a filly, except by Formosa in 1808, and Apology^ in 1874 ; Lady Go- 

 lightly, King Death, King Ban, Phaeton, so famous in this country as the sire of Ten 

 Broeck ; King Alfonso, Tolona, King Faro, etc.; Regina, dam of Scamp, winner of 

 the Goodwood Stakes in 1874 ; Mogador, Peeping Tom, Reginella, Coltness, Columbus, 

 Blue Blood, and many others. 



Harkaway, sire of Great Tom, was the best and most successful race-horse of his- 

 day. He was not in either the Derby or St. Leger, but he won 21 out of the 28 races 

 in which he started up to the end of his four-year old year, including eight King's 

 Plates, ihe Goodwood Cup and the Royal Whip, beating all the best horses on the 

 Irish and English turf, carrying the top weights. He also won the Goodwood Cup 

 when five years old with 130 Ibs. 

 Kingcraft, own brother to Great Tom, won the Derby in 1870, and was second to 



