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Hawthornden for the St. Leger. Kingcraft has been quite successful in the stud ; he 

 sired King Shepherd, Strathblane, King Pippin, King Lear, Queen Pippin, Royal, 

 Distel, Chevalier d'Este, Apollo, Cabul, Leap Year, King Cob, Swift, and Witchcraft, 

 one of the greatest two-year-olds of 1882, and now one of the favorites for the Oaks, 

 1883. Kingcraft stands well on the list of sires in 1882, the Hermit being first, Macaroni 

 second. 



Great Tom is a rich, golden chestnut, with a white stripe down his face, running 

 down between his nostrils, and two white feet behind, half way to the hock ; he has 

 a very neat head, fine ear, with good breadth of forehead and width of jaw ; good- 

 shaped, arched neck, running into most excellent oblique shoulders, with great depth 

 of girth, good-shaped, round body, well -ribbed home to strong, good hips and arched 

 loin, indicative of ability to carry weight ; great length from point of the hip to whirl- 

 bone, and thence to the stifle joint and point of the hock ; has good, sound legs and 

 feet. He measures 16 hands 2 inches high ; around the girth, 77 inches ; length of 

 shoulder, 32 inches ; around the arm, 22 inches ; below the knee, 9 inches ; from point 

 of Lip to point of hock, 40 inches ; circumference of gaskin, 19 inches ; from point 

 of shoulder to point of buttocks, 69 inches, and weighs 1305 Ibs. In 1880, 24 foals 

 were dropped by Great Tom. Ella won four out of eight starts. The following are 

 his best : Tangent, Talleyrand, Tullahoma, Tocsin, Tom Boy, Tea Rose, and Tenny- 

 son. His colts have size, power and substance, and he bids fair to be a success. 



