90 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



KING ALFONSO Continued. 



with the top weight Lucy Glitters (3), 91, Tristan (3), 107, Mistake (4), 102, Wallen- 

 stein (4), 97, and twenty-seven others. He won the Ascot Gold Cup in 1882, but has 

 been amiss since. 



King Alfonso is a red bay, 16 hands, with a star in his forehead, and is one of the 

 truest and best shaped horses in the wo'ld ; his head is plain but well shaped, and set 

 upon a good, strong, muscular neck, with wide, deep throttle, the shoulders oblique, 

 broad and well placed, and covered with suitable muscle ; the chest is well shaped and 

 full, with great depth of girth, the body full and round, with the finest back, hip and 

 loin ever put on a horse, being broad, well rounded and slightly curved. He has great 

 length from the point of the hip to the whirlbone, thence to the point of stifle and 

 hocks, being full of strength and muscle, which run into broad, powerful hocks, the 

 legs and feet being sound and good. His temper is of the best. In addition to his 

 double cross of Glencoe, he has the Waxy blood through Web, Whisker and Whale- 

 bone, and is inbred to Sir Archy and imp. Shark, with many crosses of Herod and 

 Eclipse in the collateral branches. 



KING BAN (Imp.) 



King Ban will be located at the Dixiana Stud Farm, near Lexington, Fay- 

 ette Co., Ky., and will be permitted to serve 15 mares, at $150 the sea- 

 son. Application to be made to Maj. B. G. Thomas, Lexington, Iy. 



KING BAN, son of King Tom, son of Harkaway, bred by Lord Falmouth, foaled 

 1875, dam Atlantis, dam of Happy-go-Lucky, Bowei' of Bliss, etc., by Thormanby, 

 out of Hurricane, dam of Atlantic, Cataclysm, etc., by Wild Dayrell. King Ban only 

 ran once as a two-year old ; was second to Mourle, by Ruy Bias, in the Granby Stakes, 

 three-quarters of a mile, run at New market First October Meeting. At three years old, 

 ran two races, Newmarket Craven Meeting, was unplaced in the Craven Stakes, 

 Ancaster Mile, one mile 18 yards, won by Thurio with Sefton second; Newmarket First 

 Meeting, ran second to Mida, by Parmesan, in the Coffee Room Stakes, across the flat, 

 1 mile 2 furlongs and 73 yards, Miss Hovel and King o' Scots behind him. Atlantis, 

 his dam, started nine times as a two-year-old, won five races, was second in one, third 

 in one. and unplaced in two. Newmarket Craven Meeting, won Sweepstakes for two- 

 year-olds, last half mile of the Beacon Course, beating Violet and Canoe. Newmarket, 

 First Spring Meeting, won Sweepstakes for two-year-olds, Rowley mile, beating Tit- 

 Bit and Violet. Same meeting, walked over for a Sweepstakes, last half mile of the 

 Two-year-old Course. Newmarket Second October Meeting, won the Clearwell Stakes, 5 

 furlongs, 140 yards, beating Sunlight and six others. Same meeting, won the Pren- 

 dergast Stakes, same distance, defeating Atlas, Hawthornden and five others. King 

 Tom, his sire, was by the great Harkaway, and although he is not credited with any of 

 the great events of the turf, yet, he sired Tomato, winner of the 1,000 guineas, Tormentor 

 and Hippia, winner of the Oaks, Hannah, winnerof thel, 000 guineas, Oaks, and St.Leger, 

 Kingcraft, winner of the Derby, Great Tom, Phaeton, etc. Phaeton sired Ten Broeck, 

 King Alfonso, and other good ones. He also sired Old Calabar, Wingrave, Mainstone, 

 Breeze, Prince Plausible, and others. Wild Dayrell, the sire of his grandam, won the 

 Derby in 1855. Soothsayer, the sire of his great grandam, won the St.Leger in 1811, and 

 IVaxy, the Derby in 1793. The pedigree of King Ban is a happy combination of stout 

 and speedy crosses, and he traces through first-class horses many times to Eclipse and 

 Herod. The oldest of his get are two years old, and they have made a very creditable 

 showing. Punster is one of the most promising two-year olds of the year. He has 

 started nine times, and won five races. Won the St. Nicholas Hotel Stake, half a mile 

 in .50^, a Sweepstake for two-year-olds, half a mile, in .50, both at Lexington. In 

 these races he beat such good ones as Cipsetta, Vera, Wandering and others. Won 

 the Alexander Stakes, at- Louisville, 5 furlongs, in 1:03|, beating Ascender, Bond- 

 holder, and eight others, and the Test Stakes, three-quarters of a mile in 1 : 15, defeat- 

 ing Bondholder, Clipsetta, Barnes, and Geo. Kenney. Won purse for two-year. olds, 

 at Saratoga, 5 furlongs, in 1 : 03^, defeating a field of seven. Queen Ban won three 

 out of five races. The Blue Grass Stakes at Lexington, three-quarters of a mile, in 1 :16, 

 defeating Bellona, Miss Woodford and others, the West Va. Stakes, three-quarters of 

 a mile, in 1:20, and a purse one mile in 1:58; both at White Sulphur, Va. Violator 

 won three out of nine starts. The Selling Purse, half a mile, at Lexington, Ky., in 

 .52, a purse, 5 furlong*, in 1:07, at St. Louis, and a purse, three-quarters of a mile, at 

 Louisville, in 1 :20. Ada Ban, another daughter was also a winner. King Ban is a 

 rich chestnut, 16 hands high, with a star in his forehead. He is a horse of good 

 shape and muscular development, which he imparts to his progeny in a remarkable 

 degree. He traces through a long line of speedy and stout crosses to the Bryerly 

 Mare, dam of the famous Two True Blues. 



