168 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



VIRGILIAN 



Will stand the season of 1883, at the Bolingbrooke Stud, near Middleburg, 

 Md.. at $25 for the season. Application to R. W. Walden, Middle- 

 Imrg, Md. 



VIRGILIAN, by Virgil, son of Vandal, bred by Mr. M. H. Sanford, foaled, 1874, dam 

 La Henderson, darn-of Ferida, by Lexington, out of Kitty Clark, dam of Maiden by 

 Glencoe. Virgilian, at three years old, started eight times. Galveston, Texas, was 

 second in the Gulf City Stakes for three-year-olds, \\ miles, won by Ella Rowett, in 

 2:42|. Houston, Texas, was second in a race of mile heats, won by Belle Barclay, in 

 l:46f, 1:46|, 1:51. Virgilian won the first heat. Won race of mile heats in 1:52, 

 1 :53. Austin, Texas, was second in a race of mile heats, won by Ella Rowett, in 1 :51|, 

 1:54. Was second in a dash of 1 miles, won by Ella Rowelt, in 2.13|. Was second 

 in a race of mile heats for beaten horses, won by Belle Barkley, in 1:45, 1:44^, 1:48|., 

 Virgilian won the first heat. Galvrston, Texas, was second in a dash of li miles, won 

 by Ella Rowett, in 2.13^ ; was second in a race of mile heats, won by Ella Rowett 

 in l:51-o, 1:54. At (4) started three times. At New Orleans, was third in a ds^h of 1|- 

 miles, won by Conrad in 1:56^. Cincinnati, was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won 

 Tolono in 1:47|, 1 47^. Won a dash of one mile in 1:44^. Was second in a race of 

 mile heats, three in five, won by Shortline in l:47f, 1:46, 1:47. At (5) started in 33 

 races. At Savannah, Ga., was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, won by 

 Egypt in 1 :59|s unplaced in a dash of one mile, won by Essillah, in 1 :47. ' Charleston, 

 was third in a race of mile heats won by Essillah in 1:45|, 1:47. New Orleans, was 

 second in mile heats, three in five, won by Verdigris in l:57f, 1:58, 2:05, track 

 muddy ; was second in a dash of 1 miles, won by Kingsland, in 2:17 ; won handicap 

 mile heafrs in 1:46, 1:46^, 1:48|. Blue Gown won the first heat. Won a dash of one 

 mile in 1:46 J. Louisville, Ky., was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by King 

 Faro, in 1 :44, 1 :42, 1 :45 ; was second in a selling race, one mile and a furlong, won 

 by Egypt in 1:57; was third in a selling race, one mile and a furlong, won by Egypt 

 in 1 -50f ; was third in a dash of one mile, won by Bill Bass in 1 :44|. Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, was unplaced in a dash of one mile, won by Claudia in 2:17|; won race of mile 

 heats, three in five, in 1:45^, 1:45J, 1:46. Chicago, was second in a dash of 1J miles, 

 won by Mintzer in 2:16! ; unplaced in a race of mile heats, three in five, won by Janet 

 in 1:48|, 1:4(5, l:54f, 1:59. Detroit, Mich., won race of mile heats in l:45f, 1:44*; 

 was second in a mile dash, won by Glenmore, in 1 :42|. Sheepshead Bay, was third in 

 a race of heats of three-quarters of a mile, won by Janet Murray, in 1:19, 1:19!; was 

 second in a dash of 1J miles, won by Shylock in 2:18 ; won race of heats of three- 

 quarters of a mile, in 1:22^, 1:23 ; was second in a race of mile heats, won by Baton 

 Rouge in 1:46|, 1:46| ; won a race of three-quarters of a mile heats, in 1:20|, 1:21, 

 1:23J. Monnibuth Park, unplaced in a dash of 1 miles, won by Invermoor,~in 2:15; 

 was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, gentlemen riders, won by Erastus 

 Corning (aged), with 145 Ibs., in 2:18^. Virgilian carried 160 Ibs. ; Was second in a 

 Handicap sweepstakes, 1 miles, won by Checkmate in 2:13f Prospect Park, was 

 third in a Handicap sweepstakes heats of one mile and a furlong, won by Glenmore in 

 l:58f, 2:00, 2:02|, Chiquita won the first heat arwl Virgilian was ruled out in the third; 

 was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by Edwin A, in 1 :45, 1 :44| , 1 :47 ; was un- 

 placed in a dash of one mile, won by Egypt in 1:45 ; was unplaced in a, race of mile 

 heats, won by Mollie McGinley, in 1:44, 1:45, l:4i, 1:49J, 1 :51, Virgilian won the first 

 heat; was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by Warfield in 1 :44|, 1 :45. Baltimore, 

 was unplaced in a dash of ! miles, won by Juanita, in 2:19|. Washington, 

 D. C., was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, won by Serge in 2:05; 

 was third in a dash of 2 miles, over eight hurdles, won by Lizzie D in 3:57. Vir- 

 gilian is descended from a racing family ; he is by Virgil, sire of the great Hindoo, 

 and his dam is dam of Ferida, and his graudam the grandam of the popular favorite, 

 Parole. Many other distinguished race-horses have descended from the family. In 

 addition to a double cross of Glencoe, he is much inbred to Sir Archy and Diomed, 

 and traces through the imported Cub Marc to the Layton Barb. Mare. Virgilian is a 

 blood b y with black points, stands full 15| hands high, with great substance and 

 power and an excellent temper. 



