178 I he Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



WILDIDLE, 



(WIJSNER OF THE NURSERY STAKES, FORDHAM AND JOCKEY CLUB 

 HANDICAPS AT JEROME PARK,) 



"Will stand the season of 1883 at the Stud Farm of J. C. Judson, Santa 

 Clara, Cal., at $100 the season. Application to J. C. Judson, 

 Santa Clara, Cal. 



WILDIDLE, by imp. Australian, son of West Australian, bred in the Woodburn Stud, 

 Ky, foaled 1870, dam Idlewild, by Lexington out of Florine by imp- Glencoe. Wild- 

 idle made his bow to the public by winning the Nursery Stakes, one mile, at Jerome 

 Park, in 1 :48|, defeating Long Branch, Catesby, and eleven others. He was out of con- 

 dition, and ran unplaced in one race as a three year old. At four years old, was second 

 to Catesby, in Maturity Stakes, 3 miles, in 5,36, beating Carver and. Ransom ; was 

 unplaced in purse If miles, won by Grinstead in 3:10 ; was second to Acrobat in purse, 

 2 miles, in 4:33f, beating Whisper all run at Jerome Park. At five years old, 104 

 Ibs. Jerome Park, won the Fordham Handicap, 1^ miles in 2:12, beating Spindrift, 

 aged, 118 Ibs, Preakness, aged, 131, and nine others ; won the Jockey Club Handicap, 

 111 Ibs., two miles in 3:38^, beating Preakness, 1301bs.,Grinstead(4), 110 Ibs., and Tub- 

 man (aged), 115 Ibs. Monmouth Park, was beaten by Aaron Pennington and Ballenkeel 

 in Monmouth Cup, 2| miles, in 4 34; was second to Rutherford, in 4 mile dash, run in 

 7:34f, Big Fellow and Bessie Lee behind him ; won Club Purse, 2-mile heats, 3:40f, 

 3 :47i, beating Dublin. Saratoga, was unplaced in Saratoga Cup, 2 miles, in 3 :56, dead 

 heat, and stakes divided between Preakness and Springbok this is the fastest race ever 

 run at the distance ; was second to Rutherford in Club Purse, 3 miles, in 5:38, beat- 

 ing Madge ; was second to Grinstead (-1), 110 Ibs, in the Summer Handicap, 2 miles, in 

 3:37^, Wildidle (5), 114, beating Mattie W (3), 93 Ibs.; won the Club Purse, 4 miles, 

 in 7:39, beating Rutherford. San Francisco, Cal., won the Wise Plate, 4 miles in 7:25^, 

 beating Grinstead, Sherman and Revenue, Jr. Wildidle comes honestly by his racing 

 qualities. His dam was second to no mare ever raised in America. She ran 4 miles over 

 the Centreville Course, L. I., 1863, when 5 years old, with 117 Ibs, in7:26i, and this 

 was the best time ever made by a mare, until beaten by Ferida, in 1880, when she ran 

 a first heat in 7 :23|. Wildidle, for his chances, has been a successful sire ; the best of 

 his get are, Til lie C, May D, Record, Jack Douglass, Ellen Douglass, Belshaw, Jim 

 Douglas, winner often out of fourteen races in 1881,Wildidler, Lottie J, and some others. 

 Wildidle is inbred to Waxy on the sire's side, and has much of the blood of Sir Archy 

 and Diomed, in addition to a cross of Eclipse, through his famous son, Medoc, and 

 three crosses of imp. Medley, son of Gimcrack, by Cripple, son of the Godolphin 

 Arabian. 



