186 The Horse- Breeders' 1 Guide and Hand Book. 



AUSTRALIAN (Imp.) 



(WINNER OF THE DOSWELL STAKE AT NEW ORLEANS AND PRODUCE 

 STAKES AT LEXINGTON, KY., 1801.) 



AUSTRALIAN by West Australian, son of Melbourne, bred by Mr. W. E. Duncombe, 

 imported by the late A. Keene Richards, along with his dam in 1858, then a suckling, 

 dam Emilia by Young Emilius, son of Emilius by Orville. West Australian, his sire, 

 won the three great events the 2,000 guineas, Derby and St. Leger in 1853. Emilius, 

 his grandsire, through his dam, won the Derby in 1823, and Whisker, his great grand- 

 sire, the Derby in 1815, and his sire, Waxy, won it in 1793. Australian was a fine 

 race-horse, running under the silver and gray of Richard in the name of Millington. 

 He made his debut in the Doswell Stakes at New Orleans, April 1, 1861, mile heats. 

 This he won handily, with 5 Ibs. overweight, in 1 : 49|, 1 : 48&, beating Regret, Tom 

 Reddy, Uncle True and Ninette ; Louisville, May 20, ran third and fifth in the 

 Association Stake, mile heats, in l:48f, 1:48, won by Lillie Ward, Myrtle second, 

 Nannie Craddock third, Rubicon fourth ; same place, May 24, ran third in the Gait 

 House Stake, 2 mile heats, won by Lillie Ward, in 3:38f, 3:40 ; Rubicon second ; 

 Lexington, Ky., June 3d, ran second to Lillie Ward in the Association Stake, mile 

 heats, in 1:52|, 1: 51^, track muddy, beating Rubicon, John Morgan, Crichton, Wells, 

 &c. ; same place, ran second to Kansas in the Citizens' Stake, 2 mile heats, in 3: 44, 

 3:46, 3:45, track muddy ; Millington won first heat and was second in the last, beat- 

 ing Rubicon, Myrtle, Nannie Craddock, &c. ; Lexington, Ky., September 23, 1861, 

 Produce Stakes, for three-year olds, mile heats, 12 starters ; John Morgan won, 

 Hyrtle second, imp. Millington third ; Myrtle won the first heat in 1 : 46f , Millington 

 second ; Millington won second in l:46f ; John Morgan the last two in 1:47^. 1:49 ; 

 September 27, Produce Stakes, for three-year olds, two mile heats, 9 starters, imp. 

 Millington won in 3: 43|, 3: 40f, John Morgan second, Myrtle third and distanced. 

 In the Fall of 1861, Millington was purchased by the late R. A. Alexander, and his 

 name was changed to Australian. He ran one race under his colors. Lexington, 

 June 7, 1862, 3 mile heats, for all-ages, 6 starters ; John Morgan was third, first and 

 first ; Idlewild won the first heat, in 5 : 43|, and was drawn after the second ; Ella D, 

 by Vandal, was fifth, second and second ; Australian fourth, fifth and third ; John 

 Morgan won second and third heats in 5:41, 5:45. As a stallion, Australian ranks 

 second to none ever imported. The best of his get were Fellowcraft, 4 miles, in 7 : 19J, 

 the first horse to beat Lexington's time, 7:19f ; Abd-el-Kader, 4 miles, 7:31|; Abd- 

 el-Koree, 4 miles, when three years old, 7: 33 ; Wildidle, 4 miles, 7: 25 ; Rutherford, 

 Spendthrift, Mozart, Springlet, Zoo Zoo, Lizzie, Lucas, Trinidad, Baden Baden, 

 Albert, Nellie Booker, Silent Friend, 4 miles, 7:30^ ; Helmbold, Wilful, Atilla, Mate, 

 Leinster, Pride of the Village, Madge, Maggie B B, dam of Iroquois, Farfaletta, dam 

 of Falsetto, Ivy Leaf, dam of Bramble, Brambaletta, &c. ; Hilarite, Springbok, 2J 

 miles, 3:56 ; fastest on record ; Hazem, Queen's Own, Sunlight, Blanche J. Baronet, 

 N. Y. Weekly, and many others. Australian was a dark chestnut without white, and 

 measured 15| hands in height, had neat head and neck, broad forehead, great breadth 

 between the jaws ; oblique shoulders, with great depth of girth ; round, good barrel ; 

 good Hank, good hip and arched loin; good length from the point of hip to whirlbone, 

 and thence to the hock, which was bony and strong ; sound legs and feet and good 

 length of pasterns. He Combined the Eclipse blood through Whalebone, Whisker, Don 

 Quixote and Mercury, and Herod and Matchem through the best sources and traces, 

 through a sister of the great Regulus by the Godolphin Arabian to the Sedbury Royal 

 Mare. Australian died at Woodhurn Stud, the property of A. J. Alexander, October 

 15th, 1879. His descendents will keep his memory green. 



