56 THOROUGHBREDS. 



One of the best of the winners of 1892 is the chestnut colt Tam- 

 many, son of Iroquois and Tullahoma, whose likeness we present through 

 the courtesy of Turf, Field and Farm, New York. Tammany was bred 

 by General W. H. Jackson, Nashville, Tenn., and was foaled March 23, 

 1889. He was purchased as a yearling by Mr. Marcus Daly for $2,500, 

 and as he has already credited back to his owner, in stake earnings alone, 

 something over $100,000, the price paid can hardly be considered a 

 high one. Tammany's best victory was won from Yorkville Belle in the 

 rich Jerome stakes at Morris Park, Saturday October, 8, 1892, concerning 

 which the Turf, Field and Farm, issue of October 14, 1892, says: 



"Although the race had five other starters, scarcely a person cared to invest on any 

 one of them, and 40 to i bar two was freely offered. At the start Silver Fox and Julian 

 started out to make the running, each for his stable companion, and so well did they per- 

 form their mission that they were soon many lengths in advance of their field, while York- 

 ville Belle was lying fifth and Tammany yet further behind ; this was about the order 

 until three-eights from home, when Yorkville Belle went to the front, but no sooner did 

 she make this move than Garrison was after her with Tammany, and the two raced to- 

 gether until within a sixteenth of home when Tammany with a little shaking up, drew 

 away and won by a good length." 



As a fitting refutation of the absurd theory of degeneration among 

 Thoroughbreds, and as expressing at the same time the improvement 

 of the running course and nearer approach to perfection in the trainer's 

 art, we give herewith a brief statement showing the running records at 

 the close of the racing season of 1892, with name of horse, age, weight 

 carried, record and time at which made, for each of the main divisions 

 of distance from one-half to four miles : 



One-half mile, 0:46, Geraldine (4), 122 Ibs., made August 30, 1889. 



Three-fourths mile, 1:10^, Fides (4), 116 Ibs., made May 31, 1890 



One mile, i:35/^, Salvator (4), no Ibs., made August 28, 1890. The world's mile 

 lunning race record is 1:37^, an d ' s held by the Rancocas filly Kildeer, made August 13, 

 1892. 



One and one-eighth miles, 1:51!^, Tristan (6), 114 Ibs., made June 2, 1891. 



One and one-fourth miles, 2:03^, Banquet (3), 108 Ibs., made July 17, 1890. 



One and one-half miles, 2:32^, Lamplighter (3), 109 Ibs., made August 9, 1892, 

 This distance had been previously covered by Firenzi as a six-year-old, and carrying 117 

 Ibs., in exactly 2:33. 



Two miles, 3:27^, Ten Broeck (5), no Ibs., made May 29. 1877. 



Three miles, 5:24, Drake Carter (4), 115 Ibs., made September 6, 1884. 



Four miles, 7:15,^, Ten Broeck (4), 104 Ibs., made September 27, 1876. The four 

 mile running race record is 7:19^, held by Fellowcraft, who covered the distance as a 

 four-year-old, carrying 108 Ibs , on August 20, 1874. 



The Coney Island Jockey Club this year (1892) offered a purse for 

 a four mile race, and it was won by Demuth from Tea Tray in 7:20, but 

 one-half second slower than the race record of Fellowcraft, and this, too, 

 without any attempt at, or idea of, lowering a record. It is fairly prob- 

 able that almost any one of the best performers of 1892, if fitted for the 

 four mile distance, could lower the record made in 1874, and some of 

 them at least, could approximate, if not defeat, the time record of Ten 



