

THE THOROUGHBRED 19 



Prominent American Thoroughbreds: Sir Archy, 1805, by 

 Diomed, out of Castianira ; American Eclipse ', 1814, by Duroc, 

 out of Miller's Damsel; Boston, 1833, by Timoleon, out of 

 Sister to Tuckahoe ; Lexington, 1850, by Boston, out of Alice 

 Carneal; Norfolk, 1860, by Lexington, out of Novice; Emperor, 

 1860, by Leamington ; Longfellow, 1867, by Leamington, out of 

 Nantura ; Enquirer, 1867, by Leamington, out of Lida ; Tom 

 O'Chiltree, 1872, by Lexington, out of Katona; Parole, 1874, by 

 Leamington, out of Maiden; Himyar, 1875, by Alarm, out of 



FIG. 6. Hanover, a Thoroughbred stallion. A great racer, starting in fifty races, 

 winning thirty-two, and securing $120,912 in prize money. The leading sire 

 of prize winners in 1895, l8 9^> l8 97' ancl l8 9 8 - In stucl at McGrathiana, 

 Lexington, Kentucky. From photograph by author 



Hira ; Spendthrift, 1876, by Australian, out of Aerolite; Luke 

 Blackburn, 1877, by Bonnie Scotland, out of Nevada; Foxhall, 

 1878, by King Alfonso, out of Jamaica; Iroquois, 1878, by 

 Leamington, out of Maggie B.B. ; Tlie Bard, 1883, by Longfellow, 

 out of Brademante ; Firenzi, 1884, by Glenelg, out of Florida; 

 Hanover, 1884, by Hindoo, out of Bourbon Belle; Emperor of 

 Norfolk, 1885, by Norfolk, out of Marian ; Salvator, 1886, by 

 Prince Charlie, out of Salina ; Hamburg, 1891, by Hanover, out 

 of Lady Reel. 



Importations of Thoroughbreds to America were made at a 

 comparatively early date, and some of the most famous horses 



