248 The Trotting and the Pacing Horse 



him and there was much curiosity to see him 

 when he was brought East in his ten-year-old 

 form. He had won the $20,000 stalUon race in 

 1888, and in the autumn of 1892 fought a long- 

 distance duel with Kremlin for the stallion crown. 

 The record dropped by fractions; and as Stam- 

 boul had the last trial at it the announcement 

 was that he had trotted in 2.07^, beating by a 

 quarter of a second the record of Kremlin. 

 Stamboul's performance at Stockton was rejected 

 by the American Trotting Register Association, 

 but accepted by the National Trotting Associa- 

 tion. At the Hobart sale in Madison Square 

 Garden, Mr. E. H. Harriman purchased Stam- 

 boul for $41,000, and placed him at the head of 

 Arden Farms breeding establishment, where he 

 remained until he died. He was exhibited at the 

 National Horse Show, New York, 1894, 1896, 

 and 1897, and carried off the highest honors. 

 Stamboul has 46 in the list, and his grave is 

 prominent in the infield of the Orange County 

 Driving Park at Goshen. 



