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YTTLETON is a bay horse, by imported 

 Leamington out of Fannie Holton, by Lexing- 

 ton. He was foaled in 1867, and was bred by 

 John Harper. He made his first appearance 

 on'the turf at Lexington, Ky , Sept. 10, 1869, in the Sweep- 

 stakes for two-year-olds, a dash of one mile, and was third : 

 Lynchburg, also by Leamington, winning, with Annette by 

 Lexington second, an Australian colt fourth, and Fireball 

 by Lightning fifth. His second effort was still more unsuc- 

 cessful, for at the Buckeye Course, Cincinnati, September 

 23, he was sixth in a field of seven. At Louisville, October 

 5, he was third for the Willard Hotel Stakes, a dash of one 

 mile : Lynchburg winning, with Maggie B. B. second. As 

 a three-year-old he was more successful. His first race in 

 that year (1870) was the Citizens' Stake, at Lexington, Ky., 

 May 20, two-mile heats, won by Enquirer in two straight 

 heats. Four days afterwards he won his first victory the 

 Louisville Hotel Stakes, mile heats, beating Defender, and 

 the colt by Donerail out of Anna Farris, in two straight 

 heats, in 1:47} 1:46}. He then lay by until September 

 27, when he ran in the Buckeye Stake, at Cincinnati, 

 mile heats, for which five horses ran : Lyttleton took 

 the first heat in 1:44}, but Regent won the second and 

 third in 1:44} 1:47}. At the Fall Meeting of the 

 Nashville Blood Horse Association, October 13, Lyttleton 

 won the Mike Burns Stake for three-year-olds, mile 

 heats. He had for competitors, Regent by Bonnie Scot- 

 land, who beat him at Cincinnati, Banquet by Brown 

 Dick, and Coup de Claire by Lightning, all good horses. 

 Lyttleton won the first heat in 1:46}, Regent the next 

 in 1:47}, and Lyttleton the third and the race in 1:46}. 

 At Memphis, October 26, he won the Jockey Club Purse, 

 a dash of two miles, beating Allie Hunt, Village Black- 

 smith, Bonita, Zuzu, and St. Leger, in 3:42}. As a four- 

 year-old he appeared three times. At Lexington, Ky., 

 May 23, he won the Association Purse, a two-mile dash, 

 beating Allie Hunt in 3:34}. His next engagement was 

 at Long Branch, July 7, in the Americus Club Purse, 

 mile heats, best three in five, for which Chillicothe, Susan 

 Ann, and Hamburg, all by Lexington, and Lyttleton, were 

 entered. Lyttleton won the first heat, in 1:47}, with Ham- 

 burg second, Susan Ann third, and Chillicothe last. The 

 second heat reversed these positions, for Susan Ann won in 

 1:49, with Chillicothe second, and Hamburg last. In the 

 third, Chillicothe was first, in 1:48}, Hamburg second, and 

 Lyttleton last. Hamburg, not having won a heat, was sent 

 to the stable, and the others prepared for the fourth heat, 

 which Chillicothe won in exactly the same time as the 

 last, and Susan Ann was second. In the last heat Chilli- 

 cothe won in 1:50, Lyttleton was second, and Susan Ann 



third. At Saratoga, August 16, Lyttleton was last in 

 the Purse for all Ages, three quarters of a mile, Ortolan 

 winning, with Frogtown second. His opening race in 1872 

 was at Lexington, May 15, where he defeated Hilderic 

 easily for the Club Purse, two-mile heats, in 3:37 3:49}. 

 He next encountered the redoubtable Harry Bassett in the 

 Westchester Cup, June 8, a dash of two miles and a quar- 

 ter, and was roundly beaten for his audacity. Nothing 

 daunted, three days later he encountered Tubman, Metella, 

 and Ortolan, in the race for a Purse of 8700, mile heats. 

 The first heat Tubman won by a length, in 1:46}, with 

 Lyttleton second. The second heat Lyttleton beat Tubman 

 by a head, in 1:45}. Ortolan and Metella were now ruled 

 out, and only Tubman and Lyttleton contended for the 

 third heat. In this, Lyttleton's jockey broke his stirrup 

 and was unable to steady his horse, and Tubman won by a 

 length in 1:47}. July 2, 1872, is a memorable day in the 

 history of racing at Long Branch, and few larger crowds 

 ever appeared on an American race-course than that which 

 greeted Longfellow and Harry Bassett as they saddled for 

 the Monmouth Cup. But just before that event came off, 

 Lyttleton, Lochiel, Abd-el-Kooree, Shylock, John Merry- 

 man, Piedmont, and Belle Aiken appeared in the Purse for 

 all Ages, mile heats. Abd-el-Kooree and Lyttleton, stable 

 companions of Harry Bassett and Longfellow, respectively 

 were equal favorites in the betting, and this race was gener- 

 ally regarded as a forecast of the great race of the day. 

 Lochiel won the first heat by a head from Abd-el-Kooree, 

 in 1:45, with Lyttleton a good third. Lyttleton beat 

 Lochiel by a neck, in 1:45, for the second heat, and Abd- 

 el-Kooree was a bad third. He also won the third and the 

 race, in 1:49, and the Kentucky division were exultant. 

 Three days afterwards he beat Susan Ann, in a dash of 

 three miles, very easily, by two lengths. The track was 

 heavy, and the time only 6:06. He then went to Saratoga, 

 so fatal to poor old John Harper's hopes, and on July 13, 

 was beaten easily by Harry Bassett, in a sweepstakes for all 

 ages, one mile and a quarter, and six days afterwards Bas- 

 sett beat him again, in a three-mile dash. His last race 

 that year was at Long Branch, August 9, where Susan Ann 

 beat him by two lengths, in a dash of four miles, in 7:40} : 

 Milesian was third, two lengths behind Lyttleton ; King- 

 fisher, who started first favorite, broke down in the third mile. 

 Lyttleton was bought by Mr. A. Welch, and is now in the 

 stud at that famous stud farm, where his sire, Leamington, 

 is the lord of the harem. If there is any virtue in crossing 

 the thoroughbred sire upon the trotting dam, Lyttleton, 

 with his well-known stoutness and gameness, ought to have 

 many representatives on the trotting as well as the running 

 turf. 



