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| REAKNESS was bred by the late Mr. R. A. 

 Alexander, of Woodburn Stud Farm, Ky., 

 and was foaled in 1867, being by Lexington 

 out of Bay Leaf, by imported Yorkshire, the 

 dam of Bay Flower, Beacon, Bayswater, Bay wood, Bayonet, 

 Bingaman, Niagara, M. A. B., Bay Final, and others. He 

 was purchased when a yearling, at Mr. Alexander's annual 

 sale, for $4,100, by M. H. Sauford, Esq., and did not ap- 

 pear on the turf until he was three years old ; his first race 

 being for the memorable Dinner Party Stakes, for three- 

 year-olds, at the inaugural meeting of the Maryland Jockey 

 Club at Pimlico Course, Baltimore, October 25, 1870. 

 This was the richest stake, with the exception of the Bailie 

 Peyton Stake, ever run for in America, the entrance being 

 $1,000, h. f.j two miles, thirty subscribers, and seven starters, 

 making its monetary value $18,500. For this event Preak- 

 ness was trained by William Hayward, under Mr. Sanford's 

 personal superintendence, and was also ridden to victory by 

 that able jockey. His preparation had been interfered 

 with by his going lame at Saratoga, and when he started at 

 Baltimore, his astute owner did not fancy him strongly, as 

 he thought he was not up to the mark in point of condition, 

 owing to lack of work. He won the race very cleverly by 

 a length in 3:47J, beating Ecliptic, Foster, Susan Ann, 

 Finesse, Lida Grissom, and My Maryland, and since that 

 time his turf career has been one of unexampled brilliancy. 

 At four years old, in 1871, he won the Westchester Cup, at 

 Jerome Park, two miles and a quarter, in 4:15 J, beating 

 Glenelg and Helmbold in commanding style ; the Maturity 

 Stakes, for four-year-olds, three miles, in 5:53, at the Jerome 

 Park Fall Meeting, beating Susan Ann, Judge Durell, Haric, 

 Chillicothe, Fireball, and Pilgrim ; and the Pimlico Stakes 

 at Baltimore, two-mile heats; the last-named race being a 

 walk over ; suffering defeat from Longfellow, in the Mon- 

 mouth Cup ; from Ecliptic, in the Mansion House Stakes, 

 at Long Branch ; and from Harry Bassett, in the Two-mile- 

 and-a-half Purse, at Baltimore, and from Alroy, in the Mile- 

 and-a-half Purse, at the same meeting. At five years old, 

 in 1872, he ran nine times, winning twice, having apparently 

 lost his once great form ; his two victories being in a mile 

 dash at the Monmouth Park August Meeting, in which he 

 beat Fadladeen, Henrietta, Platina, Venetian, and Bazaine, 

 in 1:45 ; and a purse for four-year-olds, two miles, at Balti- 

 more Fall Meeting, where he beat Frank Hampton, John 

 Merryman, Fanchon, Cadence, Lord Baltimore, and Grace 

 Rogers, in 3:39J. During this season, he was defeated by 

 Midday (to whom he ran second), in the Long Branch 

 Stakes, two miles in 3:451; by Susan Ann, at the same 

 meeting (again running second), for the Hoey Stakes, three 

 miles, won in 5:33 ; by Fanchon, in the Manhattan Han- 



dicap, at Jerome Park Fall Meeting, one mile and a quarter, 

 in 2:13, by Tubman, twice, in the mile-heat race, and in 

 the Grand National Handicap, two miles and a quarter, at 

 the same meeting; and by Tubman, again, in the Bowie 

 Stakes, four-mile heats, at the Baltimore Fall Meeting. But 

 a long rest did wonders for him, and the following season 

 (1873) he won the Long Branch Stakes, at Monmouth 

 Park, one mile and a quarter, in 3:15J, beating Arizona 

 and Wheatley ; the Manhattan Handicap, one mile and a 

 quarter, in 2:13, beating Mildew, Eolus, Joe Johnson, 

 Harry Bassett, Stonehenge, Stockwood, Survivor, and Min- 

 nie Mac; the Jockey Club Handicap, two miles, in 3:38J, 

 beating Eolus, Hubbard, Stockwood, and two others ; and 

 Grand National Handicap, at Jerome Park Fall Meeting, 

 two miles and a quarter, beating Harry Bassett, Fellowcraft, 

 and Galway, in 4:08i ; being beaten by Lizzie Lucas in the 

 Handicap Stakes, at Baltimore ; by Wanderer, in the Mon- 

 mouth Cup, running second; by his stable companion, Mate, 

 in the Fordham Handicap, at Jerome Park, which he could 

 have won easily if wanted; and by True Blue in the two- 

 and-three-quarter mile race, at the same place. In 1 874, 

 being seven years old, he ran and won four out of seven 

 races, being credited with the Jockey Club Stakes, the 

 Mile-and-a-quarter Purse, and the mile-heat race at Jerome 

 Park Spring and Fall Meetings, and the Selling Race at 

 Baltimore. He was beaten the same season by Springbok, in 

 the Cup and Three-mile Purse, at Saratoga; and by Fadla- 

 deen, in a mile dash, at the Jerome Park Fall Meeting. 

 In 1875, he came out and won the Baltimore Cup, and at 

 Jerome Park Spring Meeting succumbed twice to Wildidle, 

 in the Fordham and Jockey Club Handicaps, giving the 

 winner 27 Ibs. in the first race and 19 Ibs. in the second 

 race. At Saratoga he and Springbok ran their memorable 

 dead heat for the Saratoga Cup in 3:561, the fastest time on 

 record for that event. In 1876, he was exported to Eng- 

 land, and at the New Market Craven Meeting he was 

 unplaced in a free handicap, over the Rowley mile ; at the 

 Epsom Summer Meeting was second to Cato, a five-year-old, 

 with 84 Ibs., Preakness carrying 94 Ibs., in the High Level 

 Handicap, one mile and a half, carrying 119 Ibs., Preakness 

 was third to New Holland, 4 yrs., 122 Ibs., in the Goodwood 

 Cup, two miles and a half; and at Brighton he walked over 

 for the Brighton Cup, two miles. He was purchased by 

 the Duke of Hamilton and put to the stud. And at the 

 recent Horse Show at London received the first prize, as 

 the best thoroughbred stallion, over all comers. He is a 

 dark bay in color, stands fully sixteen hands in height, with 

 capital back and loins, strong, powerful quarters, clean head, 

 well set on a thick, muscular neck, and legs like iron and 

 clean as a foal's. 



