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| RISTIDES was foaled 1872, and is by Leaming- 

 ton out of Sarony. He made his first appear- 

 ance at Lexington, Ky., May 12, 1874, and 

 ran second to Leona, by War Dance, from Alu- 

 mina, in the half-mile sweepstakes for two-year-olds, Katie 

 Pearce third, beating a field of six others, among them Bob 

 Woolley and Weatherby, in 0:49}. He then came East, 

 and ran unplaced to Meco, for the Juvenile Stakes, half- 

 mile, run at Jerome Park, June 13, time 0:50}. He was 

 also unplaced to Caroline, by Kentucky, dam imp. Camilla, 

 for the Hopeful Stakes, a half mile, at Long Branch, July 7, 

 time 0:51. At the same meeting, July 16, he was second 

 to Sweet Lips, by imp. Eclipse, dam Prophetess, for the 

 Thespian Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:18. At 

 Saratoga, July 30, he was unplaced to Willie Burke, in a 

 three-quarters dash, for the Saratoga Stakes, in 1:23 J. At 

 the second Saratoga meeting, August 18, he won a purse 

 of $500, one mile, Amelia second, Holbrook third, beating 

 Joe Cerns, Victorious, Enlister, Risk, and Babylon, in 1:46}. 

 At the Jerome Park Fall Meeting, October 7, he won a 

 purse of $500, at five furlongs, iu 1:04}, beating Firework, 

 Babylon, Mr. F. Morris' Warminster-Rebel Colt, Joe Cerns, 

 Enlister, Scramble, Holbrook and Springlet. At the same 

 meeting, October 14, ran second to James A., for a purse 

 of $500, three-quarters of a mile, in 1:18}, and closed the 

 season by a brilliant performance at Baltimore, for a purse 

 of $400, for two-year olds, one mile, where on October 22, 

 he took up 100 fts., and beat Joe Cerns second, Aniella 

 third, and Holbrook unplaced, in 1:44|. 



In 1875, as a four-year-old, Aristides ran nine times. 

 He was beaten as follows: May 10, Lexington, Ky., 

 for the Phoenix Hotel Stakes, one mile and one-eighth, 

 in 2:11J, by Ten Broeck, with Bill Bruce second, 

 Goldmine third, and Millionaire, Elemi, and Aristides 

 unplaced ; next by his stable companion, Calvin (with 

 whom his owner declared to win), tor the Belmcnt Stakes, 

 one mile and a half, at Jerome Park, June 12, in 2:42}. 

 Aristides could have won easily, but took second place, 

 Milner third, with such horses as Chesapeake, Ozark, Rha- 

 damanthus, Tom Ochiltree, Willie Burke, James A., and 

 Joe Cerns unplaced ; was second to Ozark for the Ocean 

 Hotel Stakes, at Long Branch, July 13, one mile and three- 

 quarters, in 3:10}, Leader third, and Tom Ochiltree un- 

 placed. At Saratoga, July 24, he was third to D'Artagnan 

 and Milner for the Travers Stakes, six others beaten off; 

 was unplaced to Tom Ochiltree first, Viator second, and 

 Joe Cerns third, for the Dixie Stakes, at Baltimore, Octo- 

 ber 19. 



He won, 1875, the inaugural Kentucky Derby at Louis- 

 ville, May 17, one mile and a half, in 2:37if, beating a list 

 of good horses, and among them his great rival Ten Broeck. 



Volcano was second and Verdigris third, and the unplaced 

 were Ten Broeck, Bob Woolley, Chesapeake, Ascension, 

 Searcher (afterwards Leander), Vagabond, Goldmine, Bill 

 Bruce, McCreery, Warsaw, Enlister, and Grenoble. He 

 then came East, and at Jerome Park, June 5, captured the 

 Withers Stakes, one mile, in l:45f, Rhadamanthus second, 

 Ozark third, with a field of ten unplaced. At the Jerome 

 Park Fall Meeting, October 2, he won the Jerome Stakes, 

 two miles, with Calvin second, Joe Cerns third, and Tom 

 Ochiltree, Ozark, Viator, Milner, and Rambler unplaced, 

 in 3:43, and closed the season by winning the Breckenridge 

 Stakes at Baltimore, two miles, October 22, with Viator 

 second, Tom Ochiltree third, and Joe Cerns and Bay Final 

 unplaced, in 3:36}. 



As a four-year old (1876), Aristides appeared only at 

 Lexington, where, on the 10th of May, in the four-year- 

 old Sweepstakes, he met Ten Broeck over a distance of two 

 miles and one- eighth, and Aristides conquered, after a 

 terrible fight, in the unprecedented time of 3:45}. Ten 

 Broeck made the running from the string, and Aristides, 

 after feeling of him one time on the route, let him stride 

 along until the two miles had been covered, when he went 

 up and made his fight and won. He then appeared, again 

 and for the last time, at the same place, on May 13, for a 

 purse of $500, two miles and a half, and here he caught a 

 tartar in the little Bazar (since Waddill), who took up the 

 running and made the pace fearfully hot. Aristides lay 

 behind, expecting the little horse to come back to him, but 

 he refused to slacken the pace or lessen the stride, and, 

 finally, Aristides was required to go to him. In the home- 

 stretch, the fight was furious, but Aristides won in 4:27}. 

 In these struggles the work was very severe. He has not 

 appeared in public since. 



Aristides started twenty times; nine as a two-year-old, 

 and won three times; nine as a throe-year-old, and won 

 five times, and started in two events as a four-year-old, and 

 won both times. He has won ten out of his twenty races. 

 Five of these performances, to wit, the dash of a mile for 

 the purse of $400 for two-year-olds, at Baltimore, October 

 22, 1874, which he won in l:44j; as a three-year-old, the 

 inaugural Kentucky Derby of May, 1875, one mile and a 

 half, in 2:371, the Breckenridge Stakes at Baltimore Fall 

 Meeting, 1875, two miles, for three-year-olds, in 3:36}, and 

 the two races at the Lexington Spring Meeting of 1876, 

 the one in which he beat Ten Broeck, two miles and one 

 furlong in 3:45}, and two miles and a half, which distance 

 he covered in 4:27}, are numbered among the best events 

 ever accomplished by any horse in the country. The two 

 latter are the fastest on record at the respective distances, 

 two miles and an eighth, and two miles and a half. Spirit 

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