58 Making the American Thoroughbred 



horse in the United States. In 1822 Oscar stood at Edwin Smith's 

 three miles south of Nashville "on the main road to Franklin." 

 After that he stood in Sumner County. Among his get were 

 Prosperine, Napoleon, Columbus, Josephine, Bolivar and other 

 fine runners. 



PHOENIX. There were two horses of this name on record as standing 

 in Tennessee. One, according to Judge Williams, was "by Vene- 

 tian, imp dam Zenobia, by Don Carlos, from Maryland." 

 The other was by Dragon, dam Portia by Volunteer; by King 

 Herod. Imported into Virginia and died in Montgomery County, 

 Tennessee, in 1819. Portia and another of Volunteer's get won The 

 Oaks and Spread Eagle by Volunteer won The Derby. See EAGLE. 



STUMP THE DEALER, by imp Bryan O'Lynn, dam by Grey Diomed. 

 H Bred by Mr. Alston, South Carolina. Advertised by John 

 T. Macon to stand 1819 at Hugh F. Bell's, near Nashville. Fall 

 season 1829 at N. P. Carter's on Lebanon road. 



STALLIONS FROM 1820 TO 1830 



Besides Pacolet and Tennessee Oscar, whose services 

 continued into this decade, the most celebrated sires were 

 Stockholder and Timoleon. 



STOCKHOLDER, b.; by Sir Archy, dam by imp Citizen, 



g. dam by imp Stirling; by imp Mousetrap; by 



Harris' Eclipse; by imp Janus; by imp Fearnought; 



by Apollo; by imp Partner; by imp Silver Eye; 



by imp Jolly Roger; out of imp Mary Gray by Roundhead. 



Stirling descended from Highflyer, Herod, the Byerly 

 Turk and Place's White Turk. 



Stockholder was bred by Henry Gotten of Halifax 

 County, North Carolina. He made an "enviable reputa- 

 tion" in Virginia. He was brought from North Carolina to 

 Sumner County by O. Shelby, at a cost of $6,000. His first 

 season in Sumner seems to have been in 1 825, when he stood 

 at O. Shelby's; in 1826 he stood at Shelby's again. He cov- 

 ered 135 mares his first season in Sumner, 120 the second 

 and 1 60 the third. In 1829 he stood at the farm of Rev. 



