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OTHER NOTED STALLIONS 



Next to Pacolet, Stockholder, Tennessee Oscar and 

 Timoleon the most celebrated stallions of this decade were: 



BAGDAD, brown horse of purest Arabian blood. Sold by Hassana 

 de Gris, Minister to England from Tripoli, to George Barclay of 

 New York, from whom he was purchased in 1823 by John Harding, 

 representing a company of Nashville men, of which William 

 Williams was Secretary. Price paid, $8,000. Season 1830 at 

 Thomas Martin's, four miles on the Gallatin road; 1835 at Thomas 

 Alderson's stable, Nashville. Bagdad sired several good horses 

 but most sportsmen of that period preferred the Archys and 

 Pacolets, and fought Bagdad. 



BLUSTER, imp dk. b., 16 hands, foaled 1808; by Orlando (son of 

 Whiskey) dam by Pegasus; by Highflyer. His fifth dam was 

 Herod's dam. Whiskey by imp Saltram, out of Calash by Herod. 

 Imported into Virginia; 1826 at Giles Harding's, 7 miles southwest 

 of Nashville. Died 1828. Whiskey sired two winners of The 

 Oaks. 



CONSTITUTION, dk. s., foaled about 1805; by imp Diomed, dam by 

 imp Saltram. Stood 1825-26 at John Shute's. "Owing to the 

 hardness of the times he will be suffered to serve at $25." Died 

 1827 in Bedford County. 



EAGLE, imp b., foaled 1796; 16 hands high; got by Volunteer out 

 of a Highflyer mare. Bred by Sir Francis Standish. Imported 

 into Virginia in 1812 by Mr. Bell. Season 1821 at Henry Wade's. 

 Advertised by Montgomery Bell to stand season 1822 at John 

 Harding's, Belle Meade. Eagle was a "short-race" horse but was 

 very fleet. His winnings in England amounted to $933,373. He 

 was full brother to Spread Eagle, who died in Kentucky in 1805, 

 Eagle died in Kentucky in 1826. See PHOENIX. To show Mont- 

 gomery Bell's enthusiasm for the thoroughbred this extract is 

 made from his advertisement of Eagle, dated Dec. 15, 1821: 

 "Eagle combines more power and beauty than any horse on 

 earth more even than human mind can imagine." 



MUZZLE DIOMED, by imp Diomed, g. dam by imp Fearnought. 

 Said to have been first colt got by his sire after coming to Amer- 

 ica. Bred by Col. William Nelson, Caroline County, Virginia; 1820 

 at Samuel Savage's three miles west of Columbia. Died in Georgia. 



