CHAPTER V 

 KNEE DEEP IN CLOVER 



IN the breeding and turf interests of the United States, 

 as a whole, the decade beginning with 1830 is marked with 

 several interesting features: (i) increase in growth and 

 popularity; (2) the continuation of the Archy family's 

 monopoly; (3) the continuation of the rivalry between 

 Archy and Eclipse stock; (4) the beginning of a long 

 contest between the advocates of native and imported 

 stock; and (5) the rise and supremacy of imp Leviathan. 

 How Tennessee stock profited by these conditions will 

 be told in due order. 



As far as the records show, from August, 1829, to Sep- 

 tember, 1834, the get of only six imported stallions in the 

 United States were among the winners, and these get 

 won only 15 races. This supremacy of native stock was 

 due almost entirely to Sir Archy and his numerous sons. 

 They enjoyed a monopoly that is without a parallel, 

 except that of the Godolphin Arabian and, perhaps, that 

 of Lexington. This monopoly began in the early *2o's, 

 before the records were kept in detail, and continued 

 until 1840 or later. A few illustration will suffice. 



Forty-two native stallions were the sires of 137 winners 

 of 234 races run between August, 1829, and December, 

 1830. Of these Sir Archy and 20 of his sons were the 

 sires of 99 winners of 170 races, leaving the other 21 horses 

 with 38 winners of 64 races. 



Thirty-one of Sir Archy 's sons were the sires of 186 



