yo Making the American Thoroughbred 



In " Fores ter's" table of "winners" for each year this 

 word is used as a synonym of "horses," as shown by the 

 excess in the number of races won over the number of 

 "winners." But when, for brevity, we aggregate these 

 "winners" for a long period of years we have many 

 more "winners" than the number actual of horses, for the 

 reason that the same horses won in many different years. 



Leviathan's get first appeared on the turf in the year 

 beginning September, 1833, when he had 6 winners of 6 

 races; they appeared last in 1852 when he had 2 winners 

 of 2 races. His best year was 1838, when his get won more 

 races than the get of any other horse (that stood in the 

 United States) won in any one year between 1829 and 

 1855. Thirty-four of his get won 70 races, running 140 

 heats, and 263 miles. As to the number of winners, 

 Leviathan's best year was 1840, when he had 37, but they 

 won only 54 races. The best period of his career was 

 from 1837 to 1843, inclusive, when the number of his get 

 that won each year ranged from 20 to 37 an average 

 for the seven years of about 27. During the entire period 

 from September, 1833 to 1852, inclusive, 298 of Levia- 

 than's "winners" won 450 races, running 980 heats and 

 1,815 miles. 1 



American Eclipse had been in the stud seven years 



1 In the supplement to "Skinner's Stud Book "is a list of "Winning 

 Horses Since 1839." The dedication in this supplement is dated 

 January i, 1848; copyright notice same year. It contains tables 

 showing the best time at various distances, the latest year of any 

 race record therein given being 1846. The original and supplement 

 are both printed in one volume bearing the date 1857 on the 

 title page. The date at which the list of winners closed is therefore 

 indefinite. A count of the horses shows that Leviathan had 1 19 get 

 that won, Medoc 74, Luzborough 44, Eclipse 43, Bertrand 33, 

 Priam 32, Glencoe 23. The number of races won by each winner is 

 not stated. 



