8o Making the American Thoroughbred 



"In the first spring meeting he carried off the Desert stakes of 

 100 sovs. each, h. ft. Ten subs, beating Ganges; and the 2000 gs. 

 stakes, beating Flatterer, second, Bentley, third, and four others 

 not placed. 



"He ran third for the Epsom Derby stakes, Plenipotentiary being 

 first, and Shilelagh second. 



"His next appearance was at Goodwood, where he won the Gold 

 Cup, beating Colwick, Famine, and seven others not placed, Rock- 

 ingham, St. Giles, and The Saddler among the number. He like- 

 wise won at the same meeting, the Racing Sweepstakes of 50 sovs. 

 each, beating Louisa, Defensive, and Rebel. 



"His last performance in 1834, was at the second October meet- 

 ing, winning the Garden stakes at 100 sovs. each. Five subs, 

 beating Glaucus and Colwick. 



"In 1835 he only started once, when he won the Gold Cup at 

 Ascot, beating Bran, Nonsense, Shilelagh, Pussy and four others. 



"At the Newmarket second October meeting, Lord Jersey chal- 

 lenged for the Whip, and named Glencoe, but the Challenge was 

 not accepted." l 



Glencoe's fame spread to America and James Jackson 

 "sent an order to England to purchase the best horse in 

 the market and named Plenipotentiary, Priam and 

 Glencoe. . . . Glencoe was purchased at a round sum" 

 said to have been 2,000 guineas "and made the season 

 of 1836 in England as the property of James Jackson." 

 He more than confirmed the good judgment that induced 

 his selection. Wallace says he "proved to be one of the 

 best horses the world has produced." 



Few of Glencoe's sons were ever in the stud. Vandal, 

 one of them, stood many years at Belle Meade and got 

 many winners. But it was through his daughters, mostly, 

 that Glencoe's qualities were fastened upon posterity. 

 Through his daughter, Pocahontas, foaled in England in 

 1837, and her three great sons, Stockwell, Ratalpan and 

 King Tom, sires of a long list of winners, Glencoe's name 

 was placed so " imperishably upon the scroll of honor" 

 1 American Turf Register. 



