94 Making the American Thoroughbred 



(3) Herod, Highflyer, Sir Peter Teazle, Williamson's 

 Ditto, Luzborough, Picton. 



(4) Herod, Woodpecker, Buzzard, Selim, Sultan, Glen- 

 coe, Vandal, Virgil, Hindoo, Hanover, The Commoner, 

 and Great Britain whose likeness is presented as illus- 

 trating the continuation of the line to the present time. 



Tremont, the sire of Great Britain's dam, Touch Not, 

 was by Virgil. The Commoner, besides having many 

 crosses of Glencoe, traced to Lexington, Woodpecker (by 

 Bertrand) imp Medley, Virginian, Ball's Florizel, and 

 many other horses named in these pages. 



Touch Not, besides having many crosses of Glencoe, 

 numbered among her ancestors Lexington, Stockholder, 

 Pacolet, Nell Saunders, Wilkes' Wonder, and many other 

 horses previously mentioned. 



Among Great Britain's achievements these are noted 

 in an advertisement printed by his present owner Mr. 

 Geo. M. Hendrie: 



" Winner of Earl Grey Cup i| miles in 2: 04 f ; Toronto Autumn 

 Cup; Derby Cup, if miles in 3: of, Canadian record; Toronto Au- 

 tumn Cup; Ontario Jockey Club Cup, 2j miles in 3:54!, Canadian 

 Record; Louisville Cup; a mile in i : 37f ." 



All in all he has won 16 races, has run second in 6, 

 third in 3 and has been unplaced twice. Great Britain's 

 trainer is John Walters, of Nashville. 



The number of celebrated stallions that stood in the 

 various sections of Tennessee prior to 1840 is a fair index 

 to the large number of planters, merchants, lawyers, 

 doctors, preachers and what not, who bred race horses 

 "on the side." In this respect the breeding business was 

 more profitable than it was after the Civil War, when it 

 centred in a few large establishments. 



Before 1840 the average price for a suckling or yearling 

 seems to have been about $1,000; for a promising indi- 



