174 Making the American Thoroughbred 



As the property of Robert Tillotson, Post Boy stood 

 at James Holmes, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, 1838-1841; 

 service $100. He covered 62 mares in 1838. In 1839 

 Tillotson declined an offer of $10,000 for him. He 

 lived to a great age and died at Dixon, Illinois. The 

 likeness of John Bascombe is reproduced from a steel 

 print made at the time of his races with Argyle and Post 

 Boy. 



