220 THE HORSE. 



at three years old, of three-mile heats, with the very best race- 

 horse then known on the turf, she has never lost a race in which 

 she won a heat. She lias won in matches and Jockey Club 

 purses, exclusive of bets, $25,000 for her several owners ; who, 

 with scarce an exception, if any, have all derived profit from 

 her generous exertions. 



Her winnings — in number of races and distances — greatly 

 surpass any of which we have any account, either in England 

 or America. Rockingham, who heads the list of English win- 

 ners — Am. Turf Heg. vol. 3, p. 390 — was winner 33 times ; 

 her ancestor PotSos, 31 times ; another ancestor Gimcrack — ■ 

 the severest runner ever known in England — 28 times out of 37 

 races ; Woodpecker 28, and imported Buzzard 28 ; Eleanor * — 

 grandam of Luzborough — winner of the Derby and Oaks — 

 consecutive days — a feat performed by no other — comes nearer 

 to Ariel in her performances than any besides, having won 28 

 out of 48 races ; Peggy, the mare of most fame ever imported 

 into America — and g. g. grandam of Tychicus, and of the 

 famed Yespa, winner last year of the Oaks, and this of King's 

 plates, and other distinguished races in England. — See New 

 Sporting Magazine, for May and June, 1834 — won 22 out of 35 

 races — see American Turf Register, vol. 4, p. 557 — imported 

 Shark 19 ; Sir Peter Teazle 17 ; Florizel 16 ; Highflyer 14 ; 

 Orville — one of the severest and best runners of modern days — 

 won about 14 races, but lost as many ; Dick Andrews — also 

 grandsire to Luzborough — won 20 out of 27 ; Diomed 12 ; 

 Eclipse 11 ; Matchem 10 ; Herod 10 ; Trumpator 10 ; Childers 

 6 or 8 ; &c.. &c. Of our horses of most celebrity few of them 

 have won many races ; Sir Charles won 20 — sometimes shame- 

 fully beaten — distanced both by Sir William and Eclipse — 

 Timoleon won 6 ; Virginian 10 ; Am. Eclipse, so famed at the 

 North, ran only eight races, from four to nine years old, inclu- 

 sive, and made but one very good race — having beaten second- 

 rate competitors, or tliose that had been worn or broken down, 

 until he encountered Henry ; whose defeat may be ascribable 

 to mismanagement — and other distinguished horses, Virago, 



* Imported Luzborougli won 2-i out of 32 races, but never ran four miles. He 

 was five years on the turf. 



