136 The American Tborougbbred 



North by descendants on one side of the house 

 or the other of animals which they had sold out 

 of their own country to come for the enrichment 

 of the blood of the North. 



Thus far this story of the blood horse of 

 America has had for its purpose the showing 

 of whence and how he came, and also to give 

 the reader some conception of the circumstances 

 surrounding the creation of the thoroughbred 

 horse in this country, and the kind of personali- 

 ties whose names are interwoven with those of 

 our turf champions from the earliest times down 

 to the date of this writing. 



It must be known now that by the time the 

 Union Course had been constructed on Long 

 Island, the Southern states and what were then 

 called the Western states had themselves made 

 great advancement in the matter of fine horses. 

 Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Ten- 

 nessee, and Kentucky had each levied tribute 

 upon the blood of Maryland, Virginia, and the 

 Carolinas, and on those far distant farms young- 

 sters were being foaled that in after years should 

 race themselves into fame and become the pro- 

 genitors of sons and daughters even more famous. 



To mention briefly the dominating influences 



