1 68 The American Thoroughbred 



turf ; but in the stud she was a total failure. 

 She ran in nothing but heat races, and in all she 

 had to struggle to win. For two years the strain 

 upon her nervous system was kept up, and when 

 she retired from the turf the glory of her life was 

 at an end. She replenished the earth with the 

 fruit of her womb ; but not one of her offspring 

 was worthy to wear the crown tha^t she had won for 

 herself. Fashion, the chestnut mare, the daughter 

 of imported Trustee and Bonnets o' Blue by Sir 

 Charles, — she that astonished the world by her 

 gameness and marvellous speed, — was on the 

 turf for about ten years, during which time she 

 ran many hard races, but she did not give satisfac- 

 tion as a brood-mare. Her first three colts were 

 worthless — a fact that maybe partially accounted 

 for on the theory that consanguinity of blood 

 impairs constitutional vigor; for Fashion, for 

 three successive years, was bred to Mariner, her 

 half-brother. Her fourth foal. Young Fashion, by 

 imported Monarch, proved a good brood-mare, 

 but was not highly successful as a racer. Her 

 eighth colt, Dangerous, by imported Bonnie 

 Scotland, was a successful turf horse, dangerous 

 not simply in name, but on the field of 

 battle. 



