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drew the mantle of charity about him and re- 

 gretted that he had his Maturity, as the French 

 will ever mourn that Bonaparte had his Waterloo. 



Harry Bassett was foaled in 1868, bred by Mr. 

 A. J. Alexander, Woodburn Stud, Spring Station, 

 Kentucky, by Lexington, dam Canary Bird by 

 imported Albion. Harry Bassett was a rich 

 golden chestnut, with two white stockings be- 

 hind, and a diamond-shaped spot commencing 

 above the eyes, and extending well down to the 

 nostrils. At the yearling sale of Woodburn 

 Stud, 1869, he was purchased by Colonel David 

 McDaniel, of Stony Brook, at $315. His ap- 

 pearance at that early age gave no promise of 

 his brilliant future. He was then of rather 

 medium size, and no one was more than passively 

 impressed by his form. He was brought East, 

 and Colonel McDaniel was much pleased with 

 his new purchase. 



He was trained the following spring and soon 

 developed the easy way of getting over the 

 ground and the high rate of speed which after- 

 ward gave him so many grand successes over 

 all rivals. He was a colt of remarkable constitu- 

 tion, a liberal feeder, and had perfect health, 

 therefore trained kindly, and was remarkably 



