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forehead. His head was a little Roman, very 

 expressive in character, with fine, thin muzzle 

 and well set on a stout neck, which ran into well- 

 shaped shoulders, the latter being oblique and 

 rather light in the blade. He had good length, 

 with round barrel, well ribbed to strong, broad 

 hips, a little swayed in the back, with heavy, 

 muscular quarters, big stifles, sound legs, and feet 

 inclined to be a little flat. - /iJl^^Xy *fi. 



Glencoe's racing career was confined entirely 

 to the English turf. He was not good enough to 

 win the Derby, but he was third to the great 

 Plenipotentiary for that classic English event. 

 He did, however, win the Ascot Gold Cup, two 

 and a half miles, and many other races of high 

 character. 



Colonel James Jackson, of Alabama, sent an 

 order to England to purchase the best horse in 

 the market. He named as his choices Plenipo- 

 tentiary, Priam, and Glencoe. It was Glencoe 

 that fell to him of the trio, -and the horse made 

 the season of 1836 in England as the property 

 of Colonel Jackson. The result of that English 

 season was most wonderful. In that year he 

 sired Pocahontas, Darkness, Glimpse, Malaga, 

 Ruthless, Vapor, and Wardan. Pocahontas, this 



