404 The American Thoroughbred 



3.58J. The first mile of it was done in 143J, 

 with Luke Blackburn galloping head and head 

 with Uncas. In the race Luke Blackburn burst 

 a hoof, and that accounts for his being unplaced. 

 Those who knew him and believed him to be the 

 best horse of his time attributed the defeat en- 

 tirely to the accident, and believe to this day that 

 had he remained sound such an one as Glenmore 

 could never have beaten him. 



Thora, the beautiful Longfellow filly belonging 

 to Charles Reed, began to show her class in that 

 season. Thora was a remarkable mare. She 

 was bred by H. P. McGrath, near Lexington, 

 Kentucky, and was bought by Mr. Reed when a 

 yearling. She was trained at Saratoga. As a 

 two-year-old she beat both Hindoo and Crickmore, 

 and won four out of eleven starts. In the after 

 life which was given her she proved to be the best 

 mare of her seasons, especially when going over a 

 distance of ground. The Dwyer Brothers in that 

 year also owned Onandaga, and that Sheeps- 

 head Bay meeting was marked by a $10,000 

 match with Onandaga, a two-year-old, on one side 

 and Pierre Lorillard's Sachem, another two-year- 

 old, on the other. It was merely a dash at the 

 two-year-old distance of six furlongs, but it shows 



