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Of the great fillies bred and raced on the American 

 turf during the last fifty years, if not during any age of the 

 American turf, there is not one who stands higher and justly 

 so than does that little prodigy, Firenze. She beat all of the 

 best race horses of her day, and was to the turf, as a mare, 

 just what Salvator was as a horse. Firenze was by Glen- 

 elge, out of Florida, and was foaled in 1884 at the Elmendorf 

 Stud, near Lexington, Kentucky. A list of her victories 

 during the seven years that she was on the turf would in- 

 clude all of the great prizes. She met and defeated Han- 

 over, The Bard, Exile, Tenny and other noted kings and 

 queens of the turf. Some of her most noted achievements 

 were the winning of the Harvest Handicap, the Monmouth 

 Cup and the Monmouth Handicap in 1888, the Handicap 

 Sweepstakes at Monmouth in 1889. 



Salina, the dam of Salvator, was a good race mare and 

 granddaughter of the famous mare Levity, by imported 

 Trustee. In his Levity strains Salvator had some of the 

 bluest blood and the most highly prized in this country. In 

 1889 he won all of the choicest prizes that are set apart for 

 three-year-olds, except the Omnibus Stakes. In 1890 he 

 reached the height of his glory ; that year was the scene 

 of the fierce struggle with Tenny; he won the Suburban in 

 2m. 6 4-5S., the best time that had yet been recorded 

 for the event. His achievement was not a surprise, 

 for he was a prime favorite in the betting. Tenny ran third 

 in this race, which led to the special match between the two 

 that came off a week later, Salvator again defeating his op- 

 ponent. In August of that same year he ran his great 

 mile for a purse against the record, im. 39XS.; this race was 

 run at the Monmouth Park, and the time which the peer- 

 less son of Prince Charley put up, im. 35>^s., has remained 

 the record, unchallenged, ever since. The same year he won 

 the Titan stakes, the Jersey Handicap, the September 

 stakes and other important events. After his retirement 

 from the turf he stood at Mr. J. B. Haggin's Rancho Del 

 Paso Stud. 



