40 The American Thoroughbred 



the Oaks in 1812 and afterwards dam of Belshazzar, imported to America and men- 

 tioned at length in the American chapter, of this book; Altisidora, fufll sister to 

 Manuella and winner of the St. Leger in 1813 : and Cwrw, winner of the Two Thou- 

 sand Guineas. Dick Andrews also got several good broodmares, but it is solely upon 

 Tramp that his name must rest as a perpetuator of the Eclipse blood ; and it goes 

 without sayinp- that Tramp was by far the stoutest horse of that era for, at five years 

 old, he beat the six-year-old Catton at four miles with 140 pounds on each. Tramp 

 got Lottery, winner of the Doncaster Cup of 1825, in which he defeated the Derby 

 winners of the two preceding years ; Dangerous and St. Giles, winners of the Derby, 

 the former sold to France and the latter imported into Alabama ; Barefoot, winner of 

 the St. Leger and imported into Massachusetts; and two winners of the One Thou- 

 sand Guineas also. Tramp also got Liverpool, who beat the St. Leger winner, Chorister, 

 in a match and afterwards got Idas, winner of the Two Thousand in 1845. Liverpool 

 also got that great cup horse, Lanercost, who ran third in the St. Leger of 1839 and 

 afterwards won a total of 28 races in 54 starts, including the Newcastle and Ascot, 

 Cups of 1841, in both of which he defeated that marvelous mare, Beeswing. Laner- 

 cost was sold to France at fourteen years old, previous to which he got Van Tromp, 

 winner of the St. Leger of 1847, the Ascot Cup and Goodwood Cup of 1849 and second 

 in the Doncaster Cup to Chanticleer (son of Birdcatcher) while conceding him five 

 pounds. Lanercost also got Catherine Hayes, who won the Oaks of 1853 and by 

 long odds the handsomest mare of her day. She was the dam of Belladrum, the best 

 two-year-old that Stockwell ever got. One would naturally suppose that, if the line 

 of Tramp bred on, it would be through Liverpool and Lanercost, but fate had decreed 

 otherwise. The Lanercost branch still exists in Australia, but it is very likely to go out 

 at any time. There is no male-line representative of Lanercost in America nor Eng- 

 land and few, if any, in France. To give the reader an idea how stout a horse he was, 

 I would mention that he won five races in twelve days, the last one being the Cambridge- 

 shire at Newmarket, in which he defeated Hetman Platoff and nineteen others. 



The line of Tramp, that is, whatever is worthy of mention, comes down to us 

 through Lottery and his son Sheet Anchor, whose dam was Morgiana, sister to Monimia 

 (dam of Hester and Wintonian) by Muley. Sheet Anchor was mated with Miss Letty, 

 the Oaks winner of 1837, the produce being a little brown horse called Weatherbit who, 

 in spite of his small size, was good enough to give Chamois, by Venison, 27 pounds 

 in the Great Metropolitan of 1846 and run him to a head. Sheet Anchor got Colling- 

 wood, winner of the Royal Hunt Cup at Ascot in 1845 with the top weight of the 

 race. The Australians imported six sons of Collingwood on account of their great 

 substance, but none of them got any sires. Weatherbit was moderately successful as 

 a sire, being twice third to Touchstone and once to Melbourne. He pot Beadsman, the 

 Derby winner of 1858, out of the Oaks winner, Mendicant; and also got Kelpie, re- 

 ferred to in the Australian chapter of this work, as well as one winner each of the 

 Cesarewitch and Cambridgeshire. He also got two mares that are already famous in 

 American stud history Cicily Jopson, dam of Waverly, who outbred every other son 

 of imported Australian while he lived; and Weatherwitch, dam of Fonso, who won 

 the Kentucky Derby of 1880, as well as the second dam of the peerless Hindoo and 

 the third dam of pretty little Firenze, so justly styled "the Beeswing of America." 



BEADSMAN was a brown colt foaled in 1855 and winner of the Derby of 1858, with 

 Toxophilite second and The Hadji third. He was a trifle under sized and had 

 tucked thighs which indicate an inclination to run fast without regard to staying 

 qualities. He retired to the stud at four and got Blue Gown, the win- 

 ner of the Derby and Ascot Cup of 1868; Pero Gomez, winner of the St. 

 Leger 1869; The Palmer, winner of the Liverpool Cup of 1869; and last but not least, 

 Rosicrucian who, with 133 pounds up, defeated Musket, four years, 126 pounds, for the 

 Alexandra Plate at Ascot in 1872, in the most furious finish seen on "the Heath" since 



