5<? The American Thoroughbred 



all the other sons of Partisan in one lot; to Australia she sold Musket, the only son of 

 Toxophilite, that was worth the price of his halter, as a sire; to America she sold 

 Leamington, the only half-way decent sire that Faugh-a-Ballagh ever got; and to 

 Austro-Hungary she sold Buccaneer, who not only got those two great fillies, Formosa 

 and Brigantine, but also got Kisber, who won the Derby and was pronounced at least 

 seven pounds better than Petrarch, who won the Two Thousand" Guineas and St. 

 Leger at three years and the Ascot Cup at four. 



Right here comes the proper place to devote space to what I believe to have been 

 the greatest sire the world has ever seen Stockwell by The Baron out of Pocahontas 

 by Glencoe. He was bred by a Mr. Theobalds (pronounced "Tebbals") of Stockwell 

 and that is how he got his name. He was sold to the Marquis of Exeter, in whose 

 colors he won the Two Thousand and the St. Leger ; and would probably have won 

 the Derby but for the heavy rain and slippery track. Stockwell really was not much of 

 a racehorse or a littly pony like Teddington could not have beaten him at two-and-a- 

 half miles with weight-for-age, carrying 131 pounds to Stockwell's 126; and he never 

 on earth could have equaled the races won by his brother Rataplan, who, like Charles 

 XII. and Lanercost, was literally raced to death. But as a sire Stockwell has no 

 parallel for several reasons. I suppose people will say that St. Simon is a greater 

 one than Stockwell because he headed the list nine times to Stockwell's seven, but you 

 might as well say Hermit was as good as Stockwell because he also held the premier- 

 ship for seven years, whereas the get of Hermit, although racing prizes had increased 

 greatly since Stockwell's time, did not come within 60,000 of winning what Stock- 

 well's get had won. As for St. Simon, a cross of Stockwell or of his brother, Rata- 

 plan is to be found in nearly all the best St. Simon horses. I place Stockwell above 

 all other sires for the following w T ell-defined reasons : 



1. Because he is the only stallion to get six Leger winners, as against four 

 each for Sir Peter, Lord Clifden and St. Simon. 



2. Because he is the only one to get all three placed horses in a Derby (1866), 

 to-wit : Lord Lyon first, Savernake second and Rustic third. 



3. Because he is the only stallion to get all three placed horses in the Two 

 Thousand Guineas (1862), to-wit: The Mnrquis, Caterer and Knowsley. 



4. Because he is the only stallion to get the winners, of over 61,000 in a single 

 season (1866) and that in a period when there was no such a thing as a 10,000 race 

 in England. St. Simon, in his best year, was over 1000 behind Stockwell's best year, 

 although racing prizes in England are now worth nearly four times what they were in 

 Stockwell's day. 



5. Because he got three Derby winners to St. Simon's two. Of course St. Simon 

 leads him and all others in the way of Oaks winners, having 5 to 3 for Melbourne, 

 King Tom, Priam and Waxy. But that is because his fillies are stouter than his 

 colts. It is a matter of history that St. Simon h<*d two winners of the Oaks and three 

 of the ' One Thousand Guineas before he got one really first-class colt Persimmon. 



We imported several sons of Stockwell into this country, but only one of them 

 the unlucky Glenlyon was of the least actual benefit. Canwell, out of May Bell ; 

 Hillsborough, out of the Lanercost mare imported by Mr. Keene Richards ; and Stock- 

 dale, imported into Canada about the outbreak of the Civil War, were about as trashy 

 a lot as could well be imagined. The six sons of Stockwell that Australia got were 

 horses worth having, especially Ace of Clubs and Countryman, the latter being a full 

 brother to Rustic, who ran third to Lord Lyon in the Derby and defeated him in the 

 Grand Duke Michael Stakes. And as if nothing but bad luck was to be America's 

 portion in this matter of Stockwell horses, Glenlyon had to lie down and die at the 

 end of his first season. He was by Stockwell out of Glengowrie by Touchstone, out 

 of Glencairne (own sister to Glencoe) by Sultan. I never heard of a better-bred 

 horse than he. 



