124 The American Thoroughbred 



In 1895 the total amount of moneys won by the get of all stallions in America 

 was $3,085,523; and in 1896 it had risen to '$3,488,814- Now the amount of public 

 money to be won, cannot be far from $5,000,000 because there have been two $50,000 

 races The Great Republic at Saratoga and the World's Fair Handicap at St. Louis 

 run in the past season, whereas in 1895-96, the Futurity and Realization Stakes, both 

 run at Coney Island, were the only two races in America with a value exceeding $25,000. 

 Going back as far as 1893, we nn d thirteen stallions in that year, credited with over $50,- 

 ooo each won by their get, of which five were imported and eight native horses. The 

 showing for that year was as follows : 



Himyar* (E) $246,382 Mr. Pickwick (E) 121,141 



Sir Modred (H) 160,197 Spendthrift (M) 108,960 



Iroquois (E) 137,875 St. Blaise (E) 100,375 



Fonso (E) 88,480 Eolus (E) 64,360 



Longfellow (E) $88,352 Rayon d'Or (E) 70.305 



Onondaga (E) 86,917 Midlothian (E) 52,240 



Harry O'Fallon (M) 86,580 



* Indicates premier sire for that year. 



As will be seen above, that list shows ten from the male line of Eclipse, two 

 from that of Matchem and but one from the line of Herod. Counting them under 

 their sires, there were four by the dead hero Leamington and two by imported Austral- 

 ian. Now, then, which are the two best imported sires, after Glencoe? Surely as 

 daylight follows the gray dawn, just so surely does Australian follow Leamington; and 

 it was from daughters of this self-same Australian that Leamington got many of his 

 best winners, notably Iroquois and his beautiful, but vicious, brother Harold. Now 

 we will go back two years behind the above table and see what some of these great 

 stallions achieved. Where blanks occur it is because the horse named fell belcvv the 

 $50,000 mark in that year : 



1891 1892 



Longfellow, by Leamington? $186,840* $115.849 



St. Blaise, by Hermitt 164,165 7 2 ,QI3 



111 Used, by Breadalbane 140,297 98,438 



Rayon d'Or, by Flageolet* 97,275 79,836 



Iroquois, by Leamington 92,481 *I79,477 



Hindoo, by Virgil 89,099 90,377 



Sir Modred, by Traducer H 88,590 



Falsetto, by Enquirer 82,160 



Tremont by Virgil 53,53* 



Mr. Pickwick, by Hermitt 112,699 



Spendthrift, by Australian 126,882 



Onondaga, by Leamington 107,072 



Eolus, by Leamington 93,o8g 



Miser, by Australian 57,49 



Billet, by Voltigeur 61,405 



indicates the horse was premier in that year. tBred in England. }Bred in France. ^Bred 

 in New Zealand. 



Sir Modred was first, both in moneys and in the number of races won two hun- 

 dred and eleven in 1894, with $127,400; Hanover was first in the four seasons that 

 followed with $106.605, $84,705, $116,140 and $H9,59O respectively; Albert, imported, led 

 in 1899 with $95,975; Kingston in 1900 with $116,368; Sir Dixon in 1901 with $165,682, 

 in addition to over $80,000 won by his get in England and France; Hastings in 1902 

 with $111,855 and Ben Strome in 1903 with $105,250. This year Meddler is already 



