Spurious Pedigrees 



I do not believe in encouraging crookedness of any sort, nor can I see why any 

 man who palms off a horse with a forged pedigree upon an unsuspecting buyer, should 

 be allowed to reside outside the walls of a penitentiary. Certain it is that some American 

 stallions of great fame have, in the past, stood for public service under pedigrees that 

 were, to say the least, badly clouded. Take, for instance, the case of that great race- 

 horse, Timoleon, foaled in 1813. He won the colt stake at Broad Rock (as slow a track 

 as could be found in all America) in 1816; time 1:48 1:47. The time of those two 

 heats was never equalled until 1858, when Planet, by Revenue out of Nina by Boston 

 won the same race in i 147 i 148, beating Bill Cheatham, Hempland and two others ; 

 and even then it was not deemed so good becaujse Timoleon's second heat was the 

 faster. On retiring to the stud this great performer actually stood under three different 

 pedigrees in the short space of eight years, as follows : 



FOALED. PEDIGREE OF TIMOLEON, BY SIR ARCHY. FOALED. . DIED. 



ist dam. . . .1815 by imp. Saltram 1780 



2d " . . . . 1812 by Symmes Wildair 1770 



3d " . . . . 1809 by imp. Driver 1806 



4th " . . . . by imp. Follower 1761 



5th " . . . . by imp. Vampire 1757 



SECOND PEDIGREE. 



ist ' ... .1818 by imp. Saltram 1780 



2d " .... 1815 by Symmes Wildaii- 1770 



3d ' .... 1812 by imp. Fearnaught 1755 1776 



4th " .... 1809 by imp. Driver 1806 



5th " . . . . by imp. Follower 1761 



6th " . . . . by imp. Vampire 1757 



THIRD PEDIGREE. 



ist " ... .1815 by imp. Saltram 1780 



2d '' .... 1812 by Symmes Wildair 1770 



3d " .... 1809 by imp. Driver 1806 



4th " ... .1777 by imp. Fearnaught 1755 J 776 



5th " . . . . by imp. Follower 1761 



6th " . . . . by imp. Vampire *757 



These are the three pedigrees of the obscurely-bred but great racehorse Timoleon, 

 sire of the mighty Boston, who won 40 races out of 45 and headed the list of sires 

 for three seasons. According to the first one, Timoleon was a two-year-old when his 

 dam was foaled ; and his second dam was foaled when her sire was forty-two years old. 



