222 The American Thoroughbred 



GOLD HEELS 



Winner of the Brighton Cup, and the Brighton and Suburban Handicaps. The prop- 

 erty of Bedford Hindc & Baker, Mihvood Stud, Frankfort, Ky. 



This horse is bred from the male-line of English Eclipse, both his sire and dam 

 being by Eclipse horses Longfellow and Glenelg. He was a very busy horse from 

 the very day he was first saddled, as he started in no less than 24 races, of which he 

 won 5, was 8 times second, 5 times third and 6 times unplaced ; and in none of these 

 races was he ever beaten at even weights, conceding the following allowances to these 

 well-known flyers of 1900 : 



Chuotanunda 13 King Lief 10 



Far Rockaway 3 Silverdale 5 



There is no disgrace in being beaten in any such races 'as those. At three years old 

 he started 12 times, winning 7 times and only once unplaced. His victories at that age 

 were the Spindrift, i l /i miles in 1 152^; Long Island Handicap, i% miles in 1 153; Sea- 

 gate Stakes, i% miles in 1:52^; Monarch Stakes, i*/ miles in 1:54^ by 8 lengths; 

 Oriental Handicap, 1^4 miles in 2:05^, with Blues second, Advance Guard third and 

 others unplaced. He also won a purse at nine furlongs and closed up the season by 

 winning the Autumn Stakes at Morris Park, 2% miles in 3 156, which is the track 

 record. At four years old he was clearly the best handicap horse in America, winning 

 the Suburban Handicap, eleven starters, i% miles, in 2:05%, with 126 pounds, Pente- 

 cost second and Blues third. Won the Advance Stakes, i l / 2 miles in 2:33, with 126 

 pounds, from Advance Guard and Goldsmith, as good a race as ever was run at that 

 distance. Won the Brighton Handicap from 8 others, i% miles in 2:03^, the track 

 record. Won the Brighton Cup, 2^4 miles, with 124 pounds, in 3 :54 J A, or two seconds 

 faster than the famous dead heat at Saratoga which stood unbeaten for nearly twenty 

 years. In his only defeat of that year he carried 126 pounds to Colonel Bill's 90, and 

 was beaten a -length, with seven good ones behind him, Blues being third. His sire, 

 The Bard, won the Brooklyn Handicap of 1888 and beat all the best horses in Amer- 

 ica. Gold Heels won $47,620 in three seasons and The Bard campaigned for five sea- 

 sons, with such cracks as Hanover, Troubadour, Elkwood, Rataplan, Kingston, Exile, 

 Inspector B and Linden behind him. 



