The Morse-Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



ALARM 



Willhe located during the season of 18S3 at the Erdenheim Stud, Chest- 

 nut Sill, Pa. He will he allowed to serve mares at $100 each and f5 

 to the groom. Application to Major J. R. Hubhard, Chestnut Hilly. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



Alaem, by imp. Eclipse, was bred by Mr. John Hunter, of the Annieswood Stud, 

 Westchester Co., N. Y., foaled 1869, dam, imported Maud, the dam of Maudina, Mag- 

 net, Telegram, etc., by imp. Australian out of Countess of Albermarle, by Lanercost. 

 Maudina is the dam of Galway, Piccolo, Cloverbrook, Oden, etc. Orlando, the sir& 

 of imp. Eclipse, won the Derby in 1844. Stocliwell, the sire of Maud, his dam, won the 

 2,000 guineas and St. Leger in 1853. 



Alarm made his debut as a two-year old at Saratoga, Aug. 10, 1871, in a match of 

 $5,000 a side against Inverarv, by imp. Leamington, one mile, which he won in 1;47^, 

 caiTying 100 lbs. Aug. 17, fan third to Sue Byder and Joe Daniels in the Kentucky 

 Stakes, one mile, in 1:47J, beating St. Patrick, Experience Oal<s, Hubbard and three 

 others. Jerome Park, Oct. 7, ran second to Joe Daniels in Nursery Stakes, one mile, 

 in 1:53, track heavy, beating Woodbine, Inversnaid, Victoria and three others. Oct. 

 10th, was beaten in the Desert Stakes, onemile, in 1:48, bylnverary. When three years 

 old ran 5 races, and won them all. Jerome Park, June 1, won club purse, three- quar- 

 ters of a mile, in 1:18, beating Midday, Frogtown, Tubman, Platina and four others. 

 June 6, won club purse, IJ miles, in 3:171, beating Rounder, Lord Byron and five 

 others. June 13, won club purse, one mile, in 1 :46, beating Alroy, Quintard and four 

 others. Saratoga, July 15, won club purse, three-quarters of a mile, in 1 :16, beating 

 Platina, Piedmont, Elsie, Kingfisher and four others. July 17, won club purse, one 

 mile, in l:42f, beating Fadladeen and Kingfisher, the fastest mile run to that date. 

 This closed his turf career, winning in money $13,500. Alarm made his first season 

 at the Walnut Hill Stud Farm, the property of James A. Grinstead, Fayette County, 

 Ky. After the appearance of Himyar, he was purchased by A. Welch, of the Chest- 

 nut Hill Stud, Pennsylvania, and made the season of 1878 at the Dixiana Stud, Major 

 B. G. Thomas', Fayette County, Ky. He is now at the head of the Erdenheim Stud, 

 owned by Commodore N. W. Kittson, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania. Alarm is a bright 

 bay horse, stands 15 hands 3i inches with his shoes, has a small star, with white on his 

 right hind leg above the pastern, white on the left fore leg nearly to pastern, and a 

 little white around the coronet of his right fore foot. He has a neat, expressive head ; 

 great breadth between the eyes ; good width of jaw ; good, strong, well-set neck ; 

 broad oblique shoulders ; good depth of girth ; large, good barrel ; strong, muscular 

 back ; broad, strong hips, with great sweep in his hind quarters ; good hocks, with, 

 sound legs and feet. 



Stockwell, the sire of Maud the dam of Alarm, was the emperor of stallions. He 

 sired St. Albans, winner of the St. Leger in 1860 ; Caller Ou, winner of St. Leger, 

 1861 ; The Marquis, winner of 3,000 gniineas and St. Leger in 1863 ; Blair Athol, win- 

 ner of both Derby and St. Leger in 1864 ; Lord Lyon, winner of 3,000 guineas, Derby 

 and St. Leger in 1866 ; Regalia, winner of the Oaks in I860 ; Achievement, winner of 

 the Thousand Guineas, Doncaster Cup and St. Leger in 1867 ; Doncaster, winner of 

 Derby in 1878 ; Gang Forward, winner of the 3,000 guineas in 1873, etc., etc. Lan- 

 ercost, the sire of his grandam was a superior race-horse, was third in the St. Leger, 

 won Cambridgeshire Stakes in 1839, and Ascot Gold Cup in 1841. He was a remark- 

 able weight-carrier and stayer over a distance of ground. He was handicapped o give 

 the celebrated Alice Hawthorn, when 4 years old, 51 lbs. He was sire of Van Tromp, 

 winner of the St. Leger, in 1847, and Goodwood Cup in 1848 ; War Eagle, winner of 

 Doncaster Cup in 1847 ; Catharine Hayes, winner of the Oaks in 1853 ; Ellerdale, 

 dam of Ellington, winner of the Derby in 1856, etc., etc. The pedigree is full of stout 

 and speedy crosses ; Eclipse, in addition to Alarm, aired Remorseless, Regardless, 

 Nemesis, etc. His stock were all speedy. 



Alarm sired Danger, winner of the Vestal Stakes at Baltimore, 110 lbs., one mile, in 

 1 :43^, the Fordham Handicap, IJ miles, in 3: 15f , 98 lbs. Himyar, one of the best race 

 horses ever saddled, winner of three out of five of his two-year old stakes, three-quar- 

 ters of a mile in 1:16J-, and a mile in 1:44^ with 95 lbs. Himyar won three out of 

 five starts as a three-year old. The Belle Meade Stakes at Nashville, 1^ miles, in 2:43; 

 the Phoenix Hotel Stakes at Lexington, Ky. , If miles, track very muddy, and the 

 January Stakes at St. Louis, mile heats, ia'l:42i, l:43i, 105 lbs. As four-year old 

 won fo.ir consecutive races, one mile and furlong in 1:56, and two miles In 3:85. He 

 won mile heats at five years old, 115 lbs., in 1:43^, 1:44J, the Merchants and Turf 

 Stakes at Louisville, each 1^ miles, in 1 :55}, 1 :57i, and club purse, same distance, in 



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