The SbrseSreeders' Guide and Hand Boole. 



ARISTIDES, 



(WINNER OF THE KENTUCKY DERBY AT LOUISVILLE, THE WITHERS 

 AND JEROME STAKES AT JEROME PARK, AND BRECKENRID6E 

 STAKES AT BALTIMORE, ALL IN 1875,) 



Will stand the season of 1883 at the Stud farm of Albert SanJcins, near 



Hebron, Indiana, at $50 the season. Apply to A. Hanlcins, Hebron, 



Indiana. 



Akistides, by imp. Leamington, was bred by the late H. P. McGratli, of McGrath- 

 iana Stud, near Lexington, Ky., foaled spring of 1872, liis dam. Sarong, is by Lex- 

 ington, out of the Greek Slave, by Imp. Glencoe. Aristides commenced liis turf career 

 at Lexington, Ky., by running second to Leona in a sweepstake for two-year olds, half 

 a mile, iu49i6ec. ; was unplaced in Juvenile Stakes, half a mile, at Jerome Park; 

 won by Meco in 504 ; at Monmouth Pavk was unplaced in the Hopeful Stakes, half a 

 mile ; won by Caroline in 51 sec. ; was second to Sweetlips in the Thespian Stakes, 

 same place, three-quarters of a mile in 1 :18. At Saratoga was unplaced in the Saratoga 

 Stakes, three-quarters of a mile, won by Willie Burk, in 1 :23f ; track heavy. Same 

 place won a handicap purse, one mile, with 96 lbs., in 1:46J, defeating a field of five. 

 Jerome Park, fall meeting, ran second to James A. for club purse, three-quarters of a 

 mile, in 1 181, four others behind him. Baltimore, Md., won club purse for two 

 year olds, one mile, in 1 -441, carrying 100 lbs., the best race made by a two-year old to 

 that date. As a three-year old he started nine times, iind won four races. Was un- 

 placed in Phosnix Hotel Stakes, one mile and a furlong, won by Ten Broeck in 3:llf, 

 track very muddy. Louisville, Ky , won the Kentucky Derby, \\ miles, 100 

 lbs. on each, in 3;37J ; in this race he beat Volcano, Verdigris, Bob WooUey, Ten 

 Broeck, and ten others, including Searcher, Bill Bruce and McCreery. Jerome Park, 

 won the Witbers Stake, onemile, 110 lbs., in l:45f, beating Rhadamanthus, Ozark, and 

 ten others. Same place, ran second to his stable companion, Calvin, which McGrath 

 had backed heavy, in the Belmont Stake, 1^ miles, in 3;42J, Milner, Ozark, 

 Tom Ochiltree, and nine others behind him. Monmouth Park, ran second to 

 Ozark in the Ocean Hotel Stake, If miles, in 3:10J. Saratoga, was third to 

 D'Artagnan and Milner in the Travers Stake, 1| miles, 8:06j, each carrying 

 110 lbs., the fastest race run with the weights to that date. Jerome Park, Fall 

 . Meeting, won the Jerome Stakes, 2 miles, in 3;43, beating Calvin, Joe Cerns, and 

 five others. Ba'timore, was unplaced in the Dixie Stakes, 2 miles, won by Tom 

 Ochiltree in 3:42|, with Viator second, weights 110 lbs. Same place, won the Breck- 

 enridge Stakes, 3 miles, in 3:36^. Viator second, Ochiltree third, he carrying 115 lbs. 

 to 110 lbs. on the others. As a four-year old started in and won two races, both run 

 at Lexington, Ky. Won a sweepstake for four- year olds, 2 miles and a furlong, in 

 3;45i, beating Ten Broeck, each 104 lbs. This was the fastest race ever run at the 

 distance, and so remained until beaten by Monitor at Baltimore, October 20th, 1880, then 

 four years old, with 110 lbs. , ran the distance in 3 :44-J. Won club purse, 2^ miles, 104 

 lbs., in 4;37J, the fastest race ever run at the distance, beating Bazar, Elemi and War 

 Jig. He ran only one olher race, 1^^ miles, won by Ten Broeck in 2:48J, in 

 which he was unplaced, having bad legs from splints. Henlopen is the only one of 

 his get yet started in public. She won the Clabaugh Memorial Stakes, half a mile, in 

 51 seconds, at Baltimore, and the Juvenile Stakes, lialf a mile, in 50 seconds, at Jerome 

 Park, defeating large fields in Ijoth races. $15,000 was offered and refused for her 

 after tliis race. Arisiides is a red chestnut, 15J hands high, a large star and both hind 

 feet while ; he is a very finely-shaped horse, with plenty of bone and substance. He 

 is one of the Leamington's, having a deep infusion of Archy and Diomed blood, with 

 the Waxy blood through Whalebone and Web, he must be a success, as a stallion. 



