36 The Horse- Hreederti' (ruide and Hand Book. 



ELIAS LAWRENCE, 



(WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S LINE STAKES AND BADEN BADEN 

 HANDICAP AT SARATOGA, 1880,) 



Will stand the season of 1883 at the Kofhaikia Stud Farm of il/e•^•.s■r.'.■. 

 McCulloughs and Savage near Urhana, III. ApplUxition to J. S. 

 Mc CidloiKjh, Urbana, III. 



Elias Lawrenck (first called BLlozi then Bilsteia) by imp. Billet, son of Voltigeur, 

 bred by Samuel Powers, Decatur, III, foaled 1877, dam Sprightly, dam of Volturno 

 by Lexington, son of Boston out of Lightsome by imp. Glencoe. See Billet in this 

 book. Sprightly, bis dam, was never trained, and her first thoroughbred foal was Vol- 

 turno one of the best race horses ever on the turf. Lexinglon, her sire, is referred to 

 in this book. Lightsome, the grandam was the dam of Nevada, dam of Luke Black- 

 burn, Salina and Crucifix all by Lexington, and first-class mares and dams of win- 

 ners. Elias Lawrence ran two races at two years old, was third to Luke Black- 

 burn, and Quito in Ocean Stakes, f of a mile, at Long Branch, in 1:18J^, witli three 

 others behind him, was unplaced in his other race. At tliree years old started 18 

 times, won six races, was second in six, third in three, and unplaced in three. Sara- 

 toga, ran second to Perncliff, in Sequel Stakes, If miles, in 3;09f, beating Dawn and 

 Clarendon, won club purse, one mile and a furlong, for three-year olds, in 2:01i, beat- 

 ing Turfman and four others, won People's Lino Stakes, a handicap tor all ages, 89 

 lbs,, two miles, in 3:37^-, beating Jericho (4), 98 lbs. ; Cammie F. (.5), 98 lbs., and three 

 others ; won club purse, one mile and five furlongs, in 2:55, carrying 99 lbs., beating 

 Gabriel (4), 110 lbs., and two others ; won handicap purse, 100 lbs., one mile and five 

 furlongs in 3:08, beating Checkmate (5), 121 lbs.. Oriole (6), 113 lbs., and two others : 

 won Baden Baden Handicap, for all ages, three miles, in 5:38^, carrying 98 lbs , beat- 

 ing Irish King (4), 108 lbs., and five others ; this is the fastest three miles ever run by 

 a three-year-old. He was second to Luke Blackburn in Long Island St. Lcger; second 

 to Oden in a dash of IJ miles, in 2:15, with two others behind him ; second to Ferida, 

 ■2 mile heats, in 3:39J, 3:42i, beating Clj'de Hampton ; all run at Gravesend. Brigh- 

 ton Beach, was second to Bye-and-Bye in Autumn Stakes, If miles, in 3:15, beating 

 Buster. Jerome Park, won club purse, mile heats, in 1:47, 1:4S, 1 :.50^, beating Ingo- 

 mar, wlio won first heat, Bowstring and Harold. He closed his season by a defeat at 

 the hands of Monitor in Jerome Park Cup, three miles, in 5:52. 



At four years old started nine limes, won one race, was second in tw o, third in two, un 

 placed in the others. Baltimore ran third to Grenada, and Oden in the Peyton Handi- 

 cap, mile heats, in l:43i, 1:43}, 1 :47J, Oden won second heat, ran second to Monitor in 

 in Baltimore Cup,2| miles, in 4 :02, beating Grenada. Sheep.shead Bay, won the Handicap 

 Sweepstake heats of 1 J miles in 2:11, 2:lli, 2:30, beating One Dime, who won first heat, 

 Ferida and Oden. Ran second to Qlenmore in the Great Long Island Stakes, four mile 

 heats, in 8:18, 7:40, Lawrence won the first heat, but pulling up lame in the second 

 was withdrawn, being by Billet with Blacklock Waxy, and Touchstone blood on the 

 side of his sire with the Archy, and Diomed blood through Lexington and Boston, 

 and out of the family which produced Ruric, Vandal, Lexington, and a host of other 

 good ones, with size, substance, power and conformation he should get racehorses. 

 In color Lawrence is a dark bay, 16ir hands high, with two white pasterns behind, 

 measures 73 inches around the girth, and weighs 1,100 lbs. 



