38 The Horse-Breeders' Guide and Hand Hook. 



ENQUIRER, 



(WINNER Oi^ THE PHOENIX HOTEL AND CITIZEN STAKES AT LEXING- 

 TON ; CONTINENTAL HOTEL AND ROBINS STAKES AT LONG 

 BRANCH, AND THE KENNER STAKES AT SARATOGA ALL IN 1870,) 



Will ■•<fand for 7niires the Season of 188S, at the jBelle Meade Stud, Gen. 

 W. G. Hardhu/, Proprietor, near Nashville, Tenn. Season full Oc- 

 tober 1st, 1881. Applicatioti to Gtn. W. H. Jackson, loch box 383, 

 Kash.rillc, Tiinn. Yearling soles anmudUj about May 1st. 



Enqutkbk, by imp Leamington, son of Paugh-a-Ballasli, bred by H. F. Vissman, 

 Louisville, Kentucky ; dam Lida, by Lexington, son of Boston, 3d dam Lize, by 

 Am. Eclip«e, out of Gabriella, dam of George Martin, by Garrison's Zinganee, son of 

 Sir Arciiy. As a raee-horge Enqoirer ranks as the best son of Leamington both as 

 race-horse and sire : he started three times as a twf;-yi ar-old in 1869 ; was unplaced in 

 sweepstake at Cinci.-.nati (one mile) won by Plamburg, in 1 :45 ; ran unplaced in Wil- 

 lard Hotel Stakes at Louisville (one mile) in 1 ;48, won by his stable companion, 

 Lynchburg. Won George Elliot Stake for two-year olds at Memphis (one mile), 

 beating Hamburg, Lynchburg, Mundane, and Kildare, in 1 :48. In 1870, when three 

 years old, ran six races and won them aU. Lexington won the Phcenix Hotel Stakes 

 (mile heats) in l:44f, 1:44J, beating Oatina and distancing Longfellow iu the second 

 heat ; same place won Citizens' Stake (two-mile heats) in 3:3.5f, 8:44^, beating Lytlle- 

 ton ; the first mile in the first heat was run iu 1:43^. Cincinnati won sweepstake for 

 three-year olds (two-mile heats) in S^WJ, 3:39A, beating Conductor and Rest'ess. Long 

 Branch won tlie Continental Hotel Stakes (mile heats) in 1 :47. 1:49, l:01f, beating 

 Lynchburg (wlio won the first heat and broke his shoulder at the start of the second), 

 Maggie B. B., dam of Iroquois, Haric, Susan Ann. dam of Thora, &c. Same place 

 won the Bobbins' Stake (two mile heats), beating Kingfisher, who won the fii'St heat, 

 and the Major, in 3:56^, 3:54, 4:00 ; track muddy. Saratoga won the Kenner Stakes 

 (two miles), in 3 :48i, beating Hamburg, Telegram and Remorseless; value $10,250, 

 llie most valuable Kenner ever run. Value of winnings at three years old, $20,800 ; 

 his leg gave way in his four-year old form, and he was put into the stud, but trained 

 again at seven years old, when he started in one race (two miles) but was unplaced. 

 The family from which lie descends is a good racing one. Ilis dam, Lida, and gran- 

 dam, Lize, were not trained. Eclipse, the sire of his grandam, was the race-horse of 

 his day ; lie bent all the best horses of his time, and won the great sectional match, 

 the North against the South, run over the Union Course, L. I., May 27, 1833, for 

 $30,000 a side, Eclipse beating Hemy, who won the first heat, in7:37i, 7:49, 8:34. 

 Gabrielle, his great grandam, was by the renowned Sir Arch}' ; was a fine race-mure, 

 and dam of the noted Geo. Martin, which beat Reel and Hannah Harris (four-mile 

 heats) in 7;33, 7:43. Enquirer has not had a fair chance in the stud ; he was virtually 

 retired for several years, tliere being five living foals reported by him in 1878, four in 

 1879, and three in 1880. Yet he has always held a higli position as a winning sire. 

 Amongst the best of his get, all winners, are Leander (Searcher), mile in l:41f ; 

 McWhirter, 3 miles, 3:30| ; the fastest race was run by a, three-year old, Lizzie 

 Whipps (two mile heats), in ;i:36^, 3:39 ; Harkaway (mile heats) in 1:43, 1 :43J (two 

 mile heats), in S:39, 3 30] ; Solicitor, two miles in 3:34.1 ; Bill Bruce, three-quarters of 

 mile in 1:15*, mile heats 1 :43f, 1:44, 3 miles in 3:3(3i ; McHenry, Blue Eyes, 3i 

 miles in 1 :55J, and 3J- miles in 3:581; Goodnight, seven-eighth of mile in 1 :38|, 

 mile l:43i, andl^miles, 130 lbs., in 1:55^ ; Getaway, IJ miles in 3:07f, fastest on 

 record 2-mlle heats in 3:36-]-, 3:35J; Falsetto, li miles in 2:08|, 2 miles in 3:354 with 

 118 lbs. : Pinafore, one mile live hundred yards in 3:11. Other reputable winners in 

 good time are Fortuna, Asrot, Enlight, Mannie Giey, Yelton, Clandebo}^ Fairy 

 Queen, Lizzie D, Enterprise, Miss Ella, Enquiress, Caligula, Clarissima, Ed. Turner, 

 Carrie M, Bailey (now Revenge), Response, Bosque Belle, Gen. Jat kson, Rambeau, 

 Mascotte._ He had but four or five representatives on the turf in 1883, and they 

 won a fair share of the races in about the fastest time. Enquirer is a dark bay 

 with an irregular-shaped star in his forehead and a narrow streak of grey hair 

 running down his face and left hind leg, white above the pastern and three white 

 splotches in left flank. He has a neat head and ear, good width of jaw, well-set 

 neck, running into an oblique, strong, broad shoulder ; good depth of girth, well- 

 shaped, round barrel, though rather light near the standing ribs ; good, strong 

 hips, though inclined to he angular ; good length from point of hip to whirlbone, 

 and thence to stifie ; good hocks, good sound legs and feet, with the exception of 



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