40 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



ENQUIRER— Continued. 



the injury to his ankle, which caused his retirement from the turf. Enquirer 

 traces through several crosses of Sir Archy to the great imp. Diomed, winner of 

 the first English Derby, and a horse in which the best stock of America can be 

 traced through uncontaminated sources. Tliere is no better line through which to 

 perpetuate and retain this blood, with the Whalebone and Pantaloon blood in- 

 herited through his sire. He is lOJ hands high girth 73 in,, length of shoulder 

 29|- in., circumference of arm 32 in., around the leg below the knee 9 in., from 

 point of shoulder to turn of the buttocks 69 in., from point of Jiip to point of hock 

 3Si in., around the gaskins 18 in., and weighs 1,200 lbs. 



EOLUS, 



^■WINNER OF THE CITY HOTEL STAKES AT BALTIMORE, AND OTHER 



GOOD RACES,) 



Will stand the season of 18S?t at the JSllerslie Stud near Charlotisville^ 



Alberniarle County, Ya., ut -5100 the season. A2)plicatioii, to R. J. 



Hancock, proprietor, Overton, P. O., Ya. Yearlings-will be sold an- 



nnally. 



EoLus, by imp. Leamington, son of Faugh-a Ballagh, bred by Major Thomas W. 

 Doswell, Bulltield Stud, Hanover .Junction, Va., foaled 1868, dam Fanny "Washing- 

 ton, dam of Rappahannock, etc, by Revenue, sou of imp. Trustee, out of Sarah Wash- 

 ington the dam of Oratrix. Inspector, etc., by Garrison's Zinganee, son of Sir Archy. 

 Leamington, his sire, can be found in this book. Fanny Washington, his dam, was 

 one of the best mares of her day ; was winuer at all distances, 2 mile heats in 3;47J,, 

 ;1;40-J-, 3 mile heats in 5:48, 5:44J, defeating Tar River, and in 5:43J, .'):33f, she won 

 4 mile heats in 7:37, 8:02, defeating La Variete, Endorser and others, and beat 

 the best ones on all the tracks ; her full sister, Sue Wa-hington, wasal.'^o noted as win- 

 ner at all distances. Revenue, her sire, won at all distances, and was the sire of the 

 great Planet, Exchequer and other good race-horses. Sarah Washington, his gran- 

 dam, was one of the best mares of her day, winner at all distances ; 3 mile heats 

 in 5:42, 5:39i, and beat the famous Lady Clifden 4 mde heats. She produced In- 

 spector, one of the best race-horses of his day, and Oratrix that beat the noted Bostona. 

 Eolus did not start as a two-year old, but won three out of the six races in which he 

 started as a thiee-year old, a club purse, 2 miles, at Saratoga, in 8:;-]8i ; a purse. If 

 miles, in 3:14^, beiiting such horses as Tubman, Frogtown and others, and the City 

 Hotel Stakes at Baltimore, li miles, in the mud, in 2:55 He did not start as a four- 

 year-old, and only won three races at five years old ; 1+ miles at Baltimore, in 2:43| ; 

 If mile.s at Saratoga, in 3:15, and one of 1^ miles in 2;02i. He was clo;e up in seveial 

 races in firsl-class company. When six years old he ran three races, won two, one of 

 24 miles at Baltimore, in 4:39, and one of two mile heats, in 3:40, 8:39}, 3:36f, Mart 

 Jordan winning the second heat. This third heat is the fastest and be.^t third heat 

 ever run, and stamped him as a race-hoTse of the first water, possessing both speed and 

 stamina. He had but one representative on the turf in 1881, Eole, and although much 

 out of condition during the year, he ran creditably in all his races and won some of 

 great merit, notably his If miles in 3:07^, one mile and five furlongs in 2:49f, one mile 

 and a fuilong. with 116 lbs., in l:58f, one mile and three furlongs in 3:24, 1^ miles in 

 2:11-J, 1-} miles In 2:391-. In 1883, Eole, although .saddled with the top weights, won 

 the great Metropolitan Stakes at Jerome Park, 1^ miles, in 3 '41, defeating General 

 Monroe, Monitor, Parole, etc., and the Jockey Club Handicap, 2 miles, in 3:381, car- 

 rying 133 lbs. to Monitor's 133, lie be'ng second. In the Coney Island Cup he forced 

 Hindoo to run the first 3 miles in 3:29f,"and the 2j- mile.^ in 3: 58, the fastest race at 

 the di.'tance during the year. Eole won the Monmouth Cup, 2| miles, in 4:07f, beat- 

 ing Girofle and Monitor. He won theC hampion Stakes, the Morrissey Stakes at Sara 

 toga, and the Autumn Cup at Coney Island, 3 miles, in 5:26J-, in which he defeated 

 Lida Stanhope, Thora, Glenmore and four others. In this race he carried 120 lbs, and 

 conceded all lumps of weight. When beaten ho was out of condition or over loaded 

 by the handicappers. Eolist is the only other colt by him which has been trained. 

 Eolus is a dark bay horse, with star in his forehead and two white hind heels, full 15f 

 hands, and weighs 1,100 lbs. He is a large, fine horse, of great substance and power, 

 and in addition to his Waxy blood throuiih 'Whalebone and Whisker, he has four dis- 

 tinct crosses of Sir Archy on his dam's side, and traces to Eclipse and Herod through 

 his collateral branches. The stock all possess symmetry, constintion and staying 

 powers. He should command the patronage of the public. 



