118 The Horse- Breeders' Guide and Hand Booh. 



MORTEMER (Imp.) 



Morteiiier is located at the head of the Rancocas Stud, 'near Jobstownf 

 Burlington Co., ]SF. J., owned by Mr. P. Lorillard, and is exclusively 

 for private use. 



MoRTEMER, by Compiegne, son of Pitz Gladiator, bred in France, foaled 1865, dam 

 Comtesse by The Baron or Nuncio, son of Plenipotentiary, winner of the Derby, out 

 of Busebia by Emilius, winner of the Derby. Mortemer was a very superior 

 rMce-horse, winner of many important events on the Continent and in Eng- 

 land, lu 1867, as a two-year-old, he started eight times, won two races, viz., Prix 

 Jacques Coeur, half a mile, at Bourses, beating a good field ; the Omnium, nearly a 

 mile, with 123 lbs. , defeating a good field ; ran second to Nuage for the Prix de Morny, 

 three-quarters of a mile ; ran second to Meteore for the Grand Prix de la Societc des 

 Courses, one mile ; ran second to Cesar in the Criterium, one mile, at Bordeaux ; was 

 unplaced in the other three races. He was unplaced in his only race in England that 

 year. In 1868, when three years old, he ran eight times on the Continent, winning 

 four races, viz., the Prix de la Seine, \\ miles; the Eleventh Biennial Stakes, IJ miles, 

 and the Prix des Acacias, 1^ miles, all at Paris; won Prix Principal, one mile and 7 

 furlongs, at iloulins; ran second to Le Petit Caporal in Prix de Lutere, one mile and 3 

 furlongs; was second to Sedan in the Great St. Leger de France, one mile and 7 fur- 

 longs; was second in the Grand St. Leger International, one mile and 7 furlongs, and 

 third in Prix du Volga, about one mile, at Baden-Baden. Same year ran four times in 

 England. Was third in the Ninth Biennial Stakes at Stockbridge, 1^ miles, won by 

 See-Saw ; was second to Athena in the Grand Duke Michael Stakes, one mile one quarter 

 and 73 yards, at Newmarket First October Meeting, and was unplaced in two others- 

 In 1869, when four years old, ran eighteen times on the Continent, winning nine races, 

 including the Prix de la Seine, IJ miles, 134 lbs. ; the Eleventh Biennial Stakes, two 

 miles, 132 lbs. ; Prix du Printemps, If miles, 132 lbs. ; Prix de Satory, 

 2i miles, 143 lbs.; Prix de la Porte-Maillot, one mile; Prix de L'Em- 

 pereur, one mile and a furlong, 153 lbs.; the Coupe de Deauville, 1^ 

 miles, 121 lbs. ; Prix de Bois Roussel, 2^ miles, 121 lbs., and the Grand Prix de la Ville, 

 two miles, 134 lbs. He ran second to really good horses in seven and third in one race 

 and was unplaced in one. In 1870, then five years old, ran six times on the Continent; 

 won five races, including Prix de la Seine, 1^ miles, 145 lbs. ; The Cup un obiet d'Art, 

 about two miles, 144 lbs. ; Prix la Moscowa, 2i miles, 189 Ihs. ; Prix de L'Empereur, 

 two miles, 133 lbs. ; and the Prix des Pavilions, two miles, 151 lbs. — in this race he beat 

 Dutch Skater, then four years old, 128 lbs. and others. Ran one race iii England; won 

 Stockbridge Cup. In 1871, six years old, ran four races in England; won Sweepstake 

 at Newmarket First Spring Meeting, three-quarters of a mile. Ran second to Glenlivat 

 in Tradesman's Plate, 3J miles, at Chester, beating a large field; won the Gold Cup at 

 Ascot, %\ miles, 131 lbs. ; ran third to Shannon and Favonius in the Goodwood Cup at 

 Goodwood, beating Dutch Skater and others. 



An analysis of his pedigree will show that Mortemer is finely bred, and traces to some 

 of the best race and hardest bottomed horses in England, being inbred to such famous 

 horses as Whalebone, Orville. Sir Peter Teazle, Eclipse and Highflyer. Emilius, the 

 sire of his grandam Eusebia, not only won the Derby in 1838, but sired Plenipoten- 

 tiary and Priam, both Derby winners, and a host of other good ones ; in his collateral 

 branches he traces through a host of Derby and St. Leger winners, to the family of 

 Diomed, the winner of the first Derby ever run. Derby winners in pedigree — Diomed; 

 1780; Sir Peter Teazle, 1787; Waxy, 1798; Whalebone, 1810; Whisker, 1815; Moses, 

 1822; Emilius, 1833; Plenitopentiary, 1834; St. Leger winners — Beningbrough, 

 1794; Hambletonian, 1795; Filho-da-Puta, 1815; Reveler, 1818. 



He is the sire of Augusta, Clementine, Champion, Doucereuse, Hallate, La Buzar- 

 diere, Oeillet, Pagnotte, Visite, Miss Rovel, Arobassade, St. Christophe, Vernueil, 

 Reveur, Boyanmont, Chantilly, Isaure, Chamant — the latter winner of the 2,000 

 guineas in 1877. St. Christophe won the grand Prix de Paris, 1877, and other races- 

 Vernueil was winner both in England and on the Continent; he won the Gold Vase,, 

 Gold Cup and the Alexandra Plate at Ascot in 1878. The only time it was ever done 

 by one and the same horse. Clementine won ten races in 1880 and '81, many of them 

 importants events with top weights. The others mentioned were all winners on the 

 Continent. 



Mortemer is a large, fine chestnut horse, standing 16-J- hands, with a large star and 

 short white stripe in his face, and one white hind foot to the ankle. His head is plain, 

 but well shaped and bony, with good ears, and wide, capacious throttle; his neck 

 strong, deep, and broad, running into well placed, oblique shoulders, with ample muscle 

 to work the same; great depth of chest, good, strong, short, muscular back, with broad 

 and strong, hips, and great length from the point of hip to whirlbone, thence to stifle 

 and hocks, which are clean cut and well shaped. His legs and feet are good and sound, 

 except the foot which was injured during his turf career. His temper is of the best. 

 The colts by him in America now only yearlings are very fine and promising. 



