166 The Horse-Breeders' Guide and Hand Book. 



VIRGIL, 



(WINNER OF THE SEQUEL STAKES, TWO MILES, AT PATERSON, N. J , 



IN 1867,) 



Will stand the season of 1 883 at the Elmendorf Stud, Fayette County,. 

 Ky., at the season. Application to D. Swigert, Muir's P. O. 



Ky. Annual sales of yearlings in May. 



ViKQiL by Vandal, son of Glencoe, bred by Hymen 0. Gratz, Woodford County, 

 Kentucky, was foaled spring of 1864, dam Hymenia, dam of Ansel, MoUie Wood, 

 etc., by Imp. Yorkshire, son of St. Nicliolas by Emilius. Virgil was a good race- 

 horse, he won at Paterson, N. J., in 1867, mile heats, in l:51i. 1:51, beating Dot^ 

 Mittie and Metarie, track heavy ; Jerome Park, won mile heats, in 1:48, 1:50^,' 1:49, 

 Beating Morrissey, No. 3, and others ; at Saratoga, won three-quarters of a mile in 

 1 :18^, beating Annie Workman, Luthet and others ; was second to Ruthless in Sequel 

 Stakes, 3 miles, in 3:37^; at Paterson Fall Meeting, won mile dash, beating the- 

 noted James A. Connolly, Redwing, etc., in 1:481 ; same place, won Sequel Stakes,. 

 3 miles, in 3:48f, beating Morrissey. After the death ot Mr. R. A. Alexander, in 

 1867, he passed into the hands of Mr. Swigert, and ran a few races ; was then sold and 

 put at work over timber. In 1871, won 1^ miles, over six hurdles, in 3:48J, 

 and two mile heats, over eight hurdles, in 4:08, 3:58 ; ran a dead heat in one with 

 Blind Tom ; was second in two others, and third in one ; in 1873, ran second in one 

 race. Vandal, the sire of Virgil, was the best son of Glencoe, not only as a race-horse^ 

 but as a sire ; his turf career was short but brilliant ; he won three mile heats. In 5: 36, 

 5:33. Imp. Yorkshire, the sire of his dam, was a very successful stallion, being the 

 sire of Zampa, Magic, Modonna, Princeton, Wagram, Waterloo, Lodi and a host of 

 others. Virgil's first foals came out iu 1875 ; as two year olds, he had only nine living ; 

 Vagrant won nearly all the two-year old stakes at Lexington and Louisville, and the 

 following year, won the Phcenix Hotel Stake at Lexington, 1^ miles, in 1 : 561 ; 

 the Kentucky Derby at Louisville, li miles, in 3:38J, beating Creedmore, Parole 

 and others ; he also won the Grand Exposition Stakes at Philadelphia, 1^- miles, 

 in 2:43^. Vigil, another son, in 1876, then tbree years old, wou the Summer 

 Handicap at Saratoga, If miles, in 3:07J; the Grand National Handicap at 

 Jerome Park, 2J miles, in 4:11 ; won Dixie Stakes at Baltimore, 2 miles, in 

 3:41^, beating Parole, Hevetog and Algerine, track heavy, and taking up a 

 penalty of five pounds ; won the Breckenridge Stakes, 3 miles, in 3:37J, beating 

 Parole and Virginius, he also won other good races. Vera Cruz, another of the 

 same year, was a first-class horse, won the Sweepstake for all-ages at Saratoga, 

 1877, IJ miles, defeating Ochiltree and Parole ; won the Breckenridge Stake at 

 Baltimore same year, 2 miles, in 3:40i, and the Kentucky St. Leger, 3 miles,, 

 at Louisville, in 3 : 35 ; other good ones b}' him are Virginius, Virgilian, 

 Vermont, Fairplay, Blossom, Santa Anita, Valparaiso, Pride, Virginia, Valleria, 

 Vinita, Frank McLaughling, Vici, Joe Rodes, Memento, Vanguard, IJberto, Carley 

 B, a winner of the Travers Stakes, 1882 ; the RelieL Stakes, and a mile and a furlong- 

 in 1:55. Anglia, Clarence, Cliquot, Mistral, Mamie O, Harry Hill, a real good horse. 

 Nana, Little Katie, Kite, and last, though not lenst, Hindoo, the best horse which has 

 appeared in this country for more than twenty years, for his brilliant performances. 

 I must refer you to his card in this book, Virgil is a dark brown, standing full 16 

 hands, with a bright star in his forehead. He has quite a neat head and ear; fine, 

 good neck ; well placed, oblique shoulders ; good depth of girth ; well-shaped body, 

 ribbed home to broad, strong hips, with good sweep in his quarters. He was roughly 

 used toward the end of his racing career, and, in consequence, his legs show the 

 effects of his knocks over the timber. He is yet vigorous and in fine health, and was- 

 at the head of the list of winning sires in 1881, and bids fair to earn greater laurels as 

 a sire. He has crosses of Diomed and American Eclipse, and is very much inbred to 

 the famous English Eclipse on both sides, and to the Godolphin Barb. 



