168 The Horse- Breeders'' Guide and Hand Booh. 



VIRGILIAN 



Will stand the season of 1883, at the BoUngbrooke Stud, near Middleburg, 

 Md.. at $26 for the season. Application to R. W. Walden, Middle- 

 hurg, 3Id. 



ViRGiLiAN, by Virgil, son of Vandal, bred by Mr. M. H. Sanlord, foaled, 1874, dam 

 La Henderson, dam of Feriria, by Lexington, out of Kitty Clark, dam of Maiden by 

 Glencoe. Virgiliau, at three years old, started eight times. Galveston, Texas, was 

 second in the Gulf Cily Stakes for three-year-olds, IJ miles, won by Ella Rowett, in 

 2:43|. Houston, Texas, was second in a race of mile heats, won by Belle Barclay, in 

 l;46t, 1:46J, 1:51. Virgilian won the first heat. Won race of mile heats inl;53, 

 1 :53. Austin, Texas, was second in a race of mile heats, won by Ella Rowett, in 1 :51J, 

 1:54. Was second in a dash of IJ miles, won by Ella Rowett, in 2.13j. Was second 

 in a race of mile heats for beaten horses, won by Belle Barkley, in 1:45, 1:44J, 1:48J., 

 Virgilian won the first heat. Galveston, Texas, was second in a dash of li miles, won 

 by Jjlla Rowett, in 3.18|- ; was second in a race of mile heats, won by Ella Rowett 

 in 1 :51|, 1 ;o4. At (4) started three times. At New Orleans, was third in a dash of 1|- 

 miles, won by Conrad in 1 :56.J^. Cincinnati, was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won 

 Tolono in 1:47-^, 1-47^. Won a dash of one mile in 1:44^. Was second in a race of 

 mile heats, three in five, won by Shortline in 1:47}, 1:46, 1:47. At (5) started in 33 

 races. At Savannah, Ga., was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, won by 

 Egypt in 1:595-; unplaced in a dash of one mile, won by Essillah, in 1:47. Charleston, 

 was third in a race of mile heats won by Essillah in 1:45|-, 1:47. New Orleans, was 

 second in mile heats, three in five, won by Verdigris in l:57f, l:58i, 2:05i-, track 

 muddy ; was second in a dash of 1|- miles, won by Kingsland, in 2:17 ; won handicap 

 mile heats in 1:46, 1:46|-, 1:481. Blue Gown won the first heat. Won a dash of one 

 mile in 1:46J. Louisville, Ky., was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by King 

 Faro, in 1:44, 1:42J, 1:45 ; was second in a selling race, one mile and a furlong, won 

 by Egypt in 1 :57J; was third in a selling race, one mile and a furlong, won by Egypt 

 in l-50f ; was third in a dash of one mile, won by Bill Bass in 1:44J. Cincinnati, 

 Ohio, was unplaced in adash of one mile, won by Claudia in 2:17J; won race of mile 

 heats, three in five, in 1:451, 1 :45i, 1 :46i-. Chicago, was second in a dash of 1 J miles, 

 won by Mintzer in 2:16|- ; unplaced in a race of mile heats, three in five, won by Janet 

 inl:48f, 1:40, l:54f, 1:59, Detroit, Mich., won race of mile heats in l:45f, 1:44|; 

 was .second in a mile dash, won by Glenmore, in 1:42|. Sheepshead Bay, was third in 

 a race of heats of three-quarters of a mile, won by Janet Murray, in 1:19, 1:19|^; was 

 second in a dash of IJ miles, won by Shy lock in 2:18 ; won race of heats of three- 

 quarters of a mile, in 1:33-J^, 1 :23 ; was second in a race of mile heats, won by Baton 

 Rouge in l:46i, l:46i ; wo"n a race of three-quarters of a mile heats, in 1:20J, 1:21^, 

 1 :33J. Monmouth Park, unplaced in a dash of IJ miles, won by Invermoor, in 2:15; 

 was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, gentlemen riders, won by Erastus 

 Corning (aged), with 145 lbs., in 3:18J. Virgilian carried 160 lbs. ; Was second in a 

 Handicap sweepstakes, IJ miles, won by Checkmate in 2:13f Prospect Park, was 

 third in a Handicap sweepstakes heats of one mile and.a furlong, won by Glenmore in 

 1 :58|, 3:00, 3:02f, Chiquita won the first heat and Virgilian was ruled out in the third; 

 was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by Edwin A, in 1 :45, 1 :44t, 1 :47 ; was un- 

 placed in a dash of one mile, won by Egypt in 1:45 ; was unplaced in a race of mile 

 heals, won by MoUie McGinley, in 1:44, 1:45, l;46i, 1:49J-, 1 :51, Virgilian won the first 

 heat; was unplaced in a race of mile heats, won by Warfield in 1:44J, 1:45. Baltimore, 

 was unplaced in a dash of IJ miles, won by Juanita, in 3;19J-. Washington^ 

 D. C, was second in a dash of one mile and a furlong, won by Serge in 3:05; 

 was third in a dash of 2 miles, over eight hurdles, won by Lizzie D in 3:.)7. Vir- 

 gilian is descended from a racing family ; he is by Virgil, sire of the great Hindoo, 

 iind his dam is dam of Perida, and his grandam the grandam of the popular favorite'. 

 Parole. Many other distinguished race-horses have descended from the family. In 

 addition to a double cross of Glencoe, he is much inbred to Sir Archy and Diomed, 

 and traces through the imported Cub Maro to the Layton Barb. Mare. Virgilian is a 

 blood b y with black points, stands full 15f hands high, with great substance and 

 power and an excellent temper. 



