174 The Horse-Breeders^ Q-uicle and Sand Book. 



WHISPER, 



(WINNER OF NASHVILLE CUP, LOUISVILLE CUP AT LOUISVILLE, KY., 

 AND OTHER GOOD RACES.) 



Will Stan the seasoti of 1883 at the Fleetwood Stud, near Franhfort, 

 Franldin Co., Ky., at |50 the season. Application to Agent, Fleet- 

 wood Stud, Franhfort, Ky. 



Whtspek by Planet, son of Revenue, bred in the Woodburn Stud, Ky., foaled 

 1870, dam Mattie Gross, dam of Mate, Grenada, etc., by Lexington, out of DieliDoty's 

 dam, by Am. Eclipse. Whisper did not run as a two-year old. At three years old 

 was unplaced in the Phoenix Hotel Stalces, \\ miles won by Artist, in 3:121. Mon- 

 mouth Park, unplaced in the Jersey Derby, 1^ miles, won by Tom Bowling, in 3:45| ; 

 was second in the Jersey Jockey Club Purse, mile heats, best three in five, won by Ari- 

 zona, in 1:46, l:48f, l:47f, l:53i, 1:55, Whisper won the first two heats ; was third in 

 the Cottagers Cup, 1^ miles, won by imp. Stonehenge, in 3:44i ; unplaced in a Con- 

 solation Purse, \\ miles, won by Shylock in 2:44^. Saratoga, unplaced in the Kenner 

 Stakes, 2 miles, won by imp. lU-Used, in 3:39. At (4) Jerome Park, walked over for 

 purse of $700, If miles. Monmouth Park, was second in the Monmouth Cup, 2^ 

 miles, won by Tom Bowling in 4:42i ; was second in adash of 4 miles, won by Fellow- 

 craft, in 7 :48. Jerome Park, was unplaced in a dash of IJ miles, won by Griustead, 

 in 3:404 ; ^as third in a dash of 3| miles, won by Acrobat, In 4:88f. Baltimore, dis- 

 tanced first heat of the Bowie Stakes, 4 mile heats, won by Jack Frost in 7:33, 7:41, 

 8:11; Bessie Lee won the first heat. At (5) Louisville, Ky., unplaced in a dash of one 

 mile and a furlong, won by Calvin, in 1 :56J ; unplaced in Louisville Club Stakes, 3J 

 miles, won by Ballinkeel, in 4:01|-; won a handicap, mile heats, in l:53f , 1 :53f . At (6) 

 Louisville, Ky, was third in a dash of \\ miles, won by Brakesman in 3:11 ; was 

 third in a dash of 3 miles and a furlong won by Elemi in V,:^\ ; was second in a 

 race of mile heats, won by Kilburn in 1 :45i; 144^, 148i ; Whisper won the first heat. 

 Lexington, Ky. , Fall Meeting, was third in a dash of \^ miles, won by Phillis, in 

 3 :37J ; won a selling race, one mile and a furlong in 1 :58. Louisville, Ky. , won a 

 handicap sweepstakes. If miles, in 3 :09 Nashville, Tennessee, won dash of 1 1- miles for 

 all ages in 3:44i. At (7) Nashville, Tenn., won the Nashville Cup, 31- miles, in 4:08 ; 

 was second in a dash of \\ miles, won by McWhirter, in 3:38i. Louisville, Ky., won 

 a dash of 3 miles, in 3:36}; won the Louisville Cup, 3^ miles, in 3:59J. Saratoga, 

 won handicap for all ages, 1| miles, in 3 ;13f ; was third in a dash of one mile and a fur- 

 long, won by Vera Cruz, in 1 :574 ; won a dash of 2J miles in 4 ;03. Louisville Pall Meet- 

 ing unplaced in a handicap. If miles, won by Longbow, in3:07f ; Whisper was third in 

 a dash of 3 miles, won by Ten Broeck, in 3:36. At (8) Louisville, Ky. , was second in 

 the Louisville Cup, 2J- miles, won by Mahlstick, in 4:07^ ; won a handicap dash of 

 4 miles in 7:36. St. Louis, Mo., won the Blow Stakes, 3 mile heats, in .5:39, 5;35J. 

 Whisper is by the best son of Revenue, Planet, a winner at all distances over the 

 best horses of his day. Whisper's dam, Mattie Gross, is the dam of Mate and 

 Granada, and his grandam was the dam of Dick Doty, the famous four miler, whilst 

 his great grandam was the dam of Eliza Jenkins and the Big Archy Mare, which pro- 

 duced the great race-horse Creath, who beat Alice Carneal and won a second heat of 

 3 miles, in 5:43, in 1841. Whisper is a bay, full 16 hands high, with a star aud right 

 hind leg white above the hoof. He is one of th^ finest and best shaped horses in 

 America and could not only run fast but stay a distance. In addition to being a grand- 

 son of imp. Trustee, he is much inbred to Sir Archy and Diomed, having ten crosses 

 of that most desirable blood. He has also a double cross of Whisker. His colts, 

 now coming two years old, are very promising. 



