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the English blood, the English having gone into 

 the racing machine business before we did. I 

 shall have to content myself with going along very 

 rapidly now, and mention only those horses and 

 events that have enduring prominence. One of 

 these horses was Hindoo, by Virgil, the winner of 

 many of the greatest stakes, and the sire of Han- 

 over and many another star performer. Thora, by 

 Longfellow, was one of the greatest fillies that 

 ever looked through a bridle, and as a matron is 

 one of the exceptions to the rule that hardly 

 worked race-horses rarely reproduce themselves 

 in their offspring. Miss Woodford, by Billet out of 

 Fancy Jane, came along about this time, and was 

 so splendid a racer that she was more than once 

 barred in the betting as invincible. In 1884 was 

 foaled Hamburg, by Hindoo out of Bourbon 

 Belle. This horse outclassed all of his time, win- 

 ning thirty-two races out of fifty starts, was 

 thirteen times second, three times third and un- 

 placed only twice. His dam was by imported Bon- 

 nie Scotland. We also had Firenzi, Troubadour, 

 The Bard, and Emperor of Norfolk. Among the 

 most notable contests was that between Salvator 



