24 THE HORSE, ASS, AND MULE 



out of Sportsmistress ; Woodpecker, 177 'i, by Herod, out of Mis- 

 fortune; Highflyer, 17 7 A, by Herod, out of Rachael ; Sir Peter 

 Teazle (also known as Sir Peter), 1784, by Highflyer, out of 

 Papillon; Waxy, 1790, by Pot-8-os, out of Maria by Herod; 

 Whalebone, 1807, by Waxy, out of Penelope; Tramp, 18 10, by 

 Dick Andrews, dam by Gohanna ; Whisker, 1 8 1 2, by Waxy, out 

 of Penelope; Sir Hercules, 1826, by Whalebone, out of Peri; 

 Touchstone, 183 1, by Camel, out of Banter; Irish Bird Catcher, 

 1833, by Sir Hercules, out of Guiccioli ; Gladiator, 1833, by 

 Partisan, out of Pauline; Faugh-a-Ballagh, 1841, by Sir Her- 

 cules, out of Guiccioli; Orlando, 1841, by Touchstone, out of 

 Vulture ; The Baron, 1842, by Irish Bird Catcher, out of Echidna ; 

 Stockwell, 1 849, by The Baron, out of Pocahontas ; Kingston, 

 1849, by Venison, out of Queen Anne; King Tom, 1851, by 

 Harkaway, out of Pocahontas; Blair Athol, 1861, by Stockwell, 

 out of Blink Bonny ; Hermit, 1 864, by Newminster, out of Seclu- 

 sion ; Robert The Devil, 1B77, by Bertram, out of Cast Off; 

 Bend Or, 1878, by Doncaster, out of Rouge Rose; St. Simon, 

 1 88 1, by Gallopin, out of St. Angela; Isinglass, 1890, by Ison- 

 omy, out of Deadlock; Persimmon, 1893, by St. Simon, out of 

 Perdita H; Flying Fox, 1896, by Orme, out of Vampire; 

 Diamond Jubilee, 1897, by St. Simon; Rock Sand, 1900, by 

 Sainfoin, out of Roquebrune. 



Importations of Thoroughbreds to America were made at a 

 comparatively early date, and some of the most famous horses of 

 the breed found their way to the United States during the eight- 

 eenth century. The first to come to America is said to have been 

 the horse Bulle Rock, imported to Virginia in 1730. Diomed, 

 winner of the first Derby ever run, was imported in 1 799 at twenty- 

 two years of age. Messenger, imported in 1788 as a Thoroughbred 

 to improve the running horse, became a distinguished progenitor 

 of trotters. Fearnought (i77S), Buzzard (1787), Shark (1771), 

 Alderman (1787), Pantaloon (1778), Highflyer (1784), Saltram 

 (1780), and Matchem (1773) represent eminent early importations. 

 The men of Virginia, South Carolina, Maryland, and Kentucky, 

 from very early days, showed great interest in Thoroughbreds and 

 promoted the race track. In 1665 the first track in America, 

 known as the Newmarket course, was established at Hempstead 

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