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his offspring won a total of $i,i59,32i. Two imported horses, 

 Leamington and Bonnie Scotland, left a strong impress on run- 

 ning horse blood. Leamington was used in the stud in England 

 and in 1865 was purchased for $7500 by Mr. Cameron and 

 brought to America. Miss Theo, by Leamington, was a noted 

 brood mare, and Parole, a son, was a famous racer. Hanover, by 

 Hindoo, was one of the more recent great American-bred sires, 

 being foaled in 1884. He not only possessed great speed but 



Fig. 8. Lamplighter, a Thoroughbred racer and sire in the stud of Milton Young, 



Lexington, Kentucky. One of the leading sires of 1904 and 1905 winners. From 



photograph by the author 



transmitted this quality to many sons and daughters. The horse 

 Kingston, that died in 19 12 at twenty-nine years of age, raced 

 for nine years and sired many winners. 



The speed record of the Thoroughbred is faster than that of 

 any other horse. Races with this breed are run under the saddle, 

 with jockeys up. A light, skillful jockey is needed in the saddle. 

 A very satisfactory jockey weight is 1 10 to 115 pounds, but many 

 great races have been won with weight up to 125 pounds. The 

 fastest record by a Thoroughbred up to 19 18 was that of i:3S| 

 by Salvator on a straightaway track of one mile, in 1890, at 

 Monmouth Park, New Jersey. However, on August 21, 1918, the 

 horse Roamer at Saratoga, New York, reduced the record to I -.34^. 

 On the Harlem standard track, in 1903, Dick Wells ran a mile 

 in i:37|- Only a few days before Alan-a-Dale had passed around 



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