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VOLUME XXXI.— No. 8. 
NEW YORK, AUGUST, 1872. 
NEW SERIES— No. 307. 
THOROUGH. BRED HORSE 
Whatever we may think of races and racing, 
every one likes a fine horse, and has a curiosity 
to see and know something about the animal 
whose exploits have been heralded from one 
end of the country to the other. Longfellow, 
now five years old, was bred and raised by John 
Harper, of Midway, Ky., and is by Leamington, 
dam Nantiorah. Leamington is a celebrated 
imported racer, whose portrait we gave iu June, 
1870, and lias a world-wide reputation to which 
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LONGFELLOW .—Drawn prom a Photograph, 
his progeny are not likely to do discredit. As a in 4:34. 
three-year-old, Longfellow won several important 
races at the West. Iu his career as a four-year- 
old, last year, lie won several races, but was 
beaten at Saratoga in August by Helmbold. His 
owner, determined that he should recover his 
lost prestige, entered him for the Monmouth Cup 
(Long Branch), which was run for on July 2d, 
against Harry Bassell. The race, 2i miles, was 
easily won by Longfellow by a hundred yards, 
—Engraved for the American Agriculturist. 
Longfellow is 161 hands high, of a 
full brown color, very strong quarters, and has, 
according to the opinion of his owner, the best 
set of Ieg3 ever put under a horse. He has a 
very neat and intelligent head, but his neck is 
defective on account of an accident which oc- 
curred to him when quite young. We under- 
stand that Mr. Harper has declined an offer of 
$80,000 for Longfellow, but he does not care to 
part with his pet for a less sum than $100,000, 
