The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1872-03-07
PEDIGREE.


GENERAL Rousseau was sired by Conf
I mOdOre, (half brother to Revenue by
J Boston; LIST dam, Notify Price, by Cost
JOhnsOn-he by Boston; I'd dam, Saiiie
/ Jones, by Imp. Leviathan: 3D., Char
| lotte Hamilton, by Sir Charles; 4tIl, La
! dy of the Lake, by Imp. Sir Harry; 9Th,
! by Imp. D'0''-~ = e-h, nv Tmportad st.
George; 9Th, by Imp. Fearnaueht; sth,
1 by Imp. jon, 49, 9th, an Imported
mare afterwards called Mary Gray, by
Round Head For Mary Gray's pedi-
gree see American Turf Register, vol.
/ 1. page 54S; and English Stud Book,
/ vol. /, page I67; 10th, by Ringbone
/ IIth, CrOft's Partner; 18th, by Croft s
/ Bay Barb; 18th, by Makeless; l4th, by
/ Brimmer; 10Th, by Dickey PierSon
10Th, the Burton B rrb Mare. Some of
our best Judges Of pedigrees say that
Rousseau has y pure crosses of DiOned
bloo' ICING more than any horse in
Anne RIGA.
PkRFO FINANCES.
March 20, 1866, RonsSeau ran and
won his first race of "a miles ri Mobile,
Ala, Magnolia Course, in , :2I. The
next day, same Course, he won the Cof-
fee House Stake, best three In five, beat
ing with ease, among others, Captain
MoOre's famous titley, Maiden, time
%, 81, ] 81 =. Maiden was eOnsid-
cred one of the fastest horses in the Uni
ted States, having won the Travers
Stake ut Saratoga in 1865, in a field of
30, only 8 starting, among them Sarah
X, own sister 10 the renowned Jack
Malone. April, 1866, he won a dash OF
Two miles "a Now Orleans. The 18th of
the same month he beat War Dance, by
Lexington out of Reel, mile heats.
81
let down. On the 20th same month and
Course Charlie Armstrong beat ROus-
seau mile heats, ROussea winning one
heat IN Z go. March 26th, 1867, he won
Post Stake at Mobile, Ala, mile heats,
heating Mr.. AleXander's celebrated Al
derbaran, Jack Armstrong, &c, time
1861 Z :jSl9 s :0214 the 9TH mile was
run in the extraordinary time of ! so,
the best seventh mile on record. March
3Oth, same year and Course, he beat Al
deFbarau in race of three miles, time
AZ, 3 40, :5714. April 18th, 1867, he
won JOcky Club Purse, 3 mile heats,
over Mattairie Course, New Orleans,
beating the famous race mare Fannie
Brown, Hetie c., Billy COnnor, Wc,,
time 5:4124, :434 8 1871. This is but
part of the brilliant career of this no
BILE horse. His famous trainer, Mr.. l..
/ L dAAtESOlAs aAAbEI AiA1hlli2 SUCCESSFUL
campaigns for tWo years over the vari-
Gus Courses Of Nashville, Memphis, New
Orleans, Mobile, &c., and his lInparalel-
led performance of running with great
success AZ miles in p days, says she
considered him a fiFst-claas race horse
ut all distances from one TO four miles"
He also remarked to Col. Baltic Peyton,
of whom | purchased Rousseau, that
''after visiting the races North, l be-
lieve Rousseau could have beaten any
horse 1 saw except Kentucky, and /
have my doubts as TO him. Mr.. J. c..
Kay, reporter for the Turf, Field and
Farm, wrote to Col. PeytOn after Rous-
soau's secOOd race with Fannie Brown
that he considered him the best horse on
the turf for endurance, the finest large
horse in all the land and superior race
animal ] have certificates from Col.
Peyton TO the above.
fe 29-2m J.F. SMITH.