The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-09-11

From the Turf, Field and Farm. /

4 + II.
The young stallion from Kansas, Snug
gler, was given trial at Prospect Park on
Thursday, Angus, 18th, and he was timed by
Bonner, Sam Hoagland. George q. Hop
kins and other weli-known gentlemen, the
| first mile in 2:19i, the second ia 2:2lt, and
the third III 2:2l, making the issi tall of the
last mile in Loo. This was wondesful
performance. especia,ly when We rems mher
the age of the hose and IA mo
consideration the training ne hes I.d Tie
carried full weight, and dId his ~o.k y
comparative ease. ihe pre-. u-.. G ~
! SmGCgler wa- ; 10 coo, and not .bring - =
to find purchaser AZ this figure, Z rpI
| Tough, hts owner, decided 10 take him o1cs
| To Kansas. The Captain Is one OF the most
en,erprising stock men in that State, and ne
can make good Use OF Smug.Ier in the stud
wncn he make. up his mind TO put MIN
there. The brown stallion will be handed
| for speed this fall, and we expec, to hear %,
him shown. fisler Giiie than lie yet haa
shown.
Since TIE above was in type, and Just upon
the eve OF the young stallion beirg returned
TO his rural western home, Col. II. ). Rus
sci, of Home Farm, Milton, Mas, upon a
visit to the city, was convinced Of the actual
fulhliment Of the e1travagant reports and
enthusiastic praise bestowed upon Smuggler
"a ''the best and fastest stallion in America"
and was inclined 10 have faith in the accI-
racy Of time taken by the responsible and ex
perienced hOrsemen, and in company with
the writer, last Monday, negotiations were
begun, the next day the purchase eonsumma-
ted, notwithstanding Ito consideration was
pending, and on Wednesday evening last he
was transported TO his eastern quarters near
Boston, Mass.
In our issues Of the l.t, 18th and 22l Of
August our renders have doubtless followed
the accounts Of his progress and development
and become acquainted with his entire his
tory, which we were enabled to authenticate
from the breeder, owner, and trainers, and
bring forward from obscuri'y. Annexed We
present his pedigree, from which well in
formed horsemen will recognize at a glance
the admirable strains Of blood embodied
in il.
He was fosied April j., 1866, bred by
John ". Morgan, near Columbus, Franklin
county, Ohio, and taken to Kansas with his
dam, when two years old. lie il now q
powerfully built animal. II hands high, a
rich brown ia color, marked with white
strip down his face and ever his nose
There il also little white Just above the
coronet of the right bind feet. and a small
patch OF white on left shoulder and one
near the withers. 10 appearance his hips
only are somewhat less perfect than other /
parts o: his body but the quarter is heav-
ily musoled, and the hooks are large and |
clean. The back is short and strong and |
the fOrearms immense, very perceptibly |
al
than through the barrels; his ribs very COM
pact, and extending wel-knit along the
body. The head looks to much better adj
vantage when he is in harness, and is we'll
se, on a good shaped, slightly arched and
built neck ; the eyes not large,
bat kind and full of character; the legs
strong and muscular, like the beet thorough
bred, extending to set of good, sound feet
his general appearance, in many re-pec,s.
very closely resembling the renowned racer,
Smuggler was sired by Blanco, &c. The
dam was a large brown pacing mare, by
and his grandam, it il said, was
4 fine and well-bred road mare from Ken
iueky. In the pedigree Of Smuggler be
goes back to Florized, On both the dam and
'ire's side, through Tuckahoe, he being own
brother to the dam Of Boston. He also
races, through American Eclipse, to i'm
ported Messenger, his dam being Miller's
Damsel, by imported Messenger. He also
races. on both dam and sire's side, to i'm
oortsd Doomed, through -ir Archy and
1.lPs Florized, both being sons Of Dioned.
rhi. ia another instance in which i, i. clear
y established that for fast tro,icr and good
layer there must be thoroughbred blood. !