The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1873-09-13

IMPORTED BLOOD.
We 20 On in ignorance Of much that Is the
source Of our public wealth. How few are
! aware of the extent of the direct impurtationS
of biOOdCd horses into America There have
been upwards of $50 imported thoroughbred
stations brought from England 10 America,
before and since The Revolutionary war, up
to the year 1872 Even more mares have been
| imported, and, in one case, 81 out of 80 died
upon the steam ship.
! | may pick up from these old patron, Of
the turf some notes on thi, and kindred sub
Jccts which will be Of running interest
SIR AECHY
was the first great racer and parent of bloodcd
stock in America, our ycritablc Golulphin
| Arabian, the son of imported Diamond. He
was foaled in 1905 on James Rivera rich
bay, lG hands high, who beat all the best
horses Of his day, and then raised a numer.
Gus and ariSocratiC family, including the
best OF John RandolphS horses, in both Nir.
| ginia and the CarolinaS He has done as
much for the turf stock of this country as the
Godolphin Arabian, King Hcrod or High.
! flyer for that Of Great Britain"
| MESSENGER
wa imported 10 New York in l7sG racers
and roadster, were produced by him Of equal
| superiority. lie was gray horse and :
years old when he came to America, and he
! lived to be - years old His sire ~as Nam
brine, and his dams ran back to barb mare.
Messengers grandson W., the great Ameri-
can Eclipse,
LEAMISGToN.
This celebrated father of Long.rlruw and
LittlctOn was tOalcd in 1853, the son of Faugh.
a-Ballagh, and, after racing in England, was
imported to Philadelphia. He brought nearly
$4,000 in gold when gold was up in = balloon,
and had then won SO 600 in aulG un the
turf.
EYSDYN's HhNELEToNINN.
This notable breeder the grca.grany,on Of
imported Messenger wa, foaled D New York
state in 1919, and has been the progenitor of
the best trotting hose, in the world He has
had lS1O) 100 wives and 1.?tOuchildrcn
amongst the latter are Dexter and George
Wilkcs,-and he is the grandfather OF Gold.
smith Maid. He Noted his owner 100000,
and was bought for 1925 when a colt
AMERICAN ECLIPSE
ran the first great national, We might say
sectional race, in this country; for it intcnsi.
tied the spirit of pocket and hoysc.talk rivalry
between the South and North His father
was Duroc, the halfbrothcr Of Sir Archv,
ana he was, therefore out of the best imported
stock otbOth scCtiOns-D Diamond and Mes
sengcr After racing from 1918 to 1922 when
about to be withdrawn from the turf-bcinr
now Sycars old and full Of family,-he was
challenged, for his Unrivalcd Northern rcp,l.
tauon, by the owner Of Sir Charles, for $40
OUO, four miic.hcat-. They met at Washing
ton, Noy. 20, 1922, and sir Charlie, paid for
iclt, ana then ran single mile heat for S., 800
ana was beaten. The evening Of this race,
vi .Tt.4 ,,'l af 4f.i :
III the country previously, the Sirginians
challenged Eclipse again, tonamc their horse
on the day of the race and to run for $4,000
They appeared with Henry, ( year old
Sir ATchy COLT May -, 1923, on the Union
Course Long Island. Sixty thousand persons
were present The winning of the first heat
by Henry led the rash SOuthcrncrs to give
odds, and they lost $200000 in cash, for Which
many negro was sold off to the sugar.llclds.
Henry was dark sOrrel, pOny.built raised
at Halifax, y, G. Eclipse was also a dark
sorrc!, heavier and more powerful, carving
l2G pounds TO Hcnry's 1OS. Boys rode both
horses in the first heat, Eclipse at the pole,
and the latter was cut till the blood ran. Att
the second heat, man mounted Eclipse, and
passed Henry on the fourth mile.-thc track
filled with people, and the excitement of
diabolism in their fear and wells All thcI
representative part fthc country was present, |
congress included. Henry Won the first heat |
OF four miles by length, ia 1915; Eclipse |
the second by two lengths, in 7:49 And, !
although Arthur Taylor a great trainer, |
mounted Henry for the third heat, he merely
trailcd, aud Eclipse was whipped through in |
"a Total, twelve miles in % :jOi3 The |
EirginianS challenged again, in their rage.
for 100000 to $4,000 but the owners of
Eclipse replied that they would never again,