Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1874-11-07
NOVEMBER z. 1877

race-mare Virago, by imported shark, who
beat every competition, from l7B to 1853, nc
horse ever being able to put her 10 her speed
II wss for her daughter Selma, by imported
S,,rps5 Eagle that f,o,oneI 'o,-fC.r s,evys on ~
half of the great Sir Archy and four hundred
dollars In cash. Joe was very successful as a
three and four-year Old; he won the Belmont
Jerome aud Annual stakes at Jerome park
the IraYers and kenner stakes at Saratoga
and the Saratoga cup, in which he beat both
True Blue aud Wanderer.
Henry Is four years old, and is Dy NOrfOl k
son OF lexington, dam Versalia, by Inn
ported Sovereign 20 dam Cottage Girl, by I'm
ported Ainderby; Sd dam Princess Ann, by
imported Leviathan; 4ta dam sally Kirby, BY
stakeholder: 5th dam By BarksdRle Gray Do
mede, etc. He Is connected with one of the
racing families OF Tennessee, and Is, there
ore related To Elizabeth M'Nairy, Black
Satin, Sonora Love, etc. Henry has won sew
srsl good races in Californ1a.
Hock-HOcking, four years old, Is by Ring
master son OF kfnggoid, by Boston and Min
ME Mansfield, the dam Of Katie Pease, by I'm
ported GlencOe) dam Young Fashion, by i'm
ported Monarch; % dam the celebrated
mare Of her day, by imported Trustee; I'd
dam the great BonneLs OBlue, by Sir Charles !;
4th dam Colonel JOhnsOn's lannon's Reality
by Sir Archy; 5th dam by imported Medley,
etc. He was taken TO California by Mr.. J. &.
Simpson, and has been moderately successful
there. Mr.. sim pson Is a good horseman, and
knowing the mettle OF the horses he has to
meet, has not reckoned without his host.
Hardwood is four years old, and is by Wood
burn (SOn OF Lexington ana own DrObQSr 10
Observation-Disclosures dam-out of Heads-I-
Say, by imp. Glencoe), dam Moss Rose, by
imp. Knight of ST. George; second dam imp.
Melrose, by Melbourne; third dam Clarkia,
by Muley Noloch fourth dam sister TO Right
on, by Palmerin; fifth dam Oceana, by Ger
berus, etc, etc. He is finely shaped horse,
and has been measurably successful in Cali
fornia, where he was bred.
The ei2hth entry, Alpha, is four years old.
She is by imp. Hercules (SOu of Kingston and
the daughter OF TOscar, by Bay Middleton),
dam Waxy, by Lexington. She is Cal fornia
bred, and is the least known as a racer of the
nine entries, although she won fast mile
race OF fye heats on the twenty-siXth of Sep
TENDER. In which she defeated Joe Daniels,
Nell Flaherty, etc.. in 1864, l:4JZ,
LAG. las, 14794. Joe Daniels won
the second and third heats.
AS her racing career has only Just begun, the
future may have many honOrs in stOro for
her.
Foster, by Lexington, dam Verona, by
imported Yorkshire, the ninth and last entry,
was made by telegraph from Oregon, and re-
ceived at a very late hour, when 1t was sup
posed all were in. He is a representative
without a brilliant or national reputation,
but not to be ignored. These are the heroes
and heroines that are TO compete for the hon
ors and the Iich prizes offered by the Pacific
Jockey club on the eventful fourteenth of
November. Which Of the nine will earn the
laurel wreath of victory is difficult at this
moment to determine; at later date we may
venture to hazard a conjecture.