The Evening critic., 1881-09-15
THE ST. LEoER.
History of the Course and of the
Horse that Won Il Yesterday.

mtsfOry OF the course anu OF the
Horse that Won IL Yesterday.
In 1776 Lord Rockingham's brown flly
by Sampson won sweepstakes in exactly
the same conditions of that which was af-
terward named the St. Lcgcr. In the fol-
lowing year similar race was won by Mr..
Sotheron's Bourbon, but che first
st. Leger, so called at the time,
was won in 1878 by Hollan-
daise The race Is named after its founder,
Colonel st. Leger. The winner of the st.
Leger by the winner Of the Derby ID much
more rare event than many suppose. The
| st. Leger was instituted In 1778 and the
Derby in 1850, and the winner of the Derby
has been successful at Doncastcr1 only ten
times, viz: i lsllllHti eIia "a
u 1600-Mr. Wilson's Champion, by Pot-S-os
1648-Lord Citizens Surplice, by Touch
stone. Nhi Nn lNh
1si9--LoM Eglinton's The Flying Dutch-
man, by Bay Middleton. 'ft F
1S5O-Lord Zetland's voltigeur, by Vol,
taire.
1s53-Mr. Bowes West Australian by
Melbourne.
1se4-Mr. rAnsons Blair Athol, by
Stockwell. t IL.
1s65-Count Lagrange's Gladiator, by
1s66-Mr. Sutton's Lord Lyon, by Stock
we'll.
1s77-Lord Falmouth's silvio, by Blair
Athol.
1ss1-Mr. p. Lorillard's Iroquois, by
bennington. e
Iroquois, the first American winner OF the
st. Leger, is by imported bennington, dam
Maggie b. b. bennington was by n Faugli.
a-Ballagh out of q daughter of Pantaloon
and Daphne. He was race-horsc In his
two and three-year-old form, and about
| twalx-n VA xynQ mn aIaaa1 nv Mr.
Cameron, ofStaten Island, who brought him
to this country and sold him to Aristides
WEIGH. bennington did service at Erden-
helm, Mr.. Welch's famous breeding farm,
near Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, for over
ten years. producing such famous horses as
Longfellow, Enquirer, Reform, Harold, Pa
role, Ferncliffe, Thora, Susquehanna, Annie
Augusta, Pawnee, Hattie f., Outcast, Luci-
fer, Blazes, Girofe, Sioux, Iroquois and
many others equally we'll known as racers
and winners. The name of the mother Of
Iroquois brings to the surface quite an inter-
esting romance. It appears that young
James Clay, grandson Of Henry Clay,
was deeply in love with Miss Maggie b
Beck, daughter of Senator Beck, of
Kentucky, and IN his admiration for his
sweetheart he christened his favorite racing
flly Maggie b. b. The marriage of young
Clay and Miss Beck was opposed by their
relatives, and she afterward married the
nephew of w. w. Corcoran, the mill
lionaire banker of Washington. Young
Clay, after losing his sweetheart,
equine namesalSe, and when o resident of
the blue grass country wished to express
the power of his love for anything he was
in the habit of saying he loved "like Jim
Clay loved Maggie b. b." Miss Beck went
to Washington, where she became u society
belle, but her health failed shortly after
leaving Kentucky, and she died few
) months later. - isi aali
Maggie b. b., after winning number Of
. races, was retired to Mr. Welch's paddock at
Erdenhelm, where she became the mother
: of many such feet-footed runners as Harold
, and Iroquois. Tho last winner of the
Derby-was sent to England early III 1880
! and getting into racing form sooner than
the majority of his stable companions was
!, put to running in May. He started
twelve times as q two-year-old, won
four races and lost eight. He made his first
, appearance at Newmarket Second Spring
l Meeting on May 12, when, with 122 pounds
up, he won the Newmarket Two Year-Old
, Plate, five furlongs Of the Rowley mile. He
! next appeared in the WOodcote Stakes
three quarters of q mile, at the EPSON Sum.
ner Meeting, May 20, but was not placed.
On the following day, May 20, attic same
meeting, he won the Two Year-Old Stakes
carrying 125 pounds; distance, five furlongs
At Ascot on June 10, he was out of form
and was unplaced in the race for the New
Stakes. He ran second for the July Stake:
, at Newmarket, on July 9, Bal Gal, the
U favorite, winning by scant neck. Two
days later he captured the Chester
: field Stakes from good field, but at San
!, down, on July %, failed to secure place
In the for fha KinUetn,1 Tsya