St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-03-03
Commodore Kittson's Maggie b. B., Queer
oftIte Ey'denheins Stud, and Dam of
Harold and IrOqlt0is.

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Harold and Iroqnois.
The Spirit Of the Times of March /, contains
very striking likeness of the great racing
mare Maggie B. B. and the dam of the cele
brated Iroquois. This well known animal is
owned by Commodore Kittson, and is al
Erdenheim. The Spirit has description Of
her from which we condense the following
''Here, sir, is Maggie B. B., the dam Of
Harold and Iroquois-the only American
horse, sir, which has won the Derby and St.
Leger," as Major Hubbard would say, as he
grandly opens the door and reveals the ia
nous little mater .fdmilas of Chestnut hill
nesting in the warm straw. The stud has
its triumps, no less renowned than those of
the turf, and the hand of Mr. Herring, Eng
lands greatest Of limners, was never more
happy in its results than when it
essayed the portrayal of the heroes
and heroines of 1.-THE British Stud''
upon canvas Those who have visited the
famous stud in the Valley of the Wissahickon
viii not fail to recognize in the clever effort
of Mr.. Harry stull, the special artist of the
Spirit. a superb likeness of the now famous
brood-mare Maggie B. B., the racing exploits
of whose sons, Harold and Iroquois, have
rendered them renowned on both hemi-
spheres.
The lineage of Maggie B. B. is the purest
and best in the racing peerage, desce nding
in the male line of West Australian, which
is nearly the only male line Of Matchem we
now have, is at once great, for, as rule,
mares of the male line of that horse have,
as in the cases of Comus and Melbourne,
proved Of sovereign worth in the stud. The
archives of the stud inform us that Sorcerer
and Comus were blind, that Humphrey
Clinker roared and that Melbourne had
bad legs and stringhalt; but when
we recall such "Mothers of the
Turf as Fillagree, Penelope, Miss Twicken-
ham, Glantess, Beeswing, The Bloomer and
Blink BCnny, it is enough to convince US
that whatever may have been the failings of
the Matchem line. its daughters have never
theless been the founders of some of our best
modern strains
But in the maternal branch Of her ances-
trail house. Maggie B. B. is not less distin
guished. Myrtle, her great grandam, was
daughter Of Mameluke, who won the Derby
and ran second for the st. Leger, which Sir
Francis Doyle has immortaliZed in verse,
Mameluke being 1.-THE Southern" whom
yorkshire sees with eyes of fear"
as his memorable finish, after being left at
the post, is generally depicted. Myrtle's dam
was the equally famous Bobadilla, winner of
the Gold Cup, at Ascot, and Drawing-room
stakes, at Ascot in 1928. Myrtle, after her
importation to America, was not prolific
mare, but in Magnolia she foaled one Of the
most famous brood mares America has ever
possessed. Magnolia threw thirteen foals.
Among them were the Invincible Kentucky,
Gilroy, Victory, Skedaddle, Madonna, Magic,
Charley Ball, Simon Kenton, Princeton, and
Daniel Boone. Her daughter, Madeline, was
the only foal she ever threw to the cover of
the famous Boston, who died the following
winter of 1s49-5O.
Unlike her dam, Madeline was not pro-
life breeder. She threw but five foas in all,
and of these Maggie B. B., by Australian,
foaled in 1867, was the last and best. She
was bred by Mr.. James B. Clay,
Jr., of Kentucky, and her name
grew out Of positive romance. 1t
was no secret that at the time Mr.. Clay was
the accepted wooer for the hand of Miss Mag
gle B. Beck, daughter of United States SEN
ator James B. Beck, of Kentucky. The lady
was one of the most beautiful and accom-
plished of that brilliant coterie of womep, who
shone at the gay federal capital. But the
waters of true love did not run smoothly. It
is seldom they do. For some reason Senator
Beck did not look kindly upon the match;
it was broken, and the lady ultimately mar
ried one of the Corcorans of Washington.
But the myrtle soon replaced the orange
blossom, and the tall grass has waved over
the spot where the young bride is buried. Mr..
Clay, while he smarted from "the pangs of
despised love-" did nothing rash but, in the
true cavalier spirit, he named his filly Mag
gle B. B., after the girl whom he had loved
and lost, and as such she became noted on
the turf, and in the stud has attained dis
tinction surprising that Of any of her con-
temporar;es.
Maggie B. B. was a mare of high caste on
the course, and, like Beeswing, Crucifx, Alice
Hawthorne and Blink Bonny, in England,
and Trifle, Reel. Nevada, Nina and Idlewild,
she was distinguished alike upon the turf and
in. the stud. In ALL she ran seven races. Of
these she won three, and in all the others she
was second. This was feat of no small
merit, when we consider the class of horses
she met. In her first race, at Lexington, she
took the lead at the start, and running the
first quarter in 2615 seconds, won as she
liked in 1:45&. In her second race, she
met the best colt in the west, in Hamburg
who subsequently sold for $1,000 great
price for two-year-old in those days-such
bright lights as Lynchburg, Enquirer, Lyt-
Teton and Flash of lightning finishing be-
hind her. At Louisville, Lynchburg only
beat her a neck after a desperate
race in the mud, Lyttleton and
Enquirer again finishing behind her. But
at Nashville, for the Young American stakes,
she revenged herself by beating Lynchburg,
Hamburg and Enquirer in 1:45115. The sea-
son of 1869 is memorable for having shown
the greatest lot of good two-year-olds ever
seen in the west, as will be seen, Maggie
retired crowned as the queen.
The following winter Maggie was purchased
by Mr.. M. A. Littell, of Fordham, N. Y,
and passed into the hands of Capt T. G.
Moore. 1t was not, however, until the Sara
toga meeting of 1870 that she came out for
the Excelsior stakes, and though she ran a
great race, Glenelg beat her. Bnt she won
the Sequel stakes, then two miles, in 3:37,
running the first mile in 1:49 and the
second in 1:4SA. Her last race was for the
Continental Hotel stakes, at Monmouth Park,
and here the old rivals, Enquirer and
Lynchburg, were together once more.
Lynchburg, breaking down after winning.
the first heat, Maggie ran Enquirer good
second for the other two, beating, among
others, Susan Ann, the dam of Thora. This
ended her career, and she became the. prop
erty of Mr.. A. Welch.
HER PRODUCE.
The following is her produce:
1s72-Chestnut colt Lord Give, by bennington.
1873 Bay FLY Pera, by bennington,
1S74-Chestnut colt Magnum Bonum, by
bennington.
1s75-Chestnut FLY Jaconet, by bennington
1S76-Chestnut colt Harold, by bennington.
1s7S-Brown colt Iroquois, by bennington
1s79-Bay fly Francesca, by bennington.
1sS0-Chestnut FLY Red and Blue, by Alarm
18e1-Chestnut colt Panique, by Alarm.
1ss3-Chestnut colt, by Alarm.
DESCRIPTION OF HER