The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-01-22

bloOd-after a lapse OF successive gene
rations IL Is true-which produced these
mighty sons OF Diomed the initial Derby
winner OF 1879, and The Baron. the ST.
Ieger winner OF 1876. both noted events
Of the English turf has given to America
"A grand family Of race horses and pro-
ducers. Sir Archys great-grandson, Lex
inCton. was famous as sire, but his
crowning glory In the stud was achieved
by HIS union with the daughters OF Inn
ported Glencoe. who before being brought
20 this country got PocahoRtas the
dam OF Stockwen. who as a sire in his
day was the greatest success ever known.
The achievements of Stockwell in Eng
land were probably paralleled on Ameri-
can soil by Sir Archy, whom the Ameri-
can Turf Register in the December issue
Of 1929, gives the following description:
Sir Archy is a rich bay without marks,
excepting some white on the right hind
foot. lie is a horse Of commanding size,
fully sixteen hands high, with great power
and substance He IS eminently superior
In all those points indispensable to the
turf horse, and mainly contrioutable TO
strength and action. His shoulder the
most material part OF the horse, is strik
ingly distinguished. being very deep.
fairly mounting up TO the top of the
wethers and obligingly inclined TO the
hips. His girth is fun and deep, back
short and strong. thigh and arms long
and muscular. his bone good. His front
appearance is fine and commanding; his
head and neck are we'll formed, the lat
ter rising out of his withers.
= Take Sir Archy. upon the whole. and
he has more size. power and substance
than we often see combined in the full
bred horse. As a racer he was considered
very superior. lie did not run many
races. but beat all the best horses OF his
day; among them were Wrangler, Tom
Tough Palofax. Minerva. Ratray, Gala
tin. and also General Carneys celebrated
racer Blank by Citizen. When Sir Archy
Quit the turf he had no equal in this
country. The Turf Register also pub
Nshed an extract from a letter written in
the fall Of 1909 by Colonel William n.
johnson, OF Oakland Chesterfield county.
in which Colonel Johnson stated that Il
have only TO say that Sir Archy is. in
my opinion, the best horse l ever saw.
and l well know that / never had any
thing 10 do with one that was his equal;
and this I will back. for If any horse in
the world will run against him at any
halfway ground four heats, according TO
the rules of racing. you may consider me
5000 with you on him. He was in good
condition this fall $500 and has not run
with any horse that could put him to
half speed toward the end Of the race"
Sir Archy was bred by Colonel John
Tayloe. OF Caroline county. and Colonel
AItulbdlu ANdiihDibit Optu VI lAi'li hob'A III
Virginia turf annals. He was sired by i'm
ported Diomed out OF the noted imported
Castianira. by Rockingham. granddam
Tabitha, by Trentham, great dranddam
by Forester. He was bred at Colonel
Miles Selden's farm below Richmond. in
the spring Of 1904. where his sire, Diomed.
being then twenty-eight years old, made
a stud season during that year. Sir
Archy was f0aled on James river in the
spring Of 1895. as stated above, the joint
property Of Messrs. Tayloe and Randolph.
Castianira, the dam of Sir Archy, was Inn
ported from England by Colonel Tayloe.
She was brought over on the ship Tyne.
and landed at Norfolk, Va, in June. 1893.
She cost, including shipping expenses.
&C $50 In Nav. 1900. she beat Mr.. Has
kin's fine FLY, Celebrity. but afterwards,
not proving a pronounced success on the
turf she was withdrawn and placed IN
the stud, where she gained imperishaole
renown as the dam Of Sir Archy, Helpless
ton and others.
His turf career comm snca1 as a three
vear-old in the stable Of Colonel Tayloe
under the name Of Robert Bruce, when
was afterward changed 70 Sir Arcty' IN
honor OF Colonel Archibald Randolph MS
part owner.
Sir Archy was beaten IN his first race,
finishing fourth in a field of horses, he
being then three years old. his defeat be-
ing due TO the effects OF distemper, from
which h had not recovered. Colonel
William r. Johnson being present WIN
the astute judgment which characterized
the whole Of his remarkable turf career
then detected the latent capacity OF the
colt and purchased him on the spot Tor
81 800. The defeat in his maiden race was
the only one which the mighty pay son
OF piowed and Castianira ever met MS
eubseduent career being one OF unintef-
rupted success. While in the stud ms
career was even more brilliant sull
A long list Of the grandest performers
OF that time sprung from MS IONS. Aliions
them Timoleon. Reality, Vanity DIRECTOR
Virginian, Carolinian, Sumpter, Flirtilla'
Sir Charles Napoleon, Contention, Slr
Henry. Sir William, Marion, Tecumseh'
Saxe-Weimar, Roanoke. Janus, kinaldo
and Mark Antony, Stakeholder, the cele-
brated brothers. Bertrand and racine
Arag. Cherokee, Tariff. Johanna, Phllls'
Fantan, Sir Arthur. Pirate. Rarity, Lazy
La Grange, Kosciusco and many others OF
note Sir Archy not only stamped ms
own splendid individuality, speed ana
stamina on his immediate o1sprlng' pul
his blood has bred on with great UNI
formity for generations. AS stallion
he was universally popular ana MS stuu
fees IN the aggregate amounted 10 over
s7o 0o0 a great sum at that time 20 be
received from such source He dled in
iSg2 AT the age OF twenty-eight years.
he and his distinguished son. Sir Charles
dying on the same day. g,
Their death was announced In the loi-
lowing UNIQUE manner I'm the American
Turf Register Of July. 1888, and 1t Is re-
produced here for tho benefit or me
Times readers. as an evidence Of the high
esteem in which noted thorouShpreus
were held at that period:
SPORTING INTELLIGENCE
Extraordinary Coincidence-Death OF
two Distinguished Characters on the
same Day.-Old Sir Archy and his son.
Sir Charles, by whose great achievements
the fame OF the sire was sustained ana
elevated both expire on the 7th Of June.
"Peace 10 their Ashes. Theirs was an
enviable destiny" They felt not the mis-
erv OF their dependence" for all their
wants we're abundantly supplied. They
experienced not the Vaccinations OF me
anyious. nor had occasion 10 slcken win
disgust al the baseness which leads some
'qnrds ~ creation" 10 SANDER ana sup
plant their friends and beneiactoIs. no"
Jew OF US can boast OF having DO honesuS
acted well our parts as did these TWO no
bic animals. And well they were re-
warded by the humanity OF their owners
and the pleasures procured Tor thein-
selves by the Glory OF their achievements
ct cannot be said in regard 10 'hein
aa OF many others Of their KIND
but man too Oft ungratetuily rcpdyS
lns he