The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
Race Track and
Stable Gossip

The imported Topgallant. who figures
prominently In the sale OF thorough
breds now on In Lexington. 10 spoken
Of by Kelston. the horse authority for
the New York Telegraph. as follows:
bay. with black points. Is hands high
and Is q nicely balanced. clean-cut type
Of horse. with plenty Of substance and
good bone. and with the best OF feet.
Imp. Topgallant In what one might call
IN elegant type Of the thoroughbred
stallion. ~ when In motion has q very
snowy carriage. with all around trot-
ting action that IL seldom seem In q
thoroughbred In fact. In all OF his
PAGES he 10 q wonderfully corky going
horse. active and quick a. q cat. which
10 q Characteristic Of all Of his get.
Algol and Typhoon H.. his two best sons
20 far. are stylish. dashing goers. with
both speed and stamina.
In regard to Topgallant's breeding. IL
IL all that could be desired. The Eng
ed by four lines or families Of horses.
represented by Sterling. Hampton.
Galopin and the stockwell line through
Ben dor. Isonomy. which was Ster-
ling's best son. unfortunately died In
his 18th yea n just when he had
cached the zenith of his glory az .
sire. In Seabreeze he got a high-class
mare. which won the Oaks n other
classic events. defeating AYRSHIRE. the
Derby winner, and adding the famous
st. Leger to her many previous VIC
tories. Common n Isinglass. sons OF
Isonomy. were both winners OF the
treble event.. 1000 Guineas. Derby and
st. Leger. and Isonomy Is the only
horse that ever got two nne OF
these three events.
Isinglass' winnings amounted to $751;
SIS. which In the largest sum ever won
by any horse in England or America.
Energy. another high-class son Of
Sterling. died at the age OF 10 years.
but In Gouverneur he left a son that
was second only to his close relation.
Common. In fact. in 1891 Energy's two
sons Gouverneur and Reverend. would
have divided the classic events between
them but for Common being In the
way. and all being of the Sterling
tribe. Is pertinent to the fact that imp.
Topgallant is deserving OF a place in
I one of the most select studs in the
country.
1t is also worthy of MENTION that
Jeddah. the winner of this years Derby.
is by Janissary. a son of Isonomy and
Wildfiower. The winner Of the st.
Leger Is by Gallinule. another son OF
Isonomy. All OF which shows that the
Sterling blood breeds on and IL n OF
the stoutest and best strains in England
to-day.
For the Information of those who
have not the time to analyze imp. Top
gallant's pedigree. 1 may state that
he contains perhaps more II the blood
OF Whalebone thai most any stallion
I'm this country or in England. Top
gallant's dam. Seamark, by Adven-
turer. produced the n race horses
Beacon M Astronomy. while his sec
ond dam. Seagull. was the dam OF
B~eaudesert. winner of the Middle Park
plate. The latter was brother in blood
to imp. T~opgallant.
~Islington. by Isonomy. which stood In
the Rancho del Paso stud for q couple
OF seasons. was the sire Of Michael III.
Mary Black. Kinley Mack and other
winners. Islington has been shipped
back to England. Topgallant Is a very
fine dispositioned animal. with
a rare constitution, and Is a
sure foai getter. which his record
will testify. His rs registered yearlings
were the produce of 30 mares served
that year. which is an exceptionally
good average, and of these yearlings
I may state that there are two in w.
Karrick's strin~ which have been
tried as highly as most any in this sec
tion.
All of his get are Of a hard. clean
cut type. and Algols performances
during the past sea~on Is recommended
ton enough for any stallion whose
chances have been very limited. while
there was no doubt as to Typhoon's be-
ing high class; so that breeders on the
lookout for a stallion have a rare cp-
%portunity to get a royalty bred horse
from one OF the most successful stall
lion lines In the world. and n which.
IL he were in England, would cost at
least II. 1000 g~uineas to import into this
country. l w in The last few years
seen a great deal OF this horse. espe-
cially during the stud season. n can
heartily recommend him as I'm every
respect a most desirable stallion.