[Merry Hampton]
date: label: Date made
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name: label: maker
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notes: label: Description
content: A black and white print of a standing race horse with a jockey.
label: Description
content: Merry Hampton was an English thoroughbred foaled in 1884 from Hampton and Doll Tearsheet. He was bred by Crowther Harrison and owned by George Alexander Baird. He was also trained by William Stevens and Martin Gurry. Merry’s career lasted from 1887 to 1888. He only raced four times and only won once because of persistent training difficulties and injuries. His one victory was the 1887 Epsom Derby, in which he was ridden by Jack Watts and ripped off a shoe during the running. Following the race, Merry was sent to France for the Grand Prix de Paris, but at the start he was kicked in the leg and was unable to make progress for the rest of the race. When Merry appeared for the St. Leger later in the year, he was recovering from a sprain, and the race left the horse dead lame. Merry Hampton’s acclaim was short-lived and he is considered once of the worst horses to have won the Epsom Derby, although it is agreed that he could have achieved more had he stayed sound. George Barrett bought Merry in 1893 and put him to stud, where he was also unsuccessful.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: World
topic: label: Subject
content: Horses
label: Subject
content: Horse Racing
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content: Home and Community Life: Domestic Life
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content: Art
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
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content: Horses
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3632
label: catalog number
content: 60.3632
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 6 in x 9 in; 15.24 cm x 22.86 cm