The Horse-Breeder's Guide and Hand Book
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LIBRAKT UNIVERSITY^' PENNSYLVANIA FAIRMAN ROGERS COLLECTION ON HORSEMANSHIP (fop^ U Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2009 with funding from Lyrasis IVIembers and Sloan Foundation http://www.archive.org/details/horsebreedersguiOObruc TSIE HORSE-BREEDER'S GUIDE HAND BOOK. EMBRACING ONE HUNDRED TABULATED PEDIGREES OF THE PRIN- CIPAL SIRES, WITH FULL PERFORMANCES OF EACH AND BEST OF THEIR GET, COVERING THE SEASON OF 1883, WITH A FEW OF THE DISTINGUISHED DEAD ONES. By S. D. BRUCE, A.i3.th.or of tlie Ainerican. Stud Boole. PUBLISHED AT Office op TURF, FIELD AND FARM, o9 & 41 Park Row. 1883. NEW BOLTON CSNT&R Co 2, Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, By S. D. Bruce, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. INDEX c^ Stallions Covering in 1SS3, ^.^ WHOSE PEDIGREES AND PERFORMANCES, &c., ARE GIVEN IN THIS WORK, ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED, PAGES 1 TO 181, INCLUSIVE. PART SECOISTD. DEAD SIRES WHOSE PEDIGREES AND PERFORMANCES, &c., ARE GIVEN IN THIS WORK, PAGES 184 TO 205, INCLUSIVE, ALPHA- BETICALLY ARRANGED. Index to Sires of Stallions described and tabulated in tliis volume. PAGE. Abd-el-Kader Sire of Algerine 5 Adventurer Blythwood 23 Alarm Himvar 75 Artillery Kyrle Daly 97 Australian Baden Baden 11 Fellowcraft 47 Han-v O'Fallon 71 Spendthrift 147 Springbok 149 Wilful 177 Wildidle 179 Beadsman Saxon 143 Bel Demonio. Fechter 45 Billet Elias Lawrence ' 37 Volturno 171 Blair Athol. Glen Athol 53 Highlander 73 Stonehege 151 Bonnie Scotland Bramble 25 Luke Blackburn 109 Plenipo 129 Boston Lexington 199 Breadalbane. Ill-Used 85 Citadel Gleuelg.... 55 Mortemer 119 Compeigne . Diomed Sir Archy 203 Drake, The.. Muscovy 121 Duroc American Eclipse 185 Alarm 3 Eclipse . Enquirer Blue Eves 19 Falsetto ... 43 Faugh-a-Ballagh Leamington 197 Flageolet Rayon d'Or 133 Florizel Diomed 193 Gilroy Grinstead 69 Gladiateur Athlete 9 Matador 113 Glen Athol... Glenmore 59 Glencoe Vandal 205 lago Bonnie Scotland 189 Jack Maloue Bazar 13 Kentucky Bertram 15 King Afonso. Foxhall 49 King Alfonso. Grenada 63 Kinacraft Royalty 141 ... .. , IV INI>EX. PAGE. .Sire of Blue Mantle Kingston . 21 King Tom " Great Tom 65 " King Ban 91 " King Ernest 93 " Phaeton 201 Leamington " Aristides 7 " Enquirer 39 " Eolus 41 " HyderAli 83 " Iroquois 87 " Ldaps 101 " Longfellow 107 " Onondaga 125 . " Powhattan 131 " Reform 137 " Sensation 145 " Stratford 155 Lexington " Duke of Magenta 33 " , Kingfisher 95 " Legatee 99 " LeVer 103 " Monarchist 117 " Norfolk 123 " PatMalloy 127 " Tom Ochiltree 159 " Uncas 161 " Wanderer 173 Macaroni " Maccaroon Ill " Moccasin 113 . " Brigadier 27 Monarque . Newminstei". " Hurrah 81 Nutbounie ., , . " Woodlands 181 " Strachino 153 Parmesan . Phaeton .. " King Alfonso 89 " Lisbon 105 " Ten Broeck 157 Planet. .. " Hubbard 79 .. " Whisper 175 " Dalnacardoch 131 Rataplan . Rosicrueian. .. " Rossifer 139 SoeUs .. " Rebel 135 Sultan " Glencoe 195 Thormanbj' " Glengarry 57 Tiraoleon.. " Boston 191 " Bullion 29 War Dance . " Glasgow 51 Waverly " Duke of Montrose 35 West Australian. " Australian 187 Vandal " Ventilator 163 " Virgil 167 Vauxhall .. " Viator 165 " 77 Virgil . Hindoo " Virgilian 169 Voltigeur " BiUet 17 . INDEX TO DAMS OF HORSES TABULATED. PAGE. Aerolite Dam of Fellowcraft 47 Aerolite Spendthrift 147 Alice Carneal Lexington 199 Araucaria Rayon d'Or 133 Atlantis King Ban 91 Babta Glenelg 55 Bernice Bertram 15 Betty Wharton Rebel 135 Bistre Highlander 73 Bonny Bell Blythewood 23 Buehu Blue Eves 19 Calcutta Billett;. 17 Carbine Glengarry 57 Carolin Ventilator Ifi3 Castianira Sir Archy 203 Capitola King Alfonso 89 Coimbra Stoneheuge 151 Colleen Rhue Kyrle Daly 97 Comtesse Mortemer 119 Coral Wanderer 173 Coral Uncas 161 Dora Plenipo 129 Ellermire Ill-Used 85 Eltham Lass Kingfisher 95 Emilia Australian 187 Ernestine King Ernest 93 Fanny Holton Ten Broeck 157 Faimy Washington Eolus 41 Fai-faletta Falsetto 43 Fenella Rossifer 139 Florence Hindoo 77 Florizel Mare Boston 191 Girasol Saxon 143 Gloriana Pat Malloy 137 Gold Ring Bullion 29 Greta Glen Athol 53 Heatherbell Viator 165 Hester Springbok 149 Hilda Fechter 45 Hira Himyar 75 Hynienia Virgil 167 Ida Dickej' Glasgow 51 Idlewild Wildidle 179 Ivy Leaf Bazar 13 Ivy Leaf Bramble 25 Jamaica Foxhall 49 Jovial Hurrah 81 Katona Tom Ochiltree 159 Kelpie Duke of Montrose 35 Lady Duke Hyder Ali 83 Lady Love Lisbon 105 Lady of the Manor Muscovy 121 La Henderson Virgilian 169 Lavender Baden Baden 11 Levity Legatee 99 Levity Lever 103 Lida Enquirer 39 Lotta Glenmore 59 Madame Strauss. Moccasin 1 15 Magenta Duke of Magenta 33 Maggie B. B Iroquois 87 Maiden Powhatan 131 Mattie Gross Grenada 175 VI INDEX. PAGE. Mattie Gross Dam of Whisper 175 " Maud Alarm \ 3 May Bell " Strachino 153 Mayouaise " Delnacardock 31 Merry Sunshine " Phaeton 201 Mildred " Monarchist 117 Millers Damsel " Eclipse 185 Minnie Mansfield " Hubbard 79 Nantura " Longfellow 107 Nevada " Luke Blackburn 109 Nina '' Algerine 5 Non Pareille " Matador 113 Novice " Norfolk 123 Pantaloon Mare " Leamington 197 Paradigm " Blue Mantle 21 Pussy " Lelaps 101 Puss3' " Wilful 177 Queen Mary " Bonny Scotland 189 Rose " Royalty 141 Rose of Kent " Athlete 9 Sarong " Aristides 7 Songstress " Maccaroon Ill Sovereign Mare " Grinstead 69 Spectator Mare " Diomed 193 Sprightly " Elias Lawrence 37 Sprightly " Volturno 171 Stolen Kisses .• " Reform 137 Sunnj' South " Harry O'Fallon 71 Susan Beane " Sensation 145 Susan Beane " Onondaga 125 Susan Beane " Stratford 155 Sweet Lucy " Brigadier 27 Trampoline " Glencoe 195 Tranby Mare " Vandal 205 Whiteface ». " Woodlands 181 Woodcraft - " Great Tom 65 INTRODUCTION. The author in compiling the tabulated pedigrees of the sires to be found in this work has been induced to do so in hopes of their proving useful to those engaged in breeding for the turf, or who are engaged in fostering this most popular national amusement. Very many of our largest breeders seem to ignore the lessons taught in the Stud Book and Racing Calender, and we commend to all the necessity of obsei-ving what sources and what course of breeding have produced the best results in England, which may be most properly called the home of the thoroughbred horse. We have given our own views as to the best mode to successfully breed the race-horse and the best mode to select a stallion and brood mare, and the treatment of the same both in the stud and on the farm. We do not expect that all will agree with us, but the ideas expressed and plans suggested will do away with many of the chances incident to breeding. There is much uncertainty, and always will be, attending the best and most careful mode of breeding, and this opinion is strongly exemplified in the frequent occurrence of one horse being of very high form and an excellent race-horse, and a full brother or sister being only ordinary; yet we differ from a great many in the opinion that breeding depends entirely upon chance. Acci- dents and other unforeseen causes, some of them so unimportant and abstruse as to escape our attention or come within our knowledge, may prevent the best bred and most promising animal from arriving at its natural size and true shape, and a little difference in conformatlou, symmetry, and constitution may make a decided difference in goodness and speed. The foal may be weak and have a delicate constitution owing to tbe dam being starved and exposed to hardships while carrying it, or it may have been improperly reared. This only proves that great care and knowledge are necessary in rearing horses for the turf, as well as judgment and attention in selecting mares and stallions from which to breed. The chief points are pure blood, conformation, consti- tution, racing lineage, and hereditary soundness. The nearer we get to true shape with the other points combined, the more certainly we will arrive at excellence. We often find a large horse of good shape and racing symmetry; but where there is -ne good large one, there are a dozen small or medium sized ones. The greater the size, when com- bined with the good qualities, the greater the excellence and his powers, for a good little horse cannot cope with a great good one. Hence size with constitution, soundness, and symmetry constitutes the height of perfection While we advocate and commend pure blood, we are convinced that very often pedigree is the only point at which Fome breeders look, ignoring altogether shape and action; hence failures. The establishment of reputation by a stallion depends on his having good mares, at first, for if he has only bad and indifferent ones, the produce will be in low form and a disappointment, and the horse condemned as a failure. To prove this, it is only necessary to cite the Vm INTKODtrCTJtOlf. Godolphin Arabian and Marske; the former but for the accident of covering Roxana and getting Lath would liave died unknown, while Marske who had been standing for half a guinea and was sold for twenty guineas, after siring Eclipse was sold for one thousand guineas and covered at one hundred guineas. Squirt, the sire of Marske, had been ordered shot and was saved by the intercession of his groom ; he afterwards got Marske, Syphon, and the celebrated Squirt Marc the dam of Maiden Puiity, Pump- kin, and other famous horses. That many good race-horses have proved failures as stallions, and many poor race-horses successful ones no one can doubt, as instance Lath, who was a famous race-horse but an indifferent stallion, whilst his full brother Cade, was an indifferent race-horse but a most excellent stallion. Flying Childers dazzled the world by the splendor of his career on the turf, yet his brother, Bartlet's Childers proved far the better stallion. Accordiug to my notions, no horse can be a good race-horse or a successful stallion, that does not possess great symmetry, by which I do not mean beauty, but a show of all those points, such as conformation, length, power and muscle justly united.