. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. 210 ILLUSTRATED STOCK UOCTOK. 11 He was a chestnut with white hind feet and a strip in his faee, 15 1-2 hands higli, ratlier short limbed, somewhat flat sided, but of in
. The illustrated stock doctor and live-stock encyclopedia [microform] : including horses, cattle, sheep, swine and poultry : with all the facts concerning the various breeds and their and all diseases to which they are prevention of any disease, and restoration of health. Domestic animals; Veterinary medicine; Livestock breeds; Bees; Animaux domestiques; Bétail; Médecine vétérinaire; Abeilles. 210 ILLUSTRATED STOCK UOCTOK. 11 He was a chestnut with white hind feet and a strip in his faee, 15 1-2 hands higli, ratlier short limbed, somewhat flat sided, but of ininiciisu substance, and his back a prodigy of strength. From 1836 to 1841 he ran thirty-eight times and won thirty-live races, twenty-six of which were four mile heats and seven three mile heats. His winnings were $49,500, and his earnings as a breeding stallion in 1841, $4,200, makiii" a total of $53,700. Fashion was bred l)y WilHam Gibbons, Esq., of Madison, N. J., and was foaled April 20, 1837. Of this mare it is recorded that it would he difficult t(> sit down over the Stud Book and compile a richer pedigree than hers, and the same remark will apply to Boston. Each is descended from the most eminently distinguished racing families on the side of both sire and dam, that have iigured on the Turf for a hundred years. Fashion was got by Mr. Livingston's Imp. Trustee, out of the celebrated Bonnets o' Blue by Sir Charles, and she out of Reality—"the very best vace-horse," says Col. Johnson, "I ever ; lleality was got hy Sir Archy, and her pedigree extends back through the in)ported horses Med- ley, Sentinel, Janus, Monkey, Silver-Eye and Spanker, to an imported Sp>,nish mare. Trustee, the sire of Fashion, was a distinguished raee- horse in Enghmd, and sold at 3 3'rs. old for 2,00(» guineas to the Duke of Cleveland, after running 3d in the race for the Derby of 101 suli- scribers. He was subse(iuently imported by Messrs. Ogden, Corbin and
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