Excerpt from Third Annual Sale of Yearlings and Other Trotting Stock: At Abdallah Park, Cynthiana, Ky., Wednesday, April 16th, 1884Lucy, the dam of triumvir, was herselfa fine gaited trotter. Her best record. Was made in a memorablé race at Buffalo, N. Y., August 9, 1872. When she defeated American Girl, Goldsmith Maid and Henry in a race of four heats. Her relative, American Girl-also of the Clay fami ly - was in great form that day, and succeeded in taking the second heat by a nose in 2, i7%, but Lucy outlasted her and got the race. The time was as follows: -2:i7% During Lucy's turf career she defeated Fanny Allen, Hotspur, Bruno, Gen'l. Butler, Lady Thorne, Gold smith Maid, Geo. Palmer, American Girl, Geo' Wilkes, Henry, Occident, &c., , - a list that in her day comprised the brightest ornaments of the trot ting turf.Lady Thorne - the dam oi the sire of Triumvir, was one of the best and gamest trotters of her day, and was the best representative of the Mambri no Chief family. Her best record was made at Narragansett Park, R. I., October 8, 1869, beating Geo. Palmer, Geo. Wilkes. Lucy and American Girl, Geo. Palmer won the third heat in 2:193l but Lady Thorne won the race in four heats in the following time: General Knox, the grandsire of Triumvir. Nor only gained for himself a record of 2:3lg, but sired Lady Maud with a record of and nine oth ers in the list.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.