| Lamplighter | |
|---|---|
_(18162307305).jpg) FromThe American turf (1898) | |
| Sire | Spendthrift |
| Grandsire | Australian |
| Dam | Torchlight |
| Damsire | Speculum |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1889 |
| Country | United States |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Spendthrift Stud (Overton H. Chenault) |
| Owner | 1)Samuel S. Brown 2)Pierre Lorillard 3) Gottfried Walbaum |
| Trainer | 1)John W. Rogers 2)John Huggins |
| Record | 66: 29-15-9 |
| Earnings | US$88,545 |
| Major wins | |
| First Special Stakes (1892, 1893) Second Special Stakes (1892) Twin City Handicap (1892) Thistle Stakes (1892 Champion Stakes (1892) Fall Stakes (1893) Labor Day Stakes (1893) Oriental Handicap (1893) Standard Stakes (1893) Maturity Stakes (1893) | |
| Awards | |
| American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse (1893) | |
| Honors | |
| Lamplighter Stakes atMonmouth Park | |
Lamplighter (foaled 1889 in Kentucky) was an AmericanChampion Thoroughbred racehorse for whom theLamplighter Stakes atMonmouth Park Racetrack is named.[1]
Bred by Overton Chenault's breeding partnership at his Spendthrift Stud inLexington, Kentucky, Lamplighter was purchased bySamuel Brown who raced him as a two-year-old and into late summer of his three-year-old season under the care of futureU.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer,John Rogers. On August 10, 1892, the day after Lamplighter's win in theChampion Stakes atMonmouth Park Racetrack, Samuel Brown sold Lamplighter toPierre Lorillard for $30,000.[2] Under new trainerJohn Huggins, Lamplighter continued to compete successfully and would be named the 1893American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse. In August 1893, Pierre Lorillard sold Lamplighter toSaratoga Race Course owner Gottfried "Dutch Fred" Walbaum.[3] In September Walbaum organized amatch race between Lamplighter and theMarcus Daly ownedTammany. A major event, theBoston Sunday Post reported that "The Betting About Even" and opined that it was "Sure To Be One Of the Greatest Matches In The History of Racing"[4] Tammany who won by four lengths.
| Sire Spendthrift | Australian | West Australian | Melbourne |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mowerina | |||
| Emilia | Young Emilius | ||
| Persian | |||
| Aerolite | Lexington | Boston | |
| Alice Carneal | |||
| Florine | Glencoe | ||
| Melody | |||
| Dam Torchlight | Speculum | Vedette | Voltiguer |
| Mrs. Ridgway | |||
| Doralice | Orlando | ||
| Preserve | |||
| Midnight | King Tom | Harkaway | |
| Pocahantas | |||
| Starlight | Kremlin | ||
| Evening Star (family: 14-e) |
