Details
Creator Hillman, Richard S., artist.
Contributor Kennedy & Lucas's Lithography, printer.
Title Whalebone. [graphic] : A noted horse for speed & bottom, Brightbay, 15 hands 3 1/2 inches high, has strong points & shews great blodd, was sired by Hamiltonian & Hamiltonian by old Messenger. He was bred by General Coles of Long Island. From life and on stone by Richard S. Hillman.
Publisher Philadelphia : Kennedy & Lucas's lithography
Date ca. 1830
Physical Description 1 print : lithograph ; 42 x 60 cm. (16.5 x 23.5 in.)
Description Racing print showing Whalebone running, mid-galop, during a harness race. The jockey wears a cap tied under his chin and holds a whip in his right hand. Also contains several lines of promotional text describing Whalebone's excellent performances including an 1827 New York trotting course race, which "he accomplished in 54 minutes & 6 seconds with great ease"; his defeat of Creeper, Lady Kate, Grey Squirrel & Moonshine on May 15, 1828 in a Hunting Park Association race worth $200; his victory over Mr. Spicer in another Hunting Park Association course on October 15, 1829, in which he ran 16 miles in 4 mile heats in the unprecedented time of 46 minutes & 11 seconds, and performed the third heat in 11 minutes and 17 seconds; another Hunting Park Association victory on October 23, 1830, winning a purse of $300 for "beating Sir Peter, Jerry, Comet & Top Gallant, and distancing all on the 4th heat"; his defeat of the Calf, Comet and Sir Andrew, winning the 2nd and 3rd heats (the Calf took the first) on the Union Course Long Island on December 6, 1830; his victory over Sweet Brier on the Hunting Park Course, where he won each mile except the 2nd and the 5th; and his performance of 8 minutes 20 seconds in a 2nd 3 mile heat in harness on the Hunting Park course on October 14, 1829. For these reasons, Whalebone was considered one of the best bottomed horses in the country.
Notes Not in Wainwright.
Philadelphia on Stone
POSP 275
Smithsonian Institution, NMAH, Home and Community Life Collection: DL*60.3564
Subject Horse racing.
Genre Lithographs -- 1820-1830.
Location Smithsonian Institution| NMAH Home and Community Life Collection| SI NMAH H&CL - Harry T. Peters America on Stone Collection [DL*60.3564]