Lamplighter (foaled 1889 in Kentucky) was an American

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Thoroughbred racehorse for whom the

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is named.

Racing career

Bred by Overton Chenault's breeding partnership at his Spendthrift Stud in

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, Lamplighter was purchased by

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who raced him as a two-year-old and into late summer of his three-year-old season under the care of future U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, John Rogers. On August 10, 1892, the day after Lamplighter's win in the

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, Samuel Brown sold Lamplighter to Pierre Lorillard for $30,000. Under new trainer

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, Lamplighter continued to compete successfully and would be named the 1893 American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse. In August 1893, Pierre Lorillard sold Lamplighter to

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owner Gottfried "Dutch Fred" Walbaum. In September Walbaum organized a

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between Lamplighter and the

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owned

Tammany Tamanend (historically also known as Taminent, Tammany, Saint Tammany or King Tammany, "the Affable," ) (–) was the Chief of Chiefs and Chief of the Turtle Clan of the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley signing the Peace Treaty with ...

. A major event, the ''

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'' reported that "The Betting About Even" and opined that it was "Sure To Be One Of the Greatest Matches In The History of Racing" Tammany who won by four lengths.

Pedigree

References

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