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b. 1824 - d. 1888

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    • Thomas J. Scott - BERMUDA
      Nov. 18, 2023

      Thomas J. Scott - BERMUDA

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      Oil on canvas Signed, dated 1885, titled verso. Bermuda at Ashland Park Stock Farm, Lexington, KY. This painting of Bermuda by T.J. Scott was done for B.J. Treacy, who used it as an illustration in his 1887 Catalogue of Fashionably- bred Trotting Stock, at Ashland Park Stock Farm. Ashland Park was located "immediately opposite the old home of Henry Clay. Adjoining the city limits on Richmond Turnpike, one and a half miles from the Phoenix Hotel." The entry for Bermuda in the catalogue reads: NOTE: Bermuda-I might say, the great Bermuda-needs no introduction to Kentucky breeders. Suffice it to say that in 1884, in his yearling form, he gave a public exhibition of a mile in 2:39 3‚ÅÑ4, the fastest ever trotted by a yearling up to that time in Kentucky. In 1885 he started four times, winning three races, being second in the fourth, making a record of 2:35 1‚ÅÑ4 early in September, over the half- mile track at Paris, Ky. In 1886 he started in four stakes, won three, and got second money in the other. At Lexington he took a record of 2:24 1‚ÅÑ2 in that memorable six-heat race, in which he defeated the great Nutbreaker. The sporting papers pronounced this the great colt race of 1886, and probably the greatest on record. In 1887 he started for three stakes, two of which he won, and was second in the third, making a record of 2:22. In all he has started in eleven races, all stakes, has won eight and been second in three; has trained on and reduced his record from year to year, and will, barring accidents, be a better and faster horse in 1888 than ever before. He is a beautiful black with right hind ankle white, stands 15 3‚ÅÑ4 hands high and is a perfect horse all over, having both bone and substance combined with the form and finish characteristic of the cross he so well represents-viz.: Hambletonian sire and Mambrino Patchen dam. Of its many representatives not one is the superior of Bermuda, for not one has demonstrated the same ability to train on from year to year beginning in the yearling form; none are better bred or better looking. As a sire he is of course untried, but in offering his services to the public I feel that I am giving them an opportunity to breed to the best young stallion in Kentucky. Thomas J Scott (American, 1824-1888)

      The Sporting Art Auction
    • Thomas Scott O/C Painting of a Horse in Landscape
      Jul. 08, 2023

      Thomas Scott O/C Painting of a Horse in Landscape

      Est: $1,400 - $1,600

      Thomas James Scott (American/Pennsylvania/Kentucky, 1824-1888) oil on canvas portrait painting of a brown horse in profile standing in a landscape with trees and rolling hills in the background. Signed "T.J. Scott" lower left. Housed in a stained wood frame with gadroon-molded edge. Sight: 17 1/2" H x 23 1/2" W. Framed: 21" H x 27" W. Biography: Thomas J. Scott had the good fortune to attend Central High School in Philadelphia, where his Graphics Professor was the noted portraitist Rembrandt Peale. Scott graduated with a degree in Pharmacy in 1846 but moved to Kentucky by 1856, where he studied with Edward Troye, one of the first American painters to specialize in animal subjects. Scott painted horses for the most important early turfmen in Kentucky including Dr. Elisha Warfield, John M. Clay, James Grinstead, and Major B.G. Thomas, as well as for clients around the United States. The Civil War disrupted Scott's animal portrait commissions. During the war he served as a Union Hospital Steward with the 21st Kentucky Infantry Regiment. After the war ended, he moved to Pennsylvania and became a writer and correspondent for the sporting journal, "Turf, Field, and Farm". He eventually returned to Kentucky where he died in 1888. Scott is buried in Lexington, Kentucky at the Military Cemetery. (Sources: AskArt: The Artists' Bluebook and the Smithsonian Museum of American Art).

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
    • THOMAS JAMES SCOTT - BAN FOX
      Nov. 22, 2020

      THOMAS JAMES SCOTT - BAN FOX

      Est: $2,000 - $4,000

      Thomas James Scott American, 1824-1888 Ban Fox Oil on canvas Signed & inscribed 1885 Ban Fox was a champion 2-year-old bred by Major Barak G. Thomas at Dixiana Stud Farm in Kentucky. Purchased by Jack Chinn and subsequently by J.B. Haggin, Ban Fox, a great grandson of Lexington, was one of the great racehorses of his day. He sired only two foals before his death, one of which was the mighty Montana, winner of the Suburban Handicap and the Lorillard and Carteret stakes. “The famous colt Ban Fox, foaled 1883, by King Ban, dam Maude Hampton died of peritonitis March 30 at Rancho del Paso. He was bred by B G Thomas, Dixiana Ky., and purchased in 1884 by Jack Chinn for $1,500. He was the best two-year-old of 1885. He started eight times that year and won five of the events. At Latonia he won a purse from a field of thirteen. At St. Louis he won the Horse Traders Stake from a field of four. At Chicago he won the Hyde Park Stakes from a field of sixteen. He carried off the Saratoga Stakes and at Monmouth Park the valuable Champion Stallion Stakes from a field of twelve. After that victory he was sold to J.B. Haggin of California for $20,000. Last spring he came east and was sent to Coney Island, starting in the Suburban with 105 lbs. up but, the track was heavy and the colt made but an indifferent performance. Nine days later he won the Coney Island Derby the time being 2:38 1/4. Then he was brought West to be started in the American Derby at Washington Park but, when he reached here he was too sick.” — The Breeder’s Gazette, Volume 11, April 14, 1887

      The Sporting Art Auction
    • Thomas Scott, Portrait of Springfield
      Jan. 27, 2018

      Thomas Scott, Portrait of Springfield

      Est: $3,400 - $3,800

      Thomas James Scott (Kentucky, 1824-1888) oil on canvas painting of the horse Springfield of Belle Meade Plantation. The horse is depicted standing in a stall in front of his feed box, on which the artist has painted his name. Artist signature T. J. Scott in lower right margin, dated 1885. 18" H x 24" W. Unframed. Provenance: Estate of Lynn Scholl Renau, Louisville, Kentucky. History: Springfield was foaled in 1878, the get/progeny of Belle Meade Plantation's famous sire Bonnie Scotland and competed at Saratoga. Exhibited, "The Horse in Decorative and Fine Art - Selections of Outstanding Equine Art Represented in National and Kentucky Collections," 2010, at the Headley-Whitney Museum in Lexington, Kentucky. Published in the exhibition catalogue "A Troye Legacy: Animal Painter, T. J. Scott" by Genevieve Baird Lacer on page 49. Biography (courtesy AskArt: The Artists' Bluebook): "Thomas J. Scott was born in Tullytown, Pennsylvania in 1824. His family relocated to Philadelphia where Scott attended Central High School, having as his Graphics Professor, Rembrandt Peale. He attended and graduated with a degree in Pharmacy at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy in 1846. He worked as a druggist in Philadelphia for a few years, but was in Kentucky painting horses by 1856. He studied with Edward Troye, both painting the famous sire Lexington for his owner R.A. Alexander of Woodburn Farm the very same year, 1857. Scott painted horses for the most important early turfmen in Kentucky including Dr. Elisha Warfield, John M. Clay, James Grinstead, and Major B.G. Thomas. The Civil War interrupted Scott's animal painting pursuit and he served as Hospital Steward the entire war with the 21st Infantry Regiment Union. After the war he resumed his painting but also became a writer/correspondent for the sporting journal, "Turf, Field, and Farm". He wrote articles ranging from breeding practices to the care of horses under the pen name "Prog". He was a highly respected authority on the conformation of a horse and was respected by the top turfmen across the country". (Additional high-resolution photos are available at www.caseantiques.com.)

      Case Antiques, Inc. Auctions & Appraisals
    • Scott, Thomas J -Horse in a Landscape
      Nov. 21, 2016

      Scott, Thomas J -Horse in a Landscape

      Est: $3,000 - $5,000

      Horse In a landscape

      The Sporting Art Auction
    • Scott, Thomas J. - Hambrino
      Nov. 19, 2014

      Scott, Thomas J. - Hambrino

      Est: $4,000 - $5,000

      HAMBRINO - Hambrino was a record-setting trotter of the 19th century. His record of 2:21 1/4 was set at Charter Oak Park in Hartford, Connecticut in 1879. By Edward Everett and out of Mambrina, he was arguably the top trotter of his day. Both his sire, Edward Everett, and grandsire, Hambletonian, were horses owned by Woodburn in Spring Station, Kentucky. T. J. Scott may have borne witness to this horse's impressive display of speed, as the day Hambrino set his record, Scott was in Hartford at Charter Oak Park painting a portrait of another trotter, Bonesetter. The portrait is described in Turf, Field, and Farm as "him standing in his stall at ease, and is the very image of him." The publication goes on to commend Scott's talent and artistry, leading one to believe that the portrait of Hambrino was as good, if not better, than Bonesetter's likeness. In February 1880, a letter was sent to the Spirit of the Times concerning Hambrino, stating Having a few leisure hours in Indianapolis, we recently made a harried inspection of a few of the prominent horses wintering here. The horse in which we felt the most interest was Hambrino, whose achievements upon the turn in 1879 gained him an enviable reputation as both fast and stout ... At Hartford we saw him win one of the most stubbornly contested races of the circuit, showing speed, game, and courage, stamping him as one of the best stallions in America, and reflecting great credit upon his careful and painstaking driver and trainer, Captain W. H. Boyce. Hambrino is a "big little" horse; he is but fifteen hands. To see him in a race you would call him fifteen-and-a-half; a solid bay, clean cut head, and even and symmetrical in conformation ... He is an Everett that will stay, the Mabrino Chief cross giving him the courage wanting in some of his progeny. Hambrino raced in 1878 and 1879. In 15 starts, he won an impressive 11 races, was second in two, fourth in one, and unplaced in the remaining. Hambrino also proved to be an influential sire, producing stallions and mares that beat even his impressive record. He sired 40 trotters and 10 pacers; his son Delmarch beat the record by 10 seconds, at 2:11. He was grandsire to 113 trotters, and 106 pacers. Fifty-seven of his fillies went on to be influential mares, producing 70 trotters and 45 pacers, the mares Hawthorne and Silicon being the fastest. Trained by a Lexington native, owned by a Hoosier, and raced in New England, Hambrino certainly made a tour of the country. While this may seem normal by today's standards, this was the 19th century. Yet despite significant travel and record-setting race times, Hambrino at 10 was described "free from blemishes as a suckling colt, in lusty health, and taking daily jogging." T. J. Scott renders him here as such, capturing the strength and energy of one of the preeminent trotters of the 19th century.

      The Sporting Art Auction
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