2:27
bred by Dr. A. S. Talbert, Lexington, Kentucky; owned by Elizur Smith, Highlawn Farm, Lee, Mass.; - Alcyone showed even more promise than his champion brother (Alcantara), but he was nearly ruined early in his training by a strain across the back that roughened his gait. To add to his troubles the horse was leased to Frank Van Ness, who started him in sixteen races, in which he was no in condition to start. -- The Kentucky Harness Horse-; died 1887;