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“Much is actually known about and much more is suspected. The serious 's knowledge of these fish draws heavily on science, especially the easygoing, slightly bemused, of the , but it periodically leaves the bare facts behind to take long voyages into and sheer poetry.”
“A man may fish with the worm that hath eat of a king, and eat of the fish that hath fed of that worm.”
— William Shakespeare, Hamlet (c. 1600-02), Act IV, scene 3.
“Canst thou draw out leviathan with an hook?”
— Job. XLI. 1.
“Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learnt.”
— Author's Preface.
“Doubt not but angling will prove to be so pleasant, that it will prove to be, like virtue, a reward to itself.”
— Part I, Chapter I.
“And upon all that are lovers of virtue; and dare trust in his providence; and be quiet; and go a-angling.”
— Part I, Chapter XXI.
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Fisherman was a hardy English-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 70 races including the Ascot Gold Cup on two occasions. Exported into Australia he became a leading sire there.
Born
1853
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Fisherman was a hardy English-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won 70 races including the Ascot Gold Cup on two occasions. Exported into Australia he became a leading sire there.
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Breeding
He was a brown stallion bred by Mr. Fowler in 1853 in England. Fisherman was by Heron (son of Bustard), his dam Mainbrace, was by Sheet Anchor from a Bay Middleton mare from the Bruce Lowe number 11 family. He was inbred to Orville in the third and fifth generations of his pedigree (3m x 5f). Fisherman was a half-brother to Mainstay and The Peer.
Racing record
Fisherman was the best stayer of his time and the winner of 70 races, including 21 wins from 35 starts in one season. After winning the Ascot Gold Cup on one occasion Fisherman was saddled for the following race, the Queen’s Plate contested over three miles, and won that race, too. Altogether he won 26 Queen’s Plate trophies and two Ascot Gold Cups.
Stud record
Hurtle Fisher purchased Fisherman for 3,000 guineas and imported him to South Australia in November 1860. He later stood at Fisher’s renowned Maribyrnong Stud in Victoria. Fisherman was regarded as one of the best English stayers imported to Australia during the nineteenth century.
In Australia he was a great sire where his offspring included 10 Australian stakes-winners that had 27 stakes-wins, including:
Angler (VRC St Leger Stakes, Victoria Derby; sire),
Cowra (Adelaide Cup twice),
Fanny Fisher (dam of Kingfisher, won Auckland Cup),
