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| | Springfield |
 | | Springfield was born in the Bushey Park Paddocks at Hampton Court in 1873. |
 | | Of Springfield's other sons, WATERCRESS (1889, from Hermit daughter Wharfedale), winner of the Princes of Wales's Stakes and the Hardwicke Stakes, and third in La Fleche's St. Leger, was purchased for $2,400 by James Ben Ali Haggin, and shipped off to California to stand at his famous Rancho del Paso stud. |
 | | Springfield was used extensively on Sunshine's daughters, Sunray (1874, by King of the Forest), Napoli (1878, by Macaroni), and Helioscene (1886, by Hampton). |
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