Late-day light falls gently on a small headstone engraved "Battleship/CH. H. 1927-1958/ by Man O War/ out of Quarantaine." "CH" stands for champion. "H" stands for an ungelded male horse. Man O War was his father (sire), and Quarantaine was his mother (dam).

(1/3) #OTD 1958 Marion duPont Scott’s famed #horse #Battleship died. In 1938 he was the first American-owned, American-trained horse to win the #BritishGrandNational #steeplechase. According to a 1958 newspaper clipping,