[3] Originally, Hastings was bought for $2,800 at a yearling auction by David Gideon and John Daly.
His record at four was 12 starts, four wins and six places, carrying weights as high as 140 pounds.
Of his offspring, the most notable are stakes race winners Gunfire, Field Mouse, Masterman, and Fair Play, sire of Man o' War.
All offspring of Hastings inherited his savage temperament in some degree, even his great-grandson Hard Tack was uncontrollable on the track.
On June 17, 1917, at age 24, severely crippled with paralysis, Hastings had to be euthanized.