[1] Bred by Overton Chenault's breeding partnership at his Spendthrift Stud in Lexington, Kentucky, Lamplighter was purchased by Samuel Brown who raced him as a two-year-old and into late summer of his three-year-old season under the care of future U.S.

[2] Under new trainer John Huggins, Lamplighter continued to compete successfully and would be named the 1893 American Co-Champion Handicap Male Horse.

In August 1893, Pierre Lorillard sold Lamplighter to Saratoga Race Course owner Gottfried "Dutch Fred" Walbaum.

[3] In September Walbaum organized a match race between Lamplighter and the Marcus Daly owned Tammany.

A major event, the Boston Sunday Post reported that "The Betting About Even" and opined that it was "Sure To Be One Of the Greatest Matches In The History of Racing" [4] Tammany who won by four lengths.