Death
At four years and four months of age, Sysonby died. He had broken out with bloody sores all over his body, having contracted a serious disease called variola, and it proved fatal. Sysonby died on June 17, 1906, in his stall at Sheepshead Bay from septicemia brought on by an illness consisting of multiple skin lesions, fever and profound muscle wasting, now thought to be variola. After his death, his owner Keene donated his remains to New York City's American Museum of Natural History to become part of the Chubb series of skeletons as studies in anatomy and locomotion. At this time, Sysonby is in the storage area of the Museum with other horses of the Chubb Collection. These other horses include, General Philip Sheridan's American Civil War steed, Winchester, General Robert E. Lee's Traveller, Commanche ( the sole survivor of the Battle of the Little Big Horn), and Roy Rogers' Trigger.
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