Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1837-06-21
MORNING HERALD.
WEDNEsDAY. JUNE Al. 1917.

spring racing season, soon our leisure viii per-
init but as many of our turf men have heretofore
freely INDUCED in opinions derogatoy to the reputa-
lion of that superb horse Mingo whom, notwith-
standing the prejudces unaslly created by OCCASION
al defeats produced solely from want of condition
injudcious management or equally untoward cream
stances, we have not Only undeviaungly considered
but invariably spoke Of the best horse of his
day, in the United States, if brought to the post in
proper form,-sha first make some remarks upon
him, his competitors and the races in which he has
been engaged; - do which, fully requires memoir
of all his performances which we will endeavor 10 give
As description ofthis fine stallion may be accepa-
BILE sucha as have not had an opportunity Of viewing
him. SHALL by way of prelude endeavor to give it,
together with hispedigree.
Mingo was bred by Gen. Calendar Irvine, of
Philadelphia, foaled in 1884, and reared by him. upon
farm Of his in the neighborhosd of that city. He
was got by American Eclipse (son of Duroc, and
Millers DamseD out Of Bay Bet by Thomton's Rat
tier (son Of Sir Archie his grandam, bay mare bred
BY Mr.. Isaac bucket of Maryland in 1909, and got
by the late DR.. VIM. Thornton's imported horse Clif
den /; great grandam, by Mr.. Richard Halls Tom,
<he by imported Eclipse, of the famous English
Eclipse out of an imported thorough bred mare) great
Mingo is bright bay with black legs, without
any white marks, about l6 hands high, and of good
length His head is fine, clean and blood like face
somewhat aat nostrs wide lips thin, and deep in the
wicks. The jaw bones and malar or cheek bones
thin and lean of flesh, but well spread the frontal
bones broad, aordng wide expanse of the forehead;
the eyes large and prominent the poll good, and the
ears long, thin and pointed. The neck long, light,
and finely shaped, sufficiently muscular yet covered
with nothing like cellular substance fat to give il the
appearance of heaviness or elumsiness The wind
pipe large detached and prominent. The chest Deep
and capacious, Of moderate yet good width in 'front.'
and barreled well out behind the elbow, affording
large cavity and abundant room for the insertion of
those muscles and between the ribs, by the action
of which the chest is necessarily contracted and
expanded in the act of breathing and which is re-
quis,e for the respiration in quick exercise. The
spinal or upright dorsal vertibr@ or bones of the
back (which form the withers) are long, producing
what is styled high lcihers, thereby afording the
power Of eevatng with facility the fore quarters The
seapula or sholder blade long and santing well back
wards towards the termination and the lower exremi-
~ point Of the shoulder projecting well forwards thus
placing heforeegsor pillars which support the weight
proportonably forward giving Their, less weight than
otherwise to carry and less exposed TO conclusion in
rapid action, while at the time the form of the
the deep shoulder in connection with the consequent
position of the arm, enables the muscles extending
from the shoulder blade to the humerus or lower bone
OF the shoulder (Which are the powers by which mo-
lion given to the whole imb) to act with more than
ordinary effect
The arm, which we hardly need to say to horse
men, consists of the part extending from the elbow
to the knee, (he elbow shall presently speak off,
is long There is curious circumstance inrelaton to
the difference between the formation of the arm of
the young and the old horse, rather the alteration
which the former undergoes, which we shall here SO
far digress as to explain. In the young horse the
arm consists of two distinct bones the one called the
radius which is the long and front BONE and near
ly straight it receives into ts upper end the lower
heads ofthe lower bone Of the shoulder and its lower
end fits into the upper layer of the bones of the knee
The other which is the hinder bone, short and call
ed the ulns II has long and powerful projection,
which is received between the heads Of thel lower bone
of the shoulder and this projection is called the elbow
1t then extends downwards becoming narrower by
degrees little beyond the middle of the front bone,
where il terminates in point These two bones are
united at first by cartilage and gament, but the
horse advances in age they are by degrees absorbed
and transformed into bone and before he becomes old,
the whole arm consists of one bone only. We are in
the habit Of looking for large arm or more properly
muscular arm but when doing this we should seek
for such formation Of the mb and particularly of the
elbow Ito the point Of which immense muscles are at
iached) as will enable these muscles to act with the
greatest advantage.
The principle Of the lever is here beautifully appli
cable the elbow joint is the centre of motion the whole
Of the lower part Of the leg in the act of progression
10 the weight to be raised and the power by which il
be raised in this act Of progression the extending
of the limb the muscles inserted into the elbow or
lever and in proportion the weight more distant
than the power from the centre Of notion i, is in
the construction of this mb will be the greater de-
gree Of energy requisite TO be exerted and therefore
Judges Of the horse especially such as are conversant
with the principles Of animal mechanics, rightly at
tach 80 much importance TO the depth Of the elbow,
or the length projection Of the point of the elbow
from the joint
Having thus briefly sndeavored TO account in the
form Of Mingo's forequartsrs and forelmbs for the
cause Of his vast powers, further DEPRESSION asde)
shall proceed to note his other points.
The trunk, or space Of body extending from the
fore to the hind quarters, is of good length, the ribs
large and long, though circular or forming what
is termed round barrel, bu, deep, mparng the grey