Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-03-24
sporting Intel slliesuos

WHung on tne subject Of the " Eneli,b Turf
and American Horses, " the Spir,t oS ~. rsr.Ii
tPorter's % takes occasion TO specul.te =. SoS
lows on the possible movements of M Ten. %
Broeck: Aen'
Our readers, in common with ours.,v.. ~,u
now be all impatient to see for which sysnt.
that are open to him Mr.. TenBroeck win nom
mate his American celebrities. 1t viii hard
iy be worth his while to expose his hand for
any OF the sweepstakes or handicaps at the
Newm srket spring meetings; hence, We pre-
sumo, Ascot, with its magnificent cup prize,
will be his frst aim The cup itself is mere
osgatelle of 50 500 value, intrinsically; though
work of art, and q trophy Of Amerie an
superiority, it would be almost invaluable on
nus SIDE Of the Atlantic. But this race always
gives rise TO an immense amount Of specuis.
aon, nalf million Of dollars generally chang
ing hands on it; hence there Re an Opportunity
ot mr.. IenBroeck's obtaining sn all .sufs cient
amount OF hard cash in addition to the trophy
WseH. Next comes the Goodwood Gun, With
al pains, penalties and allowances, the
which are decidedly in favor of foreign br.S
horses We are almost disposed TO regard
TINS as certainty, If Mr.. TenBroeck's borses
are what they were. We cannot we'll sac. in.
Iced, how, with such q team-notoriou, 20,
all the requisite qualities Of speed and endu-
rance, trained after our fashion of forcing tb.
pace from end to end-he can fail In acoor.
plishing the victory with one of the trio. mn.
less his jockeys be seduced into the English
custom OF making q waiting race Of Il. But
We nope and trust Mr.. TenBroeck will set his
tace against this method in toto: let him but
give explicit orders =" to 20 in and win" with.
out regard to the style in which the race NAV
DE run by the other hoTses-nay, as If there
we're none others ir the rsce-and We imagine
he will show the English turtles something 70
which they have been unsccustomed in the
shape of horsefesh
This is no child's play. The sporting honor
Oh our country is concerned, and should not
be sacrificed by trick or racing iuggle, 10
which the English jockeys are an fair Hence,
we would Impress upon Mr.. TenBroeck the
necessity of disc srding all advice and of run
ming this, or any other rsce, after the Ameri-
can and not the English fashion. Let him do
this and with his horses we'll and in racing
condition, be must succeed; let him neglect
he warning We give him, and the probability
OF failure (which would cover us with morti6.
,atlon) looms in the distance because that in
the fnesse and trickery Of racing the English
are accomplished adopts. If beaten fairly
we should, of course, acknowledge defeat With
a good grace; but We decidedly object to be-
ing beaten by trickery. In q fair field, and
with fairly run race, we have 10 fear.
Subsequent to the Goodwood, there are a
variety of cups and stakes for which Ameri-
can horses can be entered with every proba-
oility Of success to say nothing of the great
summer and autumn handicsps, such as York,
Doncaster, the C9sarewitch, Cambridgeshire,
&c the victories Of would thoroughly estab-
lish our racing fame, and bring Mr.. Ten
Brock home millionaire.