Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-12-29

From Porter's Spirit Of thu rimes.l
Review ofthe English Rac,ng season.
Bells Life, in making its review OF
tho racing season 1857, which has
Just closed, gives list Of the principal
winning horses, with the amounts Of
the prizes they have taken,'a list OF the
principal winners, or winning owners,
and list Of winning jockeys These
satisfies are very interesting. There
are in all 2G4 wining horses named
Among the two year olds, Blanche Of
Middlebie, carried off the richest tri-
umphs, her winnings amounting to
81 800 GildemeTe comes comes next
with slo,3Go; Happy Land, $4,000 ;
Polly ieachum, s. ,615 Lord OF Lorn
sG,5.5 ; Target, $3.50; Mainstay, So
335; Meta, $6,l75; Oh +. By Tcdd-
ington, 81, 900; Gin, s., 500; Toxopo-
lite, $500.
Among the three-year olds, Blink
Benny takes the lead with the princely
sum OF S5o,G8o, next comes Impcriuse
with $40, $50; Vedctte, 500 100 Skir-
nsher, $I,05; Odd Trick, SILL, 10:
Anton, $4,000; Sanntcr, $1,000;
SPECIAL License, $4,000; II. Giles, So
oG5; Commoticn, $500, Hobgobln
1868; Fright, $500; BASH Bazouk
$500, Adams, s5,975; Ignoramus,
$500, Underhand, s5775; Vanity,
$3.50; Tournament, 1925; Oakball,
$4,000; Chevalier d'Industrie, 50, 900.
Bcechnut, $500; FL Hakin, SO, 400;
Gemma di Vergy, s5,o15.
Among the four ycar-olds, Leaning
ton, leads with $l7,95o; Fisherman,
comes next, with $4,000 in his teeth:
and Prioress, with her Cesarewitch
trophy, Of $3.50; Aleppo, s6,445,
Uzella, $3.50; Warlock, S5,l75; Faz-
zoletto. - 700.
Among the fiyc-vear-olds, Mary car
rcd of $4,000; Manarque, the winner
Of the Goodwood Cup, $3.50; the
Sluggard, *3,2l5; Clarct s3,l75; and
Polenstar, 1925.
Among the six-year-olds and aged,
Noodle leads with $s,955: and kni-
grant, Pantominc, Wcathcrcock, &c,
follow next in order.
On reviewing the table, we do not
find Prioress figuring at a disadvant-
age. Ont ola list Of winners which
represents probably two thousand ran
ners, We linl her standing third in rank
among the victorious four-year-
and headed only by the illustrous
bennington and fisherman.
In the list Of principal winners We
find Mr.. w. |. Arson, the owner of
Blink Bonny, taking tho first rank in
the sum of S54,77O; Mcssers. Saxon
and Barber, comes next, with $52, 72O;
Mr.. Merry, *47, 295; Lord Zetland, s39-
sos; MIR. T. Parr, S3o,osO; Mr.. J.
Scoot, s26,595; Mr.. Howard, $685. 2O;
Duke of Bedford, $50, 235; the Earl OF
Derby, s2l $50; Ribbclsdale, SO, 74o;
MIR. +. Higgins, sls,5oo; Mr.. John
Osborne, sls,2O5; Messrs. Me!lith d
Angel, sls,065; Mr.. Jackson, ST.
OS5; Lord Chtden, Sl7,o65; Admiral
Harcourt, SIS, 80; Mr.. K. Ten. Brock
$4,000.
This table, Of course, represents. only
public winnings; the private bets with
which these gentlemen backed their
respective horses, not being subject to
public combination and report.
Among the list of successful jockeys,
we find the name Of Fordham, the
Jockey of Prioress in the Cesarcwith,
the most distlnguished--c ighty-four
victories standing in his favor. Bray
comes next with SO, Challoncr next
with G5, Alcrott with 81, L. Snowden
with As, Flatman with 46, Bullock,
Hughes and Wells with 43 each
Plumb with 81 Kendall with "a, and
Dates with 33. From this latter list
of victories, some calculation may be
formed of the immense amount of
prac ice which an accomplished Eng
lish jockey undcrgocs and the reason
seen, why they should be more prof
cient and experienced than their rivals
on this side Of the Atlantic.
In returning to that part Of the ia
bic which gives the list of the princi-
pal winning horses, we find that there
were Sc winners among the two-ycar-
olds; l1G three-year- olds; ~ four-year
olds; SO five-ycar o!ds; and 9. winners
among those who were six years old
and more. by this it would seem
that threc-year olds were in preponder-
anco Of number or merit, two year olds
next, four-ycar olds next, and five,
six, and aged last in order. With
these notes and divisions: we leave the
intelligent reader to figure out theory
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