New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-05-10

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6re on record vss Ls>0mp:es, 7:2t, but hr. Ten
Breed bet twenty hossand dollars nE Lexington
youId outrun that and Won. Al New-Oreans, ne WAS
III. vinper Of the 600 stake ksJwn ss the Nash-
vile Sake" which e eon.ended FOR by horses nom
insren, S.ates lie YVES purchased BY Ten Brock 81
shree year old for 81 800, sid won for him nearly so,
900. He hAs made me fastest time IN the word for
our.rHe heats He h2s seven races m tins eoun-
Nv. His racing dsys are over, however, AND De Is
kept BY M. Alexander merely s 6 stoek-geuer he
sas earned FOR him tie pas. year $500, 70 that
The price paid for LIN eau scarcely be CONSIDERED eIor-
bitsnt after sl.
In the adjoining rocn O, ire stable il Scythian, an
imported ,i1-yeG-od, thoroughbred, o. great beauty
and power He is dark bsy, with three white feet,
and has uncommon symmstry Of form and development
ofmu.cle. His second thigh lie especially remarkable
for lie muscular proportions both ontse inside and ou'
Gde His eye is bright, clear and sprighty, ard LIS
,hest very full and deep. His body ID vel ribbed up
ADD tsperpg hs skin almost Is sch and gstening a.
six. He has left the turf without puff or oemish,
and has before him long career Of usefulness DE IS
BY Orlando out Of Scythis by Hetuan Platof second
dam Princess by Slane. lie was imported IN Decem-
Der. 1856, and cost in England & ,560 As two-year
old he ran in the Great North and South OF England
s.akesr and came out victor over Ia contestants.
His feed per diem cons;sts Of eight quarts OF oats
srd four quarts Of homny, mixed and fed dry when
he gets of his feed Mr. Clinton gives mashss OF ground
oats and whes, meal mixed with cut oa.heads. Both
he and Lexington are exercised three hours each day,
one hall in the morning and the other in the afternoon.
The stables OF these animals spacious lhghted
and ventilated They fifteen feet deep apd seven
teen vide The horse is tied at the middle OF the ooh
msneer, running the entire width Of the room.
window directly in front Of MIN admits light and ar
when required The entrsnce-door ID made very ~'de'
90 that he viii receive injury when passing IN or
out. . .
M Alexander has several Of Le1ngtone COTS, a. OF
them giving great promise. hly by this horse, out
| of Pcayune he purchased for NV" sne tosS TWO
| hrst premiums at the Louisville Far. In the same
paddock with this snimal, lie has running ayearlnS
| Ally by Yorkshire out OF an Eclipse mare. Le1'ng
tons colts have invariably strong impress OF the ere,
and are looked upon Kentucky az promising TO per-
| petuate his excellent qualities with great fidelity.
OF thoroughbred brood mares there are here several
Of great distinction. Notice whose performances in
| kur.mle heats have been so very creditabe, s by
imported Barefoot. She has by her eide FLY foal by
Glencoe which took first premium at the National
| Fair Ducatoon by Wagner out Of Pcsyune, has
likewise FLY foal by Glencoe. gray mare by inn
| ported Trustee has FLY tosl by Lexington which
strongly resembles the sire in color and shape. Belle
Lewis, BY Glencoe, dam by imported Tranby, has a
chestnut colt by Wagner. Beside these there are
others making in all twenty five thoroughbred mares
| among which particular mention may be made OF the
dam of Alsrc, by imported Trsnby dam by Trum-
peter; a brown mare by imported Yorkshire out OF
| imported Mara Black, who was sgood racer, but,
being crippled was withdrawn at an early day and
chestnut mare by imported Trustee out of the dam
Notice who herself is dam Of the race-horse Harper
no relatives in Cliff street.. For Notice DucatoOn
Belle Lewis the gray Trustee mare, and the chestnut
mare by Trustee out Of the dam Of Notice, Mr.. Alex
ander paid 81 600 EACH
OF FLIES, he has two-year old bay by imported
Glencoe full sister to Vsndal two-year old sorre
by Wagner, out of Alice Carneal, the dam Of LeIng
tom bay by Glencoe, dam by Lance, out Of the dan
| of Harper's Cracker; an rsn-grsy by AGck Churchill
by a Trustee msre-a Of which are promising.
There are two exercising tracks the estate, a
the training stables and the other back Of the hous
some distance, the trotting stock. As soon 81
colt arrives ct the proper age, ne is put into the hand
of the trainer and henceforth undergOes Systematic
a course of schooling as any boy. Not that we mear
To ray that he is instructed in polite efsture and the
exact sciences, but he is stabbed many hours
rubbed exercised put through his psces turned out ID
roll, and in fact does every thing according to a re-
guarly ordained system, which strives to promote the
fullest development Of his courage, health and ply.
steal powers For long weary hours, round and round
the course 60 the negro grooms leading the en-
bryonic rsce-kings carefully blonketed, nicely rub
! bed, and with tails and names combed and brushed
and plated that they look like womsn's hair wsvy
| and glistening.
The trotters and the thoroughbreds kept DIFF
teren parts of the estate. 1t is not for the plebeian
blood OF the former to mngle its tide with the rich
streams of Arabia and England. In fact, the rotng
power lie peculiar institution which can, with such
certainty be counted upon to descend from sire to son,
as the wondrous leap of the true rsce-horse. With
the Arabian horse as the Durham kline, pure strain
Of blood on both sides will certainly produce animal
which WILDE sperfect type of the breed but nssmuch
az trottng horses not regularly established breed
but merely chance development in individual cases.
We cannot count upon the foal Of Ned Forrest or Pilot
being duplicate of it's sire.
Ned Forrest and q bay colt have stable to them
selves-as have Lexington and Scythian. Nedis by .
Kentucky hunter out Of Highlander mare. He is a
dark bay, heavily built, and has long tail. He is
cow six years old. As three-yesr old, he trotted
half mile in :2s. His neighbor stallion is dark bay
colt from Medoc mare, and from having trotted his
mile in $3.50 when he mere green colt, lie looked
upon by Mr. Avery as very promiring. The gray
horse Pilot, G., colt Of old Pilot is Is years DID,
and getter Of of the most promising rOck il the
West. He is Kentucky bred, Isl hands high, and at
private tria On the Louisville track, made mile in
! 2;i2,
OF trotting msre, there is the dam Of Flora Tenn