Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-01-12

AW'ffCdH hdrF-h horses EHgEdHd-IhsH Iirf0-
r',S and D.f,afs-Mr. Tn Broeck'S Winnings
D-rtrg the PaSI iear-AH American Horse ths
frsi FIrorife for the EPSON D,Tby Of 1850
4ra.riraH 7Toffsrs IN En- gland and EaHcs-Sd!e
Of MoEHfaiH Boy 10 ths Emperor Of France etc.
As the racing season Of 1859 has now been
brought to p close in England. it may not prove
embarrassing To a great portion Of our readers
If we lay before them brief review of the per-
frrmsnces Of the American race horses now in
that country. Although, strictly speaking the
enterprises Of Messrs. Ten Brock and Harlan
IN taking over to England race horses bred
and trained In this country, to compete with
British thoroughbreds for supremacy on the
turf, were private personal speculations, yet
they have been In some measure, regarded in
national point of view, and a corresponding
degree of public interest has been created in
their success. ....E -
Mr.. Ten Brock was the first American
sportsman to dispute the generally received
opinion which prevails in England. that there
Is n law of gradual but certain deterioration
and degeneration of the physical organization
cf animal life in the New World He took
over with him to England, in the summer of
1856 three race-horseS belonging to his stable
and which had run successfully in this country
tc compete with the flower of English thor
cughbrcds. Those horses were Pryor .Lecomte
aud PriOrcSs; subsequently Babylon was added
Ills i'll success az first in his spirited enterprise
y well known. The two first named horses in
consequence of the sudden and plete change
1T climate, sir, DC, speedily fell victims to
disease, before they Sad fair opportunity of
developing their racing qualities. PrioreSs
however, fully maintained the honor of the
American turf by winning in field of thirty
four starters, the C;rsariwitch stakes, one of
the richest and most important handicap races
Il the season. She followed up her success the
ensuing year ClS5S) by winning among several
other races, the great Yorkshire Handicap
at Doncaster, and was only defeated by n
ral1 he C.psa fob <toio h,
year This season she commenced her vic
tcrious career by winning a match at New
market for 81 900, against Count Bathy-
anis Olympus, in April. The following month
after running good fourth for the Chester
Cup, under heavy weight, in a field of So
starting horses. she won the Queens plate of
100 guineas at New Market, in a race Of three
miles. beating Polestar Ia first class mare) and
others by twenty lengths. In June, at EPSON
summer Meeting, she again carried off the
Queens plate of 100 guineas, beating some first
class horses. She ran third for the Goodwood
Cup, won by Promised Land. and at the same
meeting she was third to her stable companion
Starke, for the Bentinck Memorial plate. She
was not placed either in the Ciesariwitch or
Cambridgeshire stakes but she won her great
match at New Market against Lord Derby's
ToNoPhiite for %, 500, winning by twenty
lengths. Her opponent in the race was con-
sidered one of the best horses in England, and
had been the first favOrite for the Derby and
St. Leger races, in the former of which he ran
second, being beaten by Beadsman. PriOress
shortly afterwards beat Lord Glasgow's chest
nut lilly by TeddinStOn out of Maid of Masham
IN match tor loo a side at Newmarket
she has consequently won five races this sea.
son. and lost SIX, winning for her owner So 500
IN stakes alone, exclusive of betS-no bad sea-
CONS work for a six year old mare
Starke, chestnut colt four years old by
wagner out of Reel, by imported Glencoe was
purchased by Mr. Ten BrOeck last spring in
one of the Southern States, and Immediately
sent over to Join his stable of American racers
In England. lie had previously. at the South
ern meetings, shown himself possessed of high
racing qualities, and Mr. Ten Brock did not
hesitate TO secure him, although his price
- iJOO-waS very stiff one for three year
oil His first essay on the English turf was at
Newmarket First Spring Meeting in Nav last
hnt was an unsuccessful one as indeed were
ms two next appearances at Ascot and New
market But he was gradually running him
~ei into condition" and becoming acclimated
u the air ut his newly adopted country; and
we consequently find him ut .'princaly Good
wood, with the odds of 40 to / against him.
winning the GOOdwOOd stakes, worth So 0OO
and beating seventeen of the best horses of the
day. In this race his spirited owner was so
confident that he would display his powers sue
ccssfully that he backed him heavily. and won
S2U0,OO0 on the race. But Starke's good for
tune did not terminate here, as, two DAYS after
winning the Goodwood stakes he was started for
the Bentinck memorial plate. worth Sc. go, and
won 1t in acanter, beating twelve other horses.
comprising such frst-class animals as Fisher
man, Blue Jacket, BOrderer, Ronble and
others. lie ran for the great Ebor handicsp
at ork. and was third to Underhand. the best
two mi.e horse in England. At Warwick he
won the Warwi,k cup, beating Lifeboat and
LIveIyman, an giving the latter forty pounds
for the years difference in age. lie subse-
quently fell amiss; and although he started
three times afterwards at Newmarket he has
not yet recovered his pristine form and powers
lie as won thr je races and lost seven. and his
vim ings in sta <es exclusive of the Warwick
gold cup, are $l3,3l0
Umpire, tw year old chestnut colt, by Le-
cOnte, out of Alice Carneal, the property of
Mr.. Ten Brock, now occupies a position in
England which other foreign bred horse
ever possessed. He stands the first favorite in
the betting Dr the greatest of Engiand's turf
events, the EPSON Derby, the winning of
which was regarded with more interest and
anxiety by the late Lord George Bentnick
than even his succeeding in his efforts to
achieve the premiership of the Government of
Great Britain.
This high position, however, which Umpire
enjoys, has been gained by his own intrinsic
merlts, and not by any eXtraneous circum-
stances. Sent over to England by Mr.. Ten
Broeck, who bred him, In company with Starke
Ike the latter his first two essays on the turf
were unsuccessful, and did not give promise of
that future excellence he has since displayed.
Like StsTke. however. he was gradually run
ming into his proper form, and at the same
meeting, (GoOdwOod,) where Starke so aston
iShed the English racing public by winning the
stakes and Bentinick plate Umpire renewed
their surprise by winning the Nursery stakes
IN hollow canter, in a field of twenty-five
starters. The value Of the stake was upwards
of $1,000, in addition to which Mr.. Ten Brock
won heavy pile by backing him. He re-
peaied his good services to his owner by win
ming the Cleveland stakes at Stockton twelve
starters amOnh afterwar s worth some So lUO
and the next day carried of the Zetland bien.
NAL stakes from six opponents and won a bet
Oi s0,OOO for his owner, in addition TO the
stakes themselves, worth 81 800. She has thus
won three races and lost two-total amount of
winnings Si2J7. He now stands at eight to
one Tor the Derby race next May, and it is
generally understood that Mr. Ten Broeck now
stands to win upwards Of half million of dol
lsrs on him for this race, at an outlay of some