Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-11-16
THE TURF.
Great Match PrOpOsed-ReHfueIty and
Norfolk.

From Wilkes Spirit, Nov. 10.l
The famous race-horse Kentucky has beer
delivered at the grounds Of the American
Jockey Club, after having been painted il
triplicate by Mr.. TRoYE, for Mr.. TRAvENs
Mr.. OsGOOD and Mr.. HUNTER. 1t is moi
the intention Of Mr.. JEROME to run him
again, unless it be in a match with some
horse worthy of his enormous proves and
renown. When he had made the purchase
! OF Kentucky, Mr.. JEROME stated as much
to CHAs. LITTLEFrELD, and added, that il
| ever the horse did run again he should want
the latter to ride him. 1t is also probable
! that, in such an event, he would want A. J.
MINOR 70 train him, for we question whether
there is another man living who could be
relied upon with as much certainty as
MINOR to get him to the pitch of condition
on the day set for the race.
The public Of New York have made this
horse the heir of their Judgment and ap-
plause. They would be willing to see him
matched against Gladiateur or Norfolk, but
would hardly be fully satisfied unless he
was trained BY A. J. MINOR for so arduous
contest. We have been led to make these
remarks because it is confidently stated that
the famous horse Norfolk will be brought
from California during the coming winter.
10 be matched against Kentucky in the en-
suing summer. Until Kentucky had exhib-
tied the grandeur Of his natural power, Nor
folk was deemed by many very excellent
judges the best race horse in America. He
has never lost a heat or a race, and whereas
Tipperary ran Asteroid to a head at st.
Louis, Norfolk could have lost Tip, and all
the rest, including Kentucky, in the Derby,
: ha haI f,l q IL,
was not the Kentucky of to-day. 1t is true
that Norfolk has been moderated. 1t has
been proclaimed, loud and long, that he is
no slayer. A match at two-mile heats was
offered against him with Idlewild and even
since his great race at three-mile heats in
California, we have heard an offer to run
Beacon against him for $4,000 "The
times have been that when the brains were
cut the man would die, and there an endP'
but 1t Is still proclaimed that Norfolk did
nothing to deserve his reputation. But this
TO run Beacon against him was
not so mad as it seemed. "Ifs a far cry to
Loch Awe" say the Highlanders, and Nor
folk was on the other side Of the Rocky
mountains.
In spite Of all that has been said to the |
contrary, We maintain that Norfolk has |
proven himself sticker, and his speed was
always such as 10 make him a truly formid- |
able opponent to any horse for any distance |
that he could get. We have never seen a |
lot Of horses much more disgracefuliy beat |
en-, than he beat his field in the first Derby |
at Patterson. They were Just like heard |
Of cattle, trying TO chase a fleet stag, and |
Norfolk,virtually walked over the race The |
idea that he was a non-stayer partly arose |
from his amazing speed. 1t is an axiom /
that horse of moderate speed can stay lon
ger at his best rate than very fast horse
IAN at his superior rate. There has been
md are horses, however, whose best IA
was enormous, and yet their outward con-
ormation and internal organization were
uch that they never tired in a trial race.
such one was Bay Middleton of whom
Lord JERSEY, RANSOM, EDwARDsthe train
II, and ROBINSON the jockey, all declared
hat they never tried him, because they had
10 horse that could live with him for above
mile, and that no matter how long his gal
op or his sweat was, they never heard him
low.
1t is said that this horse ran the Rowley |
nile in I'm. Dos, and Lord GEORGE BEN
'INCK believed it. Yet his stoutness was
uch that he was a good deal more likely to
un away than to tire in his gallop The first
ime ROBINSON ever mounted him he bolted
nd ran four or five miles before he could
e stopped. In make, temper, and the lofty
rdor that scorns restraint, Norfolk resembles
his renowned horse. They are also twice
elated but Kentucky bears a three-fold
elationship TO him. First through Web,
econd through Sultan, sire of Bay Mid
Teton and Of Glencoe, and third through
ARTISAN, the sire of Mameluke, who got
Myrtle, Kentucky's grandam.
artisan was by Walton, own brother to
Ditto, who is noted horse
n the pedigree of Cobweb, Bay Middleton's
am. Should the match now be talked of
eing made, it would never do to underrate
nd hold cheap such horse as Norfolk. 1t
light be ruinous TO the fame Of one Of the
est racers that ever lived to do so, for if he
'ere to beat Kentucky next year, it would
e said in summoning up their histories,
Norfolk beat him at three years old, beat
i'm at six, and could beat him the best day
e ever saw"