The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1870-12-29

iagPrevsnt and they not be sold from the
Sic, - will have two grand young stall
Hons IN the manor born. ! alludeto the two
great sons Of LeamingtOn-LOngfell and
Enquirer. l name them in the order Of
preference. II is my opinion that Lougfel-
low Is the best racehorse in America, il not
in the world. He is the only three-year-oh
bred in this country that was able 10 meet
and defeat first-class four-year-old at
weight forage over q distance of ground, and
Longfellow has defeated on two occasions,
each time Il twO-mile heats, and both Of them
in first-rate time. Now, the Scout is almost
yes. l may say he ia 'first-class Ameri-
can racehorse. Longfellow won both races
with consummste ease. II is my opinion
that the performances alluded 10 in the
above are far better than those Of the English
three-year-old Mlsket at the late Shrewsbury
meeting
Longfellow is horse Of grand appearancc,
full sixteen hands one inch high Though
standing high, his body is 80 deep that his
legs seem short; in other words, he is a tall
horse on short legs. In color he Is dark
brown, almost black, hind legs white to
above the pastern, with q white stripe in the
face. Though horse of immense size, mis-
action is splendid. His stride, after he has
got we'll settled, is fully twenty-six feet at
ever bound; his rate Of going quarter-hone
gait; and as for the distance, he could 20 Ia
Mills Point. His burst Of speed Is 80 great
that in passing BY he leaves n rumbling
sound, not unlike that of q storm-cloud rat
Ting along the ridges of a mountain. shall
not attempt To give a full description Of this
colt, hut will merely say that his running.
tackle is complete in every part, and to see
him rating along Is well calculated To make
a horseman laugh all over Should no acci-
dent occur, he will go North next summer,
to try conclusions with Enquirer, Kingfsher,
Glenelg, It I'd, for the Saratoga Cup.
i'll owned Longfellow, and had old John
Harper's money, | would challenge with
him any horse in the world, TO run any dis
lance, from one mile and half To four miles.
would make the stakes large enough To
suit English customers, and would be 81
accommodating rs To run the race over any
track the acceptors might select. They
would either have To run or acknowledge
had the champion race-horse Of the world.
The season Just closed in this country has
brought out three very fine performers in
Longfellow, Kingfsher and Enquirer. In
my opinion, Longfellow can beat Musket,
Enquirer could beat Hawthornden, and I
think Kingiisher could beat Kingcraft The
above three are without doubt the hest Of
their year in England, unless We except the
flying French filly, Sornette. Some Of the
Englishmen who belong To the jerome Park
Club will hold up their hands in horror al
| the idea that any one should be 50 bold IL to
I assert that an American can he as good Is.
\ or even better than an English race-horse
| would like To discus. this subject little
| further, but this article Is already proiiy,
I and feel would he trcnching upon your
space.
1 The Close OF the racing season leaves Hen
lucky without a rival, far breetin:
race-horses il concerned. The fact l., Ken.
/ tuckv Is the home of the American race.
! horse She sen, out the b.>t five-year-old o
/ the year in Gen. Duke; the bs~t four-year.
old in Morgan Scout; the b,st three-year
ol,ls in Longfellow, Enquirer, kingfisher
| Littleton and Morlacchi; and the hest two
year olds of the year in John NJ. Clay,
| sla-hing iilly, Saucebnx. Harry Basseit,
/ Madame Dudley, and Hollywood. II ",
make one Isolated exception, thai Of C;l.nelg,
every important race Of the season has bcei
won by Kentucky-bred horse. l. she moi
entitled, then, Ia he called, and justly 81, ths
! race-horse region par cJcsiisncs 1T the New
/ World?