Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-07-22
KENTUCKY TURF CELEBRI.
TIES.
Gossip About LonEfeiIOvV and sold
Tahn HRFDerJ3

Gossip About LonEfeIIOw and IsOId
J0Bn Harper.o
The Saratoga correspondent of the New
York World, writes, July 10, SIS follows:
The scene at the grand stand was very
animated, but not quite up to the two
previous days. There was much curios-
lty expressed by the ladies to see the
owners of the famous racers. Among
them especially pointed out was the old
gentleman who OWES LyngfelloW. Once
a cToss~Toad tavern keeper, now a mil
honsire, he looks like shreWd old
farmer.
One of The many runners afoat among
votsries at tee Springs this morning, and
among the habllues of the numerous sa-
looms that abound in the modern Mecca,
wss the story that sold John Harper''
hsd sold his great Kentucky ''fyer" to
New York millionaire, who had paid the
enormous sum of $llO,0 900 for him.
Some, however, fixed the amount paid at
lower figure, but still large enough to
buy half 6ozen small farms out West
$780,
An interview with the old gentleman
early this afternoon resulted in the same
answer as was given TO a similar story at
Long Branch, 'That money cannot buy
him." but that after his engagements in
the East he will be sent TO his beautiful
Kentucky home and used for stud purpo-
ses, in which he cannot but prove iavsl.
liable, being perhaps the best bred horse
in America, having been sired by inns
ported bennington, dam Nan'urs, by
Brauner's Eclipse, grGnd dam Quiss by
Bertrand, while bennington, his sire,
was considered, when bought in England
by Dir. Cameron, 70 combine in one morse
the best racing blood in the kingdom.
Lonefellow is beautiful brown, stand.
ing seventeen hands high, with one white
heel behind, and blaze of white on his
face. He has large, strong fetlOck and
pastern Jints, filing the hoof finely, the
cannon bones Of each of the hind legs
running up bread to the heck, the hook
spread out wide and as clear as a deer's,
with full, large STILES. He is long from
the hip 20 the Whirlbone; the cropper,
where il reaches the tail, se.s out strong
aud high like the Arabian style. He Is
wide ia the hips, bat round and smooth;
well ri0oed back, with a round chest,
long, tspeIiIg shoulders, running oblique-
" toward tie hips, making the back look
strong and short, presenting q fine Ca
pacity for carrying weight. He has
strong, well turned neck, filing The shoul-
ders wide from the crest down, the role
Of the neck running into PRETTY formed
head, with OPEN jOTls and large throttle,
indicating easy breathing poEers.
To the connoisSeur il the race horse,
Longfellow presents more beauties of
racing form than suy horse at present on
the turf. The arm at the elbow, where
it leaves the body, is broad ana strong,
tapering well 10 tae hOJf, with plenty of
substance Hs true thigh, from the
wkirlbOrc D. ihe stife, IL SO long that it
makes the ga2kln, or second thigh, Gp-
pear almost Is broad Is The Etif5 itself.
With al these splendid points, Longfel-
low can rot but prove The most valuable
stallion iuLbe country, and Ee can readily
understand MT. Hsrper'5 refusing to sell
hin, more particularly 90 now that the
LsamiuftUa colts and FLIES are running
in such splendid form.
- Besides L9ngfellDw's ether engage
ments, hs viii be entered in a dash of
three miles on Tuesday, when be will
again meet August BeimOnl's famous
flyer" KIngtisheT, said by many to have
bae0 The b-st three year OH in the c0un-
Try lsst year. Several gentlemen just
from England who saw the great French
hors", Nor =rmeT, run III Ascot think that
L0ngfeliow il a weight for age race, over
the usual distance, could beat him easily,
and MTterm,r is ny many considered the
besy distance horse at present on the
Eng'-u turf, snd il is not s. all unlikely
but ;ust str NJ efforts viii be made to get
up purse next year iarge enough to in
ducs TIE Owners of such horses az Nor
te-mgr, R3sicruciau, Boutwell, and Glen
hvIi, 10 send them 10 this country and
contend against such horses IS LOngfel-
Low, KingnsbeT and Harry BAssett.