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Harry Bassett and Lonefeffovv In
Their Training Quarters.
AT the foot of Murray street, North
River, at 9 40 A. NJ, we take boat
from which We land at Sandy Hook in
an hour, taking the New Jersey South
ern Railroad, which lands US at Ocean
port. Here we are at once on the Mon
mouth Park race track. On Friday, a
Sun reporter made the trip, and visited
the racing stables at the track, under the
convoy of John Chamberlin:
THE HOME OF HARRY BAssETT.
At the rear of the pretty little hous e
where AIR. William E. Raynor, the sec
retary of the association, lives, is the
stable, occupied this year by Col Nc.
Daniel. This veteran horseman has
eight horses at Monmouth Park, the re-
mainder of his string being at Saratoga
But these eight are host in themselves,
as will presently be seen. In the Gen.
tire stall of the stable is the "mighty
hero" Harry Bassett. This famous
four-year- old, with all his lately won
laurals thick upon him, looked as sleepy
and lazy as cat before the fire on q
cold winters day. But the Instant he
saw stranger he pricked his ears and
looked up with an expression of the
eyes whick seemed to say, Don't come
too near, cay good sir, or / will kick
you" What grand specimen of the
thoroughbred horse he is! What 8
splendid head! What a symmetrical
barrel! What muscular quarters! And
then mis- legs, as fine an6 delicate as
those of a fowl. Not the vestige of 0
lump or splint or any of the ''leg mala
dies" that horse flesh is heir to.
HARRY sAssETT's CONDITION..
From hersey point of view, too, bis
condition is all that can be desired. He
takes long, strong work every morning
and eats his feed with s gusto that none
but perfectly heNitsiy horse can pos
sess, and it is needless to say that if al
goes well till the day of the "grea
race" Harry Bassett will be sent to
the post in as fine condition as the hands
of man can put him. At present bt
looks quite ft to run, his coat is as fine
as satin, while the muscles stand out or
his thighs and quarters like iron bands
This week will doubtless be occupied il
putting the final polish on this splendid
son of Lexington. -
JOHN HARPER's STABLE
Near Col. McDaniel's stable, and /:
little more to the right, is the stable oc
cupied by old John Harper's hope O
Kentucky, Longfellow. When our par
ty srrived, the old man was sitting il
front of his beloved horses STALL talk
ing horse. He received his visitors very
cordially, land proceeded at once to show
them Longfellow. The big horse wa.
standing in his stall, lazily switching of
the flies with his tail, but, unlike his ri
val, Harry Bassett, he took no motto,
whatever of the strangers. Although
some critics would take exception tC
Longfellow's shape on the ground o
coarseness, yet when one stands along
side of him it is an easy matter TO SCI
what finely formed horse he is. Very
deep through the shoulder, with plent,
of room for the lungs, and with mus
cles on his thighs that are simply won
derful, it would be strange indeed i
Longfellow did not race. If we wert
called upon to pick a fault it would b.
with his head, which is rather larger
than the accepted size of race horses
but this defect, if one it can be called
is more than counterbalanced by his full
throat and fine neck. Lopgfellow's legs
like Harry Bassett's, are as fine as coult
be wished, and it is worthy Of remarl
that though he is five years old, he hal
never had any ailment in bis limbs.
TALK WITH OLD JOHN HARPER
disclosed the fact that he is very conf
dent of his horses ability to beat Harry
Bassett, and, as he said to the writer
whichever horse wins the race should
be considered the test horse in th,
world" Few will gainsay the truth o
this, no matter what they may think o.
the prowess of Sterling and other En-
glish "fyers F"
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