, 1876-04-24
SPORTING NEWS.
THE TURF,

THE TURF.
THE A1tEn1cAF MohsEh IL ENGLAND. |
srtttas Corrtspoo1tnes af tbs ChteaGo 1r.ttns
New YonK, April 2o.-1he American horses
in England began operations to-day. Prcak-
ness had besu entosed for the International
Fres Handicap at Newmarket, trila ovur *
n,itc, to b1 rim to-day, but As tile conditions
somewhat singusarly made tbs siEcnce Of tbs
owner to moan dissatisfaction With the weight
placed OF tho horse. he vas declared out. A.
Mr. Sanford wanted On any terms Ia got rAoo /,
early In tho .oason By whicl, ho could form some
idea Of ,ho relative merits Of tho Rngltah md
American horHes he At oncn entered Proakness
for q handicap OF go each, &25 for-
felt with $l,0eo added, nils II yards.
Tor Which tllcro wcro eighteen aui'-
bcriberH. Tfeakncss carrying tue top
weight, 12G poundA, was fourth. Tbs vIuner
was Mr.. ". 8. Crnwford'a b. c, Maitland, yoars.
81 po,ihds, or &c pounds loss than y four-yosr-
old moud haTe had 10 carry hose In race at
weight for age, whilo rsenkness was in a. 8
pounds mora tl.an hiH figure 20 That tho winner
bred hnree, being by LoId Lyon, WHO won tho
Two lhoupanh Derby and LcKar In 1866, out OF
H. N. t., Who WIS tho daughter Of RAismishet
and mnysnnaso ~ In2ton As .sn t"o
Tor tho Eercr Stalker, Al Windsor. whom with
ltf pouhls MP ho ,ai second to Tho Palmer,
WITH Ill., 1in ran twice last Jesst once for the
CambriIgcsl,lro, wllon, With II pounds lie wns
Cup. at Warwick. when with 90 pounds no ~as
third to FAIRY KiuE and Tho Gunner. Norr, fold
who was eocond to-day, wns G-yohr-old, with
e5 ptunds up, q concession IN effect by tl,s
yansea representative Of u pounds ho Is by
Thunderbolt, out OF FranceHca, by NeUininster.
Iln ran nine timea ~ 2year-old. winning
twice. and afxleen timcs ~ 3.raar.old. winning
eight tncb tBcvcn races in successfully. a!' NTH
gooi weights IN. Doiay, an aged borhe by
I.oiterer. out of O,landa 0s pounds, wns third,
md preaknofs fourth. Atr. Stafford has probh-
bly, beon succesafui iu ha principal object-gos-
Epsotn next wosk NTH Matc aud Da7 Final. and
as prenknesa Ii still high IN flesh thu won't run
till Juns IL. perhaps not t'll Jniy) and tho r.ce
wss t. short one tn which he hadnt time to ex-
tend himself fairly. tho friends OF tho iankee
stable here feel quito sattn!cd.
TIE CuMIHu MCETIHGs IN KENTuoKY.
Racing in the Kontucky district begins May
At Lexington, tho Louisville meeting Following.
| Il wcek lator. Chicago readers Will take but \
| limited interest In thon, except With referouce
to the blg raceB 80 tlat there will he needed on
! tho part Of The Tribune but brief mention OF
| tho programme On tho eve Of tho races. Bomc
| noteH Of the big stables md favartes may how
ever, be worth giving.
| Tho present year in Kentucky will bc sench.
tlonal ono. Hiuco tho two crack 3-tear-oids OF
last year, TcuDrocck and King Alfonso Will meet
10 doci]o which of the pair shall DO regarded "a
tie chs,npton Of tho West tho new Lougfel!ow
or Tom Bowling, in the cup-races as tho East.
1oades tnis, tue two crack 2-year-olda OF 1875,
| yagrsnt and Parole. WHO 8wopt everything be-
| fore them at tho Heat and East. respectively,
Tho ,1curath p.abIo Is not 1ikely to mako
much of nhow. MoGrath always has hard
luck as those VINO remember tue breaking down
Of Tdinodyuo and Tom Bowling canuot fail to
admit. Akson Pennington. on whom he has ra-
lied cortatuly. has leg that 10 ssy the !eaet 10
doubtful. or tue throo crack 9-yeat-olds last
| veal, Calvin las not recovered from the cut he
cot whom Enst, aud The Tn1nuHE hesrs is lane
for lifo; and Ar,stidcs and Chcsaneake are rs-
| ported to Aaye thrown splsnts. Tie 9-yeAr-old
representatives of the 3fcGsAth stable, Bryan
and DniRaisisu. though vol bred. did compaFa'
lively little worth mentioning last year.
BRiscrt las the CRACK 3-ycar-od OF last wear,
Kpg MfonHo Of whom favorable accounts are
heard. Tho col. has grown aud thtckened. and
retains oil his tremendous speed and staying
power. numor also hiDts that tho stable has q
wouder in ths 8-year-old Ceylou. By Asteruli.
out OF yandnlta by randaI, and that be has been
riysn soma htgl trials wlth tho King. wto can
| neither 10 too fast nor too far 10 suit him. OF
| cournc, no QUE outside knoWs what tho weights
tlloy c&rr7 In these trials are, but the facs Te-
| lnn,na that Ccyion is much whispered ot as
clipper. ,->
tho living Ten Brock In charge, aud IT. is re-
| pnrled that the horse has mAtured, Hnd Ia tu
splendid form foE she summer cAnpatg''.
| Uf Yngsant, Mr. T. ]. Nichols 3-yetr-old, to
whom Kentucky pins her faith this year, sstia-
factory reports are Klveu. II be IL beaten thore
wi! 10 mourning and insolvency Wherever btuo-
grass Gr1wB aud fro ,ater runs.
or tho Eastern horse the belongs to Pierre
Ioriilard. tue great tobacconist), parole, moth
| ing has been heard
Tue eoaron In keutucky has been backward.
and desp.te recent mild weather IL still three
weeks tuhsnd, 10 that the horses have been 10
ahln to do their work as advantagoously as thc'
might hnyo douo under more favorable circum.
stnnees.
IL Is understood that Kentucky turfmen ARK
bog,nniag to look with more favor on tho io
creased scale Of wolgbts introduced by thu
American Jockey Club, which at first the,
decrlol 80 bitterly as M English innovation.
Koutncky treoaors preterrcd, very naturally, t
Bal! q colt WHO had ,uD fast race WITH lfgh
weight up by HIS record and the feau!t WAS thA
many Of these colts (tiko searoheF last yesr
went Eaa. aud disappointed their backera sadly