The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-06-24
THE AMERICAN HORSES I'M ENGLAND.


Prom the Sporting Times, June 10l
The Hampton Court yeariings will be sold next satur
day and the Gotham the following Saturday -
Ascot week. while the whole OF Mr. Brayleys breeding
stud will be brought to the hammer d1ring stock
bridge Meeting Among the visitors Middle Park last
Saturday was Mr. NJ II. Sanford who returns to
America this week prepars for his annual sale
OF the Preakness ycarllngs the 10th Of this month.
Freak after which the fine year. old cham
pion OF Mr. saniord's racing team at Newmarket 10
called-ls a small that also gives the TO
a valley about eighteen miles IRON New York. and
emptcs itself into tho Pa-saic Falls. II IS
Mt Prcakness whore Mr.. Sanford has his racing
establishment. but his breeding stud Is / 200 milc
away 'sblue grass region OF Kentucky, and fai
from the stud OF Mr. Alexander the largest breeder 10
the United states whose ycarings are sold The week
before Mr. Santords II was nj Mr. Alexandes's sAles
Mr.. sanford bought Preakness, Mate. Bay Final and
Black Prince twho form part OF his English lott at that
age while the remainder he bred himself but repur-
chssed ut loss, from having made rule buy
In single lot al his sales under any consideration
whatever, whatever waggish suggestion might arise
In this country from the tact OF his auctoneer being
named kidd" Tho name Of Mr.. Sanfords stud farm
is North Elkhorn, which IL six miles from Lexington
the Maysvc Pike, where he has tho large number Of
seventy i've brood mares, all descended from English
blood. nifty OF which had saddle their backsi
For the service OF these there Ave sires-
viz, Genclg haywood, Monarchist, King Lear and
virgalI or Lexington, the Sockwcli OF America,
except the FIRST and last named Geneg is by Citadel
out OF Bapta and enjoys the reputation tho present
moment OF being the best English horse ever sent
Amerca-a hard nut for the believers In Priam, Glen
coe, Buzzard, Barefoot, Tranby, Trustee, HighnyeI
Margrave, BelshazzAr, Doomed, Sovereign, knight O
ST. George, scythian, bennington and other imported
English celebrities to crack-while Virgil is o.
vnndai Thy Gcncoe) and the sire Of vagrant aud
virginius tho thrcc-vear-old champions OF the
West and East In 1875. Mr.. Sanford
siders Monarchst the best horse he
possessed. but, unfortunately his groat superiority
only discovered when too late TO send him over 10
for the Derby in 1871, In which no engaged.
haywood started, owing 20 his leg giving way;
hut hc is Of the most successful sres in America
Until Mr. sanford set the example and persuaded Mr..
Alexander TO erect novels Tor his mares and young
stock they the whole year unshetcred having
TO away tho To get at tho grass during she
winter, at which season certain fields Of pe-
Guitar growth reserved tor their use.
Late ioals arc preferred in America, for shm
sensible reason-whch is connrmatory OF the
late Sir Joseph Hawlcys theory-that when tho grass
Is swceest the youngsters thrive so much better, and
''earn their livelihood" more heartily. The difference
between English aud American oats, which averages
fortynve pounds against the latter's thirty p0unds
makes all tho difference in tho rearing Of young stock
hcPeakness yearngs to be disposed OF at the forth
coming sale number thirty SEVEN viz thirteen cou
and twenty-four acs and Il Is not unlikely that the
result OF Mr. Sanfords recent visit TO England may
prove advantageous 10 tho American T1rf, hs
makes OF his estimate that tho thoroughbred
horses OF that country arc at least stone bohind the
EnglIsh.-Iurpa