The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-19
THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH RACE-HORsE.


THE STORY OF AN ENGLISH RACE-H0RSE.
Oace upon lime, a cartain race-horse
| OF rising fame was purchased Oy a small
syndicate of bOok-nlakers III order that
| he might be prepared % win the Derby.
lne nominal owner WAS gentleman oil
position in society, but that the animal
was a book-m ,kels' horse to all iutents
| and purposes soon came to be received
,s a iacL in turf circles. AS to the morse
Itself. it was OF good breeding, and that
| il VAS superior animal had been DEM
| oustrated Uy its winning an important
| Itwv-year-ald race A La ge sum OF money
was given for il, $4,000 being named as
the price which vas paid.
IL vas generally understood among
| the initiated that Tue Pelican ESQ we
Will call the horse) was beng ''Workeu"
| with view TO Winning The Dlue RIBBON
OF .ne turl, and as consequence III was
quoted at luug price foE mother I'M
poltant race III winch IL was engaged,
anu which fel. 10 be run previous TO Ihe
Derby. For that race an ostenlatiously
puDlic trial oil the horse was made,
| wuen 1T finished Il iOug way behind ah-
other animal trained III the same stable.
| But III spite OF ali that was sad TO have
| D en- done TO prevent success, the morse
| won tn race IL " as not Intenucu 10 WIN,
mucn. doubtless, to the chagrln OF those
mteresleA, l., VINO had been quietly back
lug it very largely AZ the best ODDS
oDLaiuaUle lor the Derby; and If IL mad
not won the otne' race, lohS US "ou
h We been got aoou|lI iot Che Deio wy
lhat CIAs7IC race IL ul" NV wan, ouI ~
" on an lher STAKE Oh neailE Cqual III
rortance, al II later pefloo VI tne ye"i :
La the mI"ntlnlI' az o"e ~, W ,,1 :
| lash ondule meetings "a tne sS"su",
| ldiSptaVGu WnaL may oe caI4eu III tt"''C'
| ) NE aWiul!y W anu ln iu"'ih -
| Eirst o. a. IL won " Sro"t VI 'he N"A"'
Of nearly @''''", s'"i''AS wan US
Two 10 ON Uy"t"St = Chen ~ '"o oV"No
worth aDou LAW ""eh II s'''i' 'c" wan
Odus Oh SIX 40 o"e U" - nou AZ loo' !"
oLhcr st"Ne aU IHG '"nle III ioe'i"S a. o0l E
easily pvdIeh On p"tn UCt"o 'o'lo W ="
worse horses tdah IL n"u pteFlousI
Va, q"ls ueu! In me We 7pdpefs "a 'nv
day ne luclng "l Ine fel ca" was huc+
cUmmcnttu upon, as was "Aso IuS az
penr"hCe o. INC "hihl'i'
| AGu ~ ran Oh Vic secohu occ"9loh
: was asserted mat IL Was In great paw
: and tAaL IL nau su 'uInl! DeelI ZANE" ia
AS ID matter oI cuuFs', ha.ureu PeoPl
InsluuaLe loul pidl, nut 40 PROOF wa
gwen, Whlie cu'lou7ly enouSh sum
very ueNFy UCts "01C S"'"cu " o''
Two bUoM-ihaNer9 o" I"e eecoho an
Inlru OCCASIONS Oh us running, Ia
, co Il ana iIohih"Stei, IL Is salu, nav, ~
backed The fcltcah 10 VIII hlm = loOO'
watch Went lhCo Che ha"us % CuG '"'
makers. IAaC -uhem.,n, We pel'eN'
3, ueNer makes peV no" tlll ne sces Cu
I Ii rse when he lnteHde w BACK az III
. sLurLlng-pust! We We these ueCalls IL
wnaC tuty are Noitn.
l. That Luey occurred "jhce upon a Time
T. Is CERTAIN; wnctner all The IuIerehce
it which were drawn IT. III the state
+. wnIch the horse appeared Oh III
. second and llu occasions were Iru
:, WnD rau tcll buo those Interested! III.
- Fac Pencan U ,Iongcu 10 Il owner Ol II
- egIlly, one VI tu"se spoEtslhGh NO rae
or nUuor OF the pure owe oI sport, an
,orL wou.u unuUuoIeuly nave oeeh ma.