New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-11-30
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
AMERICAN RACE-HOR IN ENGLAND.

AMEhlCAN ENpbhND'
A TALK WITH G. W. BISHOP, WHO TOOK PIERRE
LORILLARDs HORSES OVER THE OCEAN.
G.. w. Bishop, who with six grOoms took
Pierre Lorlards race-horses England, bas returned
TO this city. enthusiastic about his trip and has
interesting things to relate Ii will be recOlected
that he had under his the Parole, Uncas
Cherokee PappOose Friar BOreas Nereid and Geraldine
all except the first two yearlings Mr.. Bishop Kept
log his voyage. From this appears that the trip
from v W. York to Liverpool was accomplished without
any sickness among the horses One night PappOose
slightly affected by the motion OF the shin. but the
horse quickly recovered, and that the only I'M
pleasant incident Of the voyage. Mr.. Bishop considers
this remarkable, because the steamer was tossed
b. heavy gales about the whole way. They
left New-YOrk October 10, AMI reached Liver
pool November l, landing the same day. The
horses brought ashore without a mark on tlem.
and in fine condition. Good judges there SAID that they
saw lot of horses reach ENGLAND from America
in good order Ono OF a lot Of common wor6-hois,s
which were on the steamer died the voyage. On
November Mr. Loril!ard's stable taken on To
Newmarket The horses looked fine and felt as well
though they had not made ocean voyage.
At Newmarket the horses were placed in charge of
Thomas Acroft, the famous English jockey. by whom
they will be taken Of They entered Tor com
ing contests the turf follows: UnCas-Derby
and st. Loger in 1879, and Newmarket October 3 1850;
Cherokee. Pdppoose, Nercid, ana Gcraldnc-Juy and
nond stakes at GoOdwoOd for twOycar-olds In the
year. and Cherokee also for the ST. Lcger in lsS0;
PappOOSc, Neuid, and GeTaidInC-Ihc Oaks III 1850;
Bureas and Friar-Thc St Legcr in 1850.
SIR. Bishop visited the house OF Matthew Dawson the
most famous trainer England, VIII. re- Tie was wei Ell
tcItHue. He also to Tdttersal'-, in Liverpool,
and found everything much the same as IN America Ho
However that the American trainers are very
much ahead in some things. Ole thing that eXcitcS
wonder IN Liverpool the American method OF
Strengthening crOoAcd tail by proper separation VI the
h 'Iuelts. THIS has never b, en- done in England The
irit thought so interesting that Mr.. Bishop was
compete to .Ne exhibit on 81 1t before the Neterl-
nary College Oh Liverpool Leaving that city finally,
Mr.. Bishop went 10 Paris, wrcrc he found city once
which trOtlcrs are held III esteem, and Duke
l. Muir gave am orders for tins variety OF racers. Al
Paris, he again had 70 give an exhibition OF his
art in strengthening horses tail lie found that the
horses of Parls ntcsc JlHg suly, the IanWay
animals being nearly all gre. gray stations 81 flenilsl
breed. TueH feet were OF prodieOus sz', aud 'helr
shoes, OF whicu brought DJcA specimens,
weigh to 10 pounds each. Mr. Bishop saws that
telc "a fine field both IN England ana France fOt tue
sale American horses. In Engl nd they have bred
much for speed that the horses are wccdy," and
adapted cIrry ing weight. THUS there Is need
OF an importation OF the more sturdy ana scarcely
les, swift American breeds BcOre leaving for nome,
Bishop witnessed stecpechase Of two and hall
miles, winch lasted twenty-five minutes, tie average
speed brin. ten miles hour.