Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1878-07-13

from head to heel. And this is made
the more effective for the reason tha'
he is never excited, and never makes
a display of himselt; never eievates
his head, and never p~osturiZes III
element, standing or running. II Is
hard to- convey n just ide OF sucn q
horse as Ten Brock is. tie ID grand
from size, neat from con-
tormity and adjustment OF AL MS
nsrts. His head is neat, clean. bloody.
with a clear eye and q calm express
sion, showing good temper, non-ex-
citabilily, and both courage ana reso-
lut,eu. 1t indicates his power II
Willingness to do all h a 10 III him
when asked for. Aud all of his rae
inc shows this, for he never failed III
-. race. whether well or ill. TO DO all
| that n willing and determined brain
| and stout heart could do. Ills neck
| has no elevation, but goes level away
to his withers in n neat straight line,
and Joins his body i'll a graceful way.
1t is deep At the junction, aud MS
throttle and wind-pipe are both large,
! detached. aud free, giving the best OF
breathing pipes. which enter a deep
Widespread chest, 50 large that lungs
and heart have abundant room Tor
both great size and action. "A lnrSe
horse, long from shoulder point to
rump md, he is yet short on his
back. His shoulders are very oD!iqhe'
long, and wide, and sweep far oack
over his ribs. His hip points reach
far forward, and lying beneath great
broad loins, yet so near his snoaiuer-
blade ends that ii gives To MS Dach
great shortuess aud strength. Anu
vet his under line from tore leg arm
to thigh point is very long. Though
tall nc does not loo 1T, and he mas
verv short legs, owing TO MS great
depth of body. lie is muscleu al
over in the grande.t manner NJ the
points OF power. with useless lulaoer
nowhere. HIS legs are the pest ana
have never complained III sli Ills cam
paigns up to his sixth year IN whlch
he now is. They are road, nat,
with great teudons, large arms Ill
trout, and great thighs and Sasklhs
behind. He is very long IN his arms
aud from the hip point 10 the mock d
greater length and sweep were never
seen on u horse. This 10 equalieu oy
the length of his fore arm ana tne
s~hovtuess from the knee TO the ankle
Joint or pastern. This arrangement
If bone. gives Ten Brock graf
, reach OF leg both before and behind
f his hind legs coming far under hll
= aad his fore ones going far IL II
n front. He has thus great reach be
hud to propel himself, ana gres
reach before TO take ad vantage OF nj
y propelling powers in his hind quar-
: Iers. He IL, therefore, a long striuer
o and his short bones from the Knee q
p the ground both forces and enable
him to carry his legs very low. SUI
/. All animal machinery should move II
the easiest manner. A horse wa
O never seeu with nearer a perfect rid
mag motion. No muscular force, n
e nervous energy are expended useless
ly. In running, he goes low, leVeI
Il and near the ground, without lott
knee action before or sprawhng, o
e elevation of legs behind. In tempe
ne is rs level. even, and smooth AS !
bodily form aud movement. IN
animal Is pe.fcct in temper, Ill torn
and motion all combined.
Ten Brock was bred by The lat
John Harper. of Wuodford county
r Kentucky; j. u bay; was toa!ed IN lsI
Il so is now six years old. was got b
imported Phutton. dam Fanny III"
y ton bv Lexington SrandaIn Stntul
., 10y Brawner's Eclipse (son OF Amer
l. can EcIipse). otherwise known {
d Counterpart; Y. g. u. Quiz by Be
r trand; Lady Fortune 10y Bromme
70 imported Buzzard; The Fawn b
> Craiy's Alfred; Shepherdness b
:. Wormsey's King Herod; Morton
N imported Traveller: imported VIII
tingtnu: imported Childer-; au IN
H. ported mare.
This pedigree embraces many gres
race hUrs--. Fanny Hoiton was
Of fue one. Nantura Diam of Longfe
+ low was a great one. Littleton W
- out OF Fanny. Tue great Woo
+ pecker (sire of Grey Eagie) was i'll
a and he Il great race horse rs well as
j., great sire of race horses. No bett
a. family of racers ever existed
II, America, and Ten Brock is the chi
he one of a great line, the culmIHatli
Ks grandeur of his race. Viewed in +
HI respects, Ten Brock is Il OF Il
or finest tnoroughbrcds and racers tn
ID ever lived in any country.
v As ~two-year-old he ran third
a Bill Bruce for the Colt Stakes, thre
=, quarters of a mile,a Lexington, *,
cr sept. -, 1874, in LII. AS a tire
=, ,ear-olI started nine times, won hv
r.: lost four. lie won the PhEn
ne Stakes, a mile and an eighth, at lie
A.. ,ugtun, Ky, spring meeting. val
~. $3.50. beating Bill Bruce, Goldmlr
Il, Millionaire, Elemi, and Aristidcs.
IN The order named, in 2:ll "a. l
"a, Lexington. Ky, spring meeting,
eli was beaten by Aristidcs for t
III ~three-vear-old sweepstakes. two a.
nd an eighth miles, in 3:45 1-2;the last II
III miles was run IN 1881. The race
he the faste-t on record by a second a.
rs quarter. AT Louisville spri
he meeting he won a purse, 500, t"
y, nile heats, beating Brnkesman a,
III Can't. Hutchinson i'll 1888 81, j.;
sv same meeting won the Louisvi
he Cup, $l,iOO, two and a quarter mil
lsI beating Monmouth ln4:O3 IL. Sal
,er meeting he won the Gait House Pls
Us Stakes. 81, 200, two and a half mil
" beating Steinbok, Damon, and Cr'
he san i'll 4:35 3 4.
In 1877 he walked ove at Lexil
Nv ton, Ky, for purse $500, mile anu
IN hal {; am meeting, purse SoOO, u
ra- miles and all eighth, he beat katri
.er and Chestnut Oaks in 1858 IA.
a, Louisville, for purse $3.50, agai'
no. The fastest mile. he beat the best Tin
eat l:41 "a in l-39 "a. Same meetll
,iIe purse $3.50, he ram against the D
eat rwo mile record. 1892 l-2, and won
ne. 3:27 2. AT Lexington. Ky, he b
IA Fair Play for a purse $500, W
. :; all eighth miles. in 1856 IL; ga
rec meeting. purse $3.50, three miles,
!, in beat HertZog. katrine, and Bill Dill
;es, in 5:34 IA. AT Louisville, KY.
neat Courier. for purse $3.50. mile {
the quarter, in PHI Ia; same meet
purse $3.50, two miles, he beat TOLD
ard aud Whisper in u cauter i'll 1886.
in Baltimore, III October. was bea
her tour lengths by Parole. W and d /
: Mt miles, i'll 1877 IA, Tom Ochiltree thl
mr. same meeting won the Bowie Sta!
md. 81. $50, f"ur-mi!e heats, beating L
obi. rIcade. 2, 2; Algerine and Amb
dis d;sIanred first heat. Time, 7:42
"A 7:4u. He wa. entered against Pal
tor a purse, 81, 900, two miles ant
iced half, at jerome Park, but was SO
~ condition that he did not st
tine AT Lexington, in May, 1873, he
a in Leonard, Vera Cruz, Bill Bass,
irg- A~ristiues. one mile and a half, i'll
IA Ia easily, making no running ext
heaI At the finish, and with sore heels,
,iIes charging matter as he ran.
-, "a, pr;pr tn this last race the m