The weekly Elko independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1872-1887, 1878-07-21
Ten Brock and alo..c z,eCarthy.


known turf man OF that section. Al
iuding to the great race on the Fourth,
the writer says:
1T turned out as you predicted. The
mare is no match for the horse, be the
distance short or long, but the great
confidence expressed by her friends.
Induced the belief that she
would hold out to Tho end and
/ not weaken Ike scrub.
In my judgment both horses were ia
| good condition with Ten Eroycl. drawn
| just shade too much, bat lie looked
like au old warrior bcpt On victory aud
| piunder. while the mare looked like II
fancy tld bit that would make but II
short Irritation before she yielded to
| the king Of the turf. i am conced-
ing Il good deal when l say that She
would be Eore neatly matched with
such good ones as Lizzie Whips, Toll
ono and Jonnette. The start was an
oven one, anl according TO Colston' 5
orders, which were "J,s Let the horse
toto her, fas5 enough to choke her"
Walker sent the horse to her side, and
lie waltzed her 10 death in two miles
and q half, finishing his grand gallop
in canter and without partner. leuy-
ing the great California crack "In
state qao;" that is, she has never yet
seen horse 20 IN at the winning post.
OF course there is and will be, great
many excuses made for her failure,
and her not being acclimated. both of
which will fail to the ground with eX-
pcrienced turimen when it is known
that when she sut her wind. she tns
all light, while the horse Suffered from
heat FOR hours; it affected him much
more than II did her. Besidt5, il is
warmer IN her bsat. Stockton. Slcra-
mu!'tn and MnTysyille during the entire
summer. than in any portion of Ken
lucky. Secondly. there is more diff.
ference between the climate Of EPSON.
downs and sunny France, than between
Kentucky and California. and so with
thIt OF New Orleans and Lexington;
Teas ana New York City, yet Thurio.
AN English horse, won the grnhI prize
al Paris over the French bred crack,
IT#uluirc; as did Lexington over La
COMP; III the great post stake race i'll
New Orleans; as did Gen. Phillips over
Parole in New York, this summer.
And yet none Of the above winaers
Ncrn acClimated, and they all ran
tguinst acknUwl dyed champions on
their own sod. 70 sum up all. there
Ia the very beet evidence before and
after the race thrt Ten Brock was aud
Is far tho better horse. First, he has
shown as much staying qualities
as ever did MollieI second, he has
shown much more speed, even in rnccs
with other horses; thirdly, nearly, il
not al! his contest have becen with first
class horses, while she in all her pre-
giuus thirteen races never had a good
second class horse TO test her speed or
sound her bottom. Again, the opinion
ui the majority OF The turf.men and
sportiugmen was, that the horse would
win, and their opinion is worth some.
thing. The odds were in his favor
everywhere; even i'll San Francisco.
Which alone shows that her friends did
uo+ have much faith in her when match
ed with ono Of Kentucky's great pets,
for men bet longest where their fnith H.
stoagest. All this is good circumstan
tial evido nee that he wns the best horse
before the race, atid his beating her
quarter Of n mile is positive proof that
he was and is the best horse after the
race. There has been great many
unfuundcd reports about his being div.
bard; 1t was the other side that Was be.
ing driyon hard; he was never touched
with whip or spur, and am sure that
no could have given Mol.io the 20 by at
any point in tile rgoe. As Harper said
To Walker, keep her at hor best and
whom sho gets through with this heat,
sue will hunt the shade and rest her
bones on tho blue grass"
Tho writer of the above takes no
more pains TO conceal his State prid,
upon the question Of the merits of the
two flyers, than She most pnitizan Cali.
forniGn. bu, tie conviction is forced up.
on unbiased minds that Rs he asserts,
the marc was really no match for the
horse.
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