The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1878-05-04
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Ten HrOech,


San Francisco Morning Call The
t,llowing Is u description which first ap
Dr,d In the Daily Morning Cali, the
Earning after she had won the Cali.
G,on oaks November, 1870, and has
Iosn eopIed by the eastern papers in
,Ge,r comments on the match; Molly
WCuthy Is q brown fly iouled April
INA bred by Theodore Winters, Cali,
Grpn She il by Monday her dam
gcnuy Farrow by imp, Shamrock
%,nddam, Ida by imp Belshalzui
s,cat nanddam, Madam Bosely, the
5,m OF Gamma, by Sir Richard She
i.mther under the medium size, being
.c,nt fifteen hands very gymmetrically
6rmed, and showing the nigh quality
which il almost indispensable IN first
cl,.s race horse, llr bead isHs clearly
cptasan ancient cameo her face On,
Nyened by II star IN the forehead,
with delicate white strip extend.
me- 10 the nose, Her neck IL long
spa tgpc.ing springinF from sloping
shoulders, aud Ter barrel is full aud
we'll nbbci, without much space bes
iwecn the last aud the haunch bone
Her quarters are powerful, the loin
broad and supported by strong flets,
and her arms and gaskins are very
muscular, Her limbs are rather light |
and many would say the bone was too
small. As she has plenty Of tendon
This is not a drawback, and TO sum up,
.bo is blood like, leyermade mare, |
without marked defect anywhere,
This was noticeable whom she was q |
tbree.yearSold colt, and the only change
10 note is her increase in height and
Size generally, She is now about fifteen
and half hands high, and IN. filed
out into u "lair siael' mare, She runs
with little effort is easily placed, never
irets or becomes nervous and is as lady.
like as her high breeding would indiS
cate,
HER COMPETITOR,
Ten Brock, is best known, and ac>
1uired the most of his brilliant reruta>
ton from his races against time, in
which he has cut down the records in
an astonishing way. The following is
description of him taken from the Ken.
lucky Live Stock Record, and is, with4
out doubt, faithful portraiture;
"Tcn Brock is bay, toaled in 1872,
bred by the late John Harper, Midway,
Kentucky, by imported Phmton, out Of
Fannie Holton Uyttleton's damp, by
Lexington, her dam Nantura (Long~
fellows damn, by Bawner's Eclipse, out
Of Quiz, by Bertrand, etc. lie is a rich
bay, with little white on both hind
pasterns, and stands sixteen and quar-.
Ter hands on short legs, and really does
not look so high until you get beside
i'm. He has clean, game and blood
ike head, set on strong, deep, broad
leck, running into well inclined Shout
ers that are strong and muscular
The neck is short in the underline from
he larynx to the breast. The points of
he scapula and humerus incline toN
ward each other, and are well covered
with muscle. His chest is broad, giv~
Ing free action to the lungs, He girths
when in low racing condition, seventy
one inchs. His ribs are large, well
lrched and roomy; he has great length;
bis Ions are broad and well rounded;
hips broad, yet not ragged; his thighs
have large, long muscles, with great
ength from stihe to hook, which are
clean and a little straight, He has eX'
,eent feet and sound, broad fat legs.
Taking him all through, Ten Brock is
one Of the finest specimens of the
to be found in any
country"