The New York herald., 1878-10-06
KENTUCKY THoROUGHBREDS.

INTERESTING EXHIBITION OF TRAINED HORSES
Ar coHEY ISLAND.
private exhibition gwen yesterday At Coney
Island Of the twelve kentucky thoroughbred horses
now training Tor public exhibition. and The most
gratifying show was mace, greatly 20 the surprise Of
certain horsemen VINO witnessed the exhibition, and
who had before supposed, as most horsemen have
Supposed, that the American thoroughbred horse
was useless for circus purposes. n. Oscar. the
trainer who brought over six TraKsne staiiious
bought by Barnum, and two jet black Arab4us OF his
own at tho samc time, has bsen working diligently
with the Kentucky horscs iour months, and
though he does not yet consider them we'll trained
he consented exhibit them privately yesterday. Ho
however, somew hat nervous, and horses fe IL
his lack OF seIicoutro. though they execussd kome
very surprising man1uvres aud tricks.
The mare Topsy Is three years old, the horses,
Atlas, DuKo aud superb, and the mares Flora, Mayay
Beauty, GIzeIie anu Mignon ye ,rs old, anu
the horse sultan and tuv mare Norma are nve. Tnsy
all handsome, well buiit animate. with slasning
movement ana nIsn msttie, and some OF them,
gnon AID Beauty especially, are perfect pictures OF
vcauty.
Six OF them were brought The ring at 1r 81, and
atcr sautng the smsii andeoce by dropping on
their knoes, were put through military dri. nuisn
ing WIN a waltz. Duke was ncxt brought out aud
Jumped heavy Skipping rope with great skill LASH
out with bis neeis occasionally a way make
the Kentucky groom dodgs quickly. Atlas ana Floru
then vent through seesaw exercise on heavy
plank balanced three ieet from The ground, and Nine
Augot, who sermef TO DO the equine clown, went
through paper loop anu promcu AIDED the ring on
nef hind legs with groetqu" costume Gszeilc,
al Intelligent looking bay, then exercised her
talents Ia grinding hsnd ergan, wniie Beauty
danced on small platform gracefully and perfect
tm.--not to the music but To The motions OF VI.
Oscars whip. superb. gray morse, then
hunted a handkerchief, united It IRON his owu legs,
picKed nve nsh out Of water and
master, ind nnaiiy rau alter tei rinvd aud
brought him iuto tho by tho trousers
May ny aud Topsy Jay uown al tue word OF command
and rose 10 SLOW music anu Pegasus tho esper, WAC
N n no m ian lUH 4l.nllan
beuutiiui exnuitivn OF his powers twenty rails
were liked about three ieet rois IRON the ground aud
three isst apart ana he trotted over them without
pause aud without touching one He then made high
AND broad Jumps with Burpfistn2 ease aud grace.
Tue two Arabian horses, Emir ana Nsgus, that
were exhibited win tho ffakeae stations then
shown, h. Oscar riding one and arvtng tho
other. In the grand taDiesu each horse STOOD like
statue on hts own stand, wnilo Miguon trotted
around, IN and out, among thcm, backward and tor
ward, and al length look her place IN the middle,
with her ioreiest placed Two post. Ibo picture
was a beautiful Que, ana the horses seemed TO know
H. tor tbsy stood as though lor tneir paoto graphs
NJ Oscar says no Is very spariBg 10 the uso OF his
whp III traiuing and Is also careful TO praise
mucn, but studies the character OF eacn horse aud
then tries TO impress MS intelligence am.
NAL ~ never struck Aignou so much us a tap,n no
said, sand q should do so 1 would spoil herr