The sun., 1878-04-27
SOME BLUEGRASS FLYERS.
NOTES or 4 RECENT VISIT TO TvO
CRICk KENTUCKY STOCk farms.
Ten Brock nt uome-"I Tink he's UisseIf
Now -Iongfciiow- Uncle John Harper's
ways Gen. Buford'- Me ~ hirter-.A Mug.

us to thc conGncs Of Ncxaua'r', famous stock
farm. and shortly al'r W. arrived at Frank
Harpcrs farm. where u Brock. the fn-tost
horse that oyer galol"i o'lr the turf. has his
home. In deter hrc to the truth of history
must reluctantly state that Mr.. Harper IL not
noted for the cNorc' ~ Of those hospitahlo rites
that have made Kon,u hy famous. Consc-
qucntly we wcr" not greeted with cordially ON
our arrival hy the proprietor of the farm. and
hy him shown the waguiil ont string of horses
that he owns. In fact We wore not greeted at
nn. IIit,hing our horse under ;hc shed Of u
tumbc-down stable. We hailed li,tlo darkcy
who was cisurly riding a athorouchhred in an
big horsrY" H. m.stook our question, think
ing we w"nnt what WIS the ugnc Of the animal
second question set Linn git and he re-
epondrd. guts- Ten Bruks obcr dar on de-
on tho other silr of the roal and thilcr We re-
paired; hut no Ten liroc.k could We sce. After
tarrylng Three or four minutes we heard voices
over in the woods. behind a rise ia the ground.
about iurlnng away. and we wont over there.
here we found a half.dozon or So of ,iarkcs.
and n IL" midst oi them the ~, object of our
search. 7 20 Brock and s"vcral other horses:
The cnmios 1i the t!fi hAl lu-t b IN s,rarrd
on alter his cailup. gud was bong cooled down
by being walked slowly aroqqd under, goycr Of
trainer. Hurry Coi-'nn. and another Nds Willie
Walker the mu'ait1 who has ridden the hig
Walker recognize M" and told me thai Ton
Brook WIS gott ng aloug nn, iy. AMI doing II
Irrst" ninufc. qui,scr. sad he. "nn' You'd
aeecn him cover ground m toy fast. Ton yeu.'
Whic wniiiue for him To- cool ~ Dunkitk
and Betty I> brook were given a milr trial at
the top ~ their spool, and tn way they paved
ground going down the first stretch was Gnu
tion. Hrur had the lead going around the
lower turn. hut coming up the back stretch the
colt put on steam and went 10y the fllly. To use
hcaiin t5nbnrk." II, i"l her home n clean opon
length, comlns m n good shane, while Hette
parrots. her bcll"wS {" mend and her nosirils
show shown ,Y, trais ol n,"oI LIN aIraid II Mon;
have felt like proceeding against Mr.. Harper
for cruelty To aninas iorhwth.
stable 10 be rubbed down. and there We followed
him. On the way over Kilkenny was rather
iso inse N h g'G Want m S -H4M - ~ Mib@r wbarcsdn mex S
OF the darkics observed: Mr.. Harper isn't
SSfGc SfG fSSa Scoy c,c am aayy ySH S '44G 4Gs s' was
the plain truth irely told. When stripped Ton
mind trine hcayy in Il sh. ii 1wcVcr. he has
three wecS ", 60 work t 81. and IL may be that
thgi re was too ilnr drawn whom j. WIS taken
70 % %Balt'Inot' tt2 ll9t tHIGlnsi Tom ,hIltrre and
ne came hGek from the ElS. idnf iiaP i'' sni
60 one Of tho darkics it, iii. indeed. snh
was the pon.e, he was mons Gus low down.
sure nun bnt INK hos all hi~soli now" Tho
noble horse ha- hig work cut out f1r him tn
spring and i mo succeeds n retaining his lau-
Mr., Harper IS NOT entirely interested in his
match with Molly Mccarthy. ne having merely
hired his horses running powers n Comfy of
New York for the race. rcc,.ying therefor. it s
said. 81 1000. II" received tn" same sum for
Rermiiting Ten Brock To- run at Baltimore.
There seems to be lack of .onndeucc In the
match among the horsrmen OF the Blue Grass
region that is suspicious. t. say the lrast of IT,
Before leaving Iinrprr's farm we were shown
the great eN-king Of IN. turf. Lonef low The
Old horse is now eleven years Old. hut he look.
A. fresh as n daisy. The Oh darky who had
him led from his s;i'l to tho open ground was
formerly Il body servant Of old John Harper
who WIS murd"r''l I'm the AuN-n ut4r LuuLfci-
lows stable, ANT he -'ii wears Il ht ~ Grape
fast ned 10 th" Hpu.l of hi- cnNt In mourning
for his memory BY the WAY. mcnnu.-s and
rlnsonoss s'cin Z" "'rlo natural CD the Hnrunrs.
When Oll J 'ln was alive he was gr at
money loudcr. and many arr the stories III, [ 10
told oi ~ methods p f,ing business. For in
stance. u man cot iuri up unl wanted 20 hor-
row $1,000 or sl.J Il. DEE Wlu.l generally say:
Nnw. Mr.. Harper II WON laul mo- o. is MONEY!
itw j b" crcIt a"'ommo'iHi.. Ia O., mr aud no
loss to you. rs will p1y yNu loll interest on
It" II don't want any in'rr.-l," would br tho
Old mnu'- ~ ply; NuN iiu'H 1il yutl -ns y 10
wantcdf f.t' % hun Ir.l luNir-." "Wd,
go get good. strong Nlt,. fu. 'l. So th fr-t-. .-
'nduisors. and % give y,It tiI. money" Away