Stevens County tribune. (Morris, Minn.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-01
AMERICAN HORSES IN ENGLAND.
The Ventures of MeSSrS. LOriIlard and
Sanf0rd-The Prospects for the Future.
1NeE York World 18th

The Ventures of MesSrS. LOrittdrd and
Sanford-The Prospects for the Future.
New York World. 17th.l
The news of Mr.. Pierre Loriilard's initial
success with Parole in the Newmarket handi-
cap will be warmly received throughout this
country, not only because of the natural
sympathy with the representative of the
American turf who has sent his stable such
a distance to compete with the English
horses on their own courses, but as we'll be-
cause ''the little brown gelding' is so well
known to all habitues of the track from
Saratoga to Baltimore, and as popular as the
famous mare Beeswing used to be with the
northern pitmen. Both of the defeated
horses are animals of good quality-Ison-
omy, in particular, is of high class-so that
there is encouragement for hoping
that Mr.. Lorillard's plucky venture
may be crowned with financial sue
cess, and that at last some light
may be thrown on the interesting problems
of the relative merits of English and Ameri-
can thoroughbreds and of dirt and turf
tracks. Should Uncas and the Duke of
Magenta be enabled to come mp to the post
in form, the test would be a decided one,
while the 2-year- olds are of such good breed
ing and looks that it would be reasonable to
consider them fairly representative of the
American youngsters of 1879.
It is almost o quarter of q century ago
since the first American stable was sent to
England. The story of Mr.. Richard Ten
Broeck's venture, or rather of its beginning,
was told in detail in the World year ago.
The American stable was strong one, what
with Pryor, Prioress, Starke, Satellite
formerly Sheriff., and Umpire, the strap
ping son of Alice Carneal, who made such a
clean sweep of the ~2-year-old stakes
just twenty years ago this summer
that the English could hardly be
convinced that the colt was not q
3-year old. It is just nineteen years ago to-
day since Sayers and Heenan fought at
sheath girded Marlborough" for the champ
ionship, hence the spirit of international
sporting rivalry was at its highest when q
few weeks later Umpire was brought out to
battle at EPSON for the Derby. His failure
to display anything like his 2-year-old form,
though he was fairly to the front at the
finish, was q sore Disappointment to the
American turf lovers, and from that fatal
dry interest gradually died away in MIR. Ten
Breck's venture. It was not-measured by
the amount of money won in stakes or by
the magnitude of the races captured-a
successful campaign, though there we're
some sunny days for the stable. Prioress,
though wretchsdly handled in the race for
the Goodwood cup, placed the Csarewitch of
1857 to her credit, after memorable dead
heat of three with Ell Hakum and
Queen Bess, while in 1859 Umpire was SO
grandly successful in the 5-year-old
events that he left off the winter favor
tie for the Derby of 1860, and Starke
a. rAa1x 1o~ h.,
desired Goodwood cup two years later. But
luck was against the stable, which had de-
veloped fatal habitude, such as possessed
Lord Rosebery's horses last year, of running
second, and in racing he does not come near
enough "who comes to be danied;'' in the ex-
element of the Presidential campaign of
1860 and the outbreak of the war of seces-
sion especially as this was before the re-
vival of racing at the North-American
sporting men lost track of their compatriot,
and finally he returned to America richer
man than he had left it, but that was through
his marriage while abroad with Miss Ander
son, Kentucky belle and heiress. Unless
the World is in error Mr.. Ten Brock had
one piece of satisfaction. Mr.. Merry's colt
Thormanby it was that laid Umpire low in
1860: en- ravanche it was by running off q
dead heat in the mud with the American
mare Magglore that Mr.. Merry's Dundee,
| pounds and pounds the best colt of the year,
ssbroke his mighty heart" and laid the foun-
dation of his defeat the spring following at
EPSON. asst saa.s s8sgs
Not until Mr.. M. III. Sanford sent over
Preakness, Mate, Brown Prince, Donna,
Start and Bay Final three years ago, did an
American again challenge the supremacy of
English thorougbreds on the English turf,
though in 1873-we think it was-there
were hopes entertained that Mr.. August
Belmont would send over stable, entries
having been made by him for the great
three-year old events. The venture has not
been success, judged by the same standard
az that applied to MI. Ten Broeck's, but
then the stable was small, and had the worst
of luck with illness. Besides, though
Preakness was b grand horse, he was very
/ old one. Mate was also s'well stricken in
years. and never showed his American form,
and the others, though of fair quality or
4 promise, could not be called cracks. freak
4 ness tailed to win the Goodwood cup, just
missing second Money, but per
formed so we'll that he had q
walk-over for its sequel, the Brighton cup
(which Etarke also won in his Goodwood
year|--or rather for the forfeits, for the
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