The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-03-22
SPORT IN ENGLAND.
Resumption Of Training Opera
lions at Newmarket.
Mr.. LORILLARD'S STABLE
Morley, the Light Weight Jockey, Engaged to
Ride the American Horses.
IANLAN AT MANCHESTER.
Sundy Subjects interesting to Ameri-
can Sportsmen.
Mr.. LORILLARD'S STABLE
HANLAN AT MANCHESTER.
LONDON. March 10. 1879.

LONDON, March 10, 1879.
At last our prolonged winter fairly to have
given way, the cold snap which experienced last
week being apparently the expiring effort of King
Frost to assert his supremacy Previous to that the
work of preparing the large number of thorough
breds now in training throughout England had been
resumed. but the frost alluded to rendered the
ground 30 hard that morning gallops were
again at an end for several days. and even when
that was the exercising heaths were too heavy
for fast work until within the past day two. One
result of the frost and may be here referred to-
1t concerns racing law although not Immediately
connected with the present subject. The Sandown
Grand Prize, hurdle race to which the large sum
Of $1,000 was added from the fund. had provoked
considerable amount Of speculation. and the Sandown
Meeting was to have taken place on Thursday and
Friday Of last week. On Wednesday there seemed no
possibility of racing on the morrow, so postpone
ment was announced until Tuesday and Wednesday
of this week. and under the following rule OF betting
al wagers laid the previous to the postpone
mont are null and void,--
DAY other in the weok all bets must stand
or to make the slghes. difference in the terms Of the en-
Previous to 1871 bots followed the stakes rrespec
tive of postponements but an amendment of the
rules then passed by vote of IL to members Of
the committee who had the matter in hand. 1t was
certainly hard lines owners who had backed their
horses at q long price. and by thus exposing their
hands had brought them to a short price, to have all
their bets cancelled and then be compelled to 20
into the market once more and accept the short Odds
Within three weeks from now the fat-racing
of 1870 will have commenced and the first of
the spring handicaps will have been decided, viz,
the Lincolnshire Handicap. and trainers busy
rafting their candidates along to get them into
decent condition for their engagements on the
Carholme. Owing to the impossblity of getting
lusty horses and gross feeders into anything like
condition for such hard run race the Lincoln
shire Handicap is the course being perfectly level
and straight mile. and the generally run from
end to END upon the American plan. rather than
that usually followed In England. 1t is quite out of
the question attempting to select the winner upon
public FORM and subsequent running Is pretty certain
to upset that shown at Lincoln. light built four
year-old or even older horse eniently treated in
the matter of weight. will most likely turn
up trumps this time. such. for instance,
as Sir Joseph, four years. 112 lbs, or
Tallos. five years. 1O4 lbs. if the course is good
going. providing it in heavy Sir John Asteys old
Drumhead. with only 90 lbs. will pass lot of the
speedy ones toward the finish Of the mile. and his
u II
Lincolnshre. where Sir Johns estates are. Those
horses that not required till later on. April or
May. and especially the Two Thousand Guineas
and Derby horses. are only doing very
steady and slow work to prepare them
gradually and got them to their best on the day
of the race. Both of these have low very
open appearance for. with Peter out Of the way
owing to General Peel's death. Falmouth showing
signs OF weakness in his pins and Victor Chief under
ID nt,In vrAA hal
horses whose two-y running wonderfully
similar. Last December it looked dollars to
doughnuts against Mr.. Lorillards chance for
either Of these important events with Uncas,
but things have changed bit since then and. with
health the son Of Lexington and Coral may after ALL
get as near, II not nearer, the money than Brown
Prince did two years ago. SO far Uncas has done WELL
and but for his rather light thighs would show
wonderful amount Oh character. In his long, slow
gallops with Parole he moves with wonderful
freedom. and rs seen then he makes more
month"; will tell the story as to his nrospocts Of
taking part in the Two Thousand Guineas. Parole
never looked better in his life than he does now and
In the opinion Of others besides your correspondent
he will not be very far OF landing the great Metro
poltan Stakes ii he keeps doing well he has
change OF all. however. is in the appearance Of
the two-year-old sister to Parole. Pappoose She
has shot ,, up like mushroom and always lish.
There is no great harm in her thus growing. pro-
yded she begins to get furnished and chickens; but
in the season before she is seen in public, when
he will be better able to stand the
hesyy weight ON her Ner psid i, Tis atins
well and has developed into nicely shaped. strongly
built nlly while she possesses rare action. and il
yet catch tho judges eye: Cherokee is growing so
tar as appearance goes into q second Rosebery 1t
the Cambridgeshire and Cesarewitch hsndicSps
in 1876, one OF tho most remarkable teats
n eos shaps .S Sa :as English
resembles Mr.. smiths horse nearly as it is posi-
Bile for two horses to resemble another. SO far
20 good and now for Mr. Lorillsrds sake IL Is to be
hoped that his homebred colt will turn out some
thing like as fast as Rosebery. The Others are doing
o. we'll could be wished and will doubtless pre-,
sent much better appearance ut the close OF tho
month than they do Ut present. for they have done
nothing In the way OF work yet beyond healthy ex-
ercisc.
The Duke Of Magenta is slowly recovering from
his attack and gets walking exercise on tho
utes at the time, as not to fatigue him too much
for he is drcadfully weak still. AS might be ex-
as he is on the mend and is feeding we'll he Will
rapidly make flesh and pick up his spirits with
the return of the pleasant spring weather are
already looking forward to. From this the admirers
OF the Duke form their estimates OF the
chance of his running this year ut all 1t liz possible
that by the time the Newmarket October meetings
come round Mr.. Brown may think would do
him no harm, but for him to win against any
thing like race horse would be little short of a
miracle; besides have yet to find out whether he
Is sound in his pipes and that can only be
tanned when he does bit of fast work
Charles Morley has been engaged AZ first jockey |
for Mr.. Lorillard's stable, and il is by
bad selection. for no Is clever lad and has shown
some excellent riding while he has been on |
the turf Morbsy's lowest riding weight is
lUS lbs, so that no can be- used for all the |
weight for age races, and IL is hardly likely |
that any OF the team besides Parole will be entered |
IN handicaps for some time yet no do all the
riding for the stable. Morley began his career u
Jockey In 1873 whom he credited with thirteen |
wins. The following year he rode twenty Ave win
ners and forty In 1879 Increasing weight then told
against tho number OF mounts he could SEE
cure. and In 1876 his score dropped down |
60 twenty three, In 1877 TO twenty one and last
year ~ score. His connection with Peter |
Prices stable at Newmarket has also been q draw
back for Morley, "a that establishment has not had
much luck OF late years. and the Jockey belonging |
70 tho establishment has mad to depend more upon