Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-19

Iitd bach to her country home, promising to re.
I ouIn-Soh day-aS all children do on the eve
o! their r. ease.
Aud now In conclusion. NAV we venture K
ASK tne young hGies who may read these lines
y! - ieliect before giving their hands to genius
t tt. g nlu. press them ever so eagerly. Let
1.ieih ask themselves II they are stupid enough
fefharo IU better test in the matter could be
applied t'aa that mentioned ABOVE Having
u9,A reilec@ d, let the young lady say to herself
DO feel certain that l shall always prefer
their more active pursuits"
AMERIC IN STABLES IN ENGLAND
TIE Lews OF Mr.. Pierre Lorillard's initial sue
TESS With Parole 10 the Newmarket Handicap
VIII oe warmly received throughoutt1. cum
Cy; Lot oily tee. use OF the natural sympaf ny
with the representative OF the American tur,
VINO has sent his stable such a distance to com.
Ieie with the English horses on their own
courses, but as vel because sthe little brown
gelCtng" is so we'll known to all habitues of the
track from saratoga to Baltimore and as pop,l-
Ear as the famous mare BeeSwing used to be
WIN the northern pltmen. Both OF the defeafed
horseS are animals OF Good quality-ISonony
In particular. Is of high c,ass-so that there is
eLcou fagefnent for hoping that Mr. Lorlllard's
plGcky venture may be crowned with financial
success, and that at last some light may be
thrown on The i1te: esting problems or the rela-
tive merits OF the English and American t,os.
oughofeds and Of dirt and turf tracks. Should:
UEcaS ara the Duke Of Magenta be enabled to
come up TO the pest in form the test would be a
decided ore, While the two-year-olds are Of
such coed breeding and looks that it would be
reasonable 20 consider them fairly representa-
i've CT The AGnerlc an y0un ySterS Of 1879
II Is almost quarter Of a century ago since
me hrst American stable was sent to England
The story OF Mr.. Richard Ten BrOeck's venture
or, rather OF tS beginning, was told Ia detail in
the Horld year ago. The American stable
was a strong ore, what with Pryor. Pr;oress,
Starhe, Satellite formerly Sherritt) and Um-
pre-, the strapping son Of Alice Carneai, who
made such ciean sweep Of the two-year-oid
stakes sal lust twenty years ago this sumtaar that
the English could hardly be convinced that the
colt was not three-year old. 1t is just nine
teen ears ago to-day since SayerS and Keenan,
fought at ''health-girded Peterborough for the
championship. hence the spirit OF International
sporting rivalry was at It's highest when a few
weeks later Umpire was brought out to do bat
tie at EPSON for the Derby. His failure to dis
though be was fairly to the front at the finish,
was sore disappointment to the American
turf-love1s, ard from that fatal day interest
gradually died away IN Mr.. Ten Broeck's ven
ture. 1t was not-measured by the amount OF
money Won In stakes or by the magnitude OF the
races captured-a successful campaign, though
there were some sunny days for the stable Pri-
Dress. though wretchedy handled in the race for
the GOodWOCd cup. placed the CSarewitch Of
1851 TO her credit. after q memorable dead-heat
OF three with Ell Hakim and Queen Bess, while
In 1859 Umpire was so grandly successful In the
nve-y ear-old events that he left Off the winter
ravOrite for the Derby OF 1860, and Starke won
tne Goodwood stakes, landing the much desired
against the stable, which had developed fatal
habi;ude, such as possessed Lord Rosebery's
horses last year, OF running second, and in
racing he does not come near enou yh swhO
comes to be denied" In the excitement of the
Presidential campaign OF 1860 and the outbreak
OF the Wer OF secesson-eSpecially as this was
oeIore the revival OF racing at the north
patriOt. and finally he returned to America a
ricnef man than he had left 1t, but that was
through his marriage while abroad with Miss
N IN hc11n hot.
the World Is In error Mr.. Ten Brock had one
piece Of satisfaction. Mr.. Merry's colt Thor
ma nby 1t was that laid Umpire low in 1860; en-
rsranehs it was by running OF dead heat In
The mud with the Americans mare Maggiore
that Mr.: Merry's Dundee, pounds and pounds
the best colt Of the year, .broke his mighty
hear" and laid the foundation of his defeat the
spring following at Epson.
Not until Mr.. N. H. Sanford sent over Freak
ness Mate. Brown Prince Donna, Start and
Bay Final three years ago, did an American
nsh thoroughbreds on the English turf, thousa
In 1913, We think 1t waS-there were hopes en-
tertalned tnat MI. August Belmont would send
over d stable, entries having been made by hun
FOR the great three year-old events The ven
tn e has not been success, judged by the sane
standard as that applied TO Mr.. Ten Broeck's
Out th re- , 1ce STAPLE was small and had the
Preakness was grand horse he was very old
one. Mate was also ''well stricken in We
and never showed his American form, and the
"a
not be called cracks. Preakness failed t. win
the GoodwOOd Cup, just missing second money,
but performed so wen that he had walk-over
for its sequel, the Brighton Cup (Which StarGe
also won in his Goodwood year)-or rather
for the fOrfe1t5, for the plate Is not
oo pr when ,a there ere Is no contest
gulLe as. awakened lively hopes that he would
carry OF one Of the great 3-year old races later
In tie year over a course that better suited his
Lexington blood, but neither at EPSON nor at
Doncaster was he up to his Newmarket form
start succeeded In getting second honor5 10 the
CsareWitch last year but failed signally In the
Cam0ridgeshire. Bay Final won the Dulllng-
ham handicap at Newmarket two years In sue
&C ssion, each time after dead heat, and some
other minor events fell to the dark blue" but
Mr.. Sanf01d'S success, 1t win be seen, was not
per sc brilliant. Nevertheless his expedition
did good service In advertising American
horses as the poSseSsors OF such CONSTITUTIONS
and legs as are rarely found in England, and
one result OF th1S-a result that may prove OF
The first importance in later days-was the
presence OF English buyers at the annual stock
sales In kentGcKy last summer.
The horses then purchased for the Duke OF
Hamilton, &C., hardly merit mention here, as
their running Is no more diStinctively Ameri-
can enterprise than was the venture OF Mr.. A.
b. Stockwell, who dipped a little into English
racing and was credited with being interested
with that keen speculaUOr ViScounL Duppiin In
the management OF Petrarch. Mr.. Lorilards
may therefore be considered the third American
invasion Oh the English turf-may the third time
prove the charm!-[N. Y. World