Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-05-02
PAROLES VICTORIES.
Opinions Of the English Racing Papers,
England Must Look to Her~Laurels---
Mr.. LoriIlard Congratulated.

27th.l rn
The London weekly journals, which
are devoted more especially to the
turf, contain to-day lengthy articles on
Paroles recent victories in the New
market handicap, the City and Subur-
ban and the Great Metropolitan stakes
at Epson. From the Field and Land
and Water | extract the following
passages, which are of striking inter-
est to the sporting world of America.
The remark in the Field, that men of
honor and judgment in England assert
that Parole is not the best horse that
America can send over is attracting
great attention among racing men.
The Field says Our American
cousins have on the race course fairly
taken the backbone out of us. But a
few days ago and almost to a man we
were prepared to bet our bottom dol
lar on England VS.. America on the
race course, but our bottom dollar
would have gone, and now we fain
acknowledge that we must cOncede
the priority to the horse from over the
sea, for it is more than probable that
at the present moment Parole is the
best horse on the English turf, except
perhaps his stable companion and fel-
loW-cOuntryman, the Duke OF Ma
genta. The second victory of Parole
was hailed with reclamation, and had
his plucky owner been present on
Tuesday he would probably ere this
have found bis biceps considerably stiff
from the haudshaking that would GER
tainly have been inflicted on him.
Absent, however, as the owner of
Parole is, our handshaking must be
done on paper. and heartily we con-
graduate Mr.. LOrillard and his con-
frere and friend, Mr.. Robbins, on the
pleasing result of the enterprise dis
played in bringing over a team of
horses from America, at a bad season
of the year. to tackle English race
horses on their own battle-ground.
It's not in mortals to command success,
But well do more G ? 9 deserve it.
I'VE have heard it said that Mr..
Lorillard has done even more than
this, for he has both deserved and
commanded the tickle goddess to bow
to his viii, and she succumbed. An
Englishman admires courage, whether
in kin and cousins from across the sea
or foreigners. Therefore it is that a
victory of this sort is so popular with
all, from peer to peasant, and the only
one regretable circumstance in con-
nectiOn with it is that the owner of
Parole was not present to witness the
enthusiasm displayed when the son of
bennington returned to the enclosure
after having scored comparatively an
easy victory in the City and Suburban.
We are a curious people. Our Gaelic
neighbOrs send over their horses to
despOil us Of many of our big stakes.
and their bOrses run in a most in. and
out manner-well to-day and badly
tomorrow. They give us nothing in
return. Reciprocity is an unknown
word with them, for we are debarred
from competing in most Of their i'm
portant stakes. Despite all this, we
receive them open handed and open
hearted, and hail their victories with
reclamation. There are exceptions.
Of course, to this deservedly genial
welcome, but almost unanimous are
Englisbmen in their reception of the
American champion, for, to parody the
words Of our great poets poetry
American race horses from over the sea.
BritOns all join in their welcome to thee.
But while we welcome the Amer
lean race horse and admire the enter
prise Of the owner and hail his sue
eesses, it behOOYes us to look TO our
l%aurels. A few years ago English race
horses we're looked upon as absolutely
inyincible. What does the study Of
the calendar now reveal? Nothing
very gratifying TO our national vanity:
for, mind you, in the way Of horse
flesh We are a vain people. We find
that, passing over i~nnumerable races
Of a moderate class taken from us.
Gladiateur won the Two Thousand
and the Derby, the Hungarian bred
Kisber is numbered among the roll Of
Derby winners, and we could prodHce
nothing 70 excel Kinscem in the
GoodwOod Cup last year. OF course.
the fact Of foreigners defeating US on
our own soil at our own game is moth
ing 20 wonderful, for they bring TO
bear all their own appliances and
means, with English breeding TO boot.
Bat still they claim the credit, and
still remains the sting that in a few
years foreigners have won from ui
the highest hOnOrs Of our turf in
our national sport and now we must
acknowledge The American race horse
land mind, it is asserted By men Of
honor and Judgment that Parole IL
not the best horse in his c0untry-to
be equal, II not superior, TO any horse
we have on the English turf. There.
fore II behooyes as 10 look and dis
cover why these things should be; i
they are but the result Of our decided
~, 10 a great extent, wrong system O.
breeding; or whether wa must no
submit 70 II on the principle that lik,
bogets like, and that France, German,
and America, breeding from the best
strains Of English blood, must be ex.
pected 70 take their own part in our
! big races Tor the future.
THE NEw MATCH POR PAROLE.
The Land and Water eavg "Al
= ready the turf doings are pregnan
with sensational surrounding, the un
D expected form shown by Parole bein.
0 a case in point. BY some chance, how
ever, the apparently inyincible Amer
lean gelding will be set a task he Wi
find some difficulty in accomplishing
Tor Mr.. Gretton has challenged Nj
Lorillard 10 run his six. ycar.ol
j against lsonomy, weight for age, III
American receiving three pounds 70
loss Of sex. In the uresent ineomplcf