The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-13
FORTUNATE FOXHALL.
IA Editors Visit to the Best
Horse in the World.
Cow the Great Races Were won
Tho Celebrated Animal Tha,
Made his Backers Rich.

The editor of the London Illust-a led
Sporting and Dramatic News recently
paid visit to the famous American
bred race horse, Foxhall, winner Of
the grand prize Of Paris, Grand Duke
Michael stakes, Cesarewitch, and
Cambridgeshire this season, and has
me following interesting sketch of the
snimal and his trainer in the current
nhmber Of the news:
Grately station. On the London and
Southwestern railway, is far from
bsiug CHEEKY place to arrive at 6
O'Clock on a wintry evening, but il
, ~ss my destination on the last Satur-
dsy in October, and, having bundled
ont Of a railway carriage and locked
up and down the platform. it was
something to he welcomed by dog.
f good looking fox terrier made bis
~sy to me a ] alightei. and gave
every indication Of having expected
ny arrival. though WHY lac should
have done SO IS q mystery. as | mad
never seen him before. The fact
remains, however, to k.e accounted for
as lovers Of dogs may be pleased Ia
decide, that Tiger, as / afterwards
found ne was called, appeared 10
fnOw, by some sort Of mysterious
Gistinct. that | was his masters guest.
It was less strange that porter
should ask if we're looking for Mr..
Days servant, as was gazing about
the platform expec ant!y, ard Only
che trap was waiting. Shiptou VAS
my destination, to fulfill long stand
ing engagement 10 visit my friend Mr..
William Day, and in two minutes the
white pony was bowling along the
dusky Wiltshire road, with Tiger in
close attendance
Need it he said that the first oues-
ton was. Flows the horse?" and that
the horse in question was none other
than the famous Foxhall2
Very well, indeed, thank you
sir-I do him, nv driver responded,
with excusahle pride.
And you saw him win his races, l
vuppose!"
Yes indeed, l did, sir!T is the
reply.
1t 10 not my purpose to go into
unnecessary details, but rather To
recount some facts concerning. and
opinions held by. the author of 1.-The
Race Horse in Training" who has
!ust given some unmistakable proof of
The soundness Of his theories by
9HR UEPRkCEDENrED SUCCESS OF
FoxHALL
Sn the Cesarewitch and Cambridge
shire, not to mention the Grand Dake
Michael stakes; and so the pleasant
dianer, at which my hosts wife and
his three daughters were present.
need not be fingered over on the
paper as it was fingered over in fact.
The cloth removed and the ladies
gone, We drew round to the FIRE, and,
~ matter of course. discussed that
''noble animal" the horse.
"You are looking at the pictures.
] SEE" William Day observes.
''Thxt is Cruci6x, with my father up
and my brother John holding his
hack. It is one of Harry Halls.
That is Crusiix again, Herrings work.
Then. the other side il Promised
Land. That is q horse called
Wisdom, painted BY Abraham Cooper.
and the mare and foal are by
Fetne!ey. who was considered a won
derfnlly clever man in his day."
'-Good horses, al of them. What
9oiyou think the best you ever knew"
! ssked.
ssThis one-Foxhall," his trainer
replies; land / remember Bay Middle
ton, Pienipotentiary. and West
Aystralian.. bat don't think one of
them could have beaten FoxhaA."
Nsuppose Promised Land was 81
real good one"
Yes, he onght to have won the
Derby-would have won il had been
made proper use Of. If there had
been any thing like . pace. They
eaAtered up the hill - they almost
alvau do. and Mujid won BY his
t4fn efspeed. Thst Promised Land
was the better horse Of the two was.
l 80, pretty we'll shewn BY the
fad That, though . natoh had been |
maakia he spfinE bst~eeen him and |
Au@idt To- come Of in The autumn. for |
30Q0 gSineas . side.1 Sir Joseph |
dased not run. aud paid forfeit; and
then agsin. Pposnised Lands easy |
win in Che 7Goodweod cup that year. |
when he was ridden in the right |
sAasess, goes % prove the truth Of
my epinion, though, - you say, Sir
Joseph Hswley fancied Muejid after
D trial with GsIlus, and Wells declared |
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