Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-10-22
The American HOrses i'm England.
CORRESPONDENT REPLIES TO THE LONDON

A CORRESPONDENT REPLIES TO THE LONDON
TINES.
WASHINGTON, October l6, 1881.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
motto ed In late issue OF one Of the daily
papers q paragraph quoted from the London
Times, in which that bigoted journal with its
usual pertinacity. cngs to the absurd opinion
that the recent victories Of Messrs. Keene and
Lorillard on the English turf were not purely
American, because the successful horses Parole,
IrOquois and Foxhall have descended from
Irish and English sres, only having the good
fortune to be bred on this side of the Atlantic
The Britishers have very great weakness in
this respect, and IL We indulge them in it IL is
only on account of the great sympathy CD
elected by them at the death OF our late Presi-
dent, and the unusual generosity of Her Ma
jesty in presenting wreath to be placed on the
casket.
Ii an ordinary English journal INDUCED in
such absurd reasoning | should not wonder;
but when the ''Thunderer'' denies us the honor
of our victories on the turf, and the superiority
of our training of colts for the great events il Is
time to say word in sef-defence. Foxhall, the
winner of the big stakes at Paris and the
Cesarewitch at Newmarket and other prom.
inent races in England was bred in
Kentucky, and purchased when a foal
by Mr.. Keene for a large sum. His sire and dam
were bred i'm the same section Of the country,
the former by an English sire, and how tho
tories of horse whose grandsire only was bred
on their soil is a mystery to me. Parole and
lroquois are half brothers. by imported Lean
ingtOn and as bennington was by Irish Faugh-
a-ballaugh the Irish might with equal propriety
claim the honor OF the victories OF these two
American horses which have for two years been
emptying the pockets Of Johnny Bulls sports
Parole. though ridden by an English Jockey was
trained by an American at the LOrillard stables;
and it is a we'll known fact that it is more in the
of a fha
of his success lies. If Mr.. Lorillard had given
the opportunity to Barrett, who rode Parole in
his great race at Baltimore i'm "a against Ten
Brock and Tom Ochi!tree, he would have rid
den him as successfully as Archer, saved himself
unnecessary expense, and deprived the selfish
Britishers of the faint credit Of scoring the
triumphs for an English jockey. 1t was, how
ever, generous impulse of Mr.. LOrillards
to eXpend portion of the money won i'm Eng
land among her people that prompted him to
employ English riders as preference and now
that those people have shown no appreciation Of
his generosity, but, on the contrary, ascribe his
success to the superior horsemanship Of English
jockeys, it is to be hoped that he will hereafter
entrust his cOlors to Americans-nativc or natu-
ralzed-many Of whom excel In the art of riding,
and every day defeat English riders who are
brought over here to take part in the great con-
tests at Saratoga, Jerome Park and Coney Island.
The propensity of Englishmen to be supreme i'm
everything is well shown i'm the Times article
On the same principle they have for centuries
been claiming the laurels achieved by prominent
1rishmen, such as Burke, Grattan, Shiel, Sheri-
dan, Swift and Wellington, the statesmen;
Moore and Goldsmith, the poets; Mcclure and
M'ClintOck the eXpiorers-the former who dis
covered the Northwest Passage" and the lat
ter who decided the fate af Franklin. The fact
of the matter is, America is too progressive for
England. We glut their markets with all kinds Of
machinery, cutlery and provisions, and undersel
them. We enter into all their national field
sports as contestants and defeat them. They
are jealous of our rivalry, and, like a drowning
man grasping at straws, graphic the most
trivial excuse to relieve them Of the odium OF
defeat Should they continue in this strain OF
thought, they may ere long arrive at the conclu-
sion that President Arthur, because Of his Irish
extraction, is British subject, and that the sur
render Of CORVALLIS to Gen. Washington was
nothing more after all than the settlement of o
family quarrel, the latter being Of English par.
entage. D. NJ