, 1881-11-13
The TURF.


Warm Praise tor FoxI,a11.
The London telegraph, which has tne largest
circulation Of any paper III England. printed, ou
the day following FoxhatIs. victory i'll the CAM
br1dee*hire, lung editorial the subject, in
the course or which occurs the following:
1t is difficult to abstain from mOralIxtnN upon
the snurlsiynlrdnces of man when We remember
the walllng ant weeping Vi which the costly
Blue Town. Wuo per.sutd a SCH Inst Elltcr. was
the object. u1lu Reflect that ut the same moment
his purchaser was uucoDsr.ously i'll Possession of
the best horse IN the word. !or whom. as year
ing he hud gwen but I5I suvcreiEns. There
will be no need hcnceforward TOR Nj. ). H. heene
to trouble himself about searching out some
famous English racehorsc with II view to intro
6e.e1l3E that, in tae wiitner Of the Ccsare-
witch eud. L4inbr'dGeshire l1andicups,
he Owls . unquesuonuby the Wost
valuable quadrnpcd n existence: ,r. Kesne
guve 4s}5uu-at least MS full Haue-for Blue
Gown. but us,1 mary months after The Derby
of tho Anchor Llte. FNNhAll wis destined 10
electrify sporting circles upon both s'dts OF the
Atlantic ny performance which statups h1n as
All extraordinary an lnhl. l{urseUeSh- Ike
every othtr n,urket.ab!e commodity is depressed
q, ibis uluu1tnr. nor wuuld~5i be easy to ind asn
animal in any p'trf OF re ~orid l1rwn suen
Eesurewitcn If last year would pc reAdly forth
COMING We Are. however. within bounds when
VIC sur that Mr. keene might have luuVo
ruii1eas tor Foxnall withiu~a week-probAbly
within Il dAy-of the time when tue horse was
known IN te in the market Ut that price: anu
oughbred nutse. II perhaps we e1cent Mr. Ky
mills Bruce, upon wnon us future enEaEe-
ments bes1uw au exceptional va!ne. Iherc Is.
perbaps 10 other stu1liun or r1tthurSe Ill or out
ut EnRlAud, with the exception OF Foxhall anu
Bruce, for whom 4 purchaser could be- found at
this figure, as the victory or Foxhall IN the
Cambr.deeshlre last Tuesday with rlte stone
his back ''knucks hoeS- Us The phrase ruIs- III
the performances OF lsonomy IN the Manchester
CUP ui,1 OF Robert ttle Devil in the CeSarcTItch.
OF last year. Each uf these Two iast- -uaEued
puraEuns WAS called tor awhile 1.-The horse Ut
the century," but tlat nnrnc will no" no longer
be applied 10 either Moreover, we would venture
10 warn those who, In the intoxlcsatiun ut the
moment, deem that FpNnalf3 wonderful per-
turu!ance ot last Tuesday vii! never be surpassed
and perha ps never raruelcd. III the fuu ure.: thai
there Is such word Us t1nntlty III the Records
Of men Ut aulnhs- As An eAclipiltcauon Ut
this truth, VIC might turn 10 what Is cAI!ed " the
trott1ug world IN the United States. Thus
when. IN le5a. F Fiora Temple trottcd her mile IN
:. TWO minutes and nineteen seconds Ut kalatnA-
xno IN tne State Vi Michigan. it was enthusiast
jcal!y predicted that would uevcr be de-
posed trum her throne us the Queen o! Trottcrs.
Eight years lnter- hose.er, Dexter knocked Oft
Two seconds from FlurA Temples record, AMI IN
l6.s Goldsmith i MaId tar SURPRISED the test titne
of Dexter. Within the last three years Karus,
ST Julien. and Maud 5. havc thrown ElnFa
Temple, Dexter, and Godstaun Maid entirely
into the shade. and who can venture to predict
that within The present ceutury some trottuK
prodigy may uot be found capaoie OF covering
mile IN tHu fn!Dutts!
Yet, although 1T cunnot be denied. with respect
to both men and horses. thA1 "nnt they have a1-
f3-
*.eafue:t of the things that they shall CO. En-
gl.shuIeu will not be slow to admit that Mr.
Eeepr's Fux hail has just taught them start
ling lesson. That 3t ear-0ld shuuiu be the bcst
horse OF any age in EuGiAnd+ certainly over the
Casurew1trn, 41ld probably over the CambrldHc-
shire Course. hu5 rarely, if ever, happened be-
fore IN the long and splendid history ot the Brit
1sh turf. When we read that upon the receipt
il New York Of 'he sidtncs thai Fnxbal bad
won the CHmbr dE .-hlre, the t'rst Impulse OF
our excitnb!e h 1i5.t,en WIS 10 eAclditn thAt.
great As tad bern the success OF their noFscs
this year iu Europe. 1t NAs The determination .!
Mr. keene. MIR. Lorillard, and their cungeners
to make it "'stili bOt1er for Eng1xnd in tue
future. we cannot afford to regard those threats
"a empty boasts.
Track Talk.
The stables of Messrs. Dwyer and heene are at
sheepshead Bay The brother to Foxhnl] Is re-
ported to be very well.
Jersey Boy. record 2:o11:, has finally passed
into the possession Ut Jack Phillips by purchase,
having been in that drivers stable for several
Seasons.
II. j. Deiy, of Hartford. has bought the 3-year-
old dily BernaElluc, BY Bonnie Scotland. which
means that she will hereafter be put TO hurdle"
jumping.
The weli-kuown running mare Prairie Hose.
BY Cncle Vic dam Prairie Bird. has been pur-
chased By Wiley Buckles, Spring t1eid, ill., and
will be put breeding.
After Foxhall had won the Ca,nbtidgeshire,
VAS followed INTO the Town OF Newmarket oy
an adtnir1rK crowd, and in proof of bis got'o
temper It is cited that he submitted to the luo5t