Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-07-14
WHOLE NO. 1926.
American Race. e.HOrses in England.

At no previous period have We had so
many race-horses of American origin in
England as there are at present; and to
the studs of Mr.. Loriilard and Mr..
Keaue, which achieved so many victories
last year, will shortly be added, by all
accounts, that of Mr.. Philip Dwyer,
who has signified his intention of
at once bringing over several horses
which have already made their
mark in the United States. But even If
the newcomers should fail to emulate
the achievements of Iroquois and Fox
hall, the forthcoming season is not
unlikely to witness many an American
victory in the great racess for while tho
two horses just mentioned are heavily
engaged in the prizes open to four year
oldS, there is at least one three-year-old
whose prospects of winning the Two
Thousand Guineas and Derby are,
judged by his performance last autumn,
very promising. What may be the
quality of the animals which have within
the last six weeks taken rank as two
yearOlds it is, of course, impossible to
guess; but there can be no doubt that,
whether because of the "bluc grass" Of
Kentucky or ofthe discrimination shown
in breeding, the American racc-horses
are much improved since specimens Of
them were first brought over to this
country by Mr.. Ten Broeck, in the days
when so little was thought of foreign
bred stock that any animal bred out Of
England was allowed seven pounds in
every race not a handicap.
The success of the American horses
not asor, xvoo inI W yoru ram orko
BILE; for though only two stables were
thirty animals brought over by MIR.
Loriliard and Mr.. Keene won twenty
races Of a total value of f25 5,C3l. Mr..
Lorillard did best, so far as regards the
number and value of the races secured.
for he won nine, worth-inclusive cf
several small sums for second-f18,3lG.
With Iroquois, a son of bennington and
Maggie B. B., he won the Newmarket
Stakes of f275, the Burwell Stakes of
ESQ, the Derby of f., ,925, the Prince of
Wales Stakes of f2,600, and the St.
James's Palace Stakes of Fl 800 at Az
cot; the Doncaster St. Legcr of f5, ,450,
and the Newmarket Derby of f675. The
only two defeats which Iro9uoiS sustained
were in the Two Thousand Guineas, for
! which he ran second to Peregrine, and
in the champion stake at Newmarket.
when he finished third to Bend Or and
Scobell. Mr.. Lorillard was also the
owner OF a very promising two-year-old
named Gerald, by Saxon-Gi'l of the
Period, who ran very well in the United
States in the summer, but who had q
rough passage across the Atlantic in
SnYtnn,l,an hacnifo thof ha n
good race with two of the crack fillies of
ths season, and soon after that finished
second to Lord Rosebury's Kermesse in
Middle Park, beating some of the high
est priced yearlings of the previous sea-
son. After this he was allowed to walk
over the course for . rich sweepstakes;
his winnings, inclusive of what he re-
ccived for running second in the Middle
Park plate, amounting TO about f60U.
But what is of still more Importance, he
is virtually first favorite for this years
Derby, and is so sound and apparently
so capable of improvement that he is
better entitled to consideration than
/ most favorites are. The most disap-
pointing of Mr.. Lorillord's horses was
the four-year-old Mistake, by Waverly
Misfortune; for he began the season
by running second for the Lincolnshire
! Handicap and the Newmarket Handi-
cap, and, though he won the Interna-
tional Handicap of f70S at Newmarket
two days afterward, he afterward took
part without success in most of the big
handicaps. Passaic, three-year old by
Longfellow-Jury, having been weeded
out of Mr.. Lorillard's stable, won two
races-of f19t at SandOwn Park, and of
fl55 at Manchester; Wallenstein
secured the Great Shropshire Handicap
OF f9l2 at Shrewsbury, and another
animal discarded by him, Dakota, won
a hurdle-race worth about flO0 in
France.-St. James Gazette.