The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-04-05
American Race-Horses in England.

At no previous period have we had 50
many race-horses of American origin in
England as there are at present; and to
the studs of Mr.. Loritlard and Mr..
Keane, which achieved 50 many victories
last year, will shortly be added, by al
accounts, that of Mr.. Philip Dwyer,
who has signifed his intention of
at once bringing over several horses
which have already made their
mark in the United States. But even IL
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 races; for while the
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 performances last autumn,
very promising. What may be the
quality of the animals which have within
the last six weeks taken rank as two
year-olds it is, of course, impossible to
guess; but there can be no doubt that,
whether because of the ssbluo grass, Of
Kentucky or ofth- discrimination shown
in breeding, the Am ,rican race-horses
are much improved since specimens of
them were first brought over to this
country by Mr.. Ten Brock, in the days
when 30 little was thought of foreign
bred stock that any animal bred out of
England was allowed seven pounds in
every race not q handicap.
The success of the American horses
last season was certainly very remarka-
BILE; for though only two stables were
represented, the five and twenty or
thirty animals brought over by Mr..
Lorillard and Mr.. Keene won. twenty
races of q total value of f25, 5,O3l. Mr..
Lorillard did best, so far as regards the
number and value of the races secured,
for he won nine, worth-inclusive of
several small sums for second-&18,3 316.
With Iroquois, q son of Leamington and
Maggie b. B., he won the Newmarket
. Stakes of f2T5, the Burwel Stakes of
f1So, the Derby of f5, ,925, the Prince of
Wales Stakes of e, 800, and the st.
James's Palace Stakes of e., 500 at As
cot; the Doncaster st. Leger of f5, $50,
and the Newmarket Derby of f675. The
only two defeats which Iroquois 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
owner of very promising two-year-old
named Gerald, by Saxon-Giri Of the
Period, who ran very well in the United
States in the summer, but who had
rough passage across the Atlantic in
September. Despite that, he ran avery
good race with two of the crack fillies of
the 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 w&s allowed TO walk
over the course for rich sweepstakes;
his winnings, inclusive of what he re-
ceived for running second in the Middle
Park plate, amounting TO about f60O.
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 f194 at Sandown Park, and of
f155 at Manchester; Wallenstein
secured the Great Shropshire Handicap
Of f912 at Shrewsbury, and another
animal discarded by him, Dakota, won
3 hurdle-race worth about fl00 In
France.-St James Gazette.