Daily globe., 1883-07-23
Faribault, July 16, 1888.
The Landing of LrOQuOiS .

This great American horse, as has been
previously mentioned, was landed several
days ago in New York. "Vigilant" in
Wilkes Spirit of the Times gives the fol-
lowing interesting particulars of the efforts
made to get him off the steamer:
''Mr. Bishop had made arrangements to
land the horses, and when we arrived,
about $50, the gang plank had just been
placed in position, and Buck the faithful
colored groom, and Charlie Davis, who
came over with Morter,er and Pizarro two
years ago, had the horses ready. We had
not long to wait, when the white-striped
face of the Derbywinner peered out through
the port hole. But he would not bulge, de-
spite Bucks powers of persuasion. Bring
the mares down first called Mr.. Bishop,
and this was done. Then once more the
head of the Derby winner peeped out, and
Buck tried to lead him down, but he
would not have it. The assistants all got
around him, but their efforts were futile.
Then an effort was made to back him down
the plank. 1t resulted no better, for brac-
ing himself he refused to bulge. He
wants to go back to England observed a
bystander, dryly. He's got above US
since he has been hobnobbing with lords
and dukes remarked another. No,
he wants to go back and have
it out with Foxhall, suggested a
third. The brown hero certainly did OBJ
ject to touch his native soil. 4 dozen at
tempts to back him down the plank failed.
Mr.. Bishop sweated and swore. Buck
groaned, and Charlie Davis looked the pic
ture of despair. Then a rope was tied to
his halter and eight stout men got hold of
the end and began tugging. Iroquois
braced himself and held them all in the
improvised 'tug-of-war.' The power of his
back and loins is immense, and he was
quite a match for the gang, so that was
abandoned, and Mr.. Bishop gave orders to
Buck to walk him around the deck, and
preparations were begun to land him by
putting him in a box and hosting him
ashore by machine.
''We boarded the Erin with a small party
of brother journalists, and had a good
view of the horse. When we last saw him
was in 1879, prior to his sailing for Eng
land, and time has done wonders for him
He is not as handsome as his brother
Harold, and is guilty of more plainness
| than most of Leamington's sons, but is of
| more substantial mold. His plainness
| is confined to his head and neck princi-
pally, but bodily he will compare with
| any of the Leamington's. He has an in
dented profile, like many of them, but his
back is strong, his ribs finely arched in
their curve from the spine, and
is shoulders are good, the
points of the scapula and
humerus inclining toward each other
with good depth of brisket. Across the
loins his power is wonderful. and his width
over the hips is great, though from the
fact that he mounts high this is not ap-
parent at first sight. He has fine quar-
tiers, resembling those of Sensation, and
enormous stife power. Iroquois is not a
large horse, but his whole appearance in
dlcates great constitutional vigor, without
the least coarseness. Unlike most of the
good Leamingtons, he is not vicious. Be.
fore we left we patted and rubbed him,
and at no time did he resent it, as his
brother Harold or his relative Sensation
used, but that he has strong will of his
own he plainly showed when they tried to
land him."
Iroquois won the Levant stakes for two
year-olds in 1880. In the same year he
won the two-year-old stakes at the Good
wood, Newmarket and Epson meetings,
and in 1881 he had a walk-over for the
three-year-old stakes. He then achieved
enduring fame by winning the Derby, the
Prince Of Wales stakes at Ascot, the st.
James Palace plate at the same meeting,
the st. Leger stakes at Doncaster, and two
or three other races. He did not run
last year and this year he was beaten at
Ascot, but won the Stockbridge cup on
Thursday, June 21. The only race in
| which Aranza has been successful was the
contest for the Johnstone plate at Stock
bridge this year. Parthenia has not been
| successful in any of the contests for which
she was entered. Iroquois is now five
years old. Aranza the same age, and Par
thenia three years old.
FT0Iih FORKS Stable.