Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-10-30
81 .3tls-f. .l{kEIIsEEts 81
What Thoroughbred Horses Can Do.

1t has been recorded that Eclipse,
whose descent is to )e traced from.
both the barley andg the. Godolphin.
Arabian, galloped a mile a4ininute, but
this, OF anything approaching to this,
is wildly, incredible, Al brighton last
year it was said that a horse called
Brar. the property of Mr.. Leopold de
Rothschild, ran a mile. and beat the
Oaks winner, Geheimniss, in less than
one minutes, thirty-nine~ seconds, but
this again lis exceedingfyg doubt
Probably the quickest time on record
is that made by the late Lord Siam
ford's Dlophantus, son of Orlando,
who, through Eclipse and other horses,
united in the great Arab strains. Do
phantus won the Two thousand
Guineas in one minute forty-three
seconds. The course Is seyent ean
yards over one mile; and this time,
over the same course, was equalled by
Galopin, winner of the Derbyin 1875,
in his match against Stray Shot. dam
OF Shotover, who won The great Epson
race FIR the Duke OF u estminster in
1882. It is-a singular illus;onvto sup
pose, as the uninstructed do, that the
English thoreughlreds horse Is a slim
and feeble what is called a ''weedy''-
stululst1.=xs iICIt die "cCty Iut1uptIS vi
his tribe. no doubt, aud when exposed,
probably means Some twenty months,
these bantlings mayseem poor. These
can no more truly t e set down as typ1-
cal race-horses than can the ten-year-
old 10y be held up as an example Of
the man.
The thoroughbred horse is not only
speedy him self, bussEis the geause of
speed IN otherss that is to say, from
him descend the best hsanters (which
nelishmen ride. and soster horses
whose pace lis exceptlenaly good.
1.-The thorouShbred ones never STOP
is a remark quoted with anprovaI by
that admirable writer and sound
Judge, the late Major Whyte-Mel-
Vile and he notes how often 4 is
the case that such horse GOES 'Eals
Looping steadily on, calm and vigorous.
when the country behind him is
dotted for miles with hunters stand
ing still in every field" The, same,
shfesva critic of siorsesS arftis Horse
manship has heard it affirmed that
eff we are to believe the hunting
os the last hundred years, in
Aan runs SO severe and protracted as to
admit of only one man getting to the
finish. thisse xceptional person was in
every instance fidingkan old hofse, a
thoroughbred horse, and horse under
fifteen two!" and he continues that
he was thoroughbred horse seems
to me reasonable explanation OF the
whole"
W That distance and what height can
horse Jump, is another inquiry which
comes within the scopsaef thl Sartnfe.
Al IL, -, Il
out thirty-nine feet, ilea oHthe
be gathered. SUCH distance 4 steep1e-
chase horse called Old Chandler is re-
ported to have covered at Warwick
some years ago land there is more than
one apparently authentic record of Il
horse clearing seven feet in height.
The scene of one such exploit was at
the Phoenix lark, and the horse was
an animal DESCENDED araIn famous
winner nameds Pdtgoss himself called
Turnip. The animal belonged to Sir
L. Crofton, and the Duke of Richmond.
Them Loyst Lieutenant of Ireland,
wagered 100 that this height could
non he cleared. Aswall of the equisite
dimensions was built, ana when fin
ished Turnip was ridden at it. He did
what was asked of him in perfect style,
but it happened that his grace, not
knowing that the feat was ready for
performance, was not looking when the
Jump was made; and Turnip was
therefore ridden over it again, not only
successfully but easily. The wall of
Hyde Park, opposite Grosvenor Place.
six and hal feet on the inside, with q
drop of eight feet into the road beyond,
has Als6 bsen cleakeds aQsisA i!i4s-