The Sunday herald. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1866-1887, 1885-11-15

TIE TurL Field, and Farm, in reviewing the
racing season Of 1855, says
There never was season when horses have run
in-and-out 30 much, and one In which 30 few real
good two.year-olds have shown up The 1tdJ then
briefly reviews the running OF Bankrupt, Ban Fox,
aud Dewdrop, and says: "There are a few others
which performed respectfully and all must come
back to their true form next season. and the fixed
events will consequently be In great doubt and pro-
woke much speculation during the winter months"
less failures and disappontments.
II strikes US that Mr.. Bruce rather undertakes the
youngsters Let any go through the list OF two
ycar-oid races and note the number of times very
fast time has been made with good weights up.
There are In the neighborhood Of twenty two.year-
olds who carried from l02 to III pounds, and ran
threequarters OF mile in l:l6tl or under, while
Ban Foxs threequartersin In 5 carrying III pounds,
after bad start, and Portlands in :iI, with the
same weight, were remarkable performances. Let
those who depreciate the twoyear-olds Of the year
inquire how often any OF the older horses In training
have run as fast under the weights, and they may
perhaps change their opinion.
The New York star, in speaking OF " The Close Of
Autumn Sport" Gays:
During the past year two lessons have been learned
which are, Doubtless. Impressed upon both owners
and trainers. The 1rst is that suppositiOnal hack
| should never be discarded until he has had fair
chance for development. Had this been done In
Longview's case, Mr.. A. j. Cassatt would not now
be mourning the loss OF an animal that has put many
luto iduldsucy DIutuci5 poChcts
The other lesson is that patience In the training OF
| race horses Will Invariably be rewarded, as Is ex
| empliled In the case OF Barnum. This animal wai
| an object Of rdcule for long while, hut he i'm
proved with age, and during the past month the de-
splsed Brighton Beach hack has developed into really
| frst-cass form. Indeed there are many people who
think that the son Of Bonnie Scotland and Charlotte
| Thompson would make much better race with
| Freeland than did Miss Woodford. Barnums chow
Ing at mile and a quarter last Wednesday proves
| his speed, when. carrying 100 pounds, he fairly
romped away from Tom Martin Ia 2:l1, which tint
| could have been cut down considerably had Garri
| son ridden the geldlng right out. Barnums bes
performance IL undoubtedly that OF Friday, when
| with IFS pounds up, he beat Jim Douglass aud Ton
Martin easily, running the mile In :i2I, which WA
| scarcely gallOp for him. The manner In which h,
pulled up aud the uniform rate at which he Travelled
| was evidence that he could have kept going fol
another quarter OF mile at the same pace.
| Apparently other race courses zee even wors'
tumb!es than that at Jerome Park lately, wher,
Jockey Potter was fatally hurt. 1t appears that II
a cup race at Melbourne, Australia, on October lG
fifteen OF the fory-one horses engaged fell, and amt
the wild Kicking OF the PROSTATE thoroughbreds on
Jockey lost his life, while seven others were s.
severely injured that they were Al once conveyed Il
| an adjacent hospital.