The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-02-26
CORRIGAN's STABLE.
CONDITION OF THE srRING
COMING TO MEMPHIS.
All OF the Flyers Being Pat In
Prime Condition for The
spring Meeting.


spring Meeting.
The Corrigan stable win cave st.
Louis for Memphis Monday. The fly
ers entered here are Rose, jennie T.,
Peacemaker, Hattie Carlils Sister
Monica, Swiney, Irish Pat, Treelaud,
Pearl Jennings, Mary Paype, j. B.
Ferguson and Modesty. Thlt part OF
the stable which it is propGed TO fit
later on for their labors will pmain in
st. Louis in care Of Alb Perry.
Oorrigan will come With the
Memphis string in per4n. The
st. Louis Republican hae the following
ID say about their condition; When
the CorTigan stable came into winter
quarters 1t showed signs Of very &C.
we're campaigning, in fact I looked
as II II was in q desperate state for this
year as far as the older nurses we're
concerned, but the chance that has
been effected by a winters care is a
little less than marvellous. There is
no need to waste time in pr,face as it
is better to go straight TO aoalysis OF
the state OF each horse, audas candid
confession Is good for the soul 1t may
be as we'll TO say just here that the
cripples OF the stable have, % a whole,
come far better through the winter
than wss anticipated by thelwriter, in
print, last fall.
Freeland-The crack is deserving Of
a separate paragraph on the strength
OF his past performances, but were
such not the case he would be so on
his present appearance. F'eeland
never started out for seasons train
ing looking within fourteen pounds OF
his present form. He has always
been a great horse, but he hes never
looked as good as he does to-day. He
is now one of the grandest thorough
BREEDS that can be imagined, and hae
th'ckened in style more usual to a
three-year old than to q campaigner.
He is now deep mahogany bay in
place OF his pale-ale stripe OF the past,
and carries more meat than ne ever
carried before. He, in the past,
has always commenced season
rather as one OF Pharaoh's
lean kline than on the stalled OK
pattern, but he is now really as big as
a bull, while his flesh is hard aud firm
withal. His coat wears the bloom Of
health, and the old fellow is full Of
life and spirits. A nip at a coat but
ton or O knuckle OF the back OF the
hand puts him on terms at once with
an interviewer, and this plan succeed
ing shows that he is ia rare good fettle
all over. When he starts out from
his stall he is q bit careful about his
manner Of going, and minces along for
the first few minutes in the way that
equity old New Yorker travels down
the stsps of his club, but he coon warns
up and walks away in quite jsuntv
style. The heat has left his fetlocks at
the sessamoids, though Its recurrence
is a certainty when he commences
work. He stands over bit more,
perhape, than he did last season, and
his iorelegs are not altogether free
from that tremulous motion which al
ways is to be seen in o bowed old
horse All of the Belle Knights are,
however, declared to stand over COM
paratively early in their racing life,
aud yet to stand up as long ss the
rest OF them; and IL may be hoped
that this peculiarly will extend to
Freelaud. To sum up bis condition at
the starLs OF 'S6, he is in bettsr fet.le
TO begin on than he ever was before,
but he has worse legs on which to
carry more horse than they ever car
RED before, His training is sort OF
Marguerite question-he stands up
he stands up not-and the writer be-
lieves that the latter sentence will be
the truth before the end Of the Chi
cAgo meeting.
Modesty is female Lazarus. She
was terribly under the weather when
she came here last fall, but she Is now
big and lusty and In splendid health
Her winter coat bears polish worthy
OF lac spring and II the thickeninp
over her thorax has done her wind nc
harm she should quite act up to the
best Of her last years performances
Swiney, Eve, by Ten Broeck-NorD
Creme. has come wonderfully vel
I through the winter. He hEs beer
we'll fred and shows tho advantage o
the "bandage by fire." as lis baCl
sinews are again like harp strings
Irish Pat came very backward somI
short time ago from Ottawa, ILL.,, anC
has picked up very fast indeed. He 1
healthy and we'll and IL not hustled a
the beginning OF the season will be
better colt than he was last year.
Pearl Jennings is ell 10 pieces, anC
looks as II more fitted 10 act as raj
on which to ride malefactor out Of
parish than a race nag.
The three-year-old FLIES Hattie Car
\ lille aud Mary Payne have done vel
during their Information. They ar
OF very different stamps and will rae
bestin different shapes and not a, tn
same distances, but both should ecorC
and though Mr.. Oorrigan may not ap
preciate the making OF such prophec
it is quite likely that Hattie Carli
will dispose OF most Of the stuff the
tackles her. She is a bit Of
the small side yerhaps, bu
what there is of her is all good horse
and she is in splendid shape TO worl
on. She is bit Of the order Of Cls
Pate, though showing perhaps a trifi
more fashion. Sister Monica look
healthy and well, but her value as
Iacehoree will probably always con
sist in her looks. Her exceedingl
mean gaskins leave no hind power I
propel her really almost iaultless fore
hand.
OF the two year olds the mort takin
TO the eye remains PeacemakeT, IN
! chestnut colt by Hsbon.Peaceful,
much fancied by the Republican la
fall. The colt is full Of life and spi
its, has developed powerful quartz
and is box-huilt to carry anything.