Morning journal and courier., 1890-06-12

say how much money he won on any race.
but said that the biggest killing possible to
him was one day when he backed Ralph
Bsyard at fifty to one. For the Volunteer
handicap (won by Tenpy) he had on one
hundred dollars at fifty to one in the Winter
book. This money was placed after the
horse had shown in his work-one and one
quarter miles, weight up and shoes on-in
2:13. Pulsifer expressed himself sorely
against certain party whom he told to play
Tenpy any time he started, as the individual
forestalled the owner and rendered it impos-
eible to place more than one hundred dollars
at so favorable price. Talking of Tenny,
Pulsifer said: "Phil Dwyer is a fair Judge
of a horse, isn't hea Well, he said to me re-
Gently, sDave, If your horse was true going
one I doubt if anything could beat him.
You know Tenny badly at times. and great
peculiarity of his Is that he won't go the
first end of the road in company, but lags
behind. Why, every race he ran he was last
into the homestretch. In the Realization he
had to 60 outside all the horses making the.
turn for home, and the day of the great race
at Brooklyn, in the fall, wherein Kingston
cut the record Of one and one fourth miles
to 2:061a, Tenny was seven lengths behind
at the last quarter. You should have seen
Kingston is the fastest horse through the
stretch on the American turf; but If SO I
wonder how Tenny got to within saddle
skirt Of him in this race. One of the best
and most conservative of trainers told me
that Tenny ran the last mile in 1:39. Any
frequenter of the race course will tell You it
is the greatest of treats to see Tenny come
through the stretch"
ssWhat is the colts history and how much
did he cost as yearlings"
"He was got by Rayon dor, W. L. Scott's
famous stallion. and was bred OF Erie, Pa.
In the fall of 1887 he was sent to Lexington
with lot of 'culs' to be sold. Being very
email fellow, with sway back, nobody bid
for him, and finally got him for two hum
dred and forty-fve dollars. 'Ah there,
Dave said the auctioneer IS he knocked him
dewn. where do you get your money! Sew
eral friends told me had bought colt that
wasn't worth four dollars. oh, Eell,' re-
piled, Pm always throwing my money away
on anything that's chssp-by the way, am
told that corner I bought in Chicago for
thirty thousand dollars would now sell for
one hundred thousand dolars-and it don't
matter much. You see had been attracted
by noting the pedigree Of Tenny's dam,
Belle of haywood, which by Hunters Lex
ington, has twenty-six crosses. As far as
the colts sizs was concerned, argued that
had known children to develop slowly, and,
though shaky at first, turn out into sone-
thing wonderful, and maybs it would be the
same with horses. I also noticed the i'm
mense quarters of the animal. ". 81. Chep-
pu had farm near Lexington on which was
kept my stallion Punster 10y the way, did
you see where I knocked out a race with
Punster, jr., at West Chester with the odds
sixty to one straight aud twenty to one for a
plaeeD and I told Cheppu he could take
Tenny there, and for his keeping take one
half interest in him. Where did get the
name Tennya Why, that's my middle
name. You never heard the name beforea
Well, don't know much about it, only that
Cheppu broke Tommy and sent him up to La
tonia in the spring. When Snip saw him
he said to me by gosh, you're piling it on
pretty thick, Mr.. Pals;fer, to ask me to train
such jack rabbit as that. Why. he isn't
worth two dollars You see how Donovan
cut the valuation of the Lexington fellows
In two. I went away thinking the colt of no
account. The next time I cav the horses
Snip said, Say, Old man, I was wrong
about the jack rabbit. He can run and run
fast.'
"In the stable was big fne-looking flly
by Prince Charlie, and likely King Ban
colt, and Snip told me that she little Rayon
dor could lose both Coots and Harro Kirk
over in quarter of mile. We started
Tenny several timss, bat be was never in the
| race. Oar idea was that he was chicken
| hearted, but he was only sinking. During
the summer of 1888 Cheppu and myself
came to quit, and his half of Tenny cost
me three thousand dollars. That colt Won
twics Ia the fall, beating such colt as
| Spokane at Easania in a walk. The first
time started him ssLs three-year-oid it
was purse race, and In oraaer to get a
long price I put up an inferior Jockey and
got On big money at ten to enc, 6us
through poor riding Tenny was second to
Joe Lee. To-day the 'iack-rabbis' is classed
as one of the beat horses in the country,
as may be seen by his one hundred and
| twenty-.hree pounds for the Suburban,
and now turf writers tell US of his won
derful length and go into raptures about
| the great quarters which, when a baby,
| made him LOOK to be deformed. Tenny's
| sway back is said to show his descent from
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