New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-09-27
RACERS HERE AND ABROAD
WHAT JOHN A. MORRIS THINKS OF THEM.
HE EXPRESSES HIMSELF IN MOST INTEREST
ING WAY UPON THE RELATIVE MERITS
OF ENGLISH AND AMERICAN
THoRoUGHBREDS

John A. Morris returned last Monday on the Servia
from his recent trip 10 England He sailed from New
York August % for the purpose Of visiting his breed
ing establishment located in Essex. In answer 10 the
inquiries Of Tribune reporter MT Mor1s sa'u ui9
other day:
am the centre Of Lord and Lady Burbe's beautiful
mark connected with her magnificent estate OF some
f,ur or five thousand acres there is reservation con-
sistne Of seventy eighty acres which was set aside
by her stepfather Lord Roslyn for the breeding OF
racing horses 1t is capable Of taking care OF twenty
mr. twenty-five mares. think he Tad about that num-
her there and his efforts were quite successful. l
hired the place four years ago. My original
object in breeding England was to secure superior
rnesh stallion. The first thing did was 10 purchase
rs yearngs some highly bred English FLIES. one OF
these was BY Hampton, by Sterling, one by Hermit
and another by Petrarch. proposed to breed these
TO the best horses In England in the hope OF securing
a stallion OF SURPRISING quality.
"The English bred horse" continued Mr. MOTIFS Is
larger than the American horse. l think he mas n
better Head in my judgment he is better looking In
every way and generally speaking, believe there Is
more in the average English horse than in the average
American horse Understand me, speak now OF the
average in both cases. We have sent over IN le"
instances individual horses which have beaten ENG
fish horses / do not to say that those
,.h,cb we have sent over were not In fact SUI
pcrfor TO their immediate competitors. But much
depends on classification, which IN one season may
vary from that In another Foxhah ana lroquoS
were winners of great English stakes ou' 'hese hose
were phenomena. The question arises "oulu tnes
have beaten English phenomena, such as Gladiateur
and Ornonde' ,,-,,-. ....o
an e my Judgment that the average English horse
. ,neror Inv fourteen pounds TO the average American
1.orse | saw the best twoyearolds In England, anu
! think could pick out five or SIX t"o-yea~oius "
This year that could give fourteen POUNDS 10 ahy'"s
we have in America-that IS, barring MS fn1hess' "
lyf- oh, ie
;ho hest horse in England. though i think he IS
s,nsr,or race-horse think should have to back La
r1ecbc TO heat him. l do not think, however, that
,bcre is any comparison between ST. Floran and HIS
1Ichness While appreciate ST. Florian's tremendous
aclt OF speed do not Ike his cOwardice. lie seems
inclined TO shut up Immediately when the crowd begins
70 hout He lacks the courage at the end Of the race
IN make him reliable as winner.
81 After securing the four English FLIES for my
Essex place sent over three American mares, Jennie
y Erminc and Active. Later l sent six additional
mares These were Lizzie Baker, Starlight Com
,asslon. Homeopathy, Vacation and Erasnre MY
de in sending American mares TO England is to breed
chem N Inc best English horses reach there in
the hope that may get good stallion 1t IS almost
impossibc To buy Of the best English stations
that * one which has successfully undergone the tests
-. which the racehorse is submitted, namely, ability to
ar,.v weight at high speed distance Of ground
The theory Of breeding is that the inbred
Eng Of high class racehOrses tends 10 improve
"a, breed of the horse so long as IL Is posi-
lie 10 keep up perfect quality on each slue
Dri on the other hand, the inbrecding OF second
class horses produces disastrous results, the con
eaur,initv in their case nensifyng the defects In
England as everywhere else. tie majority Of horses
arr second rate since the majority must be second
rate II follows that there is too much n-breedng IN
England We know that second class English horses
suc as Billet Pha ton and others, which were counted
Of little value in England, have come 10 America and
made great in tse stud. Naturally enongh
Il seems to me- we should be able 10 take our high
class mares to England and breed them to the best
grade Of Eaglsh horses and by that process secure in
the end a superior strain Ry taking American mares
over there the relationship between the American and
English horse will be too close, and it ought TO re-
new ne process Of improving tile strain
II have now thirteen on the Essex farm.
Iris year have eleven out of the thirteen with
fca and two are doubtful OF these eleven. Dine are
with foal to English stations OF the American
marss Jennie e. is in foa by Minting, Lizzie Baker
BY Bendigo Erasure by FTiars BalSam, Ernne by
Donovan. and Active by Galliard. OF the English
FLIES Pink Thorn IS in foal by Bendgo Sister Cheer
rl by Carlton, and Prosefpine by Sheen OF the four
American mares. Starlight, Compa sion, Homeopathy
and Vacation three are in foa by Britannia, ana one
b. Tom Ochltlec. Later shall send to England,
among others, the mares Reckon, Ambulance and
Georgia.
II have In England, coming to America next year
out Of the English mares flly by Fernandez out OF
In Her Place. Glly ont Of Sister Cheerful by the
same sire, and ont OF Pink Thorn 1lly by Barcal-
dine. Minnie, Of the favOrites in the ST. Leger,
was by this stallion. out OF Jennie 3. have colt
BY Hampton. Then there viii be the English mare
Prosorpne, by Robert the Devil, and FLY by Carl
Ton to come next year. The stations which we OK
peccd TO use newt year TO our mares are Galopin,
]rtmrch, Sheen Donovan, Ayrshire. Fr1al's Balsam,
Safety Timothy and Mining
Continuing ir Morris said "After looking at my
own horses, l made arrangements TO go and spend
two or three days at Doncaster went there TO see
tie yearne sales which took place in the morning, be-
tween 10 and l O'Clock, well the st. Ieger.
On the morning the st Leger was run went to the
course at hslfpast d. which IS long before the English
people in the habit OF getting up or bringing out
their horses. The horses came Oh at quarter be-
foNe :. / had been there an hour and n hail. and
walked all around the track where they were TO run
J spcnt half an hour looking at Common and at Rev
eIcnd the Energy colt. have couple of mares by
Energy, one in this country. I am breeding also to
Fernandez, brother to IsonomA the sire OF Common
who is out of Thistle.
Il therefore took special interest in looking at both
Common and Reverend, because Of my having some Of
the blood myself. / the horses canter, and when
Common had finished, first took him up and walked !
around him. and looked at him for half an hour /
an hour, and l felt theme were only two horses in
the race. judged that from the condition of Eng |
lsh opinion and the state Of the odds. They had |
looked at Common whole season. ! have high re
speet for the judgment of the English people as to !
where the horses % run The only question was |
whether he ut. and could see that he was ht and
would probably run up TO expectation. And l saw |
,hat Reverend was equally tit. l admired them very
much Reverend made his own running, and Com
mon beet him at the finish but Reverend was not |
beaten until he was within $50 yards from home.
lie was running well an the way until the finish. In
Hhglane, where a horse makes his own running il is
ioo@eo upon equal 10 IA seyen.p0unds penalty.
Inc yeorling for which bid S3s, 600 was by 81. |
Sihioi' out Of Paisinterie. the famous Cambrdgesre
wilmer ana masnifcenty bred mare. e. simon is
a high class stallion. Ills get are all marked worry
osuhcuy' ST. slmons colts look Ike 81. Simon.
ne morse seems TO stamp himself upon his progeny.
THIS was PlasHerles first colt and as first colts arc