The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-08-04
kENTCCkY'S E4yORIiE 7URFITE.
Intere sting "reminiscences OF the Late
Richard Ten ErOrck.


The following letter is from gentleman who
knew the late Richard Ton Brock Intimately.
and it cannot fail to interest the readers Of
The Sun:
To THE EDITOR OF The SrS--Sr; Reading
your obituary o-day reminded me TINT saw
a,good deal of Richard Ten Brock in England
along in tho lato nitics. Probably no other
American ever got 80 thick with the SWEETEST
EnSlish set in so short II time. lie was u
silsnt nan an perhaps more silent a. he SAT-
the Jockey club stalds OF the different race
courses. than he really was.
follow in the betting that II he came into the
ring mob would form around him to hear il
Of sinsuariy few words. ii he gave We a tip hi" it
ID, mRI4 yoa w bsGk nias ManiIS ~ VIII GS
II it had not been for his sticking to his
English in those days than now he would have
done much better. For clever man he was
,ne nnnr Whnt Sey9us to
than counterbalanced, the allowances then
granted foreign.bred horses This was Ten
hnSo LeeI tie nsHdpet Of the very 9ssi L4E,
soil. received an allowance of five. in some
cases of seven. pounds. BY tho time Ten
Broeck had learned his lesson about Jockeys
tutions and the style they raced in did more
toward its adjustment than any other single
About, the time he shifted his jockeys he
changed his colors from curious combina,,
ton Of the stars and strpss to orange and
George Fordham. than whom better Jockey
or Judge Of PAGE -, ana endurance never lived.
Ten Brock was by far the cleverest. He said
he was the best nudge. Of PACE he had ever
taa. at t ns 9 tho n
invariably right, he ever after rode Strictly to
his orders with perfect confidence that they
Tordhnm also told mo :, story about Tel,
Broeck's horse Starke. He was entered for
Fen e
ting 10 that he could get no money on except
at absnrdly short prices ro., IN, tr,,ntn
adjoinel the high road. When lie built talL
con an esvaed ON Wheels
and hauled it down the road with an old horse.
thus spying out what his racers we're doing
brought out and stripped. evidently for a trial.
and. Of course. the UBIQUITOUS touts were on
ominous sound was heard. and in less time
than it takes. to write it the wires flashed to
the Corner in London and the Rooms" IN
tho :, inside Of Ms Jockeys thigh a
movement OF the galloping horse made an ex
cellent imitation Of horse sprung in the
Wlnu. Nteuless 10 Say tnat 10
nothing in the betting and that Ten Brock
placed his money at long odds. later pulling OH
CAPT Machell had very smart, pony that
cause he WAS SO quick at starting. He, was on
his feet and had covered the hundred yards
before a Thoroughbred could get into his
stride. Ten Brock having made bet with
early daylight, next morning in teaching one
OF his thoroughbreds to start Mt the crack Of u
pistol. the agreed signal by lasning him with
whip every time the nist oil was fired. he came
lorsc. put so scared at the sound Of the pistol
that when it was fired to start the race he
Jumped about half tho length OF the course
and beat the pony The Handler" incident
the actors. excepting only Ten Brock. IIe
was the only, one who came out OF 1t with
credit. An old dictionary was discovered in
the hosts library in which the word was
spelled az above: and >. plot was Matched t, to
when GlOO was offered that he could not suell
reindeer correctly the first time he caught on.
The plotte.s then raised the quest on as to
whose dictionary should decide. and upon the
one in question being named as the only one
in the house it was agreed to. Ten Brock
paid his century and held his tongue. bat
somebody leaked. and the plotters wore warned
off the Jockey clubs domains. and II rcmem-
/, Der rightly were punished or came to grief IN
some other manner.
could relate ipanv more incidents Of this
remarkable mans II 10 in England. hut will not
infiict on your readers further "reminiscences
Richard Ten Broeck lett England thoroughly
respected. and generally liked by every one,
from stable "strappcr" to peer Of realm. who
came in contact with him, and Tint in his wall
OF life he was u tn oroughly crcditablo srcc-
fully, lIORSEMAN.
USIoN CLUB. Aug. q 1892.