The herald., 1893-02-05

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else. The only other unknown quantity
of the year was the western lilly, Yo
Tambien, that did not get "fair rattle
out OF the box" after she got onto the
eastern tracks. Judged by the combined
test OF time and weight, however, Tam
many is ahead of all other colts OF his
year. In the Withers stakes he carried
l22 pounds and won Il mile in l:4Q,
which, being early in the season Dune
4th, if | remember aright) WAS equal to
mile in :36 in September. I have got
| through with watch, save as an auxil-
iary test. When see horse win fast
race with big weight on him, l know
then that he is great horse. But un-
less he carries above his weight for age,
don't stop long to consider him.
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Most people think that the English
| (who have forgotten whole lot about
these matters thanwe never knew rate
horse solely by his performances in the
3-year-old classical events, which is a
very egregious mistake. According to
that st. Simon would be nowhere, as he
did not start at the age; and yet Fred
Archer died in the belief that he was
the greatest of ali the many great horses
he had ridden. The English test lies
beyond the 3yeay-old events. If the
Derby and st. Leger winners can come
out next year and beat the 3-year olds at
weight for age, then the Derby running
OF this year is correct and they are to be
rated as fret class horses.
Ky
Many people labor under the idea that
| Stockwell was An ipvincible horse; that
his Derby defeat by the Irish horse
Daniel O'Rourke) was fuke; and that
he surpassed all contemporary horses on
the turf, as he unquestionably did at
the stud. The truth is that Tsddington.
horse 15 hands l inch high, beat him
for the Ascot cup with 1873 lbs. to Stock
wells 1876; and Stockwell was mag
nifcently grown 4-year-oid, at the very
least is hands high. In the following
year West Australian won the same
race, beating both Kingston and Stock.
we'll in the order named and the time
was :27, the fastest on record for 21s
miles to this very day and hour, They
had only to run half-mile in one min
ute to beat Norfolk's three-mile time
with rs per cent more weight.
wv
Mr.. J. A. Graves, law partner of my
estimable young friend Henry O'Mel-
veny, claims with some degree of local
pride the ownership of the first McKin-
ney colt foaled this season. II is out
of Kitty Baker by Echo, and was foaled
on the 18th of laet month. Kitty Baker
has been good bit of property to Mr..
Graves. She produced him in 1890
brown filly by Alcazar, 2 30, and she has
yearling by Mckinney that is said to
have what the Missourian called ''the
gift of the git.' Echo mares are good
things to have. The little horse was a
handsome individual ss we'll as being
game as pebble. His earlier years
were spent in this county, and the i'm
press left by him on our stock is a good
and lasting one.
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The trotters are beginning to get ready
for work. Walter Maben is at Agricul-
tural park with 16 head upon which to
begin operations; and his former lieu
tenant, James Vance, is domiciled at
Savannah in new quarters erected ex-
pressly for him by Mr.. J. H. Outhwaite
of Sierra Madre. The premier OF the
string is Dsghestan, the fine 4.year-old
by Stamboul. who already holds the
lowest of all records obtained by the
champions progeny. AT the Ford head
quarters the veteran Mcguire is in
charge with two very handsome stall-
ions-Redondo and Harry Winchester
az the two light kites of the string.
Winchester was ailing all last year, but
I look for him to outtrot Redondo in the
near future. What Mcguire can do as
driver in actual races DO not know, but
l know. that he has few equals ss 2
breaker and shaper up of juvenile trot-
ters.
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1 am looking for the time to come
when horse breeding farms shall be as
plenty here as they are in the four blue
grass counties of Fayette, Woodiord,
Scott and Bourbon in Kentucky. Mr..
Baldwin has long since demonstrated
the value OF this country in the produc-
tion of galloping horses, and Mr.. Rose
and Mr.. Titus, in addition to other
breeders of less significance, have nrovsn
its excellence as the cradle of trotters
beyond all dispute at this late day. If
Lorillard could have found purchaser
for his New Jersey farm (Rancocas val
ley) he would have bought place here
five years ago; and if the late w. III.
Wilson of Abdallah park could have
traded horses for land he would have
settled here in 1890. But he wanted his
prices for his horses and the people with
whom he "dickered" wanted their own
prices for land, and before they came to
settlement poor Wilson went over to
the majority.
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1t amuses me to pick up the sporting
papers and read the paragraphs going
the rounds about the late famous mare,
Dame Winnie, and her purchase by Mr..
II. R. Corey, now deceased. Mr.. Corey
had just about as much to do with the
selection of Dame Winnie as l had and
| was digging clans at Shoalwater bay
at the time. The truth is that Senator
Stanford sent Mr.. Corey on to the dark
and bloody ground" to buy thorough
bred mares to mate with Electioneer.
He went to Lexington and employed
the late Ben Bruce to help him. At the
end of week Corey telegraphed "the
governor" that they could find none.
Stanford telegrsphed Sanders B. Bruce to
help him out and he went on to Ken
lucky, where he bought Dame Winnie,
Whips, Robin Girl and half dozen
more; and was back sgain in New York
at his desk inside of 96 hours.
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In this matter there is no desire to
flatter the living at the expense of the
dead, for knew Corey years where
knew Colonel Bruce days. But like
to see credit go where it belongs, and