The morning times., 1896-10-05
AMERICAN HORSES ABROAD
Have Made a Most Envlable
Record in England.
BEGAN MANY YEARS r AGO
Mr.. Ten Broeck Took the FIRST Sta bic.
Over the Waters In iS57-English
Steamers Refused to Carry Them.
Unfortunate i'll His First Lot-Othcr
Attempts.

The comparative success of several we'll
known American racing stables in England
TINS season recalls the FIRST attempts by
American racing men To invade The Eng
lish turf and To carry off some OF its ricn
prizes.
Wnen the American turf came near be
Ing Iegislatcd out or existence two years
ago an exodus OF nearly all the prominent
racing stables In the country was talked
of at one time or another; tut with the cX-
.ceptions OF Mcssrs. Croker and Dwyer,
Pierre Lorriard, August belmont and
Enoch Wisnard, the projected expeditions
were either abandoned or were never in
tended. The small group OF American
turfmcn who raced ia England TINS summer
were fairly representative nI the several
types OF our racing men.
The firsl invasion OF the British turf was
lLadc ON an extensive scale by Mr. Richard
Ten brucck in 1857 ANA the experiment
WAS continued for the period Of ten years
Mr. Ten broecs's nrSt lot Of horses were
shipped 10 Scotland IN 1856, as the Eng
lisn steamers refused to transport tie
horses 1hey included such horses as the
chestnut horse, LccOiupte, by boston, dam
Reel by Glencoe; The chestnut colt Prior
by Gleucoe, dam Gypsy, by American
Eclipse. and the bay nny frlUrcss, Dy
Sovereign, dam Reel. During the three
succeeding years ne made numerous auuI-
lions to his stable of American horses Il l.
though lie purchased a large number OF
EugIIsh horses as well. In all nc took
10 the ether side twenty head. He was
exceedingly unfortunate III his first lot
Neither Prior or Lccumptc ever became
ucClimated. LeconIptc ran hut one raor
OH BRUSH soil, for TIE Warwick cup, ia
which he finished lhIrG, 10 the great
Fisherman.
I'riur T..II twice unsGCCcSsfLlly and he
fore the opening of tie following season.
that If 1895 noCh of thc>c COED horses hau
uicd. The lilly Priuress was more furtu-
rate Winning the .esaTcwltch stakes Il,
the Newmarket second Cctutcr meeting
the ilrsJ racing event To he CAPTURED Il.
England by an American horse. There
were seven, y-ruc subscribers To This race
Of which the large iicld Of thirty-fuur came
to the post, IL cludlng sLch british cracks
as Fisherman, Sauntcrcf, ana WarlCck
the burscs of the year. In this race tbs.
American filiy. IoOfly ridden by the stable
llCkcy TanrcsIey, ran the ccIcuIateu ,icac
heat with FL Hasim ana Queen Ecss. II.
the ruE-yff she WAS riCden ty the gredt
English Jockey, Furnham, wLv guided her
to an easy victory.
In the following year WuOdhurn. by
Glencoe, ana Babylon, by Eelshazzcr, = ere
taken over, ana proved valuable acquis-
tiuils to Mr.. Ten BIueck's stable WOOD
burn won, among other races, the HAIRY
Fowler Stakes at Stockton, lesiGes several
match races. III these Mr.. Ten Bruec was.
particularly fortunate, defeating Sir Joseph
uawlcy, aud even the Ccirbra ed match
maker, Admiral Ruus. OF the numerous
matches which he made while In England
he either Won or secured forfrits for forty
SIX.
during the ten years this large racing
experiment was conducted upon the Eng
lish turf, Mr.. Ten BToeck's stable was
as rule, very large. The horses which
were taken from tins country represented
only small proportion Uf ir, rs he was
constantly purchasing English horses. The
grand total of his winnings during this
period amounted To SlS7,T65, OF which
the American horses won S74.l20 ana
the English horses 81 23,6i0. Taking into
consideration the fact that during the last
four or five years OF the campaign none
but English horses started in the static
colors, and that even during the first five
these outnumbercd the American horses
in the proportion of 3 to .. the balance to
the credit of the American bred racers is
Il very convincing one. The death oi.
| two such good ones a : Lecompte ana Prior
| before either had a fair opportunity to
distinguish himself, as well as the many
| disadvantages of climate, transport alton
| and differences in methods OF training. al
| of which were much create then than they
| would be now, were greatly against the
| success of the experiment, and when all
| these things are considered its result must
| he ackDo wledgcd TO have been Il grand and
| conclusive proof that America could breed
! and train race horses equally as wcn as
the mother country.
Ten years elapsed before the English
| turf was again invaded by our country
| men. This time it was Mr. Milton II. San
| ford, who took over preakncSs and sew
| eral others. His stable was not fortunate D..
| but the cause was aScribed to the horses
| not being of the first class and then came
| Mr.. Lorliard's expedition, four years later.
| when Parole. born aud bred at Chestnut
| Hin, first opened the eyes of the English
racing public. His winnings and those
| of lroquois, OF whom Philadelphia anG
Chestnut Hin may also be proud, the OIL: y
| american horse that ever captured the
| coveted blue ribbon of the turf" are
| almost too well known To lie rccaptulatc.i
| here.