The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-04-05

and wherefore of q horses running and general
behavior. Glance at the plate of Tammany.
and then at that of Little Minch. Tammany
has a well-nigh perfect plate, as q two and
three year old especially. we'll balanced, meas
uring 416 inches from heel to toe, and 40 inches
from side to side, while the lines are also true
in an artistic sense. This horse was q we'll be-
haved fellow. seldom fretted at the post. and
when started was generally behind his field,
racing along with n grand stride which gradu-
ally wore those In front down. and then with
magnificent courage answering to the hardest
kind of pushing in the stretch. Look at the
plate Of Little Minch, the rogue who behaved
so badly that Starter Rove, four or five years
ago. consented to accept him as n starter only
on the condition that II he did not break the
second time he should DO left at the post. His
could run ike the wind when he. felt like it.
The plate shown Of Tammany is Of the period
when he won, the Great Eclipse; Realization.
Lorillard, and jerome Stakes. His foot, when
he last ran against Lamplighter, at Gmtten-
who remember this match will readily under
stand the meaning Of the change;
Stable. whom a well-known book Rugged
and kissed in the paddock after she had won a
race b In which HI he had sdot not laid a cent against 1shnst
measurements, have been handed down, the
dimensio 1s being five inches long and five
broad. Good temper is stamped on every line
speed. The mare Invariably commenced slow,
"aiLhoa W. anu NlCn tulltu NllDh buio away
Bones" had a foot wonderfully like hers, but
ing race in which the gelding beat her out on
the post. can see it al, in the more acntely
Salvador. of the same stable. has also a very
finely drawn shoe, n little broader than that
OF OF h h%wi I the sa IN admirable nS
greater endurance. pointing apparently to the
corEectness of tho opinion of many. that good
as Tammany undoubtedly was. Salvador would
have beaten him II they had ever come to-
gsther at anything overa mile. salvator's
by four and ive-eighths inches wide. Tam
many,'s was tho finer foot. but the former
I Sir Matthew Of the Marcus DAILY string has
Typical crank shoe, indicating plenty OF speed;
tos Of f shc tspl Gairi sbTister lacking 4. s tw 1S o'yes sFGad
great things were expected Of him. He start
ed f@yorite for the e. JT I'VE lie, Stakes TAKE in in l So
fourth under the energetic punching of Barnes.
while ,osric. LAUGHING Water. and Dagonet
wire. On June 8 he started again. third IA
vorite. but was never, prominent. running
winner by two lengths. With He'll Gate, Dag.
onet, and osric running q dead heat rr second
i he ran Just such another race. Barnes drlv-
ing all up the backstretch, with the Withers
Rat IN tRe e isaS; s ans . asf"ll lk ss a sA fash sihFs snd w sa5
hands down avoH ON AIHg; II he S met !, D age Gt6 and
'front.', with Sir Matths% second, and after
a bruising race In that order. enough to take
cided to win. and landed by a neck; Merry
Monarch, the fayorito at II 70 10 being eighth;
elegaently than words.
Montana shows an Interesting plate. II Il
isrSe plate, four and three quarters inches long
by four and hve'eighths broad, too large for a
Splinter and not rounded enough f3r q well,
started eight times. and won only the L'orillard
Stakes In 1891. running nearly last all the way
0 Va tla q 4 4 nnI han rnntnD ih nlU In win
in a canter. beating Strathmeath. Pessara.
War Path. Kildeer, Reckon, and Foxford In
who in 1892 started favorite for the Suburban,
was practicsiiy left at the post t. getting an,5 on
under Garrison's terrific punishment just get
ting home at the wlre-a ruined horse forever
n ness; the nn poR RtT' to S do. but lack Of desire to 40.
complish, 1t has a little wider heel than Tam
mepy's, but is not so well balanced and has an
taken to correspond with the desire of a gifted
but indolent man to lean against something all
plate is tina OF Domino, three .eighths OF an
t tosn with an otherwise Well C,bsSianced foot. Con.
slider the grip this toe gives At the moment OF
the trout and was gone, with a stride. which
seemingly without effort carried him further
i SnS tuFt fsen "T sSs 5 5FS% tbs tos i failed fOf th ays c6 5SE:
ney's Hammer, 'ammer, 'ammer hon the ard
Ugh road, began to tell its tale, and only, the
ICI NlNtAAA va NAS wy - NNS AS'N 1855 NahS
pluck consequent on such development car
ried him home. What does Taral say5 That,
| owing to several hard finishes he rode on Dom,
ino, the horse when he heard his stem would
try TO get at him. never forgiying the Jockey for
driving him through when he wanted To stop.
Domino never liked u distance, This was
strongly demonstrated in tho Henry OF Navarro
| and Clifford race at Morris Park IN 1904, when
| Domino fE,shed pulled up. Coming down the
hill the blunt toe had been pounded until II
was tender as a brulse. and the horse stopped
small blame 10 him! SlrOoco has a foot some
thing like this, but not 80 broad toed he vas
somewhat slower In. starting, Civil Service,
DalsyTian. and Fordham, the heet black espe-
cially, had this type of foot. but with less
power. The Butterflies, fast as the wind, has a
foot more like Tammany.
banquet, possibly the most popular horse or
his time, has a very characteristic loot. Its
| dimensions are 4A Inches long and 45 inches
wide. 1t Is a good, everyday, wel-bal anced
foot, not particularly fast at a sprint, but, once
started, going about ito business with the idea
OF getting there as fast as possible, not caring
II school kept or not. Note the roundness OF
IL, the slightly squared toe, the angular shad-
ing TO the aides, the tucked-up heel, He ran
| nearly last, as a rule, TO the stretch, and then
came Though like the wind. In his famous
dead heat with RamapO, ono mile and a fur-
long, at Sheepshead Bay, June 80, 1894, he was
last for three-quarters OF a mile, closed al the
stand on the leader, norian, and was winning
easily when RamRpo propped from the clouds
@.I daad heat anzuRd- HanQuat had klr0a