The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-29
TURF AND TURFMEN
Tips and Facts by Horse AuthOri-
ties in This Country.
WINNINGS AND BIG LOSSES
Movements and Plans of Owners
and row They Have Succeeded
and Their Chances of Future
Success on the Track.

Brock.
At Louisville. KY, on May "a. 1877
he ran a mile against time in 1:39&.
with an impost OF IL 0pounds.
Ten Brock was foaled in 1872, in tn
Nantura Stud, near Lexington, Ky.
and the time In which he first saw tn
light saw many good race horses, WHIT
are the progenitors of the best rae,
horses of the present day, such a.
Bramble, Hymar, Hindoo, lroquois, LIE
onatus, King Alfonso. Luke Blackburn
Miser. Onondago, Sensation, Falsetto
Spendthrift. Springbok, Thora. Lida
Stanhope, etc.
between 1870 and 1880, but the latest
race horse of all OF them was Ter
Brock.
The question has often been asked
how Ten Broeck compared with the
best race horses of the present day,
and the answer of many Is that, with
the improved methods of training and
the superior tracks. he Is the peer of
the best, with the possible exception of
Salvador, whose mile of 1854 is a rec
ord that IL is hard to imagine could be
lowered.
Ten Brock was a model race horse in
every way. He was a horse of beauti-
full conformation, and so sweet temper
ed that he would stand at the post like
an old pillow horse.
at one time Ten Brock held four rec
ords, and would, doubtless. have made
other records had he been sent at other
distances, says the Cincinnati Enquirer.
He yet holds the four-mile record. made
at Louisville. Sept. "a, 1877. which is
7l5A. In that race, as In all his 9TH
ers. he was ridden by BILLY" Walker,
who is now a trainer in this section of
the country, and, up to year ago,
trained Ed Applegates horses. Walker
told me that Ten Brock could have
made the four miles at least a second
and half faster had ne been allowed
10 rate him as he thought best. In that
event, Walker says, he would have
made each of the first two miles a
second faster, and not have held the
horse hard, as he was instructed to do.
Ten Brock also holds the two-mile
record to this day, made at Louisville,
May 20, 1877, in 3;2712. The other rec
ords he once held were the mile, referr-
ed to above. and the two mile and five
furlongs I'm 45S1s, made at Lexington,
Sept. is, 1876.
The most notable event in Ten
Broeck's career, however, was his men,
orable match race with Mollie McCar-
thy The latter was a California horse
and had beat everything on the Paci-
fic coast at all distances. Ten Brock
had retired to the stud, but the friends
of the mare thought she was the better
of the two. and kept after Frank Har-
per until he consented to run his horse.
Ten Brock received very little prepar-
alton for the race, and was entirely I'M
fit for such a contest.
The race was run at Louisville July
4. 1878. and was, beyond question, the
hottest day ever seen in this country.
There were other races on the pro-
gramme for the day, and the public
was not advised when the match race
would come on, so they came early and
stayed late. They came by the thous-
ands from every part OF the country,
and the Louisville racetrack grounds
never before. nor have they since con-
tained such large crowd. For three
hours and more they stood like sar-
dimes packed i'm a box, many of them in
the boiling sun.
But so intense was the interest in the
match race that these little discom-
forts were passed by unheeded. A large |
delegation had come on from California |
with the mare. and with almost a car |
load OF money to back her. The Gait |
house on the night previous to the race |
was scene OF pandemonium. The Cal |
fornians were wild In their desire 10 |
back the mare. and went about with /
great rolls OF money in their hands /
seeking takers. The Kentuckians were
ready for IL, and every time Mollie Nc
earthly money was offered the bet was
quietly but quickly covered.
Finally the race came ON, and the ex-
,itement was intense. The couple pa
'aded in front of the grand stand. and
were in favor of Mollie
Mccarthy. She was large, rakish-
cooking mare, and looked keen as a
)rier. while quiet and demure-looking
Ten Brock trotted along behind her TO
he post.
But in action Ten Broeck was a diff
erent looking horse. The mare led for
learly two miles. when Ten Brock
losed on her. and at the end of about
wo and one-nalf miles she gave IL up.
nd her Jockey pulled her up. Ten
Brock went on the fun four miles. so
= To get the stake. but he was a very
ired horse at the end. He was so near
exhausted that his attendants had
o hold him up.
Ten Brock met n horse I'm Laying
on. however. that beat him This was
Aristides, capital racehorse IN his
ay. He belonged to Price McGrath
he most noted turfman OF Kentucky
q his day McGrath was one of the
romoters Of the Lexington race tack.
fhich was built away back in 1896.
n constructing the track Mr.. McCrath
assisted that the hin should be left in.
&c al NAdA ioTNt VINO could .
AXE the hill without fiinching would do
D go away from home TO the races. :
nd he trained his horses to take the
I'll.
A race came up one day in 1876.
link IL was. wherein Ten Brock and
ristides met. The former was the ia
orite. but Mr.. McGrath was firm in |
Is conviction that Aristides would win. !
sserting that the hill would stop Ten
roeck. There were no bookmakers In
hose days, so Mr.. McGrath went up
nd down the quarter stretch Offering
bet on his horse. He found plenty OF :
lkers. and the question OF stakehold-
y was raised.
''In hold the stakes" said Mr.. Nc
rath.
But how will you know how to pay
~" some one asked.
I'll not have 10 pay on"
So the bets were made I'm that way,
I'd Mr.. McGrath stuffed his pockets
it'll money without giving any evil
nee of the wagers or even making a /
emorandum OF them. IL is needless
remark that all the money remained |