El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-02-09

to that picture and lick it with hi
, tongue at word of command. When
ever strangers appeared in the stable
Pork Chops" would throw wide tn,
door of the stall and say: Go kis:
your papa, Hamburg" and then the
great intelligent colt would walk Sc
dately over to the picture and kiss hi:
daddy's print.
John Madden was looking over a 10,
of sucklings. weanings and yearlings al
Mr.. Enright's place in Kentucky when
he came across Hamburg. The colt
was standing apart, as was his wont
when his rat tail attracted Madden's
eyes. A movement of the hand from
Madden made Hamburg scamper Off
like a startled fawn. That settled il
| in Madden's mind. He had to have
that colt In order to get it he had to
purchase others, but Madden did not
mind that; he wanted Hamburg. aud
he was willing to buy a carload of
horses III order to secure him.
Charley Patterson. a friend of Mad
den. broke and trained Hamburg as a
yearling. and early in his two-year-old
career. He showed marvellous speed
at all times. He got all of his training
in Kentucky, and was entered in q
race at GraveSend. Among the lot
We're Previous. Sanders. Prince Lee and
four others. He had an advantage in
the weights, as he was a maiden. Will
hite, poor Jockey, had the leg up.
Nobody, seemingly. knew anything
about him. Suddenly there was
scurry in the ring. Riley Grammar and
Charley Quinn. two plungers. went
around the ring betting heavily on
Hamburg. Then came Madden's mon
ey. Ere long the odds had fallen down
until he closed favorite.
A telegram had been sent up from
Kentucky warning Grammar and
Quinn that Hamburg was a cracker
jack; that he could beat any two-year-
old n training. They took the tip and
get big price.
started 81 times, finished first 16. sec
oud and third twice. He was never
unplaced, and always got parts of the
money he was sent after. His defeats
were due more to bad riding than any
thing else. White had bad rider.
and caused him to be defeated by a
head several times.
Hamburg was marvelously quick on
his feet. He would stand sidewise on
the track and break like Texas quar-
ter horse. In the first race he broke
last of the field. but before six yards |
were covered he was out in front two |
lengths to the good. He won in a |
romp.
Hamburg was essentially a front |
runner. His speed was so great that |
ne could not be paced easily. In try
ing to do this for the Flatbush Stakes
Fred Taral choked him nearly to death.
and Previous beat him out by a short
head. His stride was nearly perfec-
ion. .Taral once said that he was I'M
able to tell how fast he was running
because of his faultless stride. The
only idea he could get of the speed of
Hamburg was to listen to the other
Joys clucking to their horses and
whipping them in order to get them up
within striking distance of the flying
eader.
Hamburg's great race as a two
ear-old was his Great Eastern Handi-
ap. He ran the Futurity course in
10 is. with 135 pounds up after a
clay of 55 minutes. There were two
alse breaks in which he ran a quarter
mile each. Among other races he s
'on the Realization Stake at a mile /
nd five furlongs. and the Brighton '
up at two and a quarter miles, He III
ION both races from good horses by 8
early a furlong. III