El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-03-13

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/ Copyright 1915. by National News Bureau)
BECAUSE it marked the finish Of the
! career Of a great thoroughbred.
! - because it was the last OF the
/ great national four mile races and be
! cause II resulted almost in a fiasco. the
/ Ten Brock MOllie Mccarthy race at
! Louisville on July 4. 1875, must be ac-
| counted one of the very greatest events
/ Of the American turf That il appar-
I emily did not settle a contention that
: had ragged with violence for almost a
I year and led an owner to travel with
his stable from California TO Kentucky
j TO settle a grudge, was neither the fault
Z OF the plans nor OF the execution nor
yet OF the running Of the race itself
But IL left an odor that nauseated our
sportsmen for years and was most par
; t1cularly annoying for the reason that
/ tnere was no occasion for il, other than
disappointment and bad track
NO race was ever more earnestly
I run a veteran reporter who covered
the event told me
Ten Brock began. q career as a three
year Old lnaL made him look like a
Z champion and for three years he was
. the IDOL of all Kentucky. II is related
. that in 1875, as a four year old. he was
I started IN a dash Of four miles against
. the time Of FeuOwcraft In the fol-
lowing season he broke the record for
one mile and then he began 10 be
talked OF as the champion OF America.
Pacific Coast champion.
At the same time the breeders Of CAL
ltornia had been casting their admirin-
eyes on Mollie Mccarthy, which was
owned by Theodore Winters Without
doubt she was the champion OF the
Pacltlc coast and the Wcsteruers re-
scented bitterly the freedom with which
the kentUckians placed the CHAMPION
snip OF the country on the brow OF Ten
broeck- 4 sectional argument arose
which increased I'm bitterness through
the winter Of 1S77-1S7S and finally 10
settle the matter Of supremacy Winters
decided 10 ship MOllie Mccarthy to
LOUISVILLE where the controversy could D
ne decided for all time Tremendous
interest was aroused in the event
mere was bis delegation Of CaIifor-
mans with Winters and they were pre-
pared 10 back Mollie Mccarthy heavily /
IN spite Of the hard trip she had TO take I
across the continent. and indeed In I
ship
How II Happened.
nat the race might have deveIoped I
hao the conditions been right il is hard /
20 say, but unfortunately. on the dav
before the contest there was heavy
rain and when the horses were called
10 me post the track was extremely
muddy, A correspondent Of the Spirit
OF the Times thus describes the event.
touay attended the third day OF the
extra July meeting Of the Louisville
Jockey club 10 witness the expected
Steal contest between Ten Brock and
NOME Mccarthy at four mile heats The
day has been all that could be asked.
pul a sticky track. owing TO the heavy
shower Of last evening. gave promise
OF SLOW time I reached the grounds
ABOUT lO-l5 a. m. and found the grand
stand already black with Deople. intent
upon mus early securing a place from
Wnlch to view the race. A steady flow
OF people continued until long after the
Ilrst race on the program had been run
u IS difflcult TO estimate crowd upon
lnlS track, but some placed il as high z
rs au,VDO- / have ben told that the ey-
act number falls between $4,000 and
-4'VvU- All agreed that il was the lar
grounds.
Crowds Are Large.
Masses OF strangers arrived By train I
extra trains and steamboats, throughout :
yesterday and this evening, so that the {
Motel capacity Of the town great as IL
IS, was fully taxed and vehicles Of
every description that could be pressed I
INTO service, in addition to the street
between the town and the track ]
throughout the forenoon. II was a
crowd. as the Kentuckians express il
suEe enough I think have never seen J
IL eNcelled in numbers at a race ex-
cept at the first great stallion trot at
Boston few years ago.
80 Ihe mare was first to show Up on !
the stretch, clothed in her white sheets. I
ana received fair round Of applause, !
nut when the horse made his appear
ance from the opposite direction a I
greeting that might have stirred the /
blood OF king was showered unon
MIN from the Erandstand and all sur
rounding places Kentucky loves her ]
own The horse was first 70 strip and /
as the sheet was drawn off ne dashed ]
OUT win ms heels and the quiet de- /
meanor with which he had appeared !
gave place TO one Of more animation
as if he appreciated the undertaking /
before him and was ready for it,
The horse was lighter than I had ex-
pected from current rumor. but his coat
doomed as in perfect condition and his
friends freely expressed their conf
dence that he was perfectly fit. The
mare, on the other hand carried quite I
as much flesh as one Of her ivory-fin- I
lsned makeup would appear to do best
IN Those who know her say she runs Z
best with some flesh to spare. The first |
impression got Of her was that she
was short Of condition TO do her best.
and her race couvinces me that there is
about where the mistake was made She
Is very bloOdlil1e, highly finished and
-uil OF quality She might appear deli
cate n drawn finer but only in seem
ing. These hard muscled. fine grained
ones often make up in quality what
-ney lack IN substance and stand drawn Z
condition better than the grosser kind. (
Whatever the fault she certainly could
not have been anything like herself I
since the results Of the race she is like !
9 To be moderated but as long as she
ran she ran like a real good one and {
Il I mistake not viii turn up as great a
surprise another day as she was a dis ]
appointment today. The story IS soon I
old.
They got away tc an even start. the
mare inside. and ran evenly to the I
quarter in IS seconds. At the half-mile /
-ery sman-smaner, perhaps. than any