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AS TO IMP. Charles E. Bro3sman, who trains that great mare Imp for her performances this season, that entitle h6r to the term, says of her: "Turfmen in the east have always been inclined to underrate Imp, bat that, taking her performances as a whole, she is the greatest mare seen on the turf in America for many years, is now everywhere conceded. I was criticised severely at the beginning of the season for the system of training which I followed out with hr; many trainers, as well as turf writeis, claiming that I started Iter too frequently, and worked her too bard between races, but the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and ter Suburban, Brighton Handicap and other victories down to last Saturday show that I knew the mare better than my critics. Today the is in as good shape as at any time in her career, sound as a bell, and every year her ability to stay seoms to improve, while she has never shown the slightest sjmptom of soreness. As a two-year-old, I had difficulty in getting her to do even a half mile, and until two years ago a mile was her limit, that is, at her bsat. Last year she ran and won at a mile and an eighth and a mile and a quarter, and this year she has won races at a mile and a quarter, smashing records eoveral times, carrying weights that would stop any horse in America. I have cot the exact data now, but I am quite positive that Imp has been in the money more than a hundred times daring her career, and if Mr. Harnees and I do not decide to breed her this year, she will be in the money many times more." Spirit of the Times.
