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AMERICAN INVASION OF ENGLAND ENGLANDRichard Richard Ten Broecks Long1 Endeavor to Provi Superiority of American Racers A notable and almost forgotten racing Incideni was the invasion of England before the Civil war bj the American turfman Richard Ten Broeck wealthy man he took over the best horses inonej could buy in tills country and did game and par ¬ tially successful battle over there for a number o years His venture fills a remarkable page in tun history and this description of its features bj Francis Stevens in Sports of the Times is valuabh and worthy of presentation Ten Broecks invasion among other things resulted in his bringing to thi country horses that have indelibly left their imprest on our breding interests Mf Stevens reminis ¬ cence of Ten Bro ks career in England says saysIn In looking over recently an old volume of tin Sports of the Times for 1855 when that journa was edited by The Tall Son of York AVillian T Porter some matters were brought to mind con ¬ nected with Richard Ten Broeck and his racing venture in England in 1857 and subsequent years yearsIt It had long been a disputed question arising oul of the different modes of breeding training rldinj and racing pursued in the two countries which sys tern has developed the greatest speed and bottom ii the thoroughbred horse and national pride on cad side of the Atlantic claimed the palm for home homeAt At length Richard Ten Broeck of Kentucky and New Orleans determined to undertake tin risli of an actual trial although as early as 1843 ai American horse and one or two marcs had been sent abroad and one the horse Tempest by Trustee lunette sister to Sir Charles had raced in Eng FAMOUS LEXINGTON HIS FIRST CHOICE CHOICEIn In 1855 he began to select the horses which wen to lie sent over to England Of course his first choice was the famous Lexington wfiich had won the great State Stakes at fourmile heats from Highlander Arrow and Lecompte in 808 and 801 over a muddy course and had been beaten by Lecompte at fourmill heats in 721 anil 738 the best nice ever run in America to that day and the fastest time on record It was said that the de ¬ feat of Lexington was due to the fact that his rider Meichon pulled him ui at the end of the third mile in the second heat thinking the race fin ¬ ished This defeat led to the great match for 25 000 to run a dash of four miles to beat 720 Tliu race took place on April 2 JS55 and Lexington won in 7J4 On April 14 Lexington once more met his great rival Lccomuto for the Jockey Club Purse of 1000 and an inside stake of 2500 each at fourmile heats Lexington won the first heat in 723 and Lecompte was drawn drawnSome Some time during the summer before leaving the south it being Mr Ten Broecks intention to ship the horse over in 1855 and to race in 1850 Lexing ¬ ton got out of his box and gorged himself with feed in the night He was discovered by some of tin stable boys and returned to his box In the morning nothing was said to his trainer by the boys and Lexington was sent out and worked strongly He finished in such n distressed condition that he came near dying llis trainer was at a loss to account for this distress but was told by a fellow trainer what had taken place placeThis This of course compelled a let up in Lexingtons training and he was sent north to New York and thence to Saratoga for the benefit of the water and air He was in the charge of George Rice who afterwards was famous as a trainer After a stay at Saratoga he was sent to Charles Lloyds place at Ilolmdel N J and there galloped again He was doing well when he got tint iKtter of his rider and running away injured himself himselfThrough Through this injury coupled with his gorging himself in the summer he was so out of condition that he went blind and was tinown out of training and was sent to Kentucky where in 1855 he made his first season at the stud at the farm of the late W F Harper between Midway and Spring Station Kentucky KentuckyThis This disaster caused a change in the plans of Mr Ten Broeck and his trip abroad was postponed postponedFIRST FIRST SHIPMENT IN 1856 1856In In September lS5i Mr Ten Broccl sent to Eng ¬ land via Scotland by the Cunanl Line from Bos ¬ ton the horses Pryor Lecompte and Prioress PrioressPryor Pryor was foaled in 1852 by Glencoe Gipsey sister to Medoc by American Eclipse 11 u was a highclass winner at all distances distancesLtcoinpti Ltcoinpti was foaled in 1810 by Buston tlw fa ¬ mous Reel by Glencoe He wys a noted winner at nil distances and had the honor of being the only liorse that ever defeated Ixxington IxxingtonPrioress Prioress was foaled iu 1852 by Sovereign Reel dam of Leeomptc etc etcThe The horses were sent over in charge of David Palmer who trained for Mr Ten Broeck and ar ¬ rived safely and were imt in slow work The band became acclimated and were largely entered in all the prominent stakes and races for which they were eligible eligibleThe The first start made by the American horses was at Glorious Goodwood on July HO 1857 for the Goodwood Cup two miles and i half Pryor 121 omuls ridden by Charles Littlefield and Prioress US pounds ridden by Gilpatrick started and were 1111 ilaccd The race was won by Count F de La Granges Monarqiie five years old 121 pounds The winner Monarquc was destined to ylay an important part iu English racing as lie sired the miglitly Gladia teiir which avenged Waterloo by winning the Two Thousand Guineas Derby St Leger Ascot Gold Cup and oilier races Gladialeur was the second liorse lo win the Triple Event and the first for ¬ eignbred horse to win the famous blue ribbon of tiie English turf the Epsom Derby DerbyLecompte Lecompte only started once and was third to Fisherman for the AVarwick Cup three miles and ilied shortly afterwards Pryor also died and thus the stable was reduced to Prioress PrioressShortly Shortly after Goodwood when the entries for the great fall handicaps were made Prioress was named for tiie Cesarewitcli and also for the Cambridge ¬ shire Handicap When the weights appeared it was found that Prioress bad been given only ninety three pounds in the Cesarewitcli and when the odds were long against her the bulk of the money of Mr Ten Broeck who was a great bettor was carefully put on at the odds of over 100 to 1 and in some cases at 150 to 1 as the bookmakers thought it was finding money to lay against the American mare marePRIORESS PRIORESS WINS THE CESAREWITCH CESAREWITCHThe The nice was run October 13 1857 over the Cesarewitch course two miles and 4SH yards thirty four starters among them Warlock Fisherman Saunterer Gunboat Odd Trick and Tasmania Prioress i pounds ridden by Tankersley an American at 0 to 1 El Hakim three years old C pounds it 8 to 1 and Queen Bess three years iild ili pounds 30 to 1 ran a dead heat The own ¬ ers all insisted on a runoft and here was where the American system of training came into play as Prioress had been trained to run heats She was iooled out by Palmer and Littlefield and came to the post in fine condition with the famous George Fordham in tht saddle El Hakim was the favorite it I to 4 Prioress at 2 to 1 and Juten Bess at 3 lo 1 Fordham made a waiting race and won by a length and a half thus bringing oT the first of Mr Ten Broecks famous coups coupsMr Mr Littlefield was at the finishing post with Prioress clothing and was jubilant over the vic ¬ tory as he had a sovereign on at 100 to 1 as also did Palmer tin trainer trainerThe The victory in the Cesarewitch was memorable on account of its being the first dead heat made for the event and the only time in its history to date in which three horses have made a dead heat for it It was also noteworthy as it represented tin first victory by an American horse in England EnglandMr Mr Ton Broecks winnings wero large largePrioress Prioress started for the Cambridgeshire Handicap with ninetyeight pounds iiy anil was unplaced Odd Trick winning winningPrioress Prioress was a good bread winner for Mr Ten Itroeck as she also won in 1858 the Great York ¬ shire Stakes over the St Leger course at Doncaster me mile threequarters and 132 yards and a number of matches and Queens Plates Prioress and Tin Brewer ran a dead heat for second place in the Iesarewitcii in 1858 Avon by Rocket ami she was third to The Promised Land for the Goodwood Cup uf 185 at two and onehalf miles milesIn In 185S and later on Mr Ten Broeck added to liis stable Satellite formerly Sherritt a good win ¬ ner in America by Albion out of a mare by Levi than which won the Stamford Plato and Plates it Ascot Brighton and Newmarket and was sec ¬ ond for the Goodwood Cup Starke by AVagner Reel which won in 1850 the Goodwood Stakes two and onehalf miles the Bentinck Memorial Plate three miles and fivccichths at Goodwood mid the AVarwick Cup three miles and in 1801 won the Goodwood Cup two and onehalf miles the Brighton Stakes and was second for the Goodwood Stakes UMPIRE FAILS IN THE DERBY DERBYUmpire Umpire by Lecompte Alice Caracal was heavily lacked in the yearling books trt win the Derby of ISi for a large fortune at long odds Umpire ivoii three races at two years old and was well liacked for the Derby for which he started at I to I against with Tin Wizard favorite at to 1 igainst and Thornianhy ut 4 to 1 Umpire ran icvenfh in a field of thirty Thormanby winning The Wizard second and Horror third thirdThe The late G B Bruce of tliv Live Btocli IJctord Ixxington Ky was in England in 1SCO and saw the Derby run and told me the following story Lord Glasgow an eccentric nobleman who after ¬ wards bred tins famous Musket was fond of mak ¬ ing freak liets He knowing Mr Ten Broeck stood to win several hundred thousand pounds said to Mr Ten Broeck that he would bet him TOO guineas that he Mr Ten Broeck would not whistle God Save the Queen as the horses passed the post Mr Ten Broeck took the bet and Mr Bruce who stood at Mr Ten Broecks side said Mr Ten Broeck was whistling God Save the Queen as Thor manby flashed past the post and he saw his fortune vanish Umpire won many races for both Mr Ten Broeck and Lord Coventry who purchased him On going into the stud Umpire was successful getting many winners and was a famous sire of halfbred hunters jmd jumpers jumpersOther Other American horses that Mr Ten Broeck raced in England and won with were Annette by Scyth ¬ ian Alice Carneal Lexingtons dam Echo by Revenue Sarali AVashington by Garrisons Zinga nce Maggiore by Lecompte Evergreen by Glen ¬ coe Novice by Knight of St George Sister to Pryor No 1 by Glencoe Olive Branch by Lex ¬ ington Sarah AVashlngtoii Rubicon by Lexington Bay Leaf by Yorkshire Summcrsidc by Lex ¬ ington Sister No 2 to Pryor and Optimist by Lexington mare by Glencoe out of Jeannetteaii which won the Palatine Cuy at Chester Ascot Stakes many Queens Plates and the Stamford Cup three miles Tin object of art going with the stakes was an elegant silver candelabra heavily gilded which afterwards came into the possession of the late Major B G Thomas and often graced the table at the famous Dixiana House at Lexing ¬ ton Ky KyREMARKABLE REMARKABLE CAREER OF OPTIMIST OPTIMISTStarke Starke was sold to the Pussian government ami was a successful sire in Germany Optimist which Mr Ten Broeck considered one of the best of his horses came near being killed when he was a few days old at AVoodburn Farm in Kentucky When Optimist was foaled he had unusually long pasterns both iu front and behind seemingly in ¬ herited from his grandfather Old White Face1 as Boston was familiarly called which made eight tracks as he walked Mr Nelson Dudley who was superintendent for Mr Robert A Alexander owner of the AVoodburn Stud was going to kill him be ¬ cause of tin raw and weak condition of these pas ¬ terns which seemed to give the horse great pain Mr Alexander would not consent as he was Mr Ten Broecks property and thus iiis life was saved Mr Dudley then had his pasterns bound up and declared that he never would be of any account Optimist outgrew the weakness and won many times much to Mr Dudleys disgust and the pride of Mr Alexander Oytimist after his racing career was sent to France where he got many manywinners winners ai ig them Mars which afterwards got gotJongleur Jongleur which won the Cambridgeshire Handicap HandicapMany Many others were sent to England and were raced by Mr Ten Broeck and other owners among them Arcadian and Rlanchrttr both by Knight of St Icorge dam Transylvania a daughter of the famous eytona Babylon by Belshazzar dam a mare by Trustee Bonita by Financier Sarah AVashington harleston by Sovereign Millwood Charmian by Knight of St George Ieytona Cincinnati by Star Davis Theatress Des Chiles by Glencoe Brown Kitty Illusion by Revenue Sister No 2 to Pryor Knight of the Garter by Sovereign Levity by Trustee Lincoln by Brlshazzar dam a mare by byIonian Ionian Myrtle by Lexington Evergreen by byIlencoe Ilencoe Olive Branch by Lexington Sarah AVash ngton Padrona by Revenue Spiletta by Stock veil Summcrsidc by Lexington Sister No 2 to Pryor Templar by Knight of St George Emilia lam of Australian AVoodburn by Glencoe uaro by Trustee Woodford by Lexington Duca oon These raced up to and including 1807 when the American horses dropped out and there were no American horses in England until the fall of 1875 when the late M II Sanford sent a stable over there which began racing in 1870 and was fairly successful Of the above named horses Babylon won a race Echo won six times two races wero won by Lincoln Olive Branch was returned a win ¬ ner six times SumnuTsidc finished first five times and Woodburn won twice and divided the stakes in another anotherPURCHASED PURCHASED ECLIPSE IN 188G 188GIn In 1858 Mr Ten Broeck purchased Eclipse and Barbarity Eclipse was by Orlando Gaze by Bay Middleton and had won tin Clearwell Stakes at two years old and at three the Ascot Biennial i stake at Newmarket made a dead heat with Beads ¬ man for the Newmarket Stakes the yair dividing the stakes and was fourth for the Derby Bar ¬ barity by Simoon Barbarians dam was a capital race mare having won eight races at three years nld ajid six at four years of age In 185 they were sent to this country Ecliyse made some seasons ut Lexington Ky getting a number of good win ¬ ners nersFrom From Lexington he was sent east to Mr Francis Morris i Tliroggs Neck N Y where he remained until his death iu 1878 Eclipse got among others Ruthless winner of tho first Bclniont Stakes and Alarm the first horse to run a mile in 1 42i and sire of many capital winners among them Ilimyar the sire of tin great Domino the grandsire of the unbeaten Colin Eclipse also sired Fanny Ludlow the first horse to run a mile and an eighth in 1 5f the record for several years and granddam of loxhall which won in England two out of three starts at two years and which ran second at three years old to Bend Or for tin City and Suburban Handicap in front of twentytwo others lie also ivon other races among them the Cesarowitch mil Cambridgeshire Handicaps Foxhall was the second horse to win the Cambridgeshire and Cesare ivith Handicaps the same year Mr AVilliam Day ivho trained Foxhall said that he was fourteen iioiinds the best horse lie ever trained Foxhall also ivon tht Grand Prix de Paris at three years old mil the Gold Cup at Ascot AscotBarbarity Barbarity went to Mr Morris also and was the lam of the famous Barbarous Battalion as they verr called by the late Charles J Foster among heni Ruthless Relentless Remorseless Regardless tin Merciless from whom came many good winners winnersLater Later on Mr Ten Broeck also sent over to this onutry Phaeton and some broodmares among them ady Love dam of Lisbon which sired Troubadour ivhich won the Suburban anil brought off a grand oup for his owner the late Captain S S Brown BrownIf If it had not been for Mr Ten Broeck Phaeton ind Eclipse never would have come over here and he American turf would not have had King Alfonso oxhall Jot Cotton Fonxi Grenada Ilimyar Dom ¬ ino Cap and Bells Commando Colin Drake Car ¬ ter which held for many years the three mile rec ird Bersan and the great Ten Broeck which held it one time five American records viz a mile in 3 i two miles in 327 three miles in 52i otir miles in 715 and two and fiveeighths mileSu n 458C Mr 458CMr Ten Broeck also selected in England for Hajor B G Thomas King Ban which was a great iiiccess at the stud as the sire of many winners imong them King Fox Ban Fox and Queen Ban BanEvery Every one who came in contact with Mr Ten troeck was attracted by his graceful manners and harming personality either in the drawing room ir on the race course Every American turfman mist acknowledge a debt of gratitude to Mr Ten iJroeck through whose instrumentality such horses is Alarm Foxhall and Ten Broeck were given to he turf
