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BEAUTY IN THE RACE HORSE Symmetry a Characteristic of Many of the Most Famous Whisk Broom II and Leonardo II Horses of Exquisite Propor ¬ tions Other Instances NEW YORK March 19 It lins been remarked that the best of our thoroughbreds have Inid beauty of outline in addition to other attributes to make tbem notable among their kind The good horse o iarru Jis a rule looks the part but there have been notable instances of animals utterly devoid of outward finalities one expects in the highest blood horse type racing with rare speed and courage courageMany Many fine looking thoroughbreds have been seen in action in this country in the last twentyfive years Some of them had a majestic quality while others were faultless in point of bodily per ¬ fection Nobody would think of denying Man War a place among the good looking performers of the American turf and yet bis claims for dis ¬ tinction bulk largely on his noble majestic bear ¬ ing His countenance bespeaks his greatness and yet the critics say he is too heavy in the fore Inuid to conform to the standard of perfection The fact that he is higher over the croup than at the withers robs his top line of the symmetry which is characteristic of Whisk Broom II one of the handsomest of all the thoroughbreds of the present day or of Leonardo II the best looking of the younger generation despite his calf knees kneesThose Those who have known the turf for the last quarter of a century speak of Salvator as their beau ideal With his glistening chestnut coat and wlulefue and 4eis li r was a model Tlu cniitrisf between the sou of Prince Charlie and his rival Tenny was startling and it was dif ¬ ficult to realize that they were of the same tribe Tenny was swaybacked to the point of deformity lie was heavy in the shoulder and had the develop ¬ ment of a quarter horse back of the saddle The old saying that good horses come in all shapes and sizes was exemplified in his case with emphasis for when in the mood Tenny was a sterling per ¬ former formerTROUBADOUR TROUBADOUR GRAND APPEARING APPEARINGTroubadour Troubadour for a big horse was a grand looking one and in motion was a poem Miss Woodford and her rival Freeland were both beauties albeit the mare was n trifle masculine in type El Kio Key and his halfbrother Emperor of Norfolk were fine examples of the robust thoroughbred and Potomac was a handsome horse though a trifle high on the leg Perhaps the greatest beauty of all the St JUaise family was the lovely filly La Tosca though the Nursery Stud has always been noted for the quality of its mares Fides Lady Primrose and others that could be mentioned having a smoothness of contour that was a delight to the eye Kingston was truly made and beautifully balanced His head was a trifle effeminate and he was over at the knees all his life but up to the day he left the turf after winning more than ninety races he Avas the type of a highmettled thoroughbred thoroughbredHanover Hanover had a bold chestnut beauty of his own Handspring and Hastings though of different types were good to look upon Domino was not as pre ¬ possessing as Dobbins or Henry of Navarre his greatest contemporaries nor as many of his grand ¬ sons notably Hippodrome His greatest representa ¬ tive taking turf and stud achievements both into consideration the remarkable Commando was di ¬ stinctly coarse breeding to the line of his Darebin dam Km m u 0 Colin and Fair Play were both attractive despite the formers unsightly hock As stallions Fair Play is the better looker in fact lie has been pronounced the best looking stallion in Kentucky Peter Pan though verging on the coarse side as a threeyearold has in the stud de ¬ veloped into a fine robust type of the thorough ¬ bred sire sireAmong Among the mares of her day Imp was noticeable She had a rugged nature which made her per ¬ formances noteworthy While not a great beauty she was racy looking and pleasing to the eye Jlermis and Irish Lad were unlike in type though Ixith were good to look at the former as round is a butter ball while the big horse attracted by his masculine quality Pictures taken jn France especially one showing the horse witli his former owner that splendid type of sportsman Herman It Duryea reveal Irish Lad as a fine specimen of the thoroughbred sire Sysonby and Artful rivals as twoyearolds were each noted for their high quality though the colts head had a plain look at times due to Iii being a trifle lopeared For power the turf has seen few horses the equal of Sysonby and bis early death was a calamity to the breeding interests of this country As a matter of fact Mr Keene had more than his share of bad luck when lie lost Domino Commando and Sysonby at the outset of their periods of usefulness Firenze was small but showed quality while Iteldame and Hamburg Belle looked the great mares they were wereBROOMSTICK BROOMSTICK HANDSOME NOW Broomstick a neat colt on the small side when racing has grown into a sturdy handsome stal ¬ lion and like Clifford another fast horse is a perfect type of tie Bramble family His daughter Kegret was as handsome as she was fleet Voter was not as fine looking as his best sons notably Ballot ami The Manager each of which is con ¬ spicuous for finish The great sprinters tail was net on quite low and he was cloven like a ram so great was the muscular development of his quarters In recent years Ilourless was a conspicuous ex ¬ ample of a good horse that looked the part In the stud he has been praised by competent authorities liis old antagonist Omar Khayyam has developed to a point where he compels the admiration of those with an eye for beauty in the thoroughbred Cudgel though a trifle long in the back looked the great nice horse he was After a few years in the stud he should be a horse of great attractive ¬ ness Sunbriar was always a perfect type of the Wood horse barring his faulty ankles while the Macomber string boasted of a fine collection of stallions in Star Hawk War Cloud and Star Planter Trompe la Mort is an unusually handsome Jiorse Among last years crop of notables Man o War and Leonardo II have already been referred to Inchcapc was a smoothly turned juvenile and those who have seen him this spring say he is a rare type Tryst er a plain looking colt at first glance improved witli acquaintance last year and be would not have to develop mich in order to be classed among the goodlookers of mill Cleopatra Prudery and Nancy Lee among the fillies would command attention in any country The former which will be sadly missed from this years con ¬ tests has the greyhound quality of her dead sire Corcyra CorcyraWhile While the adage Handsome is UK handsome does applies to the turf as well as elsewhere all thing being equal breeders would prefer shapely individuals either in the brediug paddocks or for racing
