William Barrett
Horse racing in art
Digitized page of the New York Sportsman (January 1883, page 18) featuring jockey William Barrett.
Barrett is widely remembered for his association with the legendary match race between Ten Broeck, Tom Ochiltree, and Parole in 1877. Barrett, aboard the gelding Parole, won the race by five lengths over Ten Broeck.
The U.S. Congress did not convene on the day of the match race to allow its members to attend the much anticipated event at Pimlico with an estimated 20,000 other spectators.
New York Sportsman (January 1883, p. 18)
1883-01-03
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Ten Broeck
Photography of horse sports
This image, reproduced from the Spirit of the Times, is of the American Thoroughbred Ten Broeck.
Ten Broeck was bred by John Harper and foaled near Midway, Kentucky, in June of 1872.
Ten Broeck set records at distances ranging from one to four miles. He defeated Arisitides in the 1875 Phoenix Hotel Stakes as a three-year-old, but later lost to him in the inaugural running of the Kentucky Derby
His match race victory against West Coast Mollie McCarty in 1878 is commemorated in the Kentucky folk song “Molly and Tenbrooks.”
Ten Broeck was inducted in the U.S. Racing Hall of Fame in 1982.
Spirit of the Times
1877-10-20
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