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he was beaten at times when it would seem that 

 he outclassed his field. 



Ten Broeck accomplished two things, however, 

 during his career, which give him a distinct place 

 in the literature of the turf. When he was four 

 years old, or in 1876, he started at Louisville, 

 Kentucky, in a dash of four miles against the 

 time of Fellowcraft. He won the contest against 

 time, running the distance in 7. 15 J, which stood 

 as the record for many, many years. The follow- 

 ing season, being again a good horse, he was sent, 

 at Louisville, Kentucky, a dash of one mile 

 against time. He broke the record for that 

 distance by doing it in i.39f. And that record 

 stood for about thirteen years. 



These two accomplishments of Ten Broeck 

 keep him permanently in turf story, because, 

 while there have not been a great many attacks 

 upon his four-mile record, the production of 

 sprinters especially trained to run in mile races 

 put his mile record in constant danger. Yet it 

 is a tribute to his class that his figures stood for 

 a dozen years or more. 



The finish of Ten Broeck's turf career was in 

 the last of the great national four-mile races. 

 That resulted in almost a fiasco. There was in 



