THE 
YETERINAR 
VOL. XXXIII. 
No. 385. 
JANUARY, 1860 . 
Fourtli Series. 
No. 61. 
Communications and Cases, 
“ UMPIRE.”—THE MOUTH OF THE TWO-YEAR 
OLD. 
A Communication from W. J. Goodwin, M.R.C.S. and Y.S., 
Hampton Court. 
Dear Sirs — I offer no excuse for occupying your pages 
with a sporting subject, as the members of the Veterinary 
profession may at any time be called upon for a decision con¬ 
nected with it, which always involves them, when it occurs, 
in a serious responsibility, and is often fraught with grave 
importance to the interests of the Turf. 
The unprecedented circumstance of a colt foaled in Ame¬ 
rica, and although with some English blood in his veins, is 
still an American bred one, being upon his merits, first 
favorite for our next year's Derby,” necessarily excites a 
degree of surprise and unfounded suspicion which always 
accompany, and particularly in racing affairs, any unlooked- 
for event. It is, however, admitted that Mr. Tenbrock has 
done all that is required of him to insure the qualification of 
his colt <e Umpire,” for the numerous engagements in which 
he is entered in the racing calendar. And however we might 
feel it to be a national humility to be beaten, and upon our 
own “ dunghill,” yet Mr. Tenbrock enjoys so high a cha¬ 
racter here, and has already proved himself to be so formid¬ 
able a rival, that should he succeed in such a triumph, we 
should not regret that it has fallen to the lot of one who has 
so spiritedly, at great risk and expense, brought his country's 
horses here to contest their prowess with ours. 
If, however, our great national races are to be open to the 
competition of the wide world, it may be found necessary 
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