Martinsburgh gazette. [volume] (Martinsburgh, Va. [W. Va.]) 1810-1825, 1825-11-10

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litters. Mr.. Thomas Russell also offer
ed sow, Q inches longer than the above
but several months older;, in girtb, in
form, and hea!lhful appearance, it was
rather inferior to the first. Both ami
mails had prodigious size, and with care
would weigh 500 pounds each. A pre-
MUM is given Mr. Thomas Russell, for
the best boar, majority of The com
mittee thinking his rather superior to
Mr.. Brandham's, being more compact
ly formed. - ts.li75
The committee returns to the subject
OF horses. Mr. Bushrod Taylor oiler-
ed brown mare, from TopsaIlant. out
of an old Bedford dam; this beautiful
animal is sprightiy in Der gaiis, has a
spirited carriage, neatness OF limb, and
general symetry of form, which, were
linriyailed on the field. In pursuance
of the power vested IN them to award a
premium for the ''best colt under three
years old,n the committee presents
Pocahontas, a young serrel FLY, (the
property of Mr. Henry ). Turner, of
Jefferson county as an anisaal not on
" entitled to the premium, but to the
encourag cement and hopes Of those who
desire due appreciation of that noble
animal. the horse. This colt is but one
year old last spring, and is beautifully
marked; she is sprung from Lottery
and Doomed, a strain Of horses remar-
kable, it seems, for gait, figure, and lon
gevity-irequently improving, as we
were informed, till they are 7ycars old.
Mr.. Turner's sorrel stallion Bolivar"
out of the same dam, also attracted the
encomiums of all who saw him. He
was pronounced the best booded horse
upon the field; his appearance denoted
fine keeping, and his spirit, the blood of
his sire Rather, and of his grandsire Sir
Archy. But as the committee thought
that the great object of this community,
on this subject, pointed rather to the
qualifications for draft, than to the sad
die or the turf, excellencies (Which this
horse chiefly promised, they are com
,pelled, for the present, TO put him by.
Mr.Jacoh Van metre, of Hardy, is "a
warded premium for his Leboo stall
lion; he had no competitor; he has been
a noble animal, but he is now reduced
in flesh and ''much stricken in years.
He was attended by several fine horses
sprung from his loiua, which added much
to his Recommendation, especially a
handsome pair of bay carriage horses,
belonging to Alfred II Powell, esq.
The attention of the committee was
much engaged in examining three bay
colts, all two years old.
4 discretionary premium is awarded
MIR. William Smith, of Shenandoah, for
his fine horse Florizel. We have no
doubt he will recommend himself to far
mers hereafter.
In drawing this report to close, the
most arduous task still remains with
the committee, and the difficulty is lot
removed by an umplgage we could re-
fer to. The aggregate of people seem
ed as much embarrassed in deciding The
superior merits Of the two animals a'lu-
ded to, as we were. A good Judge
would boldly asservate thas Mr. Issac
Hollingsworth's was the best; another,
equally competent to decide, would en-
pha.ically pronounce Mr.. William Car
ter's superior; but in truth the great
bulk of the spectators were at loss, in
adjusting the scale of merit between the
two horses, to say which side pfepon-
derated. The two horses have equal
claims. They both combine in an equal
degree qualities for the draft and for the
saddle. They were both from Specta-
tor, and both from old dams. They
have their peculiar faults and peculiar
virtues, connecting each other lnthe es-
innate formed; and without publishing
particular analysis of their compare
tive traits, we have concluded to divide
the premium between the two horses.
JOSHUA LUPTON, Gin.
ON MANUFACTURES.
The committe on the subj ct OF domes-
tic manufactures respectfully report:
That the exhibition of articles SUBJ
emtted to their inspection is unusually
valuable and interchangeable display
consisting ola variety of useful and ele'
giant productions, unequalled by any
hitherto under the notice of the society,
aud evincing the most laudable emula-
ton, the Importance of directing pub
lie attention to this object, and the in
creasing assduty and skill of the COM
petitors, many of whom, they are hap
py to announce, are Of the gender sex.
They have to regret, on their own part,
a great deficiency of individual skill and
discrimination, and lament that the du-
ties they have SO imrerfe city discharged