The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1827-11-07

driver. ''''He'-0i
That the second premium, of So. should
be awarded to Henry Sprague, Of Spen.
Ger ;-S4 to himself ploughman and Ss
to Simon Carpenter, driver
Ihat OF the single teams, the first nre-
mum, OF So, should be awarded to TYLER
Carpenter, of Sutton and "a to himself as
fplous Imam. The second premium, of sc,
the Committee were of opinion, should he
awarded to Israel Whitney, of Worcester.
II 1t is consistent with the rules of the So.
ciety that premium should he awarded in
case OF single team qcith a driver. Mr..
! Whitney having made use of a driver with
MS team; be, being himself the plough
man, would, in such case. be entitled to
the sum of 81.
The third premium, of So, they have
awarded to Joel Gates, of Worcester -
and So to himself as ploughman: subject.
however, to the decision OF the Society, on
the same ground as in case Of Mr.. Whit
| ney, as Mr.. Gates had driver also. The
fourth premium, of 81, they awarded to
Silas Dudley, of Sutton.
( The work Of Alpheus Marble and ROYAL
| 7. Marble, was done in a superior manner
but the burrows, unfortunately. were not of
the requisite depth. This, also, was the
case with the work of Stephen Marsh. ir.
Asa Cummings, jr. and William Eaton, ir.
The work of Ward & Rice's team was
also done IN superior manner and the
Committee would have hcsitated between
awarding the premium to Mr.. Sprague or
them, If the time employed by each team,
III doing their work, had been more nearly
equal. And the work, by Israel Whitney's
double team, was of a character which de-
serves the chromium of the Committee.
The plough of Mr.. Joseph Dudley was
OF the manufacture of Warner of Dedham,
and was furnished with cutter and roller.
The plough, used by Mr.. Sprague, was CT
cast iron, and manufactured in Connect
cut That of Mr.. Carpenter was furnished
with roller, and was made by Hall, of
Sutton. Mr.. S. Dudley's plough was fur
nished with q cutter and roller. The
plough of Mr.. Gates was made by Withcr-
by, of Worcester, and was furnished with
a roller.
The Committee have already stated, and
they again repeat, that the work of the
competitors was almost uniformly done
well, and was such as to merit the applause
which they must receive. There was moth
ing to mar the pleasure or interest of the
occasion but the unfortunate state of the
weather. What man could do. has been
done, to make this pluugfiug rr1atoh equal
to, If not surprising, any former one. The
spirit and promptness with which the COM
petitors appeared are worthy of notice,
and the quiet, peaceable manner in which
the work was executed, without noise, or
violence, or haste, show at once the habits
of sobriety, kindness, and skilful employ
ment of power of the competitors, and the
good discipline and training of the teams.
Such, briefly, were the competitors who
entered the lists this day for the honorable
prize which awaited the most deserving !;
and such, too, has been the manner in
which they SO honorably commended for it.
Time, alone, prevents Us from dwelling
more infinitely upon the operations of each,
and giving in detail their individual claims
upon our appreciation and applause. We
need only add, that the teams, in sport
mans phrase, led Of in fine style, sometimes
one, and sometimes another, ahead, yet no
one was diStaaced, no one bolted, and nc
one ,OGS broken do,cn, though they all car
ried accight, and had to 90 through instead
Of ouer the turf The Committee, howey-
| er, were not governed in their decision by
the speed of the animals, for there is such
Il thing as, in the language Of the country,
going too fast to get along at ALL" They
judged Of the execution of the work, when
completed, and awarded to him the prize,
who did his work best, with the least ex-
penditure of labor.
The Committee might here close, but
they cannot forbear expressing their graf
! ificatlon in performing the task which was
assigned to them, and can only regret, that
any who have this, should have been pre-
vented from witnessing the exhibition, up
on which they were called to Judge. They
would not say that this was the most inter-
esting exhibition, which this interesting oc-
casion presented, but they can safely say,
that none other is more calculated to ex-
cite the admiration of the beholder.
We have seen the race ground, covered
with its thousand spectators, anxiously and
breathlessly watching the goaded and lac
Grated stud, as he approached the goal I'M
der the lash and spurs of the merciless
rider, and have heard the shout of triumph;
and the mutterings of rage and disappoint-
: ment, which await the close of such an ex-
hibition. We have seen, too, the scenes Of
trick, of gambling, and vice, which are
witnessed on such occasions, and have
sickened at the sight, when we thought
how useless, at the best, such cruel sports
must be, and how many victims are sacri-
feed to the worst and basest of passions
every time such scenes are repeated. And
we could not but compare them with the
one we have witnessed this day. Instead
of crowd of blacklegs, gamblers, and
Jockeys which race ground too often eX-
hibits, we saw only the independent and
intelligent yeomanry Of our land, mingled
with other liberal patrons of the arts, the
benefactors of their country and promoters
of her prosperity, assembled, not around
the booths of a race course, but, in the quiet
field where industry, sobriety, and good
order, alone prevailed. And, instead Of
the forced struggles of race horse, as
useless for the common purposes of life, as
greyhound would be in farmel' s yard
we saw the patient and docie OK, and wit
messed with admiration, the skill Of the
ploughn1an, guiding and directing his Her