Wheeling compiler. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [i.e. W. Va.]) 1829-1831, 1829-11-25
TO MIR. PHILIP FIsHFR.

IN lhe CompIleroi Nov. lSlh there
is communication addressed TO me over your
signature lre>pectnC Tie match race between .ho
Surprise ami Oscar,) IN which YOU have made
assertions that are not altogether IN slrici conform
ity 90 Truth. You say, "the result 0fthe match
race between surprise and Oscar, mas been pro-
ductye OF mu- hmunnurlng aad complaint on Your
Tmy ]pat. Now. Sir, ifihere has been murnlur.
Ing and complaint CA ma part peanut me TO ask.
SIS be her iaey .yo not ,rgmated under very az
Eras1ims CTcanlsJ iuces--clrcumstanCes which
should lAy excited the indignation ofauy man of
k0a1T2 hFcurerlN 10 the negative 10 tins ques-
non, i a..st clii upuu yOu 10 substanuate your as
sert'1n The substance of my claims, Is, that
have won Tie pulse rem for between the surprise
and Gsclr out The iolh nov 1923 agTcClbly 10 hc
rules and regulations q DC Western Association,
10. Improvement Of lue breed ofhorses." You
ESQ assert hat you have refused, and shall stiH
refuse t'e surrender Oithe stakes 10 me, SO Tar as
YOU arc concerned, uuioss you arr c0uUiLccd that
have s51je shad0lg Of night 10 them And that
.you are Wiling to submit to any far and proper
determination of the Mater bui NOT 10 the CI Ddrte
decision OF minority OF the Judges present a, the
ia, o the races" DO not disapproye oil this
ban stop. Slr-DOcs mtie assertion signify that
Oh has been the clse mthis ustauCel No Sir;
.ac.s are ncOnuovlr able The agreement runs
.hus.--iag three (E0t atl Of The following gen
..emeu TO be Ju yes Of th rare, VIZ: Judge Cald-
vel, john MoLure, SAME. Spugg, Alex: Mitch
e.i james il. Forsyth, Misses W. Chapine, Mo-
-es Good, Blar Moran John Mcdowell, OF
-teu5enyllie: Col. VIM Vase, of Brooke or John
O. Campbell, o. Welisburgh Should II so happen
t.at lly UTle of these gents men should agree 20
nc as judges, then each pahy Is to name some one
who viii be willing to act rs Judge, under pain of
t0de.tmg $500 hTsl put up and The two persons
So chosen, and designated are 10 chose third
person: which three persons so fred upon are % b.
jadgts." Accordingly on Of the eleven gentle
men named 10 The Article OF agreement, three lccTc
chosen as judgcS. IL was decided by TWO (AlA-
IOkiTl-ROt Htuoriy) olthese Judges, TINT the
Supple won the rlCe'--ani W at more IS Tequlr-
ldl some time before the day ofthe race, you,
Do company with Messrs. Nelson Jones, Jacobs,
and ms sef, assembled ai the City Hotel, with a
view 10 draft ana article of agreement. The aril-
Gle having been written by Mr.. Jacobs was read
TO the meeting, and met the appreciation otus all.
W hat WIS the article u agreement written Tor
SRI Was it not written IN order TO guard aga q
any misunderstanding that might take place wIth
regard 10 the choice OF Judges, and the torteItng
ofthe first $500 put up Certainly II was!-And
deiyyou to contradict n.
Whu man Of common understanding would re-
qure palmer language than Is used 90 The article Of
agreement Iu the quotation above u says the
race TO Do run agreeaDIv to- thU rules and reguia.
lions Of .he Western Association &c. repeat
again tha ID was decided boz w flr0r by BlGJ0r-
tn of the Judges VINO presided ol that occasion.
And let me ask whether, by not abiding by the
decision Of M lorty Of the Judges, YOU have not
grossly msulted their feelings, as genuemeul let
with the most uublushlng etirOuory you turn
round aud proclaim from the house-tops that
the article Of agreement entered INTO between US,
q, void and of mo- effect IN ialCl-Admutng this
for the s,ke Of argumcut-what have We 20 do
win La1r2-it is not la,v. bat honor, that iX my
claims upon.-O, consistency, what a gem thou
au!
"Mne honor keeps the weather Of my fate,
lie. eyerv man holds dear, but the dear man
Holds hgEor tarmoro prccious-dea than iiie.
Shakespeare
Now, Sir. # YOU were willing to submit to any
fair and Dr5Dey determination Of tins NATTER Gas
Won hlvs asserted "a your communication you
vare) g0u ir0ald haze surrendered up The stahes
that trcre justll lcon 5y SiUPriscl
FREDERICK FOGLE.
Wheeling, Nov 20, lo29.
The certificate certifying the samsi from a
maioriy Of the Judges, ls now m my possession,
aut COPY of which is hc-euni0 annexed;
"The undersigned, being appointed 10 Judge
the race ran on the l0th inst between the horscs
Surprise and Oscar; the former owned by freder-
irk Foae and the latter by Jones Il Rose, decide
te race 90 Surprise, in consequence Of Oscar
f.ag ihe trick and that agreeaJly 10 The ri'cs ~