Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1830-04-09
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r Subscriber would ask of the Editors of tho Col
sttntlonal Wing if they appraised who tho auth,
OF the celebrated protest. from the Legislature of
TarolIna to the Senate of the U. States against III
ifthey shall answer in the negative. he has som
of interest. f' 1
!, March 24th, 1850.
w we are not apprsed who the author of the Pro
test U.s. Though we might possibly give shrewt
suess,) and shall be glad to hear from Subscri
iber.-(Ed.
~ Inc Turf Register for April, has come to hand
ana Is well furnished with amusement We can safe
~ recommend it to that portion of the public who
take interest IN the sports the turf and field, as con-
cehtratng every thing uppertaining to each, which
the Y. States urnsh-wth occasional notices of the.
same subjects in France and England.
In the April No. we meet with an article so n;
quant' that We have transcribed ut length, for the
amusement of the reader Itproves its own paterni-
~, and was evidently "s;red" at Roanoke
From The Turf Register
=. HINTS, CORRECTIONS. &c. &c.
Mr. EpiToR:-A subscriber and well wisher to
your Register takes leave to suggest few random
hInts-and, here und there. u correction or two.
iouchIng the Godolphn Arabian, in your first num-
ber, page 4: have seen an original painting, in OIL
of this stallion ut Haughton HALL i'm Norfolk the
splendid of the famous Sir Robert Waipo,e
Although painted from life, it bears not the slightest
Resemblance to Stubb's picture, in any Que respect
rms picture represents square built, Short compact
seIvceable saddle horse about fourteen hands and
nan nigh The neck by no means long, in propor-
ton to the Fest ofthe partsand nothing of that .ex
Pressive elevation of the crest which is seen in
Stnbos portraiture. There is inscription on the
right hand corner of the picture, which regret that
did not copy. l cannot Conjecture why an engra-
wing OF TINS painting has never been published in
England. Haughton was the property of Lord Chol
4 cd NJ md .nupbp au1,,
Rob Roy Is not Roanokes brother as stated i'm the
no Tor November, page SIS. He is of Roanoke's
dam, but nv different sire, capital TO be sure
nat you gay about names is very good-spurious or
obscure horses assuming ting names of their bc.ters
ought to be exposed. Bnt think you carry it too
far in your note upon the Louisville Races i'm the No.
Tor December (the last that have rcceved.) hold
1t allowable to take the OF horses long cad
as thdt possible mistake arise They who think
differently willpcrhaps be surprised to find the dill
Guilty OF iuvcn ing original name Let such
person fix upon name for his favoritc colt or
lilly, and 1t IS gold to silver that he will find
it IN the index to the first second volnE1e OF tho
last edition of the Stud Book, say nothing of the
Calendars since published Same No tDecember(
page l68 Giantess was not got by Diomed but by
Matchem. the best stallion in the world True he
was beaten by Spectator and by Mira but not until
he was aged and had trained Off. Young Giantess
was by Diomed out of the above mare. She was the
dam OF Sorcerer, (sire of Smolensk, who won the
Derby in 1873 and of Soothsayer who won the grea.
st. Leger and the Doncaser stakes in 1914 of Flea
u,
which was never done attempted nv any other
horse; of Julia, (dam of Phantom;) of Young Ivhs-
key, Lydia, &c. &c. &c. Nothing is moro common
to the great disgrace and injury of tho sporting and
breeding world, than nhade-up pedgrees Take care
therefore, of the source from which you rec Give
pedigree before you publish it, or You may become
the innocept INSTRUMENT of imposition on the public
No 4, tDecember,) page rs. For old Fearnought'.
sake and the memory of Col B., for Baylors ssSha-
ker" mare, read Shakespeare mare. Same article
Mark Anthony stood at Herbert Haines, in Nort,
Carolina as early 1870. There is most prepos-
ferrous and wretched affectalion creeping into our
sporting tongue,* which has not even tie merit OF
being good English. As, snch horse ssired'' such
another; or he was "sired by Eclipse. for got By
Eclipse. IN. B-Not gotten by.) We shall read
soon Of colts and FLIES demned by such and such
mares. The true style of the Turfs she was 90: by
Eclipse ont Of Nadcap. (rhe Irish say on uadca D.
Some are so squeanish that they call a STALLION a
SEED HORSE This reminds me Of lady of an ina qi-
nation purent than nice, who, having occasion
to drain of cask of cider, ordered her servant to
put hen (cock) in.the barrel The samc lady called
an od-tashionej, small silver Portuguese coin
scatereen. So much for mock moGcsty. The effort
to blink the thing only to call the attention to
! IL. Should the above be thought worth inserting,
you may perhaps hear again from PHILIP.
Let the barbaros confned TO the Senate
and The Far, but lei keep to good old venacuar
tongue What should we 10 "a of Wild geese
flock OF patrdses"