Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1831-09-12


, exered TO garry him over this addttioua
ground. How much has he re,nanns to an.
ply 10 the weight bchind hun Fin, lou
pounds only. We will make I c SIX miles M
hour ten +; iur II seems now 10 be the iashio,
fJr the fast coach, aud for al,noN every coach
| and every vehicle To titmpt this pace, How
stands the account 18th tue poor beast 7 W.
have lett HIM power equal To thirty tive
pounds Only 10 be employed for the purpose OF
dranght
The load WHICH a horse can draw is about
die,n times greater than the power exeried
suppos'ng tile road 10 Ice hard aud level, and
the Carnage TO run with ltlle friction; and thf
horse which NJ starting can throw into the CO...
lar n weight or force qu,l 10 Two hundred aud
sixteen pounds, will draw a load Of three thoa.
sand two hundred. Let hlm1 ho"ever, b
urged on at the rat often mins IN the bout
| lad iot thu pawer used "a fitness OF pace
no n the sun total of that which hs possesses,
aud what remains mot sixth part mol
that which IS equal to qoarter Of on
! or, II It be ST ge.cOAcb, the oue,ey tAplled
III a. a"ghi y the four horses vii uoi be q AL
to a ton.
ihr coach, and It's passengers and its lag
gage, weigh more ihan TIN, hn1 the ~Ho'e II
sui drawn On, aud mu-t be 50. Whence CONE,
the power From the over strained exrt ton
ihe INJURY, the torture, the destruction OF the
horst Jhtt winch ,true OF tie ionch-hdr,e,
| 4 eq Ially true of every other. Let each reacei
aprpiy II 10 his own animal. add act rs human.
lily and interest dictate.
NJ rny Nurse us Il on our public roa = -
"nAbl ia throw al his nstrral power OF weight
INTO the collar. Hs l. tender loo,ed--lame
bn. he IS 10 'gh ut little pf,ce, aud he is work
ed on tn htual aud abnminahe nrincipl,
tnal h. may ha " Whipped s2nIid." And S"
anDRTpiIIV he fla. Il bs J IL h,Ita Inf
urged by the torture OF tue lash, he acqmfes a
reonIlar h thii Of guing, The ian II hmb mp
pears 10 Keep pace vi h the oilers, Dat no
stress OF iahOuf Il thrown upon II, aud he grad
ndlR contiives 10 make the spund l.nDS per.
lorm among them all the duties OF the uusoun
one thu, lac Is barbaruusly g" hipprd sound,
and cruelty is nnIespIve0lv rewarded. After
all, however What has been doue Three legs
are made 10 do that which was almost too hard
a task for fUui. Thru they must bs unost tnju-
rtously STAINED, aud soon wota oat, aud III
grEfrhl power oil tue ANNA mu-t De rapidly
,hdustrh, and AT no great distance OF time.
al iustion aud death ieiease HIM from his mt
CHI IS prosecutors.
It's sad that between Glasgow anu f. lin
burgl, caiIier Ia n sing horse car, weighing
"A f0u' Sven hundred weight, will take load oil
Ion, sud al the at OF twrniy-tAo mles in "A
day. Normandy carriers travel with team
ut four hutsrs, and tom fourteen to twenty
Two mites III a day, wilh d load OF ninety hun
bred weight.
An unparalleled instance of the power of II
horse when assisted by art, was shewu near
Croydon. Tie Surrey iron railway beng
mrltted. wager was laid by two gentle
men, hat II comiuon horse could draw Ihuiv
SIX tons for six mies along the rna and that
he sh0Id draw his weigh from dead pull, n
well Ms turn II found the occasional wiudings
nt the road A huGteTous party of gentlemen
assembled near Mel slham to SEQ ms eAtrhu,-
dina y Triumph al art. Twelve "dEohs load.
ed win stones, ench wagon weighing allow
thlee tons, were chaIned Iose'her, aud horse,
mlc0 promlsoupu,ly from The timbtr cart OF
NJ, lIarwoood MAS oked 10 the tiaiu. He
siaued from the fox public mouse, mar Meas
than, and drew IN, immen chaln al wagOas,
with apparent ease almost TO the turhl Tie al
Cfoydo0, a distance Of SIX lies, in one hour
aud toftI one minutes. which is nesIly 1T the
rate Of tour miles an hour. In the course oil
he journey he stopped four times, 10 she"
thai II w"S MT by any advantage OF drscrnt
thai this power acquired and aiter each
,loppag- he again Dire" Oh the ehfia u " asoas
" It'll gitat -ase. Alf. Banks, vie u HHEt,ed
on the power of h. horse, tbeu dtstled ia tOIT
mote loaded wagons shcull tie added 10 IN
cHVa,Csde, Win winch the sane horse sei II IL
gain vita undintni he'd pace. Sill idIt.,I 10
>hew the tlI-st 81 the railway III ineil.tE'ing no
Iiol, no directed the attending worhncn, - tnr
number OF fifty, 10 mount GA the wagons, and
the horse proceeded wtaout The iehsi dls,ress !;
aud, IN {. utH, there appeared 10 be scarcely any
Limitation t. the power OF his drdugh. After
tbs niai The Wagons were taken 10 NE meIsh-
ny la Chnr, and II appeared Chat tue whole
weight " as as 10. loms;-