Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-22

III llln beginning OF NAY tho FlrH" Removed,
The tten had a very considerable nntnhor 81
figR which have now attained their fun growtl,
and will mature IN tho reurro ol eight or ten
days,
Oar native grape, Tho isahnlIas, ajso enga-
9ed my attention: my hopes viii, regard 10 II
have Been ~ far completely ha1led, owing to
Tho Rose bug (HiarroinctVins) which hevours
The grape as soon IA it is formed. Last ycnr
used 'utnigaIioos viii, sulphur but all in
vain. A gentleman who has boon very ex-
te~n-ively engaged IN growing tho Vino asst
red me tIfat ',af it mol been for this dostrtic-
two insect his success would have boon com
plcte nst only in growing the isabella but IL.
80 The imported vines.
ANECDOTES OF THE RACE HORSE.
Tho following interesting ANECDOTES OF
THE RACE HORSE HrH extracted from Captain
Thomas BRows's Biographical Sketches ri
I~lDtseH."
MI. GUMS WICKED ttotsf. -.
IN the year 1853 Mr.. GUM had II famous
racer, who entered into The spirit Of tho course
"a much us his master. Ono day, finding bis
opponent gradually passing HIN, he seized bin
by the legs, aud both rIdgfs werc obliged to
dletnolnt, IN order 10 separate Tho lnfurtated
animals, who were engaged with each other
in tho most deadly conflict they were got
apart with much difficulty.
fbtnERTtf. d..
Forester had won many q hard contested
race at length er-weIglied and over.
matched, The rally had commenced. Ills adj
versary, who had been waiting behind, was
quickly gaining upon him; no reared, and
eventually got abreast they continued 50
TIL within tho distance. They were paraI-
let but tho strength Of Forester began TO
fail BIN. llc made a last plunge, seized his
adversary by tho jaw TO hold him back, and It
was with great difficulty no could DO forced 10
quit his bold. FORESTER, however, lost tie
rHco.
fiiE FLYING c%rtbDEEs.
This horse was well known by tho marc If
the Flying, or Devonslire ChildCrs. lie
was the property of the Duke Of Devon
shire, and allowed, by sporlsmcn, to be The
heetost horse that ever was bred IN the world.
He started repeatedly at Newmarket against
tho best horses Of his time, and was never
beaten. Iio won, in different prizes, 10 the
amount Of nearly 100000, and was after
wards reserved for breeding. The sito OF
CblIders was an Arabian, sent by u gentlc-
man rs a present to bis brother III England
Chlldcrs was somewhat more than fifteen
hands in height. lie was foaled IN l715, aud
was the property Of Leonard Cl,ildcrs, Esq, Of
Carr House, near Doncasier, and sold when
young to the Duke Of Dgvonshire.
Chlldere was got by the Daley Arabian ;
his dam, Betty Lccdes, by Old Careless his
rrandam own sister TO Leedes, by Leedo's
Arabian his great-grandaln by Spanker, out
Of the Old Morocco mare, Spapkef's own dam.
The atIiniticss in blood OF this pedigree are
very close.
1t Is said that Childcrs was FIRST used as a
hunter, where he evinced high qualities, and
waH noted for being very hcadstrong, as well
as vicious. He had not, however, any ~testive-
ness, IT. is supposed his racing career com
menccd at five or six, and he beat all cornpct-
tore at whatever distance. lie was never
tried at running a single mile, but his speed
must have been almost Il milo III a minute.
Carving nine stone, two pounds, he ran over
the round course at Newmarket, which, s three
miles six furlongs, and ninety three yards, in
six minutes and forty seconds. He also ran.
over the Beacon course, which is four miles
one lurlong and one hundred and thjrty-cight
yards, in seven minutes and thirty seconds !;
covering at every bound a AeaCe Of about
twenty-five yards. On one occasion he made
. spring or leap, with his rider OH his back,
on level ground, Of twenty-five feet
Childers died in the Duke Of DevonsIirc's
stud i'll l71l, aged twcnty-slx years.
MARSH.
Marsh, tho brown horse, was foalcd in 1850,
and 80 named from the place where he was
bred; he was the property Of Jno. Hutton, Esq.
Of Marsk, Yorkshire, who afterwards sold him
to the Duke Of Cumberland he was got by
Satlrt, son of Bartlett's Childers, out Of the
Raby mare, which was from a daughter Of
Boy Bolton, and Hut'ock's Black Legs, Fox
Club, Coneyskins, Hutton's Gray Barb, a
daughter Of Hutton's Royal Colt, a daughter
of BycrIey Turk, from a Bustler mare. This
is one Of the highest of our pedigrees, going
back as far as the reign Of Charles. |. In the
year 1850, the duke Of Cumberland made an
exchange Of a chestnut Arabian with Mr.. Hut
ton, for the colt, which his Royal Hlghness
afterwards. named Marsk. ...,.. . H..
Marsk beat Brilliant, so that be uuGt have
been an excellent racer; but he was extreme
" uncertain. He only ran five tunes, and
these were at Newmarket. As q breeding
horse he was esteemed but as little worth by
the Duke, and was III consequence, sold to a
farmer, at the sale Of the stud OF EIs Royal
Highness at Tatter5aIls, for a trifing sum.
After which, he was bought by Mr.. WIIdman,
as he Judged it prudent TO be possessed Of the
sire of sucha COLI as Eclipse turned cut = be,
and obtained him from the farmer, for the
small sum Of E2o, who thought hituself veil
rid CT q lad bargain. He afterwards became
most excellent as a breeder, and his fame will
be handed down to the latest posterity. lie
has been styled the "Prjnce Of Horsea.". He
was the sire Of Eclipse, Shark, Pretender,
r Jr-,. nE-,.rl~f t1Yt Ct, ,
an, and Pontiac. Shark won Gl6,067 in mat
ctres. &c. beating the best horses of his day
whether in point Of speed Or bottom.
KING EERoD.
King EIcrod was a bay horse, of about ff-
teen hands high; he was a steed of great sub
stance, length, and power. His figure was
uncomnonly symmetrical. He was bred by
William Duke of Cumberland, and foaled in
1873. lie was got BY Tartar, the son of Crolt's
! Partner, who was one of the first racers, gu.