Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-08-04
To the Editors OF The Enquirer;
MIRros. Smyth Co, May Is, 1910.

10 [R GQItUS Of INC EHq"b" :. o.o
MARION, smylh Co, May q, 1916
Messrs. Edilors-I hereby acknowledge The re-
cep, OF the 9Th number Of the Campaign Enqui-
rer- and see that The defeat OF our CANDIDATES. Is
accounted for in some cases; and holn,ns 10 ''Hs
been said as 10 the defeat in ihIs county, saw ~
the Vireinian, which was repofeu d ,"se:
BEG leave through your columns 10 'l"he ean,
else report Of The race, as think cdu " .naa.
manies', and assign the true cause W ueia', %
least as many verify believe. In said report oo'h
"naes" appeared a, this place, the starring point.
Gohannah being "eaafed" did mol starr wei pcl
when he came near the Seven-miie ford' TINS
place of keeping, il am allowed 10 Jluse l.onn
an article that appeared in he virsinian, apou.
December lasl, J when he got glimpse Oh one o.
his jockc1s, he dashed off finely, and by Inc tracks
beiro somewhat changed in appearance Inc Gay
nreyous. SLY fell back some rs PAGES al SAINT
Glars Bottom, being good deal ifishttneu al
the long faces and dying sfoans % many .. 90
nannah's hackers who had repaired from Inc
Seyen-mile Ford 10 jockey 10! him. Sly seemed
10 even cross the track; and no wonder, when ne
bebeld j,ck.y riding a SHAVING iorsc, another On
Inc back OF d jockey ami one but recently from
N. c., with many OF his (SIv's) hackers driven
from inc track. We think Sly quite reliable
nag when he was 10 fall back FIN PAGES instead
OF only ivsnty three; and when We pursue The
course up 10 Stony Batter, no wonder Sly wa.
lille frightened and iell back a, Rye Valley
iwenly-three PAGES, when The track was made
some siJ PAGES longer Than when Sly last passed
round; ard strange 10 tell al or near Stony Batter
one OF Guhannah's hackers could be seen stalking
about without his small cl0.ies and Offering a
dram as bride 10 one Of Siy's hackers, though
mol successful, whilst Sly LOST not a single pace
on this portion OF the track; and whilst diyersns
across the mountain Gohannah was taking his
respite, Sly Numbered seventeen PAGES ahead a,
Chatham Hill which frightened old GohanDah
and be sprans oii some thirteen PAGES ahead al
Broadord, win head thrown over his shoulders
and tail up, behoding Sly, in all ihirtysix PAGES
behind. Had you been permitted 10 have seen
the long faces al 81. Clair's Bottom and here, you
would have been surprised 10 have seen the old
fellow so far ahead, and much mortified 10 see
him 50 badly strained. Is il not a ply that oil
Father Richie i. not a, Richmond, that he could
lake him into keeping In his high Stale OF perspi.
ration, 10 prevent lis taking cold? think whist
Sly's friends are taking him off the track, Go.
hannah's friends would DO well TO label the old
seed, thus SIDE up cih cG1c-consigning him 10
some praciica! racer say VIM. R. Johnson, for
fear he may stray off 10 Southern climate. And
10 satisfy the resive hackers or jockies OF Go
hannah, would inform them thai Sly was as re-
liable a ma. as any, from the fact that, whilst
Eclpses lime was 2 50 in former years Sly's
was SO this year. and south Of the mountain
Goha nnah's majority was some l20 over Eclipse
in former year, and only A over sly this year.
|, might be asked why didn't Sly lumber ahead
il 90 reliab!e7 | would answer as VIM. r. John
son did, il my memory serves me right whilst
running some match race, which he losl-give
him a clear track and clear day, and he could
Ito nj I'D tha kor
crowded by iockies, and punching his horse with
their umbrellas, and perhaps cozzenins liule
| have seen both horses, and can safely say Sly
looks fine, and no horse performed better than
he did whilst Gohannah performed his part
well zoe; bu if am allowed 10 judge, old G will
succeed vel, il he don't look worse By The last Of
November next, than Sly did al any time whilst
he was on tie track. think Sly is yet in good
keeping. | see correspondent from Peaks Of
Oiler, Mr.. Simons, in The Lynchburg Republi
can. who accounts for the defeats OF some place
where "lhcy did not understand making PAGES as
well as their opponent nor were they as well
versed here in securing Judges or Jockies, as G's
hackers. rs o Sly's being trained TOO hard, il
was necessaryto train constantly, from The facl
tha, some par: OF the track where he passed ire
ouen,y over rad The appearance Of something
undermining, and he wished 10 b" familiar with
Il, having no r,ier as you will perceive in the re-
port alluded 10, whilst G. was well mounted,
with whip and spur. and il training much longer
and used TO being hard whipped. Had one OF
Sly's hackers been mounted where he could have
seen ahead Of the track, Inc result might have
been different. Ifthe FESTIVE hackers will not be
content with this, take litle OF your mo party"
and sweelen il with general Taylor" and there
is no difference which beats, except in the Mexi
can war, and iha. is mot right" In haste. sub
scribe yours, &c. AN OBSERVER
THE above article, we regret tina, we have
been unable to publish sooner. l! has shared The
fate OF many other communications which
pressure OF news, &C., has deferred from day 10
day.l