The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1855-05-16

the English, and the stories about
twelve miles an hour in post-chaiscs, as
an ordinary pace arc not to be credited
Il found, when in England. that the
rate Of speed depended upon the roads.
From Southampton to London you may
easily 60 at the rate of ten or twelve
miles an hour but it took four beautiful
bays two full hours to transport myself
and four others in a light carriage with
out luggage, from Dover to Canterbury,
a distance of only eighteen miles and |
bribed the Post BOYS /" at that" holding
my watch to see what English horses
could do on hilly road. Z. 90.
: Betwcon Hastings and Brighton
over the Sandy Downs and Wolds of
Sussex, two horses in the same carriage,
with only threo persons in it, could hard
" average Eve and half miles the hour;
while I vas once taken with a party,
without notice to the rroprietors or
preparation ON their part in common
stage COACH weighing l,s00 lbs, from
Rochester TO Lockport by the way of
Lake Ontario, a distance of 63 miles, in
seven hours, with ease.
. timed the racc.horscs of England
at Goodwood and at Newmarket com
pairing horses, weights and distances
with our own. and came to the conclu
to those Of America whilo in sailing
all the world knows VIC can beat their
yachts and ships 10 death.
d" No ! gentlemen, you have cnly to
look about use the elements within
your grasp, and the ttotters and gal
lopcrs Of Rhode Island may be rs famous
in time to come, as the laccrs of Mar
raeansctt once were.
g There is Jackson Morgan in New
port, that may yet rival the famous Old
Snip who, it is said, when pacing his
matches over certain road. with a
bridge twelve feet wide across it, was
never known to touch that bridge with
his foot
He was caught wild, as the report
gees, on tho Narragansett shore, and
was evidently descendant Of those An.
dalusian Barbs which the Spaniards car.
ricd to Cuba, and which our officers
probably brought from that Island upon
the return of the ill.fated expedition a.
gainst il in lTil.
"And il you rear horses. farmers Of
Rhode ! lind, be sure that you keep
them well when young.
"Thc stories of Arab colts fed until
their fourth year upon camcl's milk, are
perfect delusion; animal life cannot be
sustained, expanded and developed cx.
cept by food, and that bestowed by 10
sparing hand
" Mr.. Burckhardt. the only man WHO
ever travelled in Syria, Mcsopotamia,
Arabia, with competent knowledge Of
the languages there used, is the author
upon whom ! rely in this particularaHd
he says, " it is n general but erroneous
opinion That Arabia is very rich in
horses but the breed is limited to tho
extent Of fertile pasture grounds in that
country, and it is in such parts only that
horses thrive while those Bedawins who
occupy districts of poor soil rarely pos
scss any horses
1T is found accordingly, that tile
tribes most rich in horses, are those who
dwell in the comparatively fertile plains
of Mcsopotamia on the bands of the
river Euphratcs and in the Syrian
plain.
" Horses can there feed for several of
the spring months upon the green grass
and herbs produced by the rains in the
valleys and fertile grounds. and such
food seems absolutely necessary for pro.
noting the full-growth of the horse.
The best pasturago places Of Arabia
not only produce the greatcsr number of
horses, but likewise the finest and most
select race,
COrtaiuly this must be so, and com.
mon sense teaches what Burckhardt ex.
pressly asserts. If ycu will redeem
your former fame in this regard, Far
mers of Rhode Island, will for the
present take Leave Of the IloGsE"