The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1856-12-11
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! AUSTIN SCOTT. Editor.

spoken lisparaginglv Of that class of horses
the only merit Of which is, that they are
merely fast. These gAuns, ,eggy spiders that
can do nothing but run, are about as useless
in the world as those fancy gentlemen in
flashy vests, who generally attend them in their
airinys. Aud we have still less ~ N tJathy
with the gamblings attendant upon The meet
iugs Of this class Of men and horses upon
the turf. We have never attended such a
meeting, and have no desire to. Thus much
for our disclaimer.
OF late, quite a respectable portion Of the
agricultural press, and many of the news aud
literary papers, have come down upon The
"trials of speed at agricultural fairs, which
they say is only horse racing. under another
name. Well, It is hard to say just where we
pass the line Of healthful rivalry, when once
we enter the path Of competition. Mrs. Smith
an | Mrs Jones both compete for the best ten
lbs. of butter Mrs. Jones does her best, but
Mrs. Smith does a little better, by her supe-
rlor d.xtsrity with the skinner or the ladle,
and she wins. Here is a woman race, with
all Of its rivalrics, expectations and dlsap-
poiutments, on a small scale. Almost every
body says it is right; we shall not dispute
with them. Clark has Suffolk pig,-be be
heves in Suffolks. White has Byheld,-
he believes in By6eld. Clark set out TO see
which will IN Ike the best porker in given
time. Ole tries the jugglery Of ground and
cooked feed the other. the mystery OF steam
ed potatoes and corn in the ear. Ode beats,
of course, and the other Ihinks he cheated
II ,re is hog race. Judge B. and Gen. G.
being troubled with pletnOric purses and am
bitious brains, go to England or Timbuctoo,
and each buys another calf, which is educat-
ed and brou sht up far more carefully than
those who cal them father, and at a proper
tine Exhibited for the big prize. Here is
bull race a step or tHo in advance OF the 9TH
ers.
Charley has nice flley, with thin, slop-
ping shoulder, long hip, and such good walk
er he would like to see the nag that could
out-walk his flly. Charley is riding to town,
and jim comes up on the same errand, and
having learned the state of Chareys mind,
accommodates him to a walk with his sorrel
for a quarter of mile the stakes are the
good opinion of each boy for his nag. Char
ley loses Nobody ever thought that was a
race WELL may be it wasn't. AT the couu.
ty fair, had John Morgan and Will had a
Befounder standing still, the judges could
not tell which was best, and as one or the 9th.
er had to be best, the judges said, "Let's see
them move" John tro.ted, and Will trot-
ted, John trotted faster, aud Will faster, j ohm
trotted as fast as he could, and Will trotted as
fast as he could, and they both trotted as fast
as they could, and kept ol trotting; and the
people gathered about, and each one of the
i've thousand made up his or her mind which
horse they would rather have, and 50 did
the jud tes, and the trotting WIS over. And
then some folks thought they began to smell
horse racel and some folks have a very
nice and discriminating sense of smell. Oul
olfactories are not that sharp.
Bat enough of this pleasantly. We are
willing to take more serious view of the
subject. One ohjector says, " Fast horses
are not an agricultural necessity, nor even al
agricultural product. No practical farme
need be told that the rearing and training o
such horses is at utter variance with agrIcul
tural success. Fast horse flesh has no prac
tical value since the introduction of railroad
and telegraphs." That is what young gen
tleman wrote Of the late exhibition Of the U
s. Ag. Society at Phil idel phia.
Is it an agricultural necessity" to rails
fifty bushels Of wheat to the acre, and SO ge
fifty dollars instead Of fifteen dollars for you
crop Is Two tuOuShuu pOuhu OuuOCh a
agricultural product?" Let us abolish thes
Railroads, so that the beeves we send I
Gotham will get nice and tough as in forme
years, by four weeks travel on foot, be
cause these New Yorkers are getting bette
steaks than they deserve, and our cattle feed
ers are getting too much money. Let US hav
smoral reform society, and petition the Leg
islature to pass an Act, forbding any f.rme
to raise colt that can trot faster than mi
in fifteen minutes, or that shall be worth owe
fifty dollars at four years old, because "fa
horse flesh has NJ practical value" now. an
i've hundl ed dollar cJlti is mot an agricu
tural product"
On George II may do to talk that way
in Sleepy Hollow, but the very Qaakers
Ohio would laugh at you for telling sue
stuff out here. You should have seen FrenC
Joseph put his Black Hawk around the rim
ut Cleveland and Friends William. and Jane
and Thomas, and John, and lots Of other
among tie fastest and most successful con
petitors. Do you say Ethan Allen is not a.
ricultural product and our champion BlaC
Hawk? Flying Cloud Highlander? Mo
arch Hassan Kennebec? You never S
IN the buggy with Reber of Lancaster, aft
his black mare, or Brown of Trumbull aft
his grey, or rode through the oak openin!
Of the Darby with Fullington beside his Mo
gan stallion, chasing cattle. Take a seat wi
onr farmer Friend MorGecai Lee, of Star
after his Fly, and when the wind begins
whistle in your ears, ask Mordecai what
will take for the mare. and see how quiet
he will tell you she is not for sale; and ait
little more such experience, learn son
good hard horse sense, and confess that Il
raising of such stock is not sat utter varian
with agricultural success"
We can hardly bring our pen to write S
riously on this subject, after all. Life is
but race of one kind or another, and 4
best advice We have to have to give, is, not