New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-04

which would have made something above 81 If il could
have been canie3 on 10 the same time.
IL mutt DO pointed out in order 70 understand the
real tevaity and cruelty Of these matches on the
horse, ard the warmth of reprobstion with which We
express ourselves against matches Of this kind that
the difficulty Of performing these fea's and the tai on
the powers Of the animal consist neither in the tine
nor in the distance, but in the mode OF performing it.
For good horse TO travel % miles in hour and
half, sometimes trotting, sometimes galloppiog aad
now and then pulled No into walk, would be no ex.
traordinsIy feat TO horse of sufficient speed aud
bottom TO do it at all would it be, by any means,
severe much less cruel task; but when it is al to
10 doIe at ro and at very nearly the fastest ttot Of
which the animal s capable, it becomes ls5orous aud
severe even to agony. II this wh,h causes horses
TO eak UP, it ia technically termed when trotting
at their speed-not that they cannot maintain the
but that they seek to relieve the etran one set of
muscles caused by the long continued repetition of the
same action, by changing the movement and bnr ging
another set Of muscles into operation. 1t is worthy Of
remark, that animal in state of nature when il
desires TO increase It's speed or rate OF goingexcept
when 1t is at lie utmost stretch Of speed under the n-
huepce of terror wild acknowledgements Il BY
going at the fastest rate of whatever psce IL has been
previously going but by assuming moderate rate of
the pace which is the rext fastest. Thus, il horse
be walking at the rate Of three miles an hour in his
pasture il he de.ires to join his companion quickly q!
the other end Of the field he does not increase his walk
to fvemile gait, but strikes into Glow trot OF i've
or six miles hour and goes the distance in tbs
same time at ore half Of the fatigue. So, if he be
Iottpg at six miles in the hour ard desire TO augment
his pace to twelve he takes of at . csnter or hard
galtp, and does what he wants without the least dis
re. The only exception 10 this is when he is already
gallopipg AID only Increase his pace by galcpng
faster.
Every man who has ever walked distance fast,
or for wager, knows well the meaning Of Whist 10
here stated There 10 not, probably, one active,
strong, healthy, sble-boded man in good condition, in
fly who could not Co. In some way or other, partly
running at jog trot, partly walking fifteen miles in
three hours, or even twenty-five miles in i've
houre but, on the other hand, there is not one
man in fifty who could 60 the Same at walk. It is
the maintenance of the came pace, not the msnten-
ance of the speed, which kills The same is the cause
why trottipg horses keep continually improving on
their original speed the longer they are in training
which is exactly the reverse Of the case with race
horses-they become by practice used and &C
customed to the stress and strain, which as green
horses they could cot have endured for an hour.
For this reason is that these trottDg matches are
uputterably cruel they prove nothing but the capa-
bility to endure pain.
For another reason they utterly useless. Races
in the true Of the word prove stoutness and as
the performers in stations and mares which
are capable Of popagatrg their breed, it is useful
to know how stout they are in order to judge how far
it is advisable to breed from them. But nothing OF
the sort can be predcated about these rots, which
are always performed by geldngs-men who own
valuable trong stations will not rick driving them to
death for psltry bet Of one fifth of their value-of
when It matters rot farhpg to any one except their
owIers how fast or stout they may be, or how much
agony they will bear without dying.
We were glad to see that Mr.. Herbert, in his great
book on the Horse, which we received q few days
SINCE takes STRONG ground against these practices If
sporting men and sporting journals did so generally
they would stand better with the world and get rid OF
some of the feeling against them among the nom
sporting community. For our part we should like to
see all matches Whatsoever against time, and ell
matches for anything above fur mile heats, made
misdemeanor by law, punishable with foe and im-
prison ment. t.s IT,
UNION COURSE, L. I-rRoTrIyG-T Tuesday. Nov
3, 1857. Match against time:
Mr. Kina named Black Mare. time.
H. Woodruff drove the ZANE nag in....'......'...1'H
UNION COURSE, L. I.-GREAr TRoTrIsG-MOHday
Nov g 1857 Pure and stake, $3.50; mile heats best
in 5, TO wagons
IL Woodruff, b m Lady Woodruf...."... ] !
w. Whelsn, b. T. Jake Oakley .................
Tine: 2:S2i-2Sli-2:S7a
The Lady was the favori,e 500 TO $50. There was
very heavy betting this race; the day was fair Il
little cold on the course and the track in good order
II was ore of the most beautifully contested races ever
witnessed. Jake Oakley had speed, but wanted bot
tom There wac large attendance present.