New-York daily tribune., 1858-10-29
II TIE GRAND NATIONAL HORSE FAIR
EOERrU DAY.

FOURTH DAY.
We went ont again yesterday to visit "The First
"Grand National Horse Fair of the Union Association
"for the Improvement Of the Breed Of Horses, it
being the fourth day Of their exhibition upon the
Eclipse Course. We presume that this name was
substituted for the one the Course has been 50 ioag
known by to avoid some little stigma that has attached
to the "CeDtrovie Course raee-track Of rather
low order That a wise thought, since this exhi-
bition was TO be purely horse show and not u
racing or trotting gffarior money
Let as see We went ont by the 10 o'clock train ON
the Long Island Railroad and we should be willing 70
swear that saw nothing like racing upon that very
Glow road, either going comiig; particularly the
latter; as we took the Of the train advertised to
teave Woodbayen at ) O'Clock, and arrived at South
Ferry distance not exceeding, should think, five
miles, AT O'Clock. Ii the managemen. of the @ Union
Association" il not in itself suiicon, to damn it. We
think the management Of the Long Island Road would
complete the work The difficulties Of getting to and
from that Course except in private carage4 are such
that they will always deter sober citizens of New
sYoyk rom the undertaking. Strangers may be tempted
30 try il once--tbcy never viii again. Consequently
the crowd will always be made up Of jl-t such nae-
rals as that Of than three Ouths of the two thcu
sand persons present Thursday-persoDs who drive
fast horses drink bad rum, smoke much tobacco, and
"talk horse" and are not deferred from drviUg to
horserace by dust thio as il was yesterday on Long
Island 0f sdch the small crowd that patr0nized
the Eclipse Course yesterday Did they 90 to patron
ize improvement in the breed Of hOrses'
Let us see There might have been horse show
and "a grand cavacaho" Of horses at 10 O'Clock. II
there was might about wcn hoye been held at mid
night SO far as il would be beneficial to lookerson.
There might have been some good horses the
prouId-in fact, We arc aure there were but they
l.. saI.l
not there 70 FAR as We ooAl learn TO be shown 20 the
public, even had there been Il public there at all
anxious to sce them. We succeeded, ali,r much
truble, in getting sigh, of a remarkable horse just
imported :, Wm. II. Aspnwsll. 1t it a coal-black
AndaIusian eight years old and within trihc of six
teen hands high II ne does not make his mark in his
ftcck in a manner that will be an Improvement, we
shall be much mistaken. Remember his name
Hdalgo-a and remember prophecy. His appear
snce under the saddle was very pleasing to the icw
who saw il. We also saw very beautiful milk
wtite Arabian, imported and still owned by a Mr..
Jones of Morristown, ~ j. This horse has the most
beautiful coat We ever saw, and, if he is not injured
by SPAWN must be a valuable s,oc rge'ter
We ere told Il at there good show on Wednes-
day Of ten or twelve thoroughbred saious tho best OF
which was Monnots Logan, which took the prze III
that class he did at Springfield Toe JUICES thought
well Of Hidslgo, bat he could not show pedigree
and Mr.. Joness Arabian, not being sound, excluded
hun.
There was tea n upon the ground yesterday of real
working hcrses that would have added interest to any
horse show, but it not appreciated by horseraces.
II team Of eight large, coalback horses belong
ing TO the American Exp sss Company, driven by NJ.
Hewitt, of the employees, as handily as he would
single pair. lie would have showed this beautiful
team the track ii he oonld have had the opportu-
nifty but the track was constantly in use by fast
frotters, there was no room for useful horses. IN
truth this pretended horse show is only for fus horses
and holding ont any other opnion to the public to at
tract visitors, is The very next thing TO getting mooey
by false rretenses.
The TEoTTING.
Tie fret trotting match yesterday the finishing
MP of one begun the night previous, between
Moses Taylcr, Frank Temple, Kate Smith and Brum-
nin mile heats the first being by Moses Taylor
in 2;36, disancing BrumGip and the second was won
by Taylor in the fame iiue.
AtII o'clock the stations enertd for a tro, of two
he heats for $500 woie called 10 ,he stand and The
following horses responded: Toronto Chief a brown
borse, years old, l6 hands high, owned by James
Brown of Toronto, Canada sired by Black Warrior
out Of dam by old Eclipse. Young Columbus owned
by w. Smith of Orwell Vt. Plowboy, owned by l..
s. Sarmis of Long Island; and the celebrated Hig
Drew, horse ths, hes held Ethan Allen som. close
trots.
These horses wero driven ia skeleton wagons,
weighted to 800 pounds for wagon ard driver and the
trot proved Of the most exciting and Interesting
that has lately been Witnessed.
The first mile was made by Columbus ahead in 2:31,
and the heat was won by Hiram Drew in 5:2l, the
position being; Drew, /; Toronto, .; Plowboy. 81 Co
lumbus 4.
Tie secondhea, Toronto made tbs i-st mile i. 9: 20,
and won the aeat in j2l; Drew "a, aa plowLo oy 81.
Columbus not on this beat.
The third heat Toronto made TIE frst nile il .. ij
and the heat in j:26 sni all dsintore-,cd po:s
thought fairly won, but the judg gave il dead hcs,
with Plo~boy. Il was pretty freely remarked ia.
The Canada horse had 10 run agais; three Long Island
judges. Tic judges were Aason Livingston, Daatl
b. Jones sDd - Pcarsai.
The fourth heat Toronto made tho fgst I.c "A d i5