Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1861-11-14
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TIE 7HOROUGH BRED HORSE

THE s1HOROUGH BhED nuns
/ / have compiled and transcribed the fol-
loving from the records--deeming them
pscuiiarly appropriate at this time--com-
mend themt TO the consideration of every Of
fcer and private in our infantry, cavalry,
artillery, and every other service Of our Gov
ernment, trusting that as this war progresses
or when it is brought to a close, eycry intel
igont observer that can do so, will favor
community, through the press with the re-
soltsof their observation and experience IN
the premises as the man said in meeting
s.swheniT say brethren.I mean you sisters as
well 40, in remarking on the English
Thorough bred, mean with it the Amerl-
can also--both virtually the sane-decided-
" tho best horses in the wo ld--and get the
best for erc,y horse purpose, providing due
regard is paid, and obedience rendered toI
physiology and the laws Of breeding.
England supplies the world in these days
with the best horses, and for various reasons,
the principal Of which are, because her Gov
yernment early learned, and still knows, the
value Of the blood horse her climate is the
finest in the world for the fullest develop
ment of man or horse,-her food is the
strongest--and her test is the hardest to
meet, and the only true test Of the value OF
horse. fic .-. ....
The British Government has given plates
for two hundred years, placed the weights
sufficiently high and made the distance great
enough TO insure the winning Of the plate
or purse by an animal Of good quality, CON
seuuently, the country, recognizing the merits
Of borses by test, and a severe one, have
the best racers, and from general and practi-
cal appreciation among her people Of the
great and permanent advantages OF breed
ing to pure breed, can furnish body Of
cavalry for offence or defence unequalled or
unsurpassed by any other nation. | may
here be allowed to say one word on subject
which ought to interest all our people IN
these times of war and trouble. For de-
fence Of your own country, cold blooded
horses might bo got along with in their own
poor way, miserable and unsatisfactory as il
is, against a foreignfoe, but in this fratricld-
al family war the case is vastly changed, be,
cause the best horses, as a general rule, have
always been in the South, and to the citizens
Of the South are we mainly indebted foi
that world wide reputation the American
thorough bred now enjoys; but for offence the
thorough bred horse is the only ono that car
be relied on to endure tho variation o.
climate, and furnish the desired speed, cour
age and endurance. Mounted on scrub ol
cold blooded horse, a week march mo al
enemy's country will find you no seless and
Q long way from home You wlo read this
put no faith in q mongrel; when ysu trave
get thorough bred or one Of as much good
racs horse blood as possible, these will be the
most safe, the most easily trained, give you
the most unmixed satisfaction stand change
Of climate tue host, and will more courage
ously go strait up to cold steel,
The greatest man in Europe--he who owe
England for the battle Of Waterloo and 70
tho treaties Of lsl6--having read an
studied history carefully-fears none Of Eng
land cannon or bristling bayonets, but he
horses, for did he attempts landing on he
shorss--a feat easily accomplished in thes
days Of steam--he would be met not onl
by as many soldiers as he sent, but the yet
man cavalry of England would be there
take advantage of any disorder that nigh
occur in his ranks Let his Generals con-
NIT ono error, and Louis Napoleon know
full well the result Of forty thousand Of tn
most desperate riders either on the huntin
or the battlefield mounted on the be'
horses tho world ever saw, charging b
army, and dashing on toward his ranks at tl
rate Of mile in two minutes. The only wor
that can adequately convey the result Of sue
charge to the mind is--annihiation--in a
human probability not one man could g
back to La Belle France.
The Navy Of France is said to be superic
to that of England at this time her soldier
are more numerous, better drilled, MOI
effectively armed, and as brave, but she lacl
horses to mount her cavalry properly, an
the French Government, fully aware of the
peeu, tre CONSTANTLY oohuiuS oNoi w i1hS"h
her Agents to procure her haras or breedr
studs--the very best horses they can br
regardless Of cost. In fact, tho Queen I
England owes her secure seat on the BIRTHS
throne at tho present time to the three gre'
races Of the year and the Government plate
but for these Englands horses might |
nongrel and her Queen homeless wande
or" J''Itis thoroughly understood by q
who have any knowledge on the subject thu
men high in authority in the State Of No
York insist that they cannot mounta reg
msut of cavalry properly. When this wi
first talked abroad people looked at eac
other. in amazement, but such is the cas-
say they've have no horses. l. e
What laughable sight it would be, We
il not SO serious matter, to see thousal
men mounted on heterogeneous lot
horses, crossing ploughed field, with
ditch at one end--Conestogas stumbling
their efforts TO raise their feet over tho ridge
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