Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1864-10-13
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A Stallion Fight.

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Times we find the following Communication
and editorial Introductory, in relation to a
remarkable fight between two blooded
stations, out in iowa. We have witnessed
conflicts between horses, in which they bit
! struck and kicked, which lasted sonic minu-
ties, but never anything like that recorded
below. We print it in full as a matter Of
/ general interest to the readers of the
I CHRONICLE: -.d@92
We have a letter from a gentleman OF
Council Bluffs, Iowa, giving a graphic des-
lcription ofafurious battle betwee1itw we'll
bred stations owned by him. The fight as
will be seen, was very savage and very .dess
perate. As a general rule, our stations are
mot so vindictive and savage as those of
England, but they all need watching, and
those who read the story Of the King of
The Lowlands'' in our columns, will rememF
Der the desperate fight between. e::Godol-
phin Arabian and Hobgoblin for the peer
less beautiful women who stood looking on.
Among the horses in the steppes of Tartary,
fand those which were in half savage state
over the pasture. of the Don and Ukreine,
the property of the Cossacks, fights between
/ the stations are very common and very
desperate. When one has attained the
leadership ofa herd, he resolutely fights for
the maintenance of paramount authority.
Bye-and-bye, however, age brings its inf
! mites; he falls before the lusty vigor of
a young rival, and is driven away, half torn
to pieces. In the. battles the stations
l'nevcr use their hind feet They bite and
tear with their teeth, and strike, fearful
blows with the hoofs of their fore feet.
Even when the herdis ttacked by wolves,
the defense is with the mouth and fore
feet. Some have written that the mares
and stations form a circle, with their heels
to the, foe. This is purely imaginary.
When the wolves, raving with hunger,
attack the herd, the mares form circle,
with their foals inside but their heads,
not their heels, are presented to the foe.
Meantime the stations, with. eyes of fire
and names erect, fly from one point of the
circle to the other,l encouraging the mares
with their cries. tearing the wolves with
i their teeth, and trampling them beneath
their hoofs. Fights between thorough bred
stations would be very common, if there
was not great care. taken to keep them
seperatc from each other The famous
horse Planet and his brother Exchequer
I Fonce--got together, and terrible battle en-
sued. We had the particulars from the late
'sBoncy Young" who trained them. The
young one had the best of it. Planet was
badly bitten about the hooks, and finally
ran away from his savage brother. He
bears the marks Of fExchequer's teeth to this
day. Some weeks ago there had like to have
been a battle at Mr.. Watson's farm in New
Jersey, between the famous horse Imperial
Balrownie and his no less famous son the
colt, Captain Moore. Balrownie got loose
and went off at a gallop, head and tail up
with a snort Of triumph and scream oi
defiance to. all within hearing. Captain
h Moore answered from his paddock with "a
CRY, like the blast, Of trumpet, and came
rushing like a whirlwind. to attack his sire
q The frail fence between them seemed likely
to be broken at the first rush. There was
shouting and running in hot haste. Mr.
Watson, jackson Minor, Jacob Pincus
I, Billy Burgoyne, and all the other boys flew
to the rescue, and after some time Balrow
ME was saved. .sissss5 Ks lsa Lit Il xugs
ah II .l.at 4- a. CouycrI BLurrs, Iowa,
January Sth, 1864
DEAR SPIRIT T:-Inasmuch as Inever saw
a "mill'' between two blooded horses des
cribed, and never saw but one come off,
propose to describe one which came off
! few days since. !, VIII preface by saying
that own two blooded stallions-C Cherokee
and Nimrod. :sea ASA
!. Cherokee is dark, chesnut, with whit
!, stripes in the face, black name and tail, Il
E hands and II inches.high, weighs l,os lbs
I II years old, and as handsome and perfec
as picture can be made. irr Il ss..r-s.s
Nimrod is dapple bay, small white strip
a on the end of the nose, and star in. the fore
q head, both hind feet white, black name an
! tail, -16 hands and one inch hight year
It old, weighs 1,217 lbs, and the picture Z
/ -I"Garrett Davis looks SO much like him
h Lat many declare that Nimrod must hav
Is been in CARROTS stall when the arts
painted the picture. = srasaris5 .zar brr
On Wednesday, the 23d day of Deeembe
, last. the horses were turned into their n
spective paddocks, where they had bee
accustomed to take their daily exercise f.
the last five years. and never before ha