The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1866-01-05
The Value Of thoroughbred Horses.


In order to show ahe large amount of
wealth invested in the horses of our own
and Other countries, we propose to glance
briefly at q few of the most celebrated
thoroughbreds, and the price set upon the
head Of each. When we manifest an in
terest In the welfare of the horse, we but
show an interest for the success and pros
peritY of the country. If the improvement
CT the blood Of the horse adds to our repu-
tation and wealth, then certainly in laboriug
for the advancement of our common breeds
we are engaged in laudable undertaking,
and have an import&Rt duty to perform.
In every land, whether barbarous, civilized
or enlightened, the horse is much admired
and his value duly recognized. 1t matters
not whether we 60 to the rude wigwams of
the red savages of our western forests and
plains, or to the barren sands where roam
the hardy tribes of ARABIA, we find that the
horse is kindly cared for, and is priced for
his courage of heart and for his gameness
and feetness. He constitutes the wealth of
the Arab of the desert, and is estimated
according to his hardness and feetness.
And travellers tell US thar ss wandering
sons of sandy waste sotEssghly appre ciate
a good horse that no tempting offers will
induce them to part with him. We may
import Arabian horses, yet it is by no
means an easy matter to obtain an animal
of positive excellence. The shrewd Arab
will readily dispose of the inferior animals,
but he clings to the noble steed with fiery
eye, proud, srching neck, symmetrical
form, courageous heart, and which is pos
sessed Of speed and bottom, with firm
ness and tenaeity no = remarkable than
uncomfortable. The red-faced warrior Of
Ne Western wilds is also proud of his high
mettled horse, but his cupidity is greater
than the Arabs and his love for the animal
more easily overcome. The dull and plod-
ding horse only seems to be admired by
dull and plodaing people. The gallant
military ofieer-the hashUef whose sabre
is always seen In the smoke of battle, and
whose voice of command rises above the
roar and din of confict-When he leads his
foot colcmn or brave dragons on in an
impetuous charge, always asks for cour-
ageous horse-one with nimble stride, and
spirits as high, as dauRtless and fearless
as his own And the savage warrior is
never more invincible than when mounted
on a feet and high mettled steed. The
energetic, pushing man of business, who
owes his success IN life to his own untiring
nature, admires, if not loves, game and
speedy horse, next to the wife of his bosom,
if he is so fortunate as to have one, and
spares no efforts to secure animals for his
stables of purest and noblest blood. This
love or passion for game and feet horses
| has given value to the thoroughbred, has
| create turfmen, and given life, popularity
and success to turf associations. 1t is this
which has placed the horse with pedigree
! far above the common breeds of the coun-
try; and it is this which has made the race
| course resort for fashion-an arena in
which the noblest specimens of the animal
race contend for victory, the applause of
/ men and the smiles Of women. 1t is not a
| matter of surprise, then that the thorough
| breds, in every country, are estimated 80
/ highly and the chamPi ions of the race vslu-
! ed almost beyond the price of gold. The
famous English colt, Ely, by Kingston,
dam Bloomer, by Melbourne. whose rePu-
tation as racer is excelled by few, is now
| held at a high figure. We learn by our
late files that Mr. Blenkison has offered
forty thousand dollars for him. The French
cola Gladiator, who is credited with the
/ grand triple event Of the English turf, is