The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1867-11-15
For the Citizen.
Fairs and their influence.


he lives in seclusion and the less he thinks
of others and their interests the more sell
FIJI viii become. It is necessary to
throw him into society and let him think
and feel for others and now and then have
his own inleriori,y brought forcibly home
to him. that his bigoiry and lfshness
may be properly curbed.
Fairs throw a class Of men together
who meet nowhere else. The good and
the evil. the generous and the selfish are
there. No bad man can be ass pcia' ed with
the noble aud good without having enkiu-
died in his own bosom feelings to which lie
would otherw Use be stranger 1t makes
him better man
This though is not the branch of the
subject we wish 10 consider in this mum
Der. We propose the Horse and the Turf
aud the influence Fairs may be made to
exert upon both, as the burthen of this al
ticle.
Horses form large share Of the wealth
our people have invested in live Stock
There is 20 species Of property we possess
so susceptible CT Improvement. and couse
quently so easily increased in value, as the
horee. 1t is duty we eve to our Crea-
tor. as we'll as debt of gratitude We owe
the horse. who supplies US with The neces-
saries of life, not to allow him to degene-
rate in our hands. This can be prevented
Only in this way try all horses, and breed
only from those who prove themselves su
perior, and as like produces lis like is a
fundamental law in nature, by properly
crossing we may eventually obtain and per-
petuate family of horses who possess all
the strength, action. bottom and beauty it
is possible to combine in horse.
It takes FIVE things to make good horse
none OF which can be told with certainty
from outward appearances
LIST. He must have a thin skin. which,
when the horse is heated. will throw off
heat rapidly. The harness horse Of New
England cannot stand a Southern climate,
because his heavy coat Of hair and thick
skin retains the heat until the heated blood
impairs the action Of the heart.
Cd, He must have a rm solid bone, so
as to occupy as little space as possible and
still give strength.
Sd. He must have good lungs capable OF
enduring hard service without losing any
of their vital power. as the cold blooded
horses do when they over tssked, be-
coming thick wnded.
4h. He must have sensitive nervous
system which communicates rapidly with
the muscles, giving him speed.
9Th. lie must have a wiry, elastic mus
Gle. which when overworked will not lose
its power of repeating.
A sensitive nervous system, and elastic
muscle will make horse active. A good
bone and muscle will make him strong. but
horse may have speed, action and strength
and still be comparatively worthless. II
takes good lungs, thin skin and properly
balanced nervous system to give a horse
power to endure hardships.
The eye does not reveal these things
They can only be known by trial.
The sportsman who took his tape string
aud after measuring the contending horses,
bet h is money on the best developed horse,
lost everything and learned to his sorrow
that the old adage, ''the proof of the rud-
ding is chewing the bag" is as true when
applied to the horse as in other things
A good horse must have speed, strength,
action and bottom, There is but this one
other test, put weight on his back to try
his strength, spurs to his side to develop
his speed and action, a four mile track be-
fore him to test his power to endure II
he makes time he is good horse let his
form be what it may.
This looks like horse racing, and SO it
is and yet. there is no violation OF moral
law un,ess there be gambling on the result.
Just here, one word on this subject. No
high-toned gentleman can desire his neigh
bors property without wishing t. give him
an equivalent. This seems to be clear
How then can nice man gamble on any
thing To say the least of it, he pla-
Ces himself in a very doubtful position.
Superior breeds Of horses have for years
been found only in the hands Of sportsmen,
because they alone tested their horses
We have been SO dependent on this class
for our horses. that the sportsman aud the
turf have become necessary institutions
both in England and America.
We all have to patrOnizs the gambler
thereby, not only encouraging him but alb
solutely 'perpetuaIing his profession BY
making it profitable.
Tie horse must be redeemed. Publ,
decency o say nothing Of religion, &c
mands it. The sportsman and the tur
must yield to better order of things.