Middletown transcript., 1868-05-30
LOCAL AFFAIRS,

FAST HORsEs.-The turf Is subject to
change, as well as everything else. The
running horse used to be the pride of
sportsmen, and is yet in England, but in
this country the trotting horse seems to be
more highly esteemed Even those who
never participate in the sports of the turf,
like to have a pair Of good roadsters that
can move along at the rate of ten or twelve
miles an hour. We are, emphatically,
"fast" people, and in nothing do we ex-
hibit this national popularity more than in
our fast horses. We do not intend to
speak of the performances Of Flora Tenn
pie, Patchen, Dexter, and other celebri-
ties of the trotting turf These are sufficient
ly familiar to our readers. We purpose only
to make brief mention of some of the fast
horses in our own neighborhood, several of
which possess 2.40 speed, it is said. Mr..
j. Cazier used to own, and perhaps does
yet, as fine trotter as any we have ever
seen in this section; and what. is worthy
of mention, he used to take proper care of
her. 1t is too often the fate of fast horses
that they are sadly abused by being over
driven, and forced beyond their strength
and endurance. We never see harem-
scarem Jehu behind fast horse, forcing
him beyond his powers, that we do not
think the horse is the nobler animal
of the two. Mr.. j. w. Milford, near
Summit Bridge, owned very fine trotter,
but since his removal from the county, we
understand the horse has been in the pos
session of Mr.. Carnaghy. We saw him
attached to sleigh, last winter, and he
gave us very favorable idea of his powers
of locomotion. Mr.. Samuel B. Foard, jr.
of Elkton, owns young horse called
Cecil" bred on Bohemia Manor, by our
young friend Jefferson b. Foard, who sold
him for $4O0, and his present owner has
been offered $1,000 for him, report says
but he is SO well pleased with his go-ahead
} qualities, that he has not yet consented tc
part with him. Mr.. Joshua f. Biddle, O.
. Bohemia Manor, also raised very fine
horse and rapid motor, "Stonewall, "whicl
e he sold for nine hundred and fifty dollars
6 Mr.. John g. Hicks, of Christiana Hun
dred, has one of the fastest horses in tn,
@ county. 1t is claimed that he can trot {
: mile in 2.3s. He is of the Reybold stock
e and is called the "Quebec Horse"
Mr.. Charles Dcrrickson owns very
! fine PAGER, which has made rapid time
e surpassed by few horses in the State
o Mr.. J. W, Baker, of Elkton, has pal
IL of nimble-footed animals, which it is sup
: posed would be rather hard to beat" OF
n trial. Mr.. Samuel Gillespie, of Warwick
d has horse of fine motive powers, unde
y whose feet "no grass grows" when "Sam
II holds the "ribbons" Mr.. Richard c
N Hayes, of Odessa, has horse which it
= believed can stake 'em all down." whe
l. "put to his mettle." Mr.. Thomas Coch
n |. ran, in the vicinity of Middletown, has tn
fastest "pair," perhaps, in the neighbol
ID hood, and one of them Is much feeter tha
" the other. Mr.. j. Wilson also has a yer
t. good roadster, which moves at somethin
N N less than telegraph speed when he is full
20 i" Strengthened out" There are other fin
i, horses in the neighborhood, which want
y space will not permit us to refer to nov
IN But before closing our horse talk, for I'll
the present, we must not omit to mentio
very superb black horse, in the possel
sion of Mr.. Hosea Riddle, of Newark, r,
y. y. markable for his fine appearance, as we
,o as his fine action.