The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-30
The Horse.

inu,y. dispenses q good many evils with
ia blessings. Among it's evils is she eaecA
it has put upon the cultivation OF the
horse. That noble animal received quite
b,ow from the railway. He has been very
rn,cb showed off the track by it; and what
,ho ro;,roaa failed to achieve for his injury
the war seems to have nearly completed,
and now we have poor race OF horses
compared With that of which we were 80
proud in the days when WILLIAM r. JOHN
SON was emperor of the turf.
Life in the saddle is almost discontinued.
The horse is only for heavy work and Tor Tor
overburdened and overtaSed drives from
" country towns" under the lash wen-la'o
ON to "connect with the train ihe
nla;ntiye strains of &c Poor old horse, let
him de-, have been rung into the ears OF
the venerable sympathizer many time
and oft by the scenes of neglect ana cru.
eltv which he has witnessed in this age Oh
oppression of the equine race.
All wise farmers readily see that inns
neglect of the horse is hurttul 10 MIN ano
those who use him in all the walks oil hie
Of horse-kind. Whether for riaing VI
| draught, it is of the utmost Importance 'ha'
we should have pure stock and coca ol0oo'
In efficiency for all his employments' the
horse has most woefully declined, and II is
altogether due to the disappearance IN q
great degree of the pure bloods ana Inc
incoming of the race of scrubs While the
causes named have broken him down In the
sonth, the mania for fast trotting and short
races has revolutionized his character IN
the North. We want to restore the horse IN
his highest type, that of the racer: me
horse that has both speed and bottom-that
nroves both on the race-course in heats OF
from one to four miles. We want, further
the hest pure breeds of slow and quick
draught horses.
Considering the thoroughbred stallion
(race-horse) the best for cross upon com
mon mares for all purposes, it is gratifying
that the business of cultivating him has
not entirely died out. A few gentlemen
still continue their invaluable labors i'll
this line. The most distinguished OF them
are Messrs. t. & 7. w. BOSWELL, of Hano-
YER. II was our pleasure to visit their
stables recently and to see their fine horses
Most prominent among them was orion'
Younger and full brother to Planet, out OF
Nina by Revenue. PLANET, the noolest
animal now in this country, is in Ken
lucky, where he is great favorite. The
venerable Fanny Washington, with year
ling by Eclipse at her side, and the unsur-
passed Nina, twenty years old, mother to
Planet and Orion, with yearling also by
Eclipse. Both these aged mothers appeared
in excellent condition--as lively as colts
and excited the admiration of the company
of gentlemen who were present. Ninctte,
sister to Planet,-a very superb animal
also had yearling by Eclipse. There
were. besides, several two-year old colts of
purest blood, which showed by their large
size and admirable condition the excellent
grooming they receive under the direction
of the veteran turtles who own them.
Ninette's colt, chestnut filly, is already
entered for the 100000 "Dinner-party
stake" to come of on the Baltimore course
in 1870. Betting has already begun on this
race, and gentlemen are watching with IN
terest the condition and progress Of the colts
that are entered. The BOSWELL entry is
highly promising. The mother is of the best
of bloods, and Eclipse stands amongst the
first of horses in the estimation OF judges.
He was imported by Ten BRoEcK. A two
year old colt by Eclipse was recently sold tor
slOO0O-the highest price ever paid in this
country for two-year old.
After the satisfaction of looking upon
these noble animals, the party enjoyed the
well-known hospitality-of "Bullfeld" with
great zest-hospitality none know how to dis
pense better than the venerable Major Dos
WELL and his esteemed sons-and all felici-
tated themselves that the race OF g noble
blood I" not only had not died out, but was
in fair way to regain their former renown
and take their old stand in the public estl-
nation.
We may congratulate farmers and gen.
tlemen that the noble stud of the DoswELLs
ia still cherished and trained for future
good. With most intelligent writer Mr..
R. W. HUGHES, in the Farmers Ga@etSe'I
we repeat, the " thoroughbred racerls the
best horse for endurance and for crossing"
"But if others think not, let them try
pure stations of some other family: Le'
them have imported from England C!ydes-
dales, or Suffolk Punches, or heavy Llncoln
horses, such as are used by the LONDON
brewers or undoubtedly pure CieYelands
or let them send to Canada for large specl-
mems Of that family or to Normandy 1or
the Percheron; or to Malta or Spain tor
thorough jackasses. ANY of these are bet
ter to breed from than mongrel stations,
compounded of the worthless qualities of q
hundred chance crosses, that are to be
found standing at every courthouse IN
Virginia."