The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1868-11-27
Fairs in Tennessee

From the Turf, Field aud Farm.
The fairs in Tennessee have been we'll at
tended the past summer and autumn; and
as agricultural fairs indicate The peaceful
pursuits Of life. we accept the success of
each as an evidence of the commercial and
industrial progress of the State, Thor
oughbreds are appreciated in Tennessee as
Mr. Geo. T. Altman writes as that during
tour of FIVE weeks through the various
counties he exhibited his Stallion, Watson,
purchased from Woodburn last spring, at
many different places. and he always retir-
ed from tn ring with the ribbon which tes-
tilted to the public the appreciation in which
he was held by the judges. At Murfrees-
boro. among his other competitors. was Hi
awatha. Mr.. AlIman's stylish saddle stall
ion, Prince Pulaski, at different fairs and
in different classes, commanded enthusias-
tic admiration, and he retres from the cam
paign with nine blue and four red ribbons.
Mr.. Altman has been peculiarly fortunate;
all of his stock have won honoTs at the ru-
merous fairs held in Tennessee this autumn.
AS the result Of the five weeks tour, he ex-
hibits to his friends, with pardonable pride,
seventy odd ribons. fifty OF which are blue,
awarded to his horses. A better testimo-
NAL of merit he could not desire as a breed
er and owner of equine stock.
We invite attention to this extract from
Mr.. Allman's letter :-"Our fairs HAYS been
a success-large crowds, and by far bet
ter class of stock exhibited than at any time
for several years past. an glad to say
that there s a growing disposition to han
die the best.
"Our policy is to handle no more stock
than can be well cared %, and tt at of the
best. Max the prediction All of our
fairs that prove successful must have a
track. Three of those I attended this Fall
had speed tracks. and 1 observed when a
trial was to. be made the big crowd was
there ntion. A few croakers and
Purita Heir hands in horror and
preach I'D long against speed; but it
amounts to nothing. oar best citizens are
for it. and more potent than all. the ladies'
Hence exhibitions of speed cannot be a fail
ure. Everybody enjoys the exhibition; and
We intend that gentlemen and live, pro.
gressive men shall manage our affairs in
Tennessee; and if we the producer have q
colt worth anything, to prove 1t and Their
realize the profits. Surely the producer i:
better entitled to these profits than the pro
fessional gam bler.'
This is a sensible view OF the question
and common sense, we are glad to observe
is gaining ground, TO the confusion of pre-
udce and bigotry. Mr. Altman, be it re
membered, is an influential member of th,
church, and yet he argus for the exhibi
ton of speed, for the reason that he is aware
of their practical advantage to the breede
and owner of stock. Instead of degrading
these exhibitions 10 the level of the profes
sional trickster, he would elevate them t
the moral plane of the church This ca
be done, where a moral people step in am
take the management. and so will it. w
can elevate as we'll as debase q sport; thos
who make pastime give to it its tone.
the management is bad, the tone is low; bu
if justice and irmness are the controlling
spirits, tken the influence and charac
ter are sound and healthy as morality itself
These conclusions are as plain as the rul
of addition; as simple as the logic of a child
And the lesson they teach is this. Instea
of lamenting the depravity sometimes asso
ciated with the turf. let the moFalist sssun
the management and make the trials {
speed as spotless as their own lives.
When the public debt of the Unite