Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1869-02-18


ure very much. Scarcely one needs a
horse for iobbing, or for any burden. But
they demand pleasant, lasting feet road
-tcrs. and they are willing to pay fol
them Another very strong reason why
| speed sells so high, Is because the Ameri-
can people, especially those at the north,
have great passion to see horses trot
/ Am | told that this is all gambling :
/ We think not. Gamblers have too many
| good and fast horses. | wish they did not
| They bet on them AS freely as they do on
q presidential election. But how long dc
/ you suppose they could sustain the horses
aud a trotting park If none but themselves
would pay for the recreation? Not six
months, even close to New York.
The truth is, it is an innocent amuse-
ment TO see two or more horses trot
honestly for prize, especially when the
| trot is conducted by sober. sensible, up
right men. 1t will be a long time before
the mass of the people will accept any
other sport in tn e place OF this. But 1t l.
said that fast horses make fast young
men. No doubt they do sometimes.
! Human nature is weak and feeble and
easily swerved from the path of rectitude.
! But the young man who has been ne
! elected 10y parents or guardians that / 9
cannot be allowed To see horses trottlng
fast together without being led astray,
Is Liable to fall any moment by any small
temptation
1t Is bud men that tempt the young, not
the horses. God never designed fine or
fast no scs to make bad men.
/ y lrottug park is tempting place to
wick dness, unless controlled by good
men. But the good men at our fairs have
1 the light, and should control the park as
well 30, the mechanics hall.
Those who claim that first class trotters
are good for nothing else, only need to
look at the record of trotting perform
lucc~ tn see their error. Dutchman, the
first FLYER, was taken from a butchers cart
Lady Suffolk was the kind, patient, last
my. all day farm and family mare. Flora
Iviuple WAS two years IN u livery before
she iound the track She was seven years
the queen of trotters, and to-day she is
sound and smooth, fat. handsome, chubby,
and as happy as need be, in nursing her
beautiful totl. Old Morrill,, we all know,
WAS worked in a heavy OK cart two years,
doing az! the team work on large farm,
latyrc they knew that he was trotter
f. Is beyond dispute that Il first class trot-
ter almost invariably II first class horse
for general use.
ku1w of no better way Of testing the
capacity Of a class of horses for roadsters,
ta4u by lS.N rcgUkHad trials of speed at
our f.lr~
But, says the stern utlitarian. all your
frprtin4 Tor prizes, all your last driving
arl tao road !, all unnecessary; there l.
mo- need 1t IT, Ten or twelve miles per
hour, or five or SIX minute gait Is a.
t,>E a- 1t i safe Tor the horse, carriage or
r,aDl To -o. We answer that fast teams
aro damE more than We ara aware OF In
forwarding hn improvements Of the age.
How uurD, n.r cannot tel. The bearing
ot dispatches. IN haste, 10 telegraph Offices.
i. .oIc with qaiak te m-. They also
allow: III 10 attend to bu~iuc~, close up To
oar. time. and then hurry Us up III season
ty take Tire train. They often carry Us
across from one railroad line to another,
ll season to save time again. Sometimes
ia emergencies we can hardly calculate
tAIr value suppose You are five or SIX
nlia~ from houl. IN the line OF the tele-
5raph. The wires announce that Il fire
ht- broken ont near your dwelling,
Il ,~h cd Thought tells You Of your fleet
dying, meyer tagging horse. You wheel
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fur hu4L.e. luu think little ri HIM now.
auiv THAI vou never ~ec INN 20 50 before.
i,,.,!.lt, van. newer f,.lt grateful. tor speed
il l.1+ ,,l,,a S,r
''i'l'' ga ''.@'''~ 'tt a. "a "'HI
mind Is changed as You reach the scene III
time 60 save "a home from the flames,
Srui warmer would bc your gratitude.
AuU save the I!te 81 one OF your family III
.ii.t.. ~fl-l WAY by calling the. phy~ICl in
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ot..r way.
W.. are hut 4 little way out OF one of
tto greatest wars tHit ever fAFaEtd a con
tlttyut. and thr horses Of speed and bot
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