Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1869-02-13
Columbus Correspondence,
CoLnMnrs, Feb. 10, Is


a peofRcss enc to the State, so far asi lhgisIs>
ton siconcerncd With a comparntiNs'y Nnll
! House, !. wasoxpected that some Of .ae work
of The session would be completed and that
the end of the week would show some prog
ress; .luit. alas VIC are worse of than we were
ten days ago.
On Tuesday, the Cd, good spirit prevailed,
ard The House Calender was cleared up; but
on Wednesday the Female Suffrage Resolution
gave occasion for q long aud lfuitlcss discus,
sion, AM. consumed the day. A visiblc-admix-
ture clause was olferedios an amendment, and
it wound up in a regular political wrnngle-
the first Of the sehson 81 a.t. toH 80
On Thursday the forenoon was occupied
in tue discussion of bill to provide for higher
compensation for Assistant Prosecuting Attor-
nsys, giving Common Pleas Judges unlimited
power 20 fix the compensation. '''
The afternoon was passed in discussing the
Senate resolution inviting General Howard to
visit the General Assembly, and the most vio-
lent abuse was heapcd upon the head of that
distinguished soldier. In the midst of the
fight the House was adjourned by the Demo
cratic majority and thus the resolution went
to the tomb of The Capuletj, and u gallant one
armed soldicrw was snutbed. This ovent called
forth the most bite, party slang and disgrace
ful sentiments Of treason-sympany, and showed
most conclus'yely that the snake is ''scotclied
but not billed" The Coppcrhcad still wags
its tail snd tries 10 bite. H.'H
General Howard lectuFtd to full house at
the Second Presbyterian church, on Thursday
evening His address was marked by high
orAtorial and descriptive genius, and was well
received, and peculiarly appropriate for the
man and the place.
| On Saturday the Democratic General Dtirbin
Ward was unanimously invited to appear in
the House, SO that the members could take lin
by the hand Comment is unnecessary.
The Senate Bill to increase the salaries OF
the Supreme Judges from $4,000 TO, 1900
was defeated in the House.
The Select Committee on locating the A gri
cultural College win report in favor of Ur
bana, as that place offers the best inducements
! in one of the best agricultural districts in the
State .....
Senator Burrows received high compliment
by being appointed member of the Judiciary
deceased .....- ..-f...
Tho weather is still warm and springlkeL-
more like April than February E..
lIoRsE RAcING At FAERs-Upon thfs sub
ject there is, ms is wcll-known, considerable
feeling, with some so strong ny TO with
hold the patronage that would be otherwise
freely given for the encouragement of these
shows On account Nf this feeling we are in
ducod To give the vicws of n writer in Il recent
number of tic Cleveland Hsrald, fr0m Solon
rs VIC doubt not the subject Will be discussed
| more or less freely daring the season Of prcpa-
araIiors for the coming fall exhibitions.
Is horse racing and trotting an acqui-
sition worthy to be sought after by the
Officers OF Agricultural aud Mechanical
Societies, in ortlsr thereby to benefit the
cicty financially and agrculturaliy. I
In the first place, Agricultural Societies
were organized for the beupGt of the
aGricuturist, ths stock raiser and tn,
mechanic and amy other thing worthy to
be encouraged, which would be of use
to the people al large. t.. tr. a..
The resourCos Of the United States arc
almost wholly brought from the mother
earth. The object, therefore, of such
societies is to encourage tho producer to
improve his cereals fruits stocks and me-
clninic arts l therefore claim that horse
racing and trotting in connection with
Agricultural Societies, are foreign and
detrimental to the true interests of agri
culture. Horse racing is naturally ex-
citing, and often attended with severe
fights and accidents. have never, in
my life, heard OF y single instance where
a race or trot took place but tho society
had trouble with the horse Jockeys
They invariably give dissatisfaction tc
parties concerned. You may make just
AZ fair rules and regulations to conduct
the races rs you choose, aud the horse
men will break them down and conduct
them as they please. Ia..
am therefore, strongly in the boliet
that horse racing at our agricultural
fairs should be discontinued for the re,i-
son that il engenaers and encourages
gambling, aud in fact they are getting
TO be, TO great extent, controlled by
gamblers. .. 90 =
They have none of the benefits the old
races had in testing the merits of our
horses. The extraordinary speed in trot-
ting is artificial, the results OF training
dieting and sponging. 1t docs not de-
pend upon tho form or breed of tho ami
NAL, nor does il require excellence of
structure in bone OF muscle. Indeed the
fastest trottVrs Tor short distances have
been animals that were quite interior
for oemmpn service, with worry awkward
and laborious action, and therefore very
poor all day horses. r yo-.uE
The intluenees usually associated and
connected with horse racing arc such
that many of our best agrcullnrists, will
not attend our fairs With their families
aud still lcss bring articles for sxhibi-
tion, because they can get no attention
paid TO their stock, &c. SO long as
horse jockeying races nre tolerated aud
eucouraged by the agricultural societies
we are keeping away many of the very
best men wc want to encourage and