The Portland daily press., 1871-09-27

| in point of speed, he is valuable for some otbeI
| purposes roadster perhaps, or stylish car
riage horse, and pay the owner good prof
| demands a large share of time and patienc e
raise first. class stock. Therefore let us Civ. en-
| courapement 10 all of those that have the cour.
| age and money to undertake 1T.
With the Signs and assurances, if We only
| will continue TO improve Onr breed of horses
and produce a superior quality of stock and
| give encouragement to those enterprising and
| public spirited men that have already produc-
| ed our most celebrated halses, We NAV in
| crease :he wealth OF Our State and make it the
| commercial emporium OF good horses, of road
sters, and fast trotters for New Eng land.
ASSOCIATIONS AND RACE COURSES.
In Organizing the Pr,sumpscot Park Asso.
| citation 1T Was the object and purpose of the
| movers of this enterprise TO elevate The social
| standard of its meetings. and remove MANY M
| those objectionable teatu- res as far as it was in
| tteir power, that usually exists in horse asso-
| cations and race courses. We are aware of
the prejudice that exist among many on ac-
count VI their immoral tendency: ana that
these preiudices are not wholly without some
| foundation, we admit. But vice ard immor-
aiity does not necessarily attach itself to Iust-
tutlons of this character. Their existence does
I not prove that it is demOralizipg. TONY as
| sures us that the best and purest of privileges
| may be abused. We have no kind OF sport or
| industrial exhibition without It's cOncomitant
evils. Men OF low character may enter horses
| III public races, but If they are we'll managed
| they are punished an placed uuder control,
the moment they attempt trickery and dshon-
| est transactions. AT many OF our Agricultural
! fairs and horse exhibitions, tie managers them
| selves are ignorant OF the rules OF the turf and
IN consequence OF tbe.r ignorance are i'm posed
upon by cunning jockeys. In TINS way, fraud,
| is perPetrated, and scandal and disgrace is
brought upon racing In we'll conducted
race course there is no fraud, rowdy ism, or any
open display OF immortality. At the Spring aud
Fdu meetings OF the numerous Park Associa-
tlons throughout the county, like the Mystic,
| Narraganset and many others, may be seen i'm
| mense gatherings OF thousands of our most re
spectacle citizens embracing fathers, mothers
| sons and daughters participating in the enjoy.
ment OF the occasion; no words to shock senIi-
ment OF morality and refinement, but aa air of
respectabillty and elegance enwraps the whole
scene; nothing has done SO much to dignity the |
trOttng turf in this country, as institutions of
this cnaracter. Associated with them are gen
tlemen with hOnofed names, that are a mower
10 the commercial, political and social worlds.
The trotting turf to them has become social /
institution. They stand well in the social |
world and cannet compromise themselves by |
giving countenance to any open display of i'm |
morality yet they are no bIgots. Respectabil. |
lty Is their hObOy, aud hOsOr is as dear to them
ds their lives. Amusement and recreation di-
reefs them as professional and business men
loaded with care aad Labor to the racing park, /
as place OF health-givIng pleasure. They look |
upon the scene with delight, aud select their /
iavorlte IN the contest as thing OF lig ht ana /
beauty. The sport thrills them with excite
hent and admiration, and they are taught /
lesson IN tie contest OF strength and unsnrlnk. |
ing courage that awakens admiration in all L
pains OF life, as something typical OF noble /
existence. Racing is of aristocratic origin. Ii |
was aoopted ages ago, as the past time of the /
pfishGeSt CLASSES OF people, and ID ali succeed
ing periods, 1t has claimed the support OF rank
ana Iashion. by 1t We have been enabled to |
test the value OF the horse, his breeding, his
speed, ana endurance. His present perfection, |
Vs. rs N Lr.,, 4.
Tor the amount that is annually given in nrizs, |
ana purses, at our fairs and exhibitions ibsu- |
tuted TO test his merit and value The trotti,v |
park IS the school that has perfected him to
show his wonderful power OF speed and endur. |
ance, in competition with others OF his class |
We can only Judge correctly OF the intellectual
and moral worth of our great men, when we |
view them in the worlds stage, in competition
with distinguished competitors. Without a
theatre the word cOuId never have known |
chose dlstng guished delineators of human char |
acter, whose names fill many an honored page |
human history. Without race course, The |
world would never have known the great DOW |
ers of Lexington, the horse that has contribu
ted more TO the improvement of his race than |
any other predecessor. tIrL
1t is true that there are men who do not care |
TO engage IN the sports OF the turf, and there
are Others that do, and delight in it, Itls
merely matter of sociolog cal value and CON |
sderaLlon: question OF taste, that is all To
many nsn, pleasure aud recreation are yer, |
ueslrapie anu necessary. And this is given |
th6m III the nobieness IT the horses which |
they may be so fortunate as toown. There are |
but few men among us but that admire the |
horse, and but few but have a aesire to |
own one. Men and women, old and young,
enjoy riding and driving high bred, proud |
stepping steed; or watching the action anu |
easy, graceful movement OF the nimble trotter |
Horses OF this character the life OF our fairs:
they are popular, and when they put forth an |
ehort for speed you find solid mass of human. |
ity around the track. There is scarcely a town |
III our State, where the people are not more or |
less, directly or indirectly interested in trottine
horses. The ruth is the people are rapidly
putting off those old preiudices and risInS |
above the idea that these exhi bitions at our in
dustriali airs are wicked. Now if this copyic- |
ton can be yearly strengthened by good man
agement, so as TO exert an influence for good |
In regard 10 the true principles of racing thew |
will look upon the trOtting turf with less crit. |
ical eyes than now, and join with us in our eff. |
iorts to maze this department pure. This is
the true rational policy TO pursue, and thou
sands wiil enlist their sympathies with ms in |
popular favor, and the trotting turf in this
State, will stand forth in new light, and upon
frmer basis.
speaker, in continuing, remarked that
the PresumpscOt Park Association had become |
a member OF the Nation al Association. an or
ganizatlon formed early in 1870, in New York,
for the purpose of "subduing the frauds and
swindles so extensively perpetrated, and take
the trotting horse out of the hands Of these dis ]
honest men who disgrace him by making him
The object OF their vile schemes" and spoke OF |
the cordial support given to its rules by the |
aDlest ana most experienced drivers and train |
ers In the country. He condemned in the se- |
verest terms the prevalent systems of unneces-
sary scoring as violation of honor and the |
rights OF the spectators; and the custom of |
liking up races, or "hippodroming'' as it is
called, in which drivers agree which horse is to |
win the race, the money to be divided between
them, was denounced vigorously. In couclu- |
sion the President expressed the hope that all |
Connected with the association would perform |
their duties faithfully, the committees award |
their premiums impactially, and labor to have |
the programme laid down carried out promptly |
at the time agreed on and above all to inaug-
urate those necessary reforms, to SO elevate the
character OF the transactions as to leave no |
room Tor complaint from the most captious
At the conclusion of DR.. Tewksbury's ad-
dress the various committees were filed, and
proceeded TO their duties. We give such of
the reports as were submitted during the day:
NEAT CATTLE.
BULLs.-Best Jersey bull, G. w. Crockett.
Gorban, $5; second do 1.-TWO years old) 81. w.
Smith, DeeriDg, W; best Durham bull, Chas. |
johnson, Gorham, IS; best do. without regard |
to blood, Chas. Johnson 49, The committee /
recommend gratuity of IS each to John L.
Best of Westbrook and G. ID. Crowley of Cape |
Elizabeth, for yearlings.
Cows, CALVES AND HERERs.-First premi- |
um OF So to r. o. Conant for his Jersey COW
Verbena; second do So to III. w. Smith, Deer
| ing; first premium for Durham COW, So to
Charles johnson, Gorham; first premium SO
for mich COW to G. M. Stevens, Deerlns sec
ond do. $3 to Seth ScammOn, ScarborO; first
| premium for heilers of 81 to H. w. Smith,
Deering and a gratuity of 90 to G. NJ Ste
vens, Deering, for best calves.
| FAT CATTLE. First premium of S5 to G.
aud l.. L. Warren, Westbrook; second do OF
| VI to ID. Thompson of Deering
| SWINE.
| Premium for best boar, to Cbas e. Warwick
| DeeriDg, 50; second do. Joel w. Merrill (City
| Farm) Portland, 81; best breeding SOW, Joel
w. Merrill, 50; second do. Chas f. Warwick
| So, best litter OF pigs, Joel W. Merrill, So.
| FOWLS.
| First premium TO c. E. Bailey Deerlng, for
| coop of Light Brahmas SO; and gratufy of 81
| to Howard Seaman OF ScarbOro for coop of
fantail pigeons.
| HORSES.
Only two classes were assigned for examina-
ton to day-brood mares and colts and year
ling colts. The display was exceedingly fne
| some of the best blood in the State being on
| the ground. Among the fine brood mares was
the well-known Janet Rand, formerly owned
by the late Hall J. Little, Esq; DR.. c. N.
| Pierces bay mare, with Scythian colt by her
side, the entries of Holbrook g. Tewksbury OK
ford, r. o Conant of Portland, Glendy Moody
OF falmouth, Irving Blake, Portland, Samuel
I. Raymond, WestbrOok, j. M. White, Wind
ham, Rotert Huston, Falmouth, and one own
ed by Hiram Reed of Augusta. Fearnaught
Major Knox, Patchen and other well-known