The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-09-10

road and at blowing, cultvating, reap
ing, &c such horses would do no more
than common stock. A fast walking
horse would be, in many cases, of great
value to farmers teamsters, but no.
body ever hears of a premium for the
fastest walker Now and then some
uninauential agricultural society offers a
premium for the best draught horse, to
be tested Oh the ground. but it forms no
feature of fair, like race. Announce
a race to come of-no, "a trial of speed"
| should say-and then what rus there
is to get view Of the track
Now, then, | wish to ask seriously of
some of the respectable horse breeders,
what is the meaning of all this attention
to speed, and inattention to other more
practical points l. it because in breed
ing to speed all the other good qualities
are incidentally developed ? Is it like
aiming an arrow at the sun and thus Gas
is claimod) send it higher than if aimed
at any earthly object? Is speed alone
as much above all other good horse quail
ties as the sun is above all other objects
When you breed horse to speed do you
necessarily develop his walking qualities?
The action or style of horse is really
important because it always can be seen
when he is in use, and the estimate placed
upon it is worth great deal of money to
successful breeders, but do you develope
this incidentally when you breed to speed
alone Perhaps; but really | do not
see much relation between the style OF a
horse when he is under whip and spur
on the race course and when in harness,
or under the saddle moving at a moderate
speed, with arched neck and prancing
feet, All can see and enjoy his fue
action, bat the difference between max.
ing mile in . II or 2.lGI is something
that no human being can appreciate ex-
cept on the testimony Of a good watch or
Il crowd Of witnesses. A habit of fast
walking can be appreciated in its practi-
cal beuehts Of saving time in blowing, OF
hauling loads, but your fast trotting or
running horses gain of quarter or an
eighth of second over some competitor,
has bearing on human happiness OF
comfort SO remote that, with an earnest
desire to know where it is, | "can't see
it." And yet | don't wish to believe
that all this interest and excitement ovel
merely fast horses, not only by black'eg;
and corruptionists, but by the mos. re-
spectacle men and women of the land in
many cases-includpg our President-is
merely an immoral and dcbasing amuse
mcnt. There must be some hidden gooC
ab.ut it to overbaance great deal o
incidental wickedness, or else the country
is in a bad way, for racing has confessed
evils Of enormous magnitude, and race
now are our leading summer amusement
at least judging by the telcgraphi
columns Of our daily papers.
la the days when Flora Temple wa
"Queen Of the Turf" she made mile il
2.194. Now it is said that Joe Elliot
has recently done it in 2.151. Has thi
gain Of 4 seconds Of this one trotter owe
the other, without any increase in tn
speed of horses generally, been wort
very many thousand dollars to the coun
try? Ifso, in what way? would lik
to have some horseman answer. | an
not prepared to give denial to thes
questions, but am really anxious to Sc
some candid man give an answer whicl
will either set my scruples at rest, or sho,
up the weakness aud wrong Of this horse
racing mania, under the preteuse Of "lm
proving the Breed Of horses. '-Co1
Country Gentleman.
A Good Farmers Farm.
The best farmer between me and tn
city says Col. Geo. f. Warning Of New
port, X. l., is German, who Il few year
ago worked by the month on the farm h
owns. He saved little money the
took farm "on shares = then sold au
bought larger one and now he has on
Of the best farms in the neighborhood
worth $4,000. lie is very industrious
never seems in Il hurry, but is Away
ahead with his work. You always Sc
him at church on Sundays, and on hi
farm GU week days. He raises goo
many calves, and when | was only hal
through husking he had his corn in tn
crib and the stalks in the barn, and /
head OF young cattle on the stubbc pick
ing up the leaves and scattered cars. ii
has enlarged aud re.shiugled the old barn
given it u coat Of paint, put on gutter,
! and cnp1nuf. kn 80
cstern. His fences are in good order
The whole farm, garden and orchard is
pattern Of ueatness and thrift. No waite
stands on his lowland ; no weeds 20 t.
seed on his pastures. His back lot ad
joining the woods, was covered wit
partially decaycd stumps, brambles an,
weeds. He set fire to the stumps, cleare
the land, summer-fallowcd it, and sowe,
it to Diehl wheat, and got (last year. 4,
bushels per acre. And it is now III whea
again and is probably good for over 81
bushels next harvest. Everything h
does prospers. He is "lucky" man
i. e. he had good sense, and has health
energy and industry to use it.
THE GRAND GoLD MEDAL Of the Yer
mont State Agricultural Society wa
awarded to the Direct Draft Eurek
Mower, at the Great Field Trial held a
Rutland, in July ~. The WILDER
Eureka Mower and Reaper Manufactul
ing Company believe that the Manlfac
turer receiving an award SO important an
valuable, should be prepared to again dc
monstrate the correctness OF the decision