Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-10-14


~. iS ls 40 sss en- place stronger con.
mnxf10n, "a the nansg cement Of e society
.tIan this simple fsct. "What 10 the use,
: breeder may, in truth say, ITO exhioit
nv stock before J. committee who don't
know enough or haven't time enough to
examine it ?" zr -
Another change in the management
especially of the New England Society. is
In reference to the5giying o, purses to be
trotssd for by the professionals FOR one;
i hold that NO purses should be given. and
mo trotfinc be professionals allowed. Trot-
tino we must have and should have The
ahiIity to 90 fast is one ofthe very chefest
eIcelIences of horse. The Creator de
signed him for speed, and speed he is
sure to have If he Is properly bred. There
are times when the necessities of social
and business life require rapid locomotion,
and nothing can meet these necessities SO
well as fast, well-bred horse. 1t is as
tonishing what love some people about
this time seem to have for slow horses,
and what terrible fright they are in lest
our communities should go to the bad be-
hind fast ones. / would like to buy their
horses for these very conservative gentle
men.
I / know an animal up in Connecticut,
that would like to purchase for certain
editor. And then / would like to stand
behind the corner of some house on the
{ Brighton road and see him try to get that
horse along. 1t would please me more
than to heap Goals of fire on his head. 1t
would be safe horse for an editor like
him to own. So far as speed goes, it
wouldn't hurt his moral character to drive
him even at the New England Fair. Ifhe
had good luck. and the horse felt lively,
he might get him around the track in an
hour and half. His character for piety,
provided he kept his mouth shut, would
be safe. But If the horse should happen
to feel little dull, and the poor man could
not restrain his feelings, and once got his
, mouth open and should 60 to talking to
that animal, wouldn't give q cent for his
reputation as mild-spoken man. A lazy
horse will start more irregular thoughts
in d mans mind than any other animal
know.
IL But while / believe in fast horses, and
hold that the ability to speed rapidly is
one of their greatest excellences, as is
plainly declared in the spirit and structure
which the Lord has given them. and hence
that trotting and running at the top OF their
speed Ut our annual fairs are german tc
the exhibition of them, still do not be
lieye in offering purses to be trotted for b.
outside horses, In no other respect connect
cd with the exhibition. Trotting ther'
should be: but the trotting should be dom
only by horses entered for the regular pre-
miums of the society, and only as par
Of the legitimate exhibition OF their com
parative excellence. This would exclude
the professionals from our agriculture
fairs, where they do not belong, to theil
own courses and company, where they d.
belong; and, in addition to other advan
tages, would prevent them from monopo
lizing large portion of valuable time
which in right belongs to the bona fdt
exhibitors Of stock.
= The true position to take, then, as un-
derstand the matter, is: "a Reconstruct
the committees properly. (2) Danish
all professional trotting for purses. (3)
Let the exhibition for speed be demanded
of all horses that contend tor the highes,
premiums. These views have been in
dorsed by many Of the largest exhibitors
At the late New England Fair. What
does the management of the Society say
to the breeders and exhibitors of New
England touching this matterp