, 1873-08-31

ponaeBs tl,o conHun Of 1870 to gyc fuller details.
During tho War, wo sacrificed as mony four
footed bcnstB M men, md Gtill tho negro VIVA
lin Tim ap ay sn "' fdo Reinforcement 5 wiihoas s nuo
thrown In. Tha teaches uB TINT freedom with
out transportation ia a mockcry.
WHERE DID THE BLOOD COME FROM?
Tho above horsoa wore noroly tho wild growth
and common transplantation, OIL whic1, to en-
graft tho perfected tlloroughbrodB Of England.
Tho raco Of horsen was not fully perfected In
England till the reign Of Queen Ammo, at which
ti!no wo received onr most eopious immigration
Of mon and STOCK Tho Englisl, monarchy
moro or loas from ll.o limo oif Alfresd tic dreat;
but it WAS not until Queen Annals tno that it
was demonstrated TINT Arabic mud narhary
stock could accomplish no moro. Tho work was
dono, and Anlorica waa peoplcd nn!l harucascl
at tho appointed timo for llor dostinicB.
DIVERSION.
Horo no arc brought to tho question: Did It
require horsc-racing to accomplish any Of
tloao things7
Plainly L did, md tl,oro scoms to DO no way
as wcll as in England. Tho turf stimulated tlo
improvement Of the horse. THO King himself
set tho example; tho Lord-Proprietary IN
America loft it to uH, In tho rcign Of Henry l..
Ia fnr bncii ~ tho twolft centnry,-.sho Smith
field rRco-tract WIS set up ir London. In the
Cruaades which followed, the English stcols
carrying heavy armor and nr1noreu mon, put to
Rcor1I the light-mountod Arabs
It IL queer to remark at this point contrary to
public opinion, TINT tho British horse is older
linn tho Arabian; for the horse is native Of
Africa, and not Of Asia. JesuB rode into Jcru.
salem upon n, ass' foal; Mahomct had but two
horses when ho began hiB religious wars; it was
in Egypt that Joseph first Baw horse, only 800
years before Christ, aud tnoy were fow and
novel thero, and had boon presented by those
Shepherd Kings who aro supposed. to have come
from Abyasnia, tho assumed native country Of
tho horse. aud in tho vicinity Of his pachyderma-
tous cousins, the zebra and tho quagga. As late
al the seyonth century, the Arabs lad 10 horses,
and Africa is tho only continent. excepting
Anlorica, whore tloro are wild horses
in profusion astray to-day; but tho
~ q ere fop a tue
littlo about horses and cavalry aB tho Greeks,
found them bostriddon by the natiye Britons.
And It is ono, md perhnph the prevailing theory,
TINT tho horse, indigenous to Africa, was brought
by tho wilder people north Of Grooce,-Thra-
claus, Maccdonians, and ThessatiauH; ani thatho
workod bis way up into Hungary in ti1no to he
ready for Mazoppa's ride, md was domosticatcdby
tho nisorably- ly-nounted Romnns. Cesar had tho
tact to mike these barbnrlan lovieB guard his
provinces, aud they mixed tho stock mud in.-
proved It in tlloir exchange Of campo. But, eyon
before this time, the Certhagenians. invading
Europe by why Of Spain, with 5000 Darha,
gave vitality to the stock already there;
and tho italian llorae, now rs then, is d poor
cob; while tho Greeks, who wera nlways racing
chariota, wero no hornemcn Mt all, aud Philip
and Alexander Of Maeedon rode over thom.
This is q profound subject FOR AIR. Frederick
Douglass to think about. Atricn in tho original
stamping ng-5ronnd Of the horse. Whenever you
200 O. horse, you Hoo an American citizen Of
African descent. porllapR the origlnnl romark
Of q Cursed be Cnnaan: u servant Of servants
sllal lie bo to bis BRETHREN WAS directed at tho
horse, mud not Mt tho negro. If this interprota-
ton caI bo matlo to Htnlld OIL four legs, it goca
far to establish the colored citizeug claim to u
mule.
INTERRUPTION.
Atthis point aln interrupted in this aovoro per-
formauce by All apparition. leau-loo;iue boy,
all wrapped around in blankctu, a.d rolling per-
sriratiou, like IN eggplant filled with dew, is
proceeding at a brisk, gaaplng trot mp and down
before my chair on tho lawn 0f Monmouth Park
AS llo runs, he switches hia shins with ruling
whip:
authorities Of Now Jersey. arc yon doing in that
locomotive steam box !? What nilu you? IIavo
ding?"
"No," says tho hoy, II hain't. TIM got to
ride next week at 95 pounds, aud I'm u sweating
down to it,"
Elbow much must you sweat OF 7"
Eleven pounds II
Whnt do you do it with Z"
Water, mud blankets, mud fasting"
And prayer 2"
"No." uaYB tho boy fpraycr bo--; but,
never mind, III take it out of the 'orse yot."
Thlnk Of tllia. young pcoplc. who hnve wnter-
melons end mint-lamb! 1an'tit pisifnl? Inn
whole city full llayll he had none. He went
away sorrowfully, for ho Ind groat posBessiona,
and must awout them down.
THE T1IoNoUnunnED WE TRACE TO.
Tho English horse owes his general dispersion
over tho Kingdom to Henry VII, who compelled
every Clergyman and mai, OF Office to EccD n
hof1n From Tint fGy IN ff,i1 ~, ,,;N
buy IL horse from mlothcr ono. Henry ostab-
lislted the ChoEtor racoR on the Bamo spot thoy
arc still run upon. When yon deeiro to romcnl-
bor this fact, think TINT RlclIard ILL.,, who was
Henry in a atage-0ght. Thoy played nil tho
eatno tue noxt night, however. Richard offered
hih Kingdom for horse tltee ti1nea, and failed
to be accommodated which caused Houry to
knep great manly horses OIL hand for elncrgen-
ces, This little now reaf9ing shows tho histori-
cal accuracy OF Shakespeare.
James T., who startcd.tho Newmarket racoa,
waA tho first to import all Arabian, named
hlarkha'n's Arabian" for which lie pad .e5oo
inggh9n' s1,!ecessiyoly imported throe stations,
" llolmsloy Turk" These uiallions viii, viii some a
horaes from the Lovant, imported hy Charles H.
and one groat horse. "American Eclipse" ,'vn was
of tho blood OF '' HomHley Turk" Tho work
vent on, aB l have said, until Quoen Annio'u
timo, nnd just nfter the close Of her rcign thcro
wore thirty foroign and nfty nativo ntallions
in their prime in England. About th;H tino tho
first racing calendar WIS published in Englnnd,
md tho stut-books Of Tint country nro as nccu-
rate as The PcoraGc-'ista. blootcd horse il not
eight pure crossos bact it iB clear derivation,
with Oriental blood on both sides up to known
paternity and dnm.
Tho first thoroughbred racing-lorao OF Amor
fca waa imported into Maryland, ,-"S Spark" tho
gift Of Lord Baltimore to uoy. Oglu from tho
Prince Of NYalos, about 1882. From this time
forward, tho Governors Of Maryland kept rac-
ing-studs as nidgly, Wright, Lloyd, and sprigg;
and Gov. Dowio maintained tile practice oven as-
ter tie Rebellion. Into tho Hamo Btato tho rcd
fox WIS introduced from England In 1850. From
17a2 to 1745, Washington waa q young turf-hunt-
or In both Bonscs he got . rich widow, and kept
tlne steoas: Iii 1750. Col. Taskor imported "So-
lima," straight from u GodolpAin Arabian" into
Maryland Tho Liyingatonca, of Now York;
the tic satocktons. Of New Jersey; the Alntons,
Carolina and tho IaylorA, Hoomoaea,
selaens, md Johnaons, Of Virginia. nlso i'm