Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-10-15

mlttecs would Be sufnelent 70 examine A.
the horse stock offered On exhibition. Lei
thess two committees he composed Of met
living OBtsiie Of New Eagland States o.
high standing Aad character, absolutely
above the suspicion Of partialiiy. Lei
them be paid. If need be. for their serV'
ices at the fair. Above all. LET them be
men that will actually snaHliHs the horses
.exhibiled. not merely look At them.
have yet to see a single eOnniiiee mar
at the recent New England Fair eTaMiE,
a single horse or cit exhibited. | was
personally present at the exhibition Of
most Of the several classes. and never
saw a committee man put his hand to a
limb, examine hOof, feel n joint, or look
into the mouth Of horse or colt being
exhibited. No words can place a stronger
condemnation on the management Of q
society than this simple fact. "What is
the use. breeder may, in truth say.
" to exhibit my stock before a comsittoC
who don't know enough or havnt time
enough to examine it ?"
Another change in the management,
especially of the Nav England Society, is
to giving of purses to be trotted for by
the professionals. For enc. | hold that
no purses should be given, and no trOiting
by professionals allowed. TrOtting We
must have and should have. The ability
to 90 fast is one Of the chicfcst exeellence'
of horse. The Creator designed then
for speed, and speed he is sure to have il
properly bred. There are times wher
the necessities OF social and business life
require rapid loeomotion, and nothing eau
meet these necessities so well as a fast,
well-brcd horse. 1t is astonishing what
a love some people about this time seem
to have for SOW horses, and what a terri.
bic fright they are in lest our commuui.
ties should 60 to the bad behind fast ones.
| would like to buy their horses for these
very conservative gentlemen.
know an animal up in Connecticut,
that would like to purchase for a certain
editor. And then would like to stand
behind the corner of some house on the
Brighton road and SEQ him try TO get that
horse along. 1t would please me more
than to heap Goals of Gre on his head. 1t
would be a safe horse fer 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. If
he had good luck, and the horse fe,t live.
ly, 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 it 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 a
cent for his reputation as miId-spokoi
man. A lazy horse will start more irrcg.
ular thoughts in mans mind than any
other animal 1 know.
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 hath given them, and
hence that trotting and running at the
top of their speed at our annual fairs are
german to the exhibition of them, still
do not believe in offering purses to be
trotted for by outside horses, in no other
respect connected with the exhibition.
Trotting there should be but the trotting
should be done only by horses entered for
the regular premiums Of the society, and
only as part of the legitimate exhibit
ton Of their comparative excellences.
This would exclude the professionals from
our agricultural fairs, where they do not
belong, to their own courses and compa-
ny, where they do belongs and. in addi-
ton to other advantages, would prevent
them from monopolizing large portion of
valuable time which in right belongs to
the bona fde exhibitors of stock.
The true position to take, then, as |
understand the matter, is: Q) Recon-
stract the committees properly. (2) Dan
ish all professional trottiag for purses. 10y
Let tho exhibition for speed be demanded
# all horses that contend for the highest
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 tie breeders and exhibitors of New
England touching this matter
BURGLARY IN MoNrGoMEnY.-The house
Of Mr.. j. Jarvis in Msntgo merry Village