The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1874-02-28

Iur luI UNu uNll'I IUIU WY WV
H.un Thcy wcln NJ good form aud
condition. und showed clearly that
they wore acquainted With business.
How often wc Rro disappointed
in oar expectation Ms to the appear
ancc NJ m,n who are really great.
The Same haze Ollon found true
~ to horses,
"Whal green colt Il that7' ! ex.
clnimcd, The frat time that | saw
Dcytcr brought upon the track l
soon knew who he was, for he made
2;2l on II heavy track, Russia, like
America, believes in trOtting horses
to the practical gait, and they carry
away the highest premiums for
trotting.
krassa is most beautiful blood
bay with black name and tail Of full
long growth. She is about sixteen
hands high, ifanything II little less,
with n solid, full, round body, and,
for trotting horse, is hog fat rs
one American expressed it. She
has full, rounded forehead and Is
quite wide between her large and
Intelligent eyes. She is blessed
with an unusual endowment OF
good horse sensc,' which is quite
evident from her appearance and
department, She is very gentle and
kind, and yet with high and wor-
thy ambition of being the first on the
record in her profession. And be It
spoken to her praise that she is
str city honest; never wishing to
win Il prize by amy break, trick, or
dodge, and if amy such thing takes
place the error will he with her
driver. How | love horse for
whom one must neither buy whips
nor cruel bits or snaffics ; and sucl,
one is Krassa, for whom it is on y
necessary to buy reins. Compare
her if you please with Seriensny
her rival and colleague who stands
on the other side oflhe passage way
He is tall, has long legs and decr
body; not so thick through, i. has
smaller waist He holds his head
aloft on his high arching neck as il
to make himself conspicuous. Hl
moves his small neat ears rs if tc
attract your attention, but on com
parison they are not quite so beau
tiful az arc Krassa $. He turns his
head and looks at the bystanders
and rolls upon them his eyes, us il
to say "Gentlemen, don't forget tC
admire my organs of vision )" and
reply to his glances: ~ our eyes are
not at all bad, my boy, but still they
express more of passion, and less OF
kindness than do those Of Krassa.
True it is that Seriensny is a bean
tiful and spirited horse whom the
majority of mankind might at first
blush consider the finest specimen
OF horse flesh, for horses, like per,
sons, are often judged by the appear
ance they make, rather than by
what they are, or can do. But
Krassa is one of those modest horses
who are always surprising us by the
latent power, which, by an uneX-
pccted effort they make apparent.
1t would be quite natural to expect
that the strides which Scriensny
could make with his long legs
would win for him the race, but he
spends too much force in springing
upwards rather than forwards,
while Krassa hugs the earth, as it
were, and win the highest and most
valuable prize for trotting two and
three. quarter miles at the rate of
TWO minutes and thirty. one seconds
per mile. Scriensny won the third
prize Taking into consideration
their ages, the latter being only five
years and Krassa only seven years
old, they are remarkably good
horses, and if they had the proper
care and training until 1876 they
might record better time than has
yet been made by any American
trotter, and, in fact, might carry
away from us the palm at the
worlds exposition in our own
country. | am glad that l took
time to carefully examine the horses
brought TO the Welt Ausstcllung,
for if the Arabian steeds failed to
equal my expectations, yet there
were many very fine horses among
the five hundred here assembled,
and | could compare the best horses
of the different countries with each
other. More than this, it was here
that / had the pleasure of making
the acquaintance of the finest repre-
scntatioD, and, at the same time the
nearest my ideal of perfection in
horses-Krassa from Russia.