The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-09-02

othpr morse should not have recelss.I -, =,
os.,,a, sTIseassfsa speed {,
himself. or without its being KNOWN " w, ~.
indpes That his produce were nroausse.s al
I'D ~ M horse were on exhibition " W.
fhe requirement.. then. by RUE oi .no Su.,
isty no nremIurn should have been a"alu sta
Now: Messrs. Editors, / am mysell an ,. o,o
forv Virrinian. but feel that we mus heep
nm with the times, and must recoil.sI Ia
many innovations upon us are now, "u.. W.
far hetter or worse. decided fixtures. ~
were one of q committee in connect'on WI
4be gentlemen who made The ABOVE u~a .is;
and we were appointed to vie" Tue sa.o
nnrco1s fowls, aud bestow the proper pr ,'-
mi,,ns. should expect to be voted uo"a ~, w
them If some fellow had only stucA lu.o
every COOP of chickens On Old virginia eaue
cock. for they would individually give LUG
came cock the premium, whether ne up
neaIed in com pany with Cochins, Light bran.
mas. or Silver.Spanglcd Polands, or "na'
mi, NV sunpaihies would he Win tnen'
and would that the days with all their con-
non,itants had never passed when nosses
and chickens were divided into two classes
game and scrub and if not Inc Dtst' 'ueu
no, orth talking about. "Aut Cesar, du:
nvI Nhut we must bend TO the logic OF
facts. I'm diffar.
ont Ienartmenfs 10 be viewed for premiums
"a yearlipgs. two-year olds, three year oius'
G., and I Watched closely, and did not see
the Judges. bY personal inspection, maze Tue
SIirbte,f attempt at testing the ages OF the
coils. Now here again the old fogy Vlrglnllh
- at fanlt. In the pamy days OF the Com
monwealth. if gentleman were TO eAnlolt
his coli "a n two.T ear-old, and being remark
ahlv fise and well developed, some foreign
hvstander. ignorant OF the customs OIL the
conntry. we're TO step up and ak, "SlT, Is
nor roi,r g )lt three years old 7" be Would
do 50 at the risk of bloody nose. Old logy
Virrinian would take it as an Insui, ana
wonId resent it accordingly. Nor could II
he eyolained away by the interrogation
SAYING he thought that perhaps be did mol
know his colts age. Old fogy VirgiDlan
wond mos, probably reply, "D-n you, sir,
7 omobt to kuow.' But, MesSrs. Editors,
tmas have chlnged little (and no new
th;nn under the SUM-. We have c5apSed
with them and it is rot impossible that IN
these davsa thre -yearold colt might stray
IN o,non1 the two.y ear-olds, and receive an
nndeserycd premium for. all else being
cnuaI superior size and development Wou'o
t,rn the scale ia favor of the impostor.
Further: Messrs. Editors, | have seen
q yards made that seemed to be toregone con:
illusions before stock or judges had entered
the ring. and on one occasion, Wher lhlnh
thi, STYLE of award would apply, marc was
"a varded premium as a brood-mare that
,n;rnb,le dictu had never had colt! The
iudgts should 60 into the ring not Knowing
if possible, who are the owners or eXnlol-
tors. or. if compelled in reading the entries
TO see their pamcs, should endeaVor 10 lay
all such knowledge aside. Certainly the
vicious practice of allowing owners-ini
HIGHER and more influential the more allow
ance-to be present at the awards, putting
in word here and there, and even being
questioned with questions of Leading CHAR
|ac;er-that is, questions that, according &c
the emphasis OF the answer, may nave one
effect or another, should be severely dIscon
t,nued There is the stock-hcrc are Inc
iudges: this ought to be enough.
/ A great deal more might be SAID on Ids
subject, but l fear, Ne>srS. Editors, you
vii be impatcat of your space. Su1hce IL &c
say that tie general tenor OF this article Is &c
teach that the judges of awards ought not tc
accent the position If they are not WillluS
in addition to keeping guard over them
selves in order TO preserve Their INTEGRITY
from the least tarniSn, also TO Inform them
selves upon tie subject matter as fully as INT
best man in the land.
In the matter OF horses thc present SUB
li-cD Mdsons Fdrrier and the append1A
thereto must be supplemented 10y the read
inr of the current horse-l,terature OF the day
The Judges ought to know what "lold
ster' means, and they ought to kno" ina
there is more than one Iumily OF trottine
horses or roadsters Il racc-horse IS emphati
cally not roadster), and should not allow INT
loud assertions of the owner OF any partlcu
lar horse, or any particular family OF horses
TO have the least effect upon their Judgment
7, + the Judges decide ,rh0t as The n,ednm!
OF that " ord BEST" used so much IN th'
verbal of the Agricultural Society pro
gramme; and hoD, for instance, shall theI
decide at the next Fair upon the BEST three
y,ar.oiu fly or colt in the roadster quick
daught class, and in like manner upon TIT
"besL" of all the other classes.
trust this article may be deemed worth.
of the notice aud consideration OF our Wor
thv President of the Virginia State Agrlcul
tural Society. 1t is only hint, upon which
he can amplify dd intie,tunl. The writer lia
been an exhibitor in Il small way, but hardy
expects 10 be agaiD. He claims, however
to lie Il Nlrglnian from the ground up ant
homes TO see the next Fair managed i'll
manner above rcproach, both in InteDtioI
ard &C ual accomplishment. ,.