The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-03-10
v.-~,,,,. /. "A ,he Race Horse.

Uurhe,ss letter "Csrries us back 10 we
vIryinn,.v A,as. "virginiaus" are get
| ing scarce. aud II does one OF the surviving
old too,' = heart good to read such 'e.ter.
evro no ofteucr than once In hwnured
moons or more. Yea, verify, nv the ume
that old Jub. f., DR.. Bigby, and ABOUT
dozen O, hers are gone, II wiz have become
a common s,atter for some Of the modern
| things born upon the soil OF the OLD Com'
mouwes,,hao not only not avow the iac''
K but to conceal II. .. vi.
Eyeuts have improved the o'u.,ihe VII.
ciuiap sut Of dcmaId. II those o'a cnaps
who. a. leaders, f5urisscd wheh oar Due.
tom or. "bar Planet" was coh'nou
phrasc attached TO racing proposi',on-' nsve
ro, rooG sense. they viii lie still In their
hole. and dream on forever OF their shadowy
pasi. ,,,,
They would DE Of no more use to them.
se,.es IN this croppcd-head and bob-tailed
age than a cast-iron crocodile at stceple-
chase. or preacher OF the old reliable
sI.o,,d U.F" brand would IN modern
Gil, edge pupit. But what about the
% horse? Wet, anybody can write or
talk on the horse subject. True, IL the
,ypes used in printing all the absurd nom
4 sense. ali the conflicting teachings ana as
toundingly .rcke,y theories that nave aP,,
4 pearcd In connection with breeding ana
other matters in re boise-if these types
4 were cast Into bullets. they would prooao'y
suffice 10 KIN all the applicants for once
unier the expectant administration. IL
might he a case OF nip and tuck, however.
But no matter: still they write, aBdnew ones,
each really k7,otc,ng less than MS predeces.
sor. continually come forward ana augment
the already ponderous pile OF horse 'itefa-
ture. ,, /,
1 Judge Hughes's letter will no doubt De
| the subject OF much criticism, ana Inc eui-
tor Of the 1srf. tjeId, and Fdrns invites 10
4 the attack by inaugurating II Dimsen: ne
calls the letter aggressive" term that IL
strikes the writer that The arucie haruiy
merits.
The truth Is. it would appear, in the face
Of the facts that the Judge might have pro-
duced. that his moderate style seems to have
been inspired by n magnanmous sentiment
and for fear Of hurting somebody ei,e'>
feelings, in that he might have sud so much
more Than he did say when recalling tue
PAST HORSE GLORIEs
of the past Virginia.
Now, Judge, you VIII be cOmpelcu 10
\ write another, and let US have what you
have evidently saved up. The writer OF
4 THIS article HIS UO slbr1lC hOPN VI '''N
| or turf.register at hand, add Is, besides.
compelled to force his mind into other chan
neIs two children at his elbow, with the
measIes. crying), and hence fears to write
from memory OF names and pedlSrees, as a
mere slim in a single matter Of fact would
| bp sure TO be made point OF by an oppO-
nent in an unfair manner. the said oppo'
nent having his records all before him.
The editor OF the ImJ "smiles" at his
man OF straw that he makes up OF dis
torted view OF Judge Hughe,'s meaning.
| Bv parentbesiS, what an unchiydIic act 1t
| il for an editor TO fight an Out>Ider-about
MS brave as il would be for a man stand
mo with A match at the brcech OF iield-
Gun filed with canister to dare a lame boy
with a sinole-barrcled pistol aud fifty yards
off 10 ..come on! Worse than this the
editor does for he puts his " answer" on
| his first page, shoots the boy before he gets
up with his pistol, and prt8ccupies The
mind OF the reader, and many readers, after
swallowing the EDITORS comments, never
read the article alluded to at all, or, if so,
thinking the editor Is both fair and well-ln-
formed, he reads ii only to condemn it
II | was not afraid. however. ! would
say that the editorial OF the Turf seems TO
have been written in an unSuarded mo-
ment, and the editor should have known
better than to gravely give himself TO the
eXpIessed paradox that "f0rcing" any
thing can produce "stamina." The thing,
PURE AND SIMPLE,
cannot he proved OF horses, or anythin"
else: nor, indeed, will starving produce
stamina; but of the two extremes, II one
must need be used, partial starving Will
come nearer TO success than continued
gorging and coaXing the animal TO eat.
Stall.feeding aud rich grasses will make
beef and pork. and will make two.year-Old
colt l6s hands high and weigh 1900, and he
will run one race or probably two N three
quarters or one mile very fast, but unless
he has an extra share OF the blood you don't
hear from him much again, and As to four
mile heat race OF four heats ! Come now,
Mr. Editor. We see you turn aside and
smile again, and you seem little inclined
to change the venue to something "soit."
In the Turf editorial on Judge Hughes Is
paraGed full display Of the Kentucky Grcd
horses that have been distinguished on the
| turf, and truly, while the list has been eX-
tended in quantity at the expense somewhat
of quality, II yet contains Tue names OF many
grand horses.
But is not this a sword that cuts going
little of the bark eff his ears when he draws
back to smite the Judge, to cleave him, q, i
were. down the middle: The editor begins
his list with Lexington. and then follows
IN Che shining ones OF the lisO with the
sons and grandsons OF The same horse.
Wen. Judge Hughes will know what use TO
make OF this list. II they 60 on dilulng the
| blood OF Lexington with water, it may not
| ho lopU hpfOrp 6l.lps o..
Specially it will become necessary 10 import
| into Kentucky another Williamson colt,
| by Timoleon, dam Robin Browns dam.
own sister 10 TuckahOe, by BilPs FlOrizel."
Alice Cdrneal, by imp. Sarpedon, was
foaled, / believe, and raised in Kentucky,
but she produced
ONLY ONE LEXINGTON,
and Virginia produced that most wonderful
animal that sired Lexington, Bul Boston
was not only foaled and reared in Virginia,
but 80 was his sire and dam, and grandam.
So was Sir Archy. bis graDdsife, the sire Of
f'imoleon So that Boston, although, OF
course. going back in blood 10 the Arabs
through Diomed, &c, might be called
Virginia horse, if there ever was Virginia
horse.
Ii the editor will eliminate from his kst-
write without books, except paper With
a little OF Boston in 1t, but | risk 1.-THE
horses closely rellted 10 lexington, the ION
Of Boston, and to the other Virginia horses.
Revenue and Planet, / don't believe that an
amalgamation OF the performances OF any
ten, perhaps twenty, OF the rest, forced up
as the horses were by AL that wealth and
ere could procure as measures 10 success,
probably the united performances Of no
twenty. l say, OF the lot thus culled would
equal in their aggreg ted achievements The
record Of this truly wonderful animal just