The New York herald., 1922-02-19
Horse Show Dates
for Coming Season

L Morristoun, \. J......- September 2l-s3
| Bryn Mawr. Pa. September 27-30
Brockton, Mass ............. October SO
I Locust Valley, L. 1. ....... October 81
New York CNationaO November 1918 !!
1885, said of the other horse; after
breakfast 1 went with Shaw to see
his [Washingtonsl famous race horse,
Magnolia; a most beautiful creature"
Magnolia is registered in all the stud
books as the son of Lindsay's Arabian
horse, Ranger. and a mare by Gov.
Sharpe's Othello out of daughter of
Mortons imported Traveller and Gov.
Tasker's imported Selma. Wallace
says he stood at Mount Vernon in 1885.
If his pedigree is correctly given Gen.
! Washington owned one of the best
bred racehorses of the day.
Judging from the way in which
| Farmer Washington singled out events
of seemingly little Importance, but con-
nected with horses, TO set down in his
| Inca day diary, he must have taken q
/ keen interest in them and in breeding
them. The outstanding occurrences of
| Saturday May 10, 1760 are. for
| example, thus recorded: Arrived at
home about 10 o'clock where 1 found
my brother John and was told my
great chestnut foalded a horse colt on
the 9Th inst" And on the following day
these were the noteworthy occurrences
Mrs. Washington went to church. My
black pacing mare was twice coverd." :"
Subsequent entries about this time
chronicle the mating of numerous mares
sent to Mount Vernon by George
| William Fairfax, Captain Daniel Nc
Carty, Captain Dalton and other neigh
bors.
| The many sided horseman of Mount
| Vernon not only bred racehorses and, 1t
would seem, PAGERS, but draft horses
| and mules. His mules, in fact, were said
to be the best in the country as they
were also among the first seen in Vir-
ginia The Knight of Malta, a Maltese
jack sent to him from France by Gen.
| Lafayette after the war. was the first Of
the breed in the United States. He lived
to great age, and from his stock the
middle and Southern States are said to
have obtained their earliest jacks. Gen.
Washington crossed the Knight with
jennet of the Spanish breed sent to him
by the King of Spain and reared
favorite jack he called Compound, that
left its mark on the stock of mules
throughout Virginia, Maryland and the
Carolinas.
Perhaps nothing better discloses the
all round horsemanship of Washington
than an order he sent 10 his London
agents, Robert Cary & Co., in 1868, for a
new carriage or chariot. His knowledge
of pleasure vehicles and appointments
might have qualified him to judge at a
Colonial horse show. Here is the inter-
esting letter:
my old chariot having run it's race
and gone through as many stages as /
could conveniently make it travel it is
now rendered incapable of any further
service. The intent of the letter, there
fore, is to desire you will bespeak me
new one. time enough to come out with
the goods (I shall hereafter order) by
Capt. Johnston or some other ship.
"As these are kind OF articles that
last with care against number of years.
would willingly have the chariot you
may now send me made in the newest
taste, handsome, genteel and light, yet
not slight and consequently unservice-
able; to be made of the best seasoned
wood and by a celebrated workman.
The last importation which have seen,
besides the customary steel springs.
have others that play in brass barrel
and contribute at one and the same time
to the ease and ornament of the car
would be my choice and green being a
color little apt. as I apprehend. TO fade,
and grateful to the eye. j would give
it the preference unless any other color
more in vogue and equally lasting is en-
titled to precedency. In that case ]
will be governed by fashion. A light
gliding on the moulding (that is, round
the panels) and any other ornaments
that may not have heavy and tawdry
look ttogetber with my arms agreeable
to the impression here sent) might be
added by way of decoration. 4 lining
of a handsome, lively colored leather of
good quality ! should prefer such as
green, blue or &C., as may best suit the
color Of the outside. Let the box that
slips under the seat be as large as 1t
CO o1veniently can be made (for the bene-
fit Of storage upon a Journey and to
have a pole (not shafts) for the wheel
horses to draw by; together with a
handsome set OF harness for four middle
sized horses, ordered in such manner
as to suit either two postillions (without
box) or a box and postillion. The
box may be made to fit on and take off
occasionally, with hammel cloth. &C..
suitable to the lining. On the harness
let my crest be engraved.
Would Buy at Second Hand.
''If such a chariot as have here de-
scribed could be got at second hand.
little or nothing the worse for wear. but
at the same time a good deal under the
first cost of new one tand sometimes,
though perhaps rarely, il happens so). II
would be very desirable. but If i am
obliged to go near to the original first
cost ] would even have one made. and
have been thus particular in hopes OF
getting a handsome chariot through
your direction. good taste and manage
ment-not of copper, however. FOR these
do not stand the powerful heat Of our
sun"
The chariot sent to fill this particular
order was specially built by Christopher
Heovcs and cost f103. What Washing
ton thought of It after using II a year
and q half was expressed in letter TO
his agents dated August, 1870. "The
chariot which I begged might be made
OF we'll seasoned materials and by
master workman instead of which IL
is made OF wood so exceedingly grien
that the panels slipped out of the mould
ings before II was two months in use.
sat.tf& "a. 4