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For the Fanners' Gazette.
Anniversary Oration by My. Wm. T.
Ellerbe, berore the Fee Dee Agricultural
Socie y, February 22d, 1840.
Mr. pRtsiDEXT & Gentlemen.
You have assembled to-day to coromem0
orate the first Anniversary ofyour Society,
?the objects of which, hive b-^n so fully
developed a: the three previous meetings
that I deem it uunecessary lo say anythins?
(briber, upon this occasion ; but will
V; proceed, at once to advert brh fly to a few
promanent subjects for your consid ration.
The scope of coun ry embraced by tinPee
Dee Agricultural Society include* every
variety of soil from the lightest upland to
the richest alluvial bottom, all and each of
whieh having peculiar distinguis'ing features,
requiring not only a different mode
of culture but a particular adaptation for a
beneficial product. Some of our lands arc
best sui?ed to Co'ton whilst grain would be
most profitable in oti ers. Deep ploughing
would perhaps be highly ben-ficiai with one
description, whilst with another it migh be
injurious. To be sure experience has
taught us something under (his head, hu
We need the aid of accurate scien rfic experiment
and without it we must be content to
grope our way in da< kne*s, with no prospect
of arriving at satisfactory results. No I
class of the community are so tenac< ous of'
long established cus om and habits as the
tillers of the soil, and this perhaps mny he h
salutary b irrier against wild and impracticable
llit ore s, but it is not less an obstacle
against useful tmprovemen's. ?'
I know that it-may be said and very justly
too that most of Hie works tha* h vn been
published upon the suhjee' of Agriculture
re not applicable to our condition, and
that we can learn but little from books {
which will bo extensively useful,?but we
have a resource in that science whor? re
suits are as eertain as mathematical de
BionsirwiDQ, sua are uppn^mn iw ,
soil and cfimc, and better than all, entirely
within the comprehension and use, of every
liberally educated Planter, I allude to Chemestry
as applied to Agriculture, If our
ancestors had b *'B gui led by the light
which the eminently useful brtrnchoPScience
could have shed upon their pursuits, the
present condition of the country would have
been widely different, what that difference
would have been I will pot undertake to say;
but this at loast will b" acknowledged that
in The making and application of manures
and the adaptation of par icular plants to the
soil best suited to their production, would
have advanced far be)ond the point which
the dear bought experience of many years,
has but so imperfectly tauglrt.
The great variety of soil which I have
before alluded to as embraced witlrn the
sphere of your operations, would have been
entirely wiUmd its control, and to be
changed at will as with the magicians wind.
I have as little re?p?ct for m< re book phot
ing, and those eternal experimenters that
re catching at every wild and impracticable
notion afloat, m?re!y because
it is new, as any one. But
when Science sheds her effulgent rays
upon our path, we cm be sure thai we are
on firm ground, and rmy then advance
with * firm step and cert lin prospect of attaining
lhe desired end. No great improvement
can be achieved in Agricul u/e
with the application of Chemistry particular
ly where the land* are worn as much as
our own; surely much more can be done
than has been even under present circum
stances. But wiih its powerful aid no obstacle
would be too great to surmount, and
improvement would be easy and rapi I.?
Amongst the most prominent defects in our
system of Agriculture, is that of planting
too much and manuring too little. We. have
carried this skinning m ?de of culture (as
it has been termed) to as great extent perhaps
as any other por ion of the State, and
have received the just and inevitable reward
which, ever follows so short sighted a poli&
cy. It wouM bo absurd to suppose that anv
Planter would be able to manure all the
land he cultivates with the usu >\ means wo
make use of fur that purpose; bu tV-re are
others beside arid within reach wnich we
have not availed ourselves of. I allude
more particularly to green crops to be
ploughed under before the maturity of their
seeds. The cheapness of land affords gre?t
facilities for this manner of manuring. I
feel confident when fully tested it will meet
with general approbation, especially upon
stiff and impermeable clays, There is
another defect and one not less prejudicial
|0 success, than thai just alluded to,?it is
the \rant of sys'cm in mana6crnuat. I am
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, w*H aware of ;he many diffieulries the Planter
would have to contend against in introducing
perfect order and regularity in every
department of his business?it is nevertheless
highly essential that it should be done,
but th:s can flot be accomplished unless the
Overseer is an intelligent and faithful man ;
much will dep'-rtd upon him under all circumstances.
How essential then is it to
the interest of she Planter, to raise the condition
of this most useful! class of the com-**
muniiy. It can alone be done bu by re.
warding the competontand fiithful with goo I
wages and entirely discarding the trifluig
and inefficient. Ii is a great error to corn>
mil to pref-r an Overseer l>*cause he can
be obtained cheap; a hundred or two
dollars, is n m tfW not to b? considered,
even With him w;?o_ has not innre than ten
hands?his qualifications should be the sol"
ecommend.it.on. A man may be of un'mpeacheablfi
integrity, and good deportment
yet be useless and inefficient as ?
manager. He mu?! combine other qualifi.
cations w.th these?firmness, precision and
energy; a quick apprehension and grea
industry, and vigilance. It requires such
qualifications, as these to make a good
manager und carry imo complete and suecessful
opf,ra ion the business of a well organ
ged phtita ion.
'' Toe custom of changing your Overseers
every year or two is a very pernicious one,
it w >ul<i be far t?etter ro retain them for a
term of years. Stability accompanied with n
fair remuneration, would bo one of the
strongest inducements, to fill the pr .fession
with enterprising and in'?lligent young men.
The inconvenience and risk of chting
every year makes the pursuit a forhtdmg
one, and it will never be otherwise u.tl* ss
we alter the terms und conditions pf ein.ployment.
It is to the merest of both parties?
he employer and overseer, that the
station should be permanent, and if this
was well understood at the beginning it
would be one of the most powerful incentives
to exertion. Ho would look upon
the plaVation as bis home and look up to
you as bis best fr end and adviser, and should
receive at, your h tnds that k'nduess and for
bearance w ich your fai.'hfuf and confi lential
agent would deserve. I have thus touched
upon this subject because I believe it to b
one of the grea est m ignitude, your success
in a greater or less degree must ultimately
depend upon this class of the com
inunitv. Toe first and most important
consideraiions then, are,?plant less ; mi
nure more; and establish sytrern and order
in the government of your plantations;?
uMih/vif it vnnr ff?fK?rt? at imnrovement will
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be perplexing and abortive. Tlie means of
manuring are sea:ttred around you in pto
fusion, order and system will not less de.
p*nd upon you tha i*your overeseer. Then*
is an other highly important consideration
which I will bwfly allude '0 as it materially
affects the profits of the Planter: it is to
produce upon the plantation as far as possible
that winch is needed to' bo consumed by
th ? plantation. T? at w? should combine
to a fe'-rt iin extent, what is usually term?h1
Fanning, with our planting, is not
alone practicable but highly neccessary.?There
is no animal more easily raised and
rapidly propagated than the Hog, under
proper management, and nothing but negligence
and a wretched economy can evr
force the planter to purchase a lb. of Pork.
It can be raised both cheap* r and af a better
quality than it can possibly be purchased of
the western drovers. There can be no
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D'MIfir lll'ltt* IU Hit: pi U3JJVI Iijr uu>?
manag-menl of a planter, ihan to know
where the hogs were raised that f d his
Negroes, It is not alone ruinous to the
individual himself, but bad policy as a gen-,
oral principle, and opperahs injuriously
upon the Slate at large, for it will t ike now
nearly a lb. of good cotton to purchase a
lb. of Pork, and what is the immediate con
sequence?it converts the western specula
tor?the I log drover into a cotton planter
to nearly ttie amount of Pork sold. This
perhaps at first may annear paradoxical 1
will illustrate it by a familiar example.?
You make a bargain with a neighbor to
furnish you with Pork for tlje n?*xt y? ac,
tins will enabk- you o lessen your corn crop
uud plant more co! on, and on tne other
hand he musi lessen his cotton crop and
plant more corn to ennWe him to comply
with his contract,?it makes no diff renoe
whether you pay him in cotton or money?
he is to all intent* and purnos- s, a cotton
producer to the amount of Pork sold you.
Too amount orcotton brought to the Ciie.
raw market uud- r this arrangement would
nei her be increased nor lessen-'d. But
with the w<*s ern drover the matter is widely
different. You make n section of country
produce coticn not congenial to its grow h
and consequently increase its production,
to the amount of pork purchased from him.
If the cotton could bo produced cheaper
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lUUU I'll- jjui t\ it \rauuuiy k uwuiva ww
even men b id policy in the extreme; and
under.?!l circumsjnuc?i in which b may be
viewed it is suicidal. In relation to mules
and horses this fact may not be true to the
same extent as it is wi lt Pork, but there
canqot be a doubt thai it is to our bes' interest
to raise as many as is practicable, you can
clothe your nagroes wait quite as much
economy as you can fond litem. The
material that you are aula to make would
no' alone be be ter but much cheaper than
any thing else could be that would approach
its qua'ity.
Wi n I say it is both practicable and
necessary to connect to some extent farming
will) planting, I mean to say that it should
extend no? further than it is subservient
to the uses of the plantation. For
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instance instead of those miserable half e
starved creatures, that would perplex the o
Zootomisi from th-ir'anatomy, to s?y to h
what class jif animals they belonged, and b
which pass currenrjundrr the aume of catfle? a
-it would bo far better to hare a very few of .
the oes? breed that could be procured, just c
so many- us could he conveniently kept in ?
good condition. They would be much more p
profitable, and would be a pleasure insead v
of a pain to look open them, it is to this tl
extent fttmiug should be conn cted wijh ?>
planting no more. - ^
The preseu quiet condition of our state t'
is odinirub'y propitious 'o inculea'e the it
patr otic und worthy or>jeo:a of your Socio* b
ty, a 'inv* more favourable hag uot presen- *
tad kg'if within the |.tgv twenty years T e ??
violence and d scord of purism* is bushed v
and peace and harmony now reign w ithin ?
her borderi. ?
Tlnrre appears too in the distance the H
dawn of a brighter, day Upon our *
cause. The interest so lately exciten ?
throughout the s'ate upon the subject, can- ?
not subside without benefioiJ results,and so t(
fivourable nfi oppor unity should not be
suffered to p iss without b^ing unproved, vi
We must be united and actuned by one *<
iinnuls!* as one man. and our crlnrious cause d
will soon command that influence and notice ei
' which its Vast importance so justly ent lie i s lu
to, and those who profess ro be your law- P
onk'-ra would not then dare to repeat the *
insult in refusing to grant a pit anee to w
a Ivance th^ great int"rest of lire sta e ; you >
who pay the taxes and whose skill and in C{
dustry is the only capital known in Sou h c<
Carolina, you are o h<? dented a mere m?> h
of that you co.-i rbut'-d \ourso!v<s, whils^ H
millions are sqi mdered upon ill managed it1
schemes that can novrr reiurn the hulf of *'
1**4? I interest upon the c.ipial invented < .It v
a moiety of I he zenl and eloquence which
have b"en so !ib"rally expend'-d upon other, p
subjects, had been <j?fVo'ed fo the cause o' ^
Agriculture, we wolud have not now b????n ^
under the hurnilia ing ne'-rssry of pledging E
the state to foreign Capi ;?li?'8. - ~ ^ *
Is is not a singular fner, that among the
many distinguished m*m which our State has
produced, not one hiss h#*.n conspicuous for 1,1
nis zealous advocacy of the grcause of
Agriculture? iheirpi;rio is?n.eloquence and
high intellectual endowments we never for a
moment questioned, for we all feel proud of
thern. But how this greit interest should
have been p isse' byw. b source n nonce,- ^
whilst other m ilt TS of far less importance,
have received tho most profound Mtt?*?i ion
is impossible to conjecture; it is to be hoped,
though that the day is not far dis'ant wheh o
the Planters homseives will awaken to a full u1
sens", not alone of tln*ir individual interact,- nr
(>ut to he honour and proapury of the Stale ft
at large. * V
One of the causes of the ktow advance h
ment of Agriculture in our State, may he l?
i raced to this fact,?thai mou, of the young it
men who have the advantages of a collegi- at
ate educa:ion, turn their attention to other p
pursuits,?some one of the learned profes- ct
sions as they are termed. So much profound V
1 Timing as it is presumed they hav?? acquired sl
must not be thrown away upon the barren: c'
and uninter -shng pursuit of honestly making *i
their bread, or becoming skilled in the man- in
ag* ment of the estate it is hoped they will si
inherit. Law or medicine he muRt study cl
without any reference to his capacity to he iti
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uisunguisiieu m auu wnai is uui >00
frequently the consequence, his young 1
hopes crumble to the grouftd, his bright til
visions of fame are closed in darkness.? 1c
Tne be-t en"niie?/)f his life ar* frittered d<
away, and all for what J To be an adept in p<
t e chi<anry and low cunning of the village n
lawyer on I tie no le?s douh ful feme of the tt
village qj.u'k. I do not allude to the talen- nr
ted hut indigent young man who is striving hi
with every nerve, to acquire a fair feme, o
and nn honest livelihood ?but that univer- it
sal propensity throughout the country to pi
resort to these professions rather than any o
other pursuir; and not unfivquendy among st
tiiose, who have sufficient means to begin e
as Agriculturists. And in the majority of g
cases those who would thus commence with g
a lirle, would in the end be the most skil* o
lul and sucCcs^'ul planters. How (lien is ti
his to bo rem. died ? By loping off some of w
the usi-less fl imnsery whioh is neither under, ti
s:ood nor reine-inhered if it was ar.d substi- it
tu ing >n t >e course of education something 11
n relation to the culture and production of a
the soil, which would be bo'h interesting 0
and ?useful ever after. For the hidden 11
secrutsof nature, and its tnisterinu* opera- u
'ions when once unlol led >o the view* im
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press ?? cnarin :it?t is no' easily ouuteraiea.
There is a peculiar adaptation in tho f?u- c
man mind for receiving these soft and t(
enchanting impressions, which is a source n
of unalloyed happiness under all tha ?
vicisi'U'lcs of life. > 11
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From the Franklin Farmer. b
We are glad to find that so much interest it
lias been oxei.ed on the subject of breeding ti
horses for purpose* of utility. It is a s
very important sul?j:*ct; and we ore t
sincerely gratified that the premiums i?
which we offend for essays upon it, n
have induced some of the most in- n
leiligent breeders in the United States to a
nivor th?* public with iheir opinions and ex- 1
perienco. We thought, at the time ti?e es- c
say of Mr. Williams and that of Judge t
U'-illy were published, ha. the subject- h
would be examine I by oth'rs. Tno follow, t
ing is from the pen of on intelligent and v
shrewd observer, and wi.rhal a glorious feL ti
low, whom, whenever we read his private epistles,
we can't help believing > a whole, ft
sould Kentuckiun. We should like, nlall *
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vi'Bts, to snow him our moles or^iarming,
ur stock of horses, asses, mules, cattle and
ogsj and particularly to show him our
lue-fcrass pas:urei and give I im a taste of
Kentucky barbecue.
W*? foresee, we think, that there is to
ome a centroverey on this subject of breed.
?g horses for'work. The opinions of our
resent correspondent will probably prooke
a reply from some of rhe advocates of
ie thorough bred*. We shall not engage
i the controversy, otherwise than to stimu.
Ue .he opposing parties to write the besi
?ey ean in favor of their respective ' opinio*,
and to sustain their opinions by the
t?t proofs they can brim? for warn. In fact,
te *ive not yet had sutSoient experienco
ii tneiijhjfjcf, to avow a permanent conunion.
As far as our opinions have been
>nn -d, rney are in favor only of a portion
f blood in.the farm horse. Wp know that
lis is also the opin on of many old luriner*;
nd we have heard bui few, if any. express
preference for the thorough breds for.
mik horr-s; and even if they were proveni
be tho bos', at their present prices they
ould not b<* generally us-d. What other
uriefy or br< ed of horse then, or how cross*
i or mixed, will beat answer our every
ay purposes, we I'm vp to be shown by oth.
rs. Wh have heard both the essays, uluied
to above, much commended ; but our
resent wriier discovers that they are ?'
artauea, ui some poin'?, with each other,
'uile he is himself to some ext?*nt, at va.
ificw with both. But all of them have
srtainly wriien well and their po forman>mj
u/.ll ha ? b I o.i Ii in i-rn-f nnrf nrofil. W*'
ope ha! those, ol whatevershadt ofopintoti
i regard to the kind of horse best sui ed for
etv r *1 us- ? who d? e<n the subject not yet
k'tfturted, will tayor our renders with their
ew? on this interesting subject.
W- b !i?*ve a large horse, in whole or in
irt a Clttuveland Bay, was brought to
[enoeky last year by som" gentlein in ol
ayette, wh'fh bad* been .imported from
Sughind by Mr. VVeddle of New York.?
rhup* those who brought bun he, e, woul't
e wdling to ftvor us with, a statement of
v? reasons which Jed them 10 anticipate an
nprorpiiient in the character of heir stock.
y introducing this new at a I Iron.
HEEDING MORSES FoR PURP03
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Buffalo, N. Y., Jan. 17, 1940.
ro the Editor of the Franklin Farmer:
1 have observed, with much pleasure,
jrpe recent articles in your excellent paper,
n the subject of *4Morses for agricu! ural
urposes1' ; but those mos. especiajly com
tending themselves to the attention of the
irmer, are the prizo essays by Messrs. I
iMiiamaand B'*atty and a mor* recent one
y Crofts." This subject is more peeu
arly appropriate in tliese iron times% when
is necessary to bring every thing to the
an lard of utility, and when it becomes
rudent people to r duce ail luxuries to
imfortsand all eomforato necassnrics.?1Mb
nt Amflrlnnm. hntvt'VPr.hrotKihi un in
Hi pervuding abundance, it is burd to dit.
ri(ninateb"iwHen . such as would be condered
luxuries in Europe, nnl necessaries
i this country; the first having become
> common h?*re as nor unfrequ??ni|y to be
lased with rhe latter, and probably among
tern h!1, hMre is no ii??m of such unl mited
ad extmvacant indulgence, ?s horse. JU?k.
'o become awate of the extent to which
lis Jhsi has been carried, we have but to
>ok at the vast sums that huve been expen.
^d within 'he last twenty vara in the imDrt
dion of bloods. ' Estimate tile immense
nmka* and ?A?t nf anAMihft nmtMila
UIIIU'vl UIIU VI Oj/VI
iroughout the country, then add the aL
lost incredible number of road add farm
arses, that bu: for the indulgence of their
wn- r's pride and fancy, (luxury,) might
luch better be annihilated entirely, or their
luces, when indispensable, supplied wi'ti
xen or mules that could perform the necestry
labor at balf-the com j and, in addition,
very young blood, must have bis crack
elding and every boy his poney, the agrebate
of which is an annual expenditure
f in.lliont hai might be saved, without par
cular inconvenience. But this taste always
has prevailed, and will probably connue
so to do io the end of t me, and if not'
male, has been so long indulged in, as to
lake it a useless undertaking io attempt
bolishing it We must, therefore, content
jrselves with the more reasonable and neraps
equally beneficial tusk of endeavoring
3 diiert the popular will.
Wia never required at all, horses may be
endered valuable to the full amount of their
ost, provided there is proper attention paid
i breeding exclusively lor utility. Ia the
naunerof doing this, however, your prize
ssays arc at total variance ; the firs' giving
nqaalmed preference to the "thoroughir?'d
for work"?the last asserting very
rondly, that "experience has sho*n( both
a England and in America, tnnt heises of
tie pure and unmixed blood, though very
aititble lor racing, are no: the host adapted
0 farming pnrpos'-s." With this last opinon,
I am fully disposed to coincide; .for
milling can be plainer, than that the fiery,
rrepression ardor, the quick and sudden,
ilinos; electrical motion, the indonii'aljion.
ike spirit and courage of the thoioug'i bred,
:on*t<;uie an excess or the qualities easeflial
o a more servile animal, Occasionally
1 tl orougti bred may be found, uniting all
he b' si horse attributes in such just and
veil balanced proportions, as :o enti'.Je him
o stand as a model of the prince of beasts.
-Such arc, however, exceptions that only
?rove the rule. .
The properties required for forming pur
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poses are very comprehensively stated in
Jurtg B any * essay a "good conshtulion,
gen leness and evenness of temper, docili
y, steadiness of movement, capacity to
endure ntpa ly and constant-labor, great:
muscular power, durability, hardiness ; easy
to be kepr in onter with moderate feeding;" i
| to which, if we add symmetry of form. fine
j action and appearance, sufficient spirit and
a quick pace , when called opoij for it?
wha' more is required, for the gentleman's
horse? Can these properties be united?
To a great extent we think they can. And
the advantage of adopting this principle j
would he gre it; for in breeding such a race,
all the progeny would be certain <o find a
ready and profitable sale, as tb? choicest in
form, spirit and character would conommd
higher prices for the "fancyyVwhife the
m d'Ocre would answer every purpose for i
the norstf of "all work." But how is this,
combiner ion to be obtained? Your first'
esSav. I Mr Williams') snvs, "import u bay |
Turk, ii bay B it b a CWvelatid Buy and a
Bay Dny ; your second (Jud^e Betty's)
though recommending a jirlrci'ous selection
ol domestic animal* a* br?ieders, yet clearly
prefers, as conferring "incalculable benefits
on the agriculturists of the coUnrv, the importation
of several piir of tne Black Carthorse,
ihe Suffolk Punch and the Cleave,
laud B >y to commence a stock with." But
the best English au liorties say, **tiie true
| Suffolk, like the Cleaveland, is now pearly
| extinct," and of the heavy blacK horse, ad Is,
j "these are adapted mor for .show und pa|
rude, and to grat fv lhe umbi ion one has
j to outvie his neighbor, than for-ativ peculiar
, utility." VVlnle Crofts,' quo ing the redoubtable
N inro l, certainly a great au 1
ifiontv, says we must go ?o France for the
.Mignt carl horse and the black-roan stall.
oris." ;
W th entire concurrence in the b-Iief as
to tlip ultimate suck's at judicious xperi
inents in crossing with the fujftngn breeds,
"I h ll hntk tltyt-l'if* object of producing the
most useful and valuctbfr animal would re.
qure more outlay of cajnial. time ohservalion
and experience, than American breeders
have to devote to U \ and at any rate,
could not be ob ai "d. except through several
generations. England was at nn incredible
expense, and from the time of
Athelsfane to (ieorge I. a (wriod of more
th iri eight center es* before obtaining a good
rac *r ; and Bikewell, in our day, to improve
the snort lived sheep* took a wltolo
long life and spent thousand* of pounds.?
What tlipn ib tn t?e done? Whv the mos:
obvious tin g in the world?just lay aside
. the telescopes and spy glasses that have
been used to look arrows the Atlantic, and
pu' on the r?ld spectacles nod examine ?he
sto<*k ofihe Northern members of the fam Iy
compact, and see ifthev have anything indig'-nousto
he soil and clitna e ulap ed to
the present subject.
Though they have not said, or written, or
sported so much on the subject of horses
as their u>untry-m''n south of M?son and
Dixon's I ne, yet, the Yankees, with all
their notions and indefatigable zeal, have not
been altogether idle or uaeuterprwnein flits
matter. It *s vastly to be regretted, however,
that they huve not adopted some regular,
scientific and smained system of breeding,
for the want of which some of their
best and most useful bloolg, over imported,
ll'ivo become measurably extinct by irtfu*
ion into the general mass? and though fhts
I mass has thereby. been greatly improved,
1 yet from the tv-glect to porfie uate the con
rentrnted essence ofthiq experiment, it must
t* sought for, if at all, w lit some modifiestions.
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|* I cannot spoak certain'y of any distinctly
characterised race as existing :there new,
al'hough there is no portion of the Union
where better roadsters, and the every day
farm horse afe found in greater proportions
I A race existed, a few years smce, in Vermont,
called the "Morgan horse,' valuable,
enduring, active, and evefy way fitted for
hard firm or road service, and of good ac.
tiori and reasonable size and appearunre.?
Rut .it is now, unfortunately, almost extinct.
It was made by a cross of the stout tho-rough-bred
on the hardy Canadian trotting
mare, and this proJuceda stallion on the
"na'ive Vermonters. These horses have
b-en repeatedly tried at the South- and
W"st- by marl eon ractors as stagers, and it
was found that they would go much faster,
.ive g harder pull, and endure twice as
long. On the road and in service, as the
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there. A mnmoraWe instance of this kind
took place on the road between Baltimore
and Washington. About ten years since,
u new line of stnges^sfarting wnh Vermont
horses in opposition to the old line wjth the
Ion*-backed, leggy, cow-h?re!ed, Pennsylvaman,
reduced the time between the two
places, one hnlf.
New York, probably, combines a great,
er excellency itf practical blood, than any
Stale in 'he Unam. Sue has had her Du.
roc, her Mt'njhrino, her Messenger and
Eclipse, and lastly, herB II founder a'pure
blooded* imported trolter, of gp*at and do.
served celebrity as a stock horse, having
been used for the last twelve years on Long
Island and the Hudson river countries.?
From a combination of these, she annually
! pre luces a la rge stock of serviceable animals,
unsurpassed and unsurpassable. Many of
them s II, as soon as fitted'for market, for
$ ^00 to #500 tor actual s-rvice, while some
of the fancy and fast goers* bring from one
to three thousand dollars. Tom Thumb
was a New York horse, a mixture of blood
and dung-hill, so far as I could learn ; and
after beating every thing known in this
country, in the trotting line, uas shipped to
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Englnnd for a high price and there woo
with ease against the _ best horses that could
be produced. But his beat time, when in
America, cannot compare with what a crock
.trolter will-how do. To trot a mile witbfa
2m. 35s. to 2m. 45s. is not eofisidered extra,
ordinary in New York and Philadelphia.?
Dutchman, in his great cnafthi?f tfaflrf*
mtlee against time, last season, carryjpg
145 lbs. weight, did-the first mils tA im.'
34s. the second ih 2m. 284*, and the
third in 2m. 30s.| making three miles'in
7m. 32s. Now this is a speed, taktag into
cons:deration the difference of wei^tis, ah
most equal to good racing.
Long Island weights, for nged geldirtgs,
is 123 lbs. Dutchman carried twenty twe
pounds over this. Seven popnd is con.
stdored equal to a (Fstance of 240 yards.?
Now allowing for this, and considering that
he would average the above speed for foflff
miles, (which it is confidently thought he
can do,) the performance would require hot
9m 2s. f believe a race of four milna.
done in eight minutes, is considered pretty
fair time the world over. In the way of
trotters and roadsters, the Bellfotwders
seem to bd carrying away the palm just
now, uniting as (hey do, the best English
and American racing and trotting blood;
end when bred on to good, hardy, common
niarea, produou at once, a substantial, fine
appearing, serviceable animal. I wilt here
give you the description of one that bee
been standing at Buffalo for the last, three
years, that you may see how near this style
of horge would, on large, heavy marts, raee; # ?
the ideas of your stock breeders.
Bellfoiinder was bred by T. T. K ssam,
Esq., on Long Island, Now York, gnd wee
got by the imported Bel)founder, the celebrated
Norfolk trotter, that went nine mflea *
in Ns than thirty minutes, and kis owner
then challenged to trot seventeen and a half
miles within an hour, which -was not accepted.
His grand dam was,Velocity, by
Hap Hazzard, by Sir Ptfer out of Bliss
Henry by English Eclipse?all racers of
the first repute. Lady Alport was get by.
Memhrino, l?e toimported Messenger, dam
by Tippoo Sam, drc. <kc. Velocii) tro'ted
28 miles in one hour and 47 minutes* The
present Beilfbunder was foaled in JpiB?
1830. and when five years old trotted purer
the Hurlaem course, N. Y., a fraction ifeort
of a mile, in 2m. 4&. He was hut par.
tially trained, and of such spirit as" it was
difficult to curb to a trot. A stallion on
this gate is never considered as manageable
as if made a gelding. It is, however, under
all arcumsionces, > good aphud, anil , .
indicates great capabilities for his stock.?
Bellfounder's colour is a dark, darted bay,
a small star to the forefiqad, one white foot
black legs, mane and tail. Re i| sixteen
hands high, neat head, fine arched neck,
short strong back, with deep dies*, long un.
der the belly and powerful, .well developed
8 ifle, legs moderate as to length, joints
strong, compact and well knit, smooth fiat
legs, with a pastern sufficiently elastic, but
shorter and stronger than that pf the racer.
Bis weight, in ordinary <0esh, 1300 lbs.,
and it is confidently believed that he possesses
all tho requisites for service, so well
enumerated by Judge Bcatty. 1 would especially
commend his docility of tamper, for
lie is ns playful and obedient to 3* proper *
groom, even when in season, as, a well,
trained puppy. While standing here, he
has been put to mares of every variety 5$
color, from white up tojet bl uk, and still
every colt yet dropped has been of a beuU- J*,""
tifuf ulood bay and very much after the.call %
of the horse. This is an important coo
wS.lnpall/in C\?* tKnan ivlni nnnfpmnl.to KriMilf.
V?SVtW| %M IUI MVWV ?*UV k?? vw^i iiig
matches. _ >
BelUbundcr is now at Cleaveland, Ohio,
wh?*re it has bwn -contemplated to let bim ^
s and the coming season. - No definite ar. "
rnngemant, however, has yet beeo made
regarding him, I would respectfully call
die attention of your spirited breeders to
this most useful and excellent horse.- ' He
has cohered but RmXedli/ every season
since ho was fire years old, and is now-in
admirable vigor nod constitution; In addition
to his fast trotting, he is a great waiter
?five miles an hour being very easy for
him, and hid groom asserts that he one*,
walled six miles within this timeaad would^
engage any day to walic bins six mites fa
one hour and ten minutes. For any furtber
particulare regarding him, please to address
tits owner, Mr. Samnel Allen, at Clrdevifiet
Ohio.
Good trotting horses are coming more
and more into repute, not only at home but
abroad, and could our great stock growing
States be better employed now in these hard
times, than in growing well matched, ^aer.
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ore in great demand and ever wilt be in the
Atlantic towns and cities, and good matches
there always command a high prioe end >
sell readily; $400 to $1000 a pair is not
at ail uncommon. Russia is at present, paying
great nttcntioe to this department of
stock ; tro'ters there, of a first rate repute, A
bring an immense high price and are bred
not only for the road, but as an efficient
arm of cavalry service. I have repeatedly
seen about twenty thousand imperial horse
guards, (probably as splendid a military
show as the world can make,) under service
and many of their evolutions, I noticed,
'were in a fast trot; and one of the
pastimes of the Emperor Nicholas and the
oobility and gentlemen of Russia, the winter
1 spent at St. Petetebarg, was to attend the .. jg*
trotting matches on -the frozen surface of
the river $eve.
t Your obvdiunt servant,
A. B* ALLEN,
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