78 THE TIM BUNKER PAPERS. 



The grand object of the fair was lost sight of, and I don t 

 suppose one person in ten took any notice of the fruit and 

 vegetables that were on exhibition. They did not care a 

 cent for porkers or calves. They had paid their quarter, 

 &quot; to see them galls run the hosses,&quot; and Tom Wilcox s 

 horse was &quot; the elephant of the day.&quot; I never heard so 

 much swearing and blackguardism in all the fairs lever at 

 tended. It was &quot; cuss and discuss,&quot; as Deacon Smith said, 

 from the beginning of the race to the end. 



I rather think the scrape will do us good on the whole. 

 There are some evils that cure themselves. Every decent 

 man and woman that I have seen since is disgusted, and I 

 guess the annual meeting of the County Society will be 

 better attended next January, and Colonel Lawson will 

 have liberty to attend to his military duties unmolested. 

 We have seen enough of women folks riding at the fair. 



It is all well enough for girls to learn to ride on horse 

 back at home, or in a riding school, but it is agin natur 

 for a woman to make a &quot; show &quot; of herself, any way. The 

 business is just putting up a woman s modesty at auction, 

 and it is because the thing is unwomanly that it draws 

 such a crowd of low, indecent people to see it. Sure, it 

 makes large receipts for a single fair ; but the next time a 

 good many respectable folks won t come. They don t 

 w r ant the modern Camillas held up before their families as 

 models of female character. The whole is out of character, 

 and demoralizing, and they won t support the Society, if 

 the thing is kept up. It is clap-trap and humbuga kind 

 of chaff that don t catch old birds but once. It is a sneak 

 ing way of getting up a horse race, and imposing it upon 

 a decent community. Let every tub stand upon its own 

 bottom, and when it has none, let it cave in. 

 Yours agin horse racing in general 



and women racing in particular, 



TIMOTHY BUNKER, ESQ. 



Hookertown, October 1st, 1858. 



