OF FARRIERY. 



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ft stronger foai, provided the Horse that is put 

 to her is in the same proper plight. 



And it is the same with the Horses. They 

 are turned out of training into the stud, thus 

 drained of their nature ; and the better run- 

 ners they are, the more are they pressed with 

 mares, and in such numbers, as to exhaust 

 their prolific powers 



These are my reasons why the turf-horses 

 degenerate in length, speed, and beauty. 



OURALSK (ASIATIC RUSSIA), OCT. 10, 1838. 



We copy from the French Journals the fol- 

 lowing account of the races which took place 

 at Ouralsk, in Asiatic Russia. There seems 

 to be considerable exaggeration in the pace, 

 as well as great difference in the speed of the 

 Horses. The French league is not equal to 

 the English ; but if we may suppose the dis- 

 tance to be correctly given, we have no hesi- 

 tation in doubting the accuracy of the state- 

 ment altogether. The distance, however, is 

 too vaguely stated, to criticise upon. The 

 following is the account : — 



" The annals of the Jockey Club do not 

 perhaps record aj^bstance of what occurred 

 at our late Horse^ces, on the 29th of Sep- 

 tember, at which several Kirghis-Sultans and 

 the civil and military high functionaries of the 

 province attended. The latter, preceded by 

 the Hettman of the Cossacks of the Oural, 

 had repaired in procession to the Hippodrome, 

 situate in the centre of the town. 



" The Horses were to clear a distance of 

 eighteen wersts (four and a half French 

 leagues), and the Cossack Horses were to run 

 first. 



" Twenty started from the post together, 

 two of whom (one mounted by the Cossack 

 Sautehyn, and the other by the Cossack Sali- 



hoff,) outstripped all the rest, and constantly 

 ran by each other's side, as if they were tied 

 together, without so much as a line's ditfer- 

 ence between the two. They reached the 

 mark in twenty-four minutes and thirty-five 

 seconds ; and the prize of two hundred and 

 fifty roubles (40/.) was divided between the 

 ♦ wo competitors. 



•' This equal swiftness of the two Horses 

 astonished the spectators of this race ; and on 

 enquiry being made, it was discovered that 

 they were twins. 



" The race of the Kirghis Kaissak Horse 

 next took place. Eighteen left the post to- 

 gether, and the conqueror, mouiued by Dajin 

 Baj-Mohamed, the son of the sovereign Sul- 

 tan of the Kid-ghis Kaissaks and the young 

 Sultan enjoys tiie reputation of being the best 

 Horseman in his father's dominions. The 

 Prince distributed among his servants the 

 prize of 310 roubles (50/.) gained by his 

 steed. 



" A race was afterwards to be run between 

 Cossack and Kirghis-Kaissak Horses, but no 

 one having a Horse able to compete with that 

 of Dajin Baj-Mahomed, the race did not take 

 place. The only one which had a chance of 

 beating him was the black stallion of the 

 Cossack Boustche-Tchou-Groumien, who has 

 gained all the prizes during the last four 

 years. That Horse was unfortunately ill at 

 the time. Last year he cleared the eighteen 

 wersts in eighteen minutes and twenty-five 

 seconds. 



EXTRAORDINARY ROAD MATCH IN INDIA. 



Mr. B. bets Capt. C. one thousand rupees, 

 that neither he nor Mr. R. ride from the mile- 

 stone in the Poona Cantonment to the Parsee 

 Tavern at Pauweli (a distance of seventy 



