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ABOUT TROTTING HORSES. 
BY HUOTI T. BROOKS. 
The Atlantic Monthly, a rather smart 
magazine published in Boston, employs Mrs. 
Stowe and Dr. Holmes, and hopes to get 
along 'without 'makingpicture*. Its literature, 
politics and theology, generally interesting, 
were compressed recently to make room for 
trotting torses. 1 am sorry it was ever found 
out that a horse could go over a bridge or 
anywhere else, “ faster than a walk,” Walk¬ 
ing is tiie only race 1 would Offer a prize for 
at an agricultural fair, or anywhere else. I 
think Solon Robinson claimed that a Mor¬ 
rill mare at Springfield walked live miles in 
an hour. If so, she ought to be immortal¬ 
ized, and she is. A brood of horses, weigh¬ 
ing 1,200, that oan walk five miles an hour, 
ought to outsell Ethan AlleD, Dexter, and 
the whole race of highflyers. Nevertheless, 
as an illustration of progress , &e., &«., 1 give 
the Buhstance of the Atlantia Monthly’s ar¬ 
ticle on 
The Tnrf und The Trotting Horne in 
America. 
Our best trotting horses are nearly all de¬ 
scended from Messenger, imported into New 
Eagle, Boston and Fashion are names well 
remembered by sportiug men. The great 
race on Long Island in 1823 between Sir 
Henry of the South and American Eclipse 
of the North, the latter being successful, at¬ 
tracted universal attention. 
The disuse of the saddle, and the practice 
of driving, led naturally to the cultivation of 
trotting, that gait being best suited to the 
horse in harness. The first public trotting 
race on record took place at Boston in 1818, 
the horse, Boston Blue, trotting a mile within 
three minutes, regarded as a great achiovo- 
eeconds and four minutes fifty-two and a 
half seconds; he pushing her at. every step. 
Flora now trotted with Ethan Allen and 
running mate and was beaten, she trotting 
in her own best time two minutes and nine¬ 
teen and three quarter seconds. A horse 
with a running mate is relieved of the wugon 
and driver, and even helped along, so that 
Flara lost none of her laurels, and was now 
withdrawn from the turf. Since Flora’s per¬ 
formances the taste for trott ing has increased, 
and farmers have turned their attention more 
to the breeding of trotting horses; in Orange 
ment. Six years later Albany Ponv went a county, on the Hudson, millions ol dollars 
milt; in “ two-forty.” Top Gallant, foaled in arc invested in this business. One establish- 
1808, when twenty-three years old trotted uient alone at Stony lord has one hun- 
twn miles in five minutes nineteen seconds, dred aud twenty-live horses ot Messenger 
1808, when twenty-three years old trotted 
two miles in live minutes nineteen seconds. 
He was a dark bay fifteen hands three inches 
high, plain and rawboned, but with a fine 
head, neck and eye, and great courage and 
endurance. He trotted at Philadelphia six¬ 
teen miles in forty-five minutes forty-four 
seconds; and again twelve miles in thirty- 
eight minutes. He was by Hambletonian, 
he by Messenger. Top Gallant trotted three 
miles in eight minutes thirty-one seconds. 
Betsy Baker by Membrino, he by Messenger, 
trotted three miles in eight minutes sixteen 
seconds. This mare when sound could trot 
twenty miles within an hour. Tom Thumb 
blood. Lady Emma, George Wilkes, a Mes¬ 
senger horse of great muscular development.; 
General Butler, with remarkable endurance; 
Rockingham, a large stylish gray horse, bred 
in Massachusetts, made good time in 1802. 
BJCH MEN’S FAST ONES. 
Tliis year, Mr. Bonner, a very pleasant 
gentleman, who publishes u new spaper, and 
is said to havean annual income of $100,000, 
took it into his head to drive faster than 
Commodore Vanderbilt, worth eight or 
nine millions; und to show r the Commodore 
what he could do, he drove his team, Lady 
trotted in England one hundred miles in Palmer, a dark chestnut Glencoe mare, and 
nine hours thirty minutes. The early trot- Flat bush Maid, over the Fashion Course bo- 
ting was a test of endurance as well as speed f ore i,j H r0 nd wagon, two miles, in five minutes 
— the tasks formerly imposed “ would render om} aru ( ono-quarter seconds. That had 
York in 1788. lie was of thorough-bred — the tasks formerly Imposed “ would render ono am i ono-quarter seconds. That, had 
English racing stock, descended from the completely worthless one half of the trotting nev er been done before; the nearest approach 
Darby and the Godolpbin Arabians, and of horses of the present day.” Latterly speed it was five minutes, nineteen seconds, by 
“ superb form, and extraordinary power and ] ia8 b ee n cultivated to the neglect of bottom. Lady Suffolk aud Rifle Mr. Bonner won’t 
spirit,” HLs three companions on his voyage The celebrated horse, Dutchman, podi- bet, but he promised $10,000 to any gentle- 
to America wore so reduced that they were g rC8 un kj 10 wn, appeared on the turf in 1833, man who owned a team, and would drive it. 
“helped down the gang-plank," but ” Mes- trotted three miles in seven minutes, In Mint time—he has not yet been called upon 
senger, with a loud neigh, charged down, thirty -two and a half seconds; the best three- for the money. Mr. Bonner does good aer- 
with a negro on each side holding him back, U1 jj (! ‘ r ace ever trotted. Btoncwall Jackson vice by showing that a man can own and 
and dashed off up the street on a stiff trot, lrol tcd it in seven minutes thirty-nine seconds, drive a last horse without gambling, 
carrying the negroes along, in spite of all | pitchman was enu red in eweeptakes against The time in 1868 on the trotting turf 
Darby and the Godolpbin Arabians, and of 
“superb form, and extraordinary power and 
spirit,” His three companions on hLs voyage 
to America were so reduced that they were 
“helped down the gang-plank,” but “Mes¬ 
senger, With a loud neigh, charged down, 
with a negro on each side holding him back, 
and dashed off up the street on o stiff trot, 
carrying the negroes along, in spite of all 
their efforts to bring him to a stand-still " 
lie was a handsome gray, fifteen and three- 
quarters hands high, with a largo bony head, 
rather shorty straight neck, with wind-pipe 
and nostrils nearly twice as large as ordinary; 
low withers, shoulders somewhat upright, 
hut deep and Btrong; powerful loin and 
quarters; hocltfl and kn«e» unusually large, 
and below them limbs of medium size, but 
flat and clean, and, whether at rest or in mo¬ 
tion, always in a perfect position. Messen¬ 
ger lived to he twenty-eight years old, was 
owned for fifteen years near New York, and 
so highly esteemed that he probably left a 
larger family than any horse that has ever 
liv ed. He had more the form of the trotter 
than the thorough-bred horse, and his de¬ 
scendants had the form and action of the 
trotting horse, and were endowed with ex¬ 
traordinary courage and endurance. Com¬ 
petent judges have estimated his services to 
the country at $100,000,000. 
TROTTERS ANp ROADSTERS. 
Fanny Pullen, the dam of Trustee, the first W{ts 1)y Q c , ucra i Butler, t wo minutes, twenty- 
horse to trot twenty miles within an hour. three and a half seconds, under the saddle. 
LADY SUFFOLK. HlRAM WOODRUFF dl’OVC Mr. BONNER’S gray 
Lady Suffolk, bred in Suffolk county ap- mare. Peerless, before a wagon in the same 
peared on the turf in 1838. She was a gray, time. A horse is able to trot under the sad- 
raw-boned, Blab-sidod, homely animal, but die three seconds faster than in harness, (that 
deep in the chest and muscular in the arms is, harnessed to a sulky) and six seconds faster 
and quarters which enabled her to keep up than when fastened to a wagon, 
a wonderfully long and clearing stride. She dexter and bis rivals. 
was kept on the turf sixteen years, trotting p ex ter, “ the Icing of the turf,” was foaled 
one hundred and sixty-one races and winning j u Qrang© Co., in 18(17, sired by llamble- 
cighty-eight. On the 14th of June, 1849, tonian, having also Sir Henry blood. He is 
she made her best time, bunting Mac in two a brown, fifteen hands five aud one half 
minutes twenty-six seconds. Long Island ^ehes high; his head rather large, clean and 
the finest stock getters, was hardly a match ro( , u ‘ n l0 the windpipe, ears tapering and 
for Lady Suffolk, and was surpassed in speed ij V( q V] C y C8 bright and prominent, light neck 
by Kemble Jackson another celebrated home WjJ p* got 011 f irm sloping shoulders, withers 
xmlinary courage and endurance. Com- 0 “ p '' „ L0IU TBmt _ 
tent Judge# haw estimated LI. .onto to ^ (la; WM lm01y over before 
e country at $100,000,<X)Q. tlie sporting w ©rld was excited by the appear- 
trotterb and roadsters. ancc 0 f another wonderful prodigy. Flora 
Justin Morgan, “ a low, compact, powerful Temple, foaled in 1845, near Utica, N. Y., was 
horse, with a proud step and good lively ao- ljy One-eyed Him ter,a son of Kentucky Hunt- 
stock U mainly due to Justin Morgan, ami seconds, and was then sold tor lour thousand t wo minutes and twenty-four seconds. Dex- red hot in the middle of the day. The damper 
to Hambletonian, a son of Messenger. Ah- dollars. In 1853 she beat Black Douglass in nQW astoumlod this part of the habitable anc i 6 nde were closed— but the heat con- 
econds and four minutes fifty-two and a G} to burn —bums away too fast. Basswood 
alf seconds; he pushing her at every step. mxnrt <fcc 0 ti 0 mi). i9oflesa m ? e b . ener - !* 
Mora now trotted with Ethan Allen and %> U the worst of all, as it is almost impossible to 
uniting mate and was beaten, she trotting --- get it dry . Dry maple is the wqoc1 .-f. g. 
i her own best time two minutes and nine- DRY WOOD AS FUEL. SPREADING MANURE IN WINTER 
jen and three quarter seconds. A horse - ox*HE*AALLWJaAmJttr. in wijmxe.il. 
,1th a running mate is relieved of t he wagon There was a time when green fuel was AT ak thif intended for spring crops should 
nd driver, and even helped along, so that used almost exclusively in the country, be drawn out and spread during the winter 
Mara lost none of her laurels, and was now w lien great fireplaces were roaring with heat monlll3 f or seV eral cogent reasons. 
Ithdrawn from the turf. Since Flora’s per- and stoam. But times have changed. The There is generally 0 more leisure on the 
mnances the taste for trotting has increased, era 0 f stoves has made it necessary to use t of . t j ic tcatn an( j jjfrgjj mcn llian at any 
nd farmers have turned their attention more dry wood, both as a matter of economy and ol)lCT HCason 0 f q 1( , year Light work of this 
o the breeding of trotting horses; in Orange ft success in its use;. character will benefit a team, and the com- 
ounty, on the Hudson, millions of dollars The difference between dry and green or pcn9ation ro quircd by hired men is much 
re invested in this business. One establish- wet wood is immense; it is more than it is than in summer; hence, in a pecuniary 
aent alone at Stony Ford has one lmn- generally supposed to be. Let an account point of viow? W( . ga ’ in one object. Heavier 
Lred aud twenty-five horses ot Messt ugex bo had of all the effects, and it will be seen loads may bo drawn over the frozen ground 
Mood. Lady Emma, George Wilkes, a Mes- that, it. is a groat, advantage in all cases to lhan whf . n it is wet an j so p ; n spring; and 
enger horse of great muscular development; hum w< Ml-seasoned wood — the drier the l^cifinu fi.Mds lanes and roadwavs are not 
Seneral Butler, wUl, nmmrkable endarauee; From half to two-llUrde leas wood om ,'p o. inj'm'd 
lockingham, a large stylish gray horse, hied may ho used, where it lias been thoroughly The manure being spread upon the surface 
u Massachusetts, made good time in 1802. dried, and the comfort and convenience are j a jinsolvcd and carried into the soil by every 
UJCH men’s fast ONES. in proportion. And all this resulting from enow or min, and is thus finely diffused, the 
This year, Mr. Bonner, a very pleasant simply giving time to it, which often costs soil absorbing every soluble particle. Por- 
;eutleman, who publishes a newspaper, and nothing. We have had occasion to note t j ou8 tliat mna j n a t the surface in spring 
s said to have an annual income of $100,000, this and experiment considerably. e it- are plowed under, unless the lot is designed 
ook it into his head to drive faster than HI *k is, we seek to get the driest wood and a flbrd pasture er hay. 
lommodore Vanderbilt, worth eight or the best in quality. Wo havei nevei experi- Many practice hauling manure in winter, 
dne millions; and to show r the Commodore touted sufficiently with hickojy to deter- u load (unspread) here and there 
vhat he could do, he drove his team, Lady m * ue > ts quality, hut learn from those w io w y,ere tlx© greatest benefit will he derived 
’aimer a dark chestnut Glencoe mare, and have that it is i he best wood lot Jue . therefrom. This Is far better than halving 
•Matbush Maid, over the Fashion Course bo- The next best, probably, is maple. ei c un ^j t i ie i )U3 y months of Spring the doing of 
ore his road wagon, two miles, in five minutes we are at home, and can tell to a certainty. tbi s work. If they should in connection 
me and ono-quarter seconds. That had Fpr fifteen years we have used no ot er. c- w ith drawing, spread thinly on the ground, 
lever been done before; the nearest approach fore that we imagined, with the lest o man- a difference in the value of crops produced 
o it was five minutes, nineteen seconds, by kind, that beech was equally or nearly as w m be obtained, rendering this practice pre- 
,adv Suffolk aud Rifle. Mr. Bonner won’t fi‘>od. We have never been undeceived m feraWe When thinly 8pr(sad there is enough 
jet, but he promised $10,000 to any gentle- ,llis matter. A long test has deni on strafe un fi’ 0 zen soil to absorb all the liquid manure 
nan who owned a team, and would drive it thatmaple bums more readily than beee i that may be chemically abstracted from the 
n that time—he has not yet been called upon or birch—the latter highly recommended by c()arsc 01 . fibrous portion during the disolv- 
or the money. Mr. Bonner does good aer- BOine ’ ( r “ V \ 1 '/ y AV1 a ing of snow in Spring. Even when placed 
dec by showing that a man can own and 1nirn re,u1 'ly When not so dry (or green) ypon hillsides, the enriching effect of the 
Irive a fast horse without gambling. maple bums the more readily, And this is manure extends but a few feet down its 
Tin; beat time in 1868 on the trotting turf im port ant, for no wood that, wo use, and ban j w For corn as well as crops that re- 
vas hv General Butler two minutes twenty- a3 wc use xt ’ 19 I )irfec,1 y, or even nearly q U j re earlier seeding, the same before noticed 
hrl^ d, : y ; Cor ?- WOOd When Mo*,**™*, affect is discernibka U is obvious that upon 
Ira AM Woodruff drove Mr. Bonner’s gray ^ in ent "also^vhcn meadow land thc . manure 8 , hould . bo evou ' y 
nare, Peerless, before a wagon in the same fa covcmi ; aa it tequentiy is with bark 1 ”° l ° 
lie three swonds lhater than ii^hamess, (that or '***?»' J^a! Tbe ^P^nt reasons for doing the above 
a harnessed to a Hulkvl and six seconds faster exteut 111 tlie stove, und any wo 1 • labor in Winter in preference to Spring are, 
Im m .»«ch » *= , TLl ground i. nil Injure* by the sinking 
steam takes up oi neutializcs the hca , and of wheels. 2. The manure is far moreper- 
dex llr and His imALS. tli us carries it off. Mood, when stored in Fectlv diffused through the soil than could bo 
Dexter, “ the Icing of the turf,” was fouled a W ood-house after having been fitted for offccle( j harrowing. 3. An amount of 
u Orange Co., iu 18«7, sired by Humble- the stove, will season better than when left tf me & gained for early sowing or planting 
onian, having also Sir Henry blood. He is in “ cord-wood.” Will it will simmer to some aJ to the num ber of days required to 
i rich brown, fifteen hands five and one. half extent; it. is not just what Is wanted; but it (lr;UV , out mul 8p * rea( i t im manure. 4. The 
inches high; his head rather large, dean and Is probably what we have to do with, as to C0B ^ jj? less, and the time required for doing 
bony, lower jaw well open at tbe base, giv ing ( | ry W ood thoroughly is impracticable. tUft work Bhorter . L . D 8 . 
room to the windpipe, ears tapering and Few are ifware of the effect of thoroughly ___ 
lively, eyes bright and prominent, light neck dried wood. Dried in an oven, as is usual PAINT FARM IMPLEMENTS. 
well set on firm sloping shoulders, withers -yvith some, is not sufficient, nor in a kiln - 
high, with great depth of brisket, broad loin f or „ number of days. But dry at a strong Notions improves the looks of farm inl¬ 
and hips, uncommonly long from the point i iea t without scorching for a year or more, piements that have been weather-lmaten or 
of the hip to the hock, short cannon bone, and then burn. We have seen this demon- partially worn, more than a coat of paint, 
wide across the hip, and still wider across s trated in the burning of lasts which a shoe- it gives them an appearance of newness not 
the stifles, where his power is most apparent, maker had had for years near his stone. Th^y obtained by any other process ; it also adds 
fine arm and thigh, limbs clean and sinewy, -were out of date, and so were given to the t 0 the durability of wood-work, such as 
with long posterns and well shaped hoofs. 9 tove. A few were thrown in. The heat horse-rakes, plow-kandlee, «fec. Blue paint 
Ills first appearance on the turf was May 4, which resulted was remarkable. It was sad- j H the favorite color; it is more durable than 
1864, when he beat Stonewall Jackson and t } Cn am i intense. There was a clear white either brown or red, looks better, and is 
Lady Collins, in two minutes, thirty-three fi ame without steam or smoke —only the nearly as cheap. All iron should be painted 
seconds. This year George Wilkes trotted oxygen and carbon were busy and nothing black, thus contrasting the two materials at 
in two minutes and twenty-fbur seconds. In j u way — no,water to dampen or depress the first glance. Knees and runners or sleds 
1865 Dexter beat General Butler in two min- _ n0 s tcam to take up the heat — the stove should be painted every spring, previous to 
utes, twenty-four and one-half seconds; and received it all in a strong radiating heat, in storing away, the crust of snow will quickly 
was beaten by Lady Thorne, who trotted in a f ew minutes the sides of the stove showed wear off paint from parts above mentioned, 
two minutes and twenty-four seconds. Dex- re( j i 10 t in the middle of the day. Tim damper This subject could be enlarged upon, but 
ter now astounded this part of the habitable an( j gfide were closed,— but the heat con- it is unnecessary as all understand the benefit 
universe by trotting a mile under saddle in tinned. On opening the door afterwards, the derived from keeping tools, etc., well painted. 
tirni (rc0n0mi). 
DRY WOOD AS FUEL. 
There was a time when green fuel was 
used almost exclusively in the country,— 
when great fireplaces were roaring with heat 
and stoam. But times have changed. The 
era of stoves has made it necessary to use 
dry wood, both as a mutter of economy and 
a success in its use. 
Thc difference between dry and green ov 
wet wood is immense; it is more lhan it is 
generally supposed to be. Let an account 
l)o had of all tbe effects, and it will be seen 
that it. is a great advantage in all cases to 
burn well-seasoned wood — the drier the 
better. From half to two-thirds less wood 
may be used, where it has been thoroughly 
dried, and the comfort and convenience are 
in proportion. And all this resulting fVorn 
simply giving time to it, which often costs 
nothing. We have had occasion to note 
this and experiment considerably. The re¬ 
sult is, we seek to get the driest wood and 
the best in quality. Wo have never experi¬ 
mented sufficiently with hickory to deter¬ 
mine its quality, hut learn from those w ho 
have that it is the best wood for fuel. 
The next best, probably, is maple. Here 
wc are at home, and can tell to a certainty. 
For fifteen years we have used no other. Be¬ 
fore that we imagined, with the rest of man¬ 
kind, that beech was equally or nearly as 
good. Wc have never been undeceived in 
this matter. A long test has demonstrated 
that maple burns more readily than beech 
or birch—the latter highly recommended by 
some. When thoroughly dry, they will all 
burn readily. When not so dry (or green) 
maple burns the more readily. And this is 
important, for no wood that wo use, and 
as wc use it, is perfectly, or even nearly 
dry. Cord-w'ood when left, out, as is usual, 
will not dry in a summer, and not fully in 
two or more. This is the case also when 
it is covered, as it frequently is with bark 
or boards. But it will steam to a certain 
extent iu the stove; and any wood that 
will do this has so much against it, as the 
steam takes up or neutralizes the heat, and 
thus carries it off. Wood, when stored in 
a wood-house after having been fitted for 
the stove, will season better than when left 
in “ cord-wood.” But it will simmer to some 
extent; it. is not just what is wanted; but it 
eighty-eight. On the 14th ol June, 184y, tonian, having also Sir Henry blood. He is in “ cord-wood.” But it will simmer to some 
she made her best time, boating Mac in two ft brown, fifteen hands five and one half extent; it is not just wliat Is wanted; but it 
minutes twenty-six seconds. Long Island i nC b e9 bigU;’.hls head vather large,clean and fa probably what wo have to do with, as to 
Black Hawk, a beautiful horse, and one ot bony, lower jaw well open at tbe base, giving (fry wood thoroughly is impractioable. 
the finoBt eiock getters, was hardly a match roeJJ1 l0 the windpipe, ears tapering and Few are tfware of the effect of thoroughly 
high, with great depth of brisket, broad loin 
and hips, uncommonly long from the point 
of the hip to the hock, short cannon bone, 
wide across the hip, aucl still wider across 
the stifles, where his power is most apparent, 
flue arm and ihigb, limbs clean and sinewy, 
with long posterns and well shaped hoofs. 
dried wood. Dried in an oven, as is usual 
with some, is not sufficient, nor in a kiln 
for a number of days. But dry at a strong 
heat without scoreUing for a year or more, 
and then burn. We have seen this demon¬ 
strated in the burning of lasts which a shoe¬ 
maker had had for years near his stone. They 
were out of date, and so were given to the 
_with long posterns and well shaped hoofs. 9 t 0V e. A few were thrown in. The heat 
tion,” shed by true Briton, a fine horse rid- er Hhe was a little bay inarc fourteen and a f ir9 t appearance on the turf was May 4, wliicli resulted was remarkable. It was sud¬ 
den by Gen Delanoey in the revolutionary half hands high, of through-bred, muscular when he beat Stonewall Jackson and fien and intense. There was a clear white 
war, wain foaled ot Springfield, Mass., iu form, and peculiarly quick and nervous gait, Collins, in two minutes, thirty-three p !ime without steam or smoke —only the 
drew Jackson, Kemble Jackson, Long island tw'o minutes thirty-one and a quarter seconds. un j verse Py trotting a mile under saddle in tinued. On opening the door aftenvards, the 
Black Hawk, Henry Clay, Lante-ni, Geoige Tim season she was beaten by Highland tw0 niinutes eighteen and one-balf seconds! forms of the lasts were yet partially visible, 
M. Patchen are descended from Graml Ma id (a Messenger mare) in harness, iu ^ 1865 ^ Dexter Lacly Emma, of and red, clinking hot. But the greatest el- 
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Bashaw, imported flora Tripoli, in 1820; and j W(J mbi'lies twenty-nine seconds and in 
they have also a strain of Messenger blood. 1w0 aiiniues twenty-seven seconds, the best 
Bellfounder — imported from England —a 1ime then made in harness. Subsequently 
horse of great spirit and substance, at three Bkc prove d her bottom by beating Highland 
years old trotted two miles In six mluutos, on the fifth and sixth heats, to wagon, 
aftenvards seventeen and a half miles within (u tw0 minutes thirty-one and a half seconds 
great beauty aud endurance, The Auburn 
Horse, Lantern, Peerless, Toronto Chief, 
Commodore Vanderbilt, Flora Temple and 
other great celebrities, were reviewed by Gen¬ 
eral Grant at New York. It is confidently 
feet was from the flame. Itw r as like burning 
fat or oil. 
Now here. w T as not only tilled wood, but 
seasoned,—dry, long dried,—all the hind Fr¬ 
ance to a perfect combustion was removed. 
an hour, winning five hundred guineas. 
and two minutes thirty-five seconds. She 
Add to those above mentioned imported ljext trotted with Tacoay, a Canada horse, 
Trustee, Sir Henry, Duroc by Diomed, un j was beaten, but subsequently boat Ta- 
believed the General thought them fast—I Take its opposite—green wood just from the 
suppose he “smoked.” Among the very dis- tree—burn it in the same way, and what is 
ting lushed trotters not mentioned above are the difference? The steam cools the stove. 
Mountain Boy, (owned by Com. Vander- and it is with difficulty that the wood cun 
Glencoe by Sultan, and the French horses, cony in tw „ minutes twenty-four and a hall Hambletonian that has trotted in two be made to bum. After it is half consumed, 
nr./l rionrfffi MTifl TVti liflYG 61111* m r, a Iv ntnVtlp .lrirlvROii 0HCl * n.. i • ,1 
Pilot and Royal George, and we have enu¬ 
merated the famous horses from which all 
the trotting horses and the best roadsters in 
the United States have descended. An ex¬ 
cellent authority claims tliat no great trotter 
has been produced, whose pedigree traced 
seconds. After beating lvomble Jackson and 
other famous horses, she attempted twenty 
miles within an hour and failed. In 18o0 
she beat the famous Morgan Horse, Ethan 
Allen, a most beautiful horse and an elegant 
trotter. Li 1858 she -was sold to William 
for four generations does not show a connec- yf c f>onald, Baltimore, for $8,000, and trotted 
tion with imported Messenger. 
the RACK-COURSE. 
This record proves the value of well-bred 
and meritorious animals. The w ild horses of 
Texas, Mexico and South America have 
never, in a single instance, equaled our best 
blood stock. Our English ancestors estab¬ 
lished a regular race-course at SmiiMcld as 
early as the twelfth century. Edward Ill. 
imported homes from Spain and the Stuarts 
at various places East and West against the 
best horses. In 1859 she won a two-mile 
race with Princess in the unprecedented time 
of four minutes fifty and a hall seconds. 
At Kalamazoo, Michigan, she created the 
wildest excitement, and a universal interest, 
by trotting against Princess, and Honest 
A nee in two minutes and nineteen and three- 
quarters seconds. 
RATCHEN. 
George M. Patchcn, a large powerful bay 
from the East, the basis of the modem George M. Patchcn, a large powerrui nay 
thorough-bred stock. Royalty encourages horse, descended from Bashaw and Messen- Wart8 on , 
breeding and racing; Parliament adjourns ger, who had trotted under the saddle in two othM . prefer 
in honor of the Derby. Our Virginians im- minutes twenty-five and a quarter seconds, home, and h. 
bibed the English love of the turf. The June flth 1800 he pushed Flora to Jhe re- 
South being sparsely settled, horsc-back markable time of two minutes twenty-one f(|| hv ^ oa ] n 
minutes twenty-ono aud a quarter seconds, 
George M. Patchen, Jr., May Queen, Daisy 
Burns, Mountain Maid, and Ben. Franklin. 
1 close with Dexter’s race against Ethan 
Allen and running mate. Ethan Allen trot- 
teif in two minutes fifteen seconds, t wo min¬ 
utes sixteen seconds, two minutes nineteen 
seconds. Dexter’s time was two minutes 
seventeen seconds, two minutes eighteen 
seconds, two minutes twenty-one seconds. 
This is the best trot ever made! Trotting 
horses are held at fabulous prices; increasing 
one hundred per cent, every ten years since 
1830. Mr. Sprague of R 1. paid $11,000 
for California Damsel. Mr. Bonner paid 
$25,000 for young Pocahontas, and $33,000 
for Dexter. 
Horses,—After having tried several 
and the other half partially dried and w T ell 
heated, it will burn better. But this is no 
way to use wood. It is, at the best, an ag¬ 
gravation. Much of it will be consumed, as 
the fire must be kept going constantly or it 
will go out. It heats the room hut indiffer¬ 
ently ; must lie attended to almost constant¬ 
ly; leaves little coal. 
On the other hand, dry wood (maple) will 
burn at once, and with a clear, sharp heat. 
It will make a flame that will heat pipe and 
stove, and ventilate the room in a short time. 
It prepares the stove at once for work. Soon 
after the draft and damper may be closed 
with still greater heat — heated air now', 
which is not drawn tap into the stove and so 
escapes, hut remains in the room. Aud so 
tke stove will do its work, and do it for a 
long time, a bed of coal l'cmaining to do 
riding was much practiced; racing horses seconds, two minutes twenty-four seconds [ bough s, given iu his groin; also w 
were imported; leading politicians, iucflud- and two minutes twenty-one and a half w»rts In a strong docociion of cedar. 
ing Gen. Jackson, encouraged the race seconds. In 1861 Flora encountered a new c ur <» for 6 cr «wlie».—A correspondent of the 
- • - - - • rival, Johu Morgan, from the West, a strong New England Earner cured the worst ease of 
fid by dosing thc animal with chopped cedar [m j en d an o er the room and blacken it, and 
Y.rv»n*Via mvrin in his Brniiti t ftteo Wftsbii]£ the ?«* aI.^. .1(V <o /v 1 rvOfi/1 1 1 am. 
course which was duly established iu all the rival, Johu Morgan, rrom tne w esi, a strong New Englaud Farmer cured the worst case of 
nrincinal towns of the South. Sir Henry, horse with a great bottom ; she beat him in Bcra t c he9 he over saw by two applications or 
Arricl Mp^, Arid, Btak JIaria, Gray a .wcnile rao, iu four minutos fiftyfive „Ll» pirn, nupentto, rub** on. 
readily go out it the draft is closed. Hem¬ 
lock knots are good to keep fire; they are 
superior to maple or any kind of w T ood, 
making hot, lasting embers. Hemlock bark 
makes too much refuse. Pine is a fair wood 
THE FARMER’S SHOP. 
Every farmer should have a shop fitted 
up with such tools as are used by the car¬ 
penter, joiner, machinist and blacksmith, or 
with those that would be valuable in making 
repairs. Above all, we consider a good foot 
lathe very desirable. It would lie impossi¬ 
ble within the limits of a newspaper article 
to merely notice the advantages of this 
machine and its varied uses. A veiy good 
foot lathe costs from sixty to one hundred 
dollars, and the mouey is well expended in 
the purchase. Articles of use and ornament 
made of wood, ivory, and metal anay be 
turned out by the foot lathe convenient fox- 
use In the house or on the farm. Tke prac¬ 
tice on the lathe is one of the most fascinat¬ 
ing pastimes for a stonny day or an unem¬ 
ployed evening. Apart from its use in 
making and repairing, the foot lathe is a 
pleasant companion for the business haunted 
and brain weary. One who adopts it as a 
companion of his leisure hours will soon be¬ 
come an adept, and the more he uses and 
becomes acquainted with his machine the 
better lie will like it. He will be surprised 
at the number aud elegance of tbe little 
articles of use and ornament he can produce 
from the rough material, and at the pleasure 
that the practice of a mechanical art can 
afford .—Scientific American. 
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The aim of the farmer, in planning his 
winter w'ork, should be to relieve the spring 
months of the pressure for labor. A large 
proportion of the work commonly com¬ 
pressed into April and May ought to he 
done before March closes. 
