| Show fast past horses at exhibitions exhibitions is i s for the consideration of the A agricultural societies in this territory we insert the following from an ix change exchange suggesting a mode moda of exhibiting the speed of horses at a agricultural t kicul fairs not hitherto adopted so much has already been said both in in word words sandin and in caricatures against the introduction of running and trotting horses at agri agri cultural exhibitions that it seems hardly necessary to add anything more at the present time let those f fast men and women who delight in seeing horses ridden or driven at breakneck speed get et up performance performances on their own hook they have ave no right to introduce a race course into an exhibition of agrical agricultural t ural urai and horticultural products the legitimate object of such iiii an exhibition is to display improved farms and garden products and laborsaving itne implements I 1 emen ts which may be studied stud fed quietly and calmly by cultivators for the purpose of learning 0 how to improve their 1 0 own pvn practice A correspondent however suggests a mode of exhibiting the speed of horses which is unobjectionable 0 IR b I 1 actionable and maybe may be of practical utility we have seen the same hame in the niagara falls gazette the ontario times and two or ahrea other exchanges for most fa farm rm purposes it i ts s desirable that a horse should be a fast walker A horse thab that can trot or gallop a mile the quickest is not the one that can plow or harrow barrow the largest area in a day with the greatest ease or take a heavy load to market with the least delay the suggestion of our correspondent is that the managers of agricultural exhibitions offer prizes for the faste fastest walking horse cepro he proposes that there be several prizes say in this thia wise wis I 1 I 1 A prize to the sing single hoise horse that will walk a mile soonest under the saddle saddie ad A prize to the hor horse se that will draw a heavy load of given weight over a mile mlle in irl the quickest time with tha tae 1 least east wea weariness all coni competing horses to be successively attached to the same load ad A similar prize to the last named bufor arize a lighter I 1 load ath ani and similar prizes to and ad for spans of horses it is also proposed that similar prizes esba esbe bo offered for rapid walking oxen these su suggestions are worthy of bf attention F fast ast walk walking in animals are wanted oy by the masses fast trotters or runners only by bythe the few an exhibition of the walking capabilities bili ties of animals may not draw so large a crowd from our cities and villages aa as a trotting match but it would have quite as much interest for far farmers er generally and for theirl benefit agricultural fairs are or should be got up m v |
