Frank Forester's horse and horsemanship of the United States and British provinces of North America by Herbert Henry William 1807-1858

Author:Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Horses
Publisher: New York, Stringer & Townsend
Published: 1857-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

innocent gaze of a young-eyed seraph. But how shall our pen do homage to the daughters of Old Kentuck, whose striking Di Vernon beauty, with their dark lustrous eyes and sable tresses, is only rivalled by the high culture bestowed upon their minds, and the attraction of those feminine accomplishments which '* gild refined gold," and render them among the loveliest and most fascinating women within the circuit of the sun? The waters of Lethe must flow deep over our souls, to banish the memory of the bouquets and gloves we lost and won upon that day ! The evening festivities that followed—the brilliant dance, the plaintive song that " lapt us in Elysium,"—and she, too, the fairy masquerader, in the Suliote cap and bodice, lives she not last, as well as first, in our remembrance ?

But our pages forbid a longer retrospection. The hospitalities and courtesies of the West, joined to the smile of her beauteous women, are indelibly impressed upon our hearts, and shall be freshly remembered when we pledge our warmest friends in the generous wine-cup.

The occasion of this brilliant assembly was the stake for all ages, four-mile heats, which closed on the 1st of January, 1839, with ten subscribers at $2,000 each, half forfeit, as follows ;—

1—T. N. Oliver & Miles W. Dickey, of Kentucky, named gr. c. Grey Eagle, by Woodpecker, out

of Ophelia, by Wild Medley, 4 yrs.—Dress, Red, Blue, and Orange. 2—"Wm. T. Ward, of Kentucky, named b. m. Mary Vatighan, by Waxy, out of Betty Bluster,

by imp. Bluster, 5 yrs.—Dress, Blue and White. 8—Willa Viley, of Kentucky, named ch. £ Queen Mary, by Bertrand, dam by Brimmer, 4 yrs.—

Dress, White and Green. 4—Geo. N. Sanders & Lewis Sanders, Jr., of Kentucky, named b. c. Occident, by Bertrand, out

of Diamond, by Turpin's Florizel, 4 yrs.—Dress, White. 5—Sidney Burbridge, of Kentucky, named b. c. Tarlton, by Woodpecker, dam by Eobin Gray,

5 yrs.—Dress, not declared. 6— Jas. L. Bradley & H. B. Steel, of Kentucky, named ch. c. Haick-Eye, by Sir Lovell, out of

Pressure's dam, by Jenkins' Sir William, 4 yrs.—Dress, Orange and Black. 7—Archie Cheatham, of Virginia, named b. h. Billy Townes, by Imp. Fylde, dam by Virginian,

5 yrs.—Dress, Purple and Ked. 8— Jas. S. Garrison, of Louisiana, named ch. h. Wagner, by Sir Charles, out of Maria West, by

Marion, 5 jts. —Dress, Eed and Eed. 9—Wm. Wynn, of Virginia, named b. c. Picton, by Imp. Luzborough, out of Isabella, by Sir

Archy, 5 yrs.—^Dress, not declared. 10—Wm. Buford, Jr., of Kentucky, named ch. f. Musidora, by Medoc, dam by Kosciusko, 4 yrs.—

Dress, not declared.

The race came oif on Monday, the 30th of September. Of the ten nominations, four only came to the post—Wagner, Grey Eagle, Queen Mary, and Hawk-Eye. Of the other six. Tarlton Vol. I.—17 ^

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