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 THE

UNITED STATES MAGAZINE, AND

DEMOCRATIC REVIEW. Von. XIII.

OCTOBER, 1843.

No. LXIV.

THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION}. Vr: are not to walk over the course so very much at our ease, after all, in No vember of next year. Nay, on the contrary, we shall have to strain every nerve to win the great match then to “ come off” on the “ Union” Course. If we desire to be beaten, to be dis tanced, nothing in the world is easier. If we desire to come in ahead at the judges’ post, we shall have to spare neither whip nor spur when on the turf itself, nor—what is far more important -careful and thorough training in ad—

vance.

for this

momentous choice,

and hot

and heavy grows daily the war of dis cussion between the supporters of their competing merits and claims for the arduous honor. The grooms of each. are as devoted in attachment to their favorites, as only grooms know how to' love the gallant objects of their care and their delight. May we be per mitted to raise a calm voice in the midst of the din which seems to be mounting louder and louder, warmer and warmer, to beg them not to sacri

The question is not yet indeed ﬁce the race itself—-—(the stake is of

noble ruinous amount to the whole concern, animals in our stable is to be selected if lost!)——to the vehemence of this >er this great contest. It is a most minor matter of competition; and to splendid stud, and our only difﬁculty suggest that it is not the wisest of all consists in the embarras de richesses.‘ possible modes of securing success, There are two in particular attract for each set to do their best to spoil the ing attention the most prominently training of the rival horse, for the decided, which of the several

‘ A noisy but ineffectual attempt is made to introduce into the stable :1 very sorry hack, which came indeed out of good bloodv though a degenerate scion whom even the most favorable early breeding could make nothing of. It is, however, perfectly understood that he only seeks ashelter from the common on which he has been turned out, because no one would now either mount or harbor an animal at once so feeble and so vicious. Hopelessly spavined and weak in the knees, besides being so blind as not be able to see an impassable stone-wall just before his own eyes, he is also evidently so thoroughly diseased, that he could only breed mischief and introduce perhaps dangerous contusion into the stable. He cannot be let in, and it is only a pity, for his own sake, that some friend does not put him out of his pain—u ser

vice which we have endeavored to render on a former occasion.