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Title: American turf register and sporting magazine
Year: 1839 (1830s)
Authors: Skinner, J. S., ed
Subjects: Horse-racing Horses Sports
Publisher: Baltimore, Md. : J.S. Skinner
Contributing Library: University of New Hampshire Library
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le. If Harkawayhas acquired a high character by the superiority of his performances,his friends have,for some time been taking remarkable pains to obtaina celebrity, equally lasting perhaps, but not quite so desirable. Weheard it whispered on Monday night that there was to be a do res-pecting this horse, and that, in fact, there was so much money goton against him for the Cup, that there was no chance of his start-ing. We mentioned these rumors to several Irish gentlemen, whoprofessed themselves to be friends of Mr. Ferguson, and who treatedthe rumors with indignation. Indeed we were told by one of the gen-tlemen, that he had actually heard Mr. Ferguson declare on Mondayevening that his horse would certainly start, and what was more, thathe was confident of winning. This informatiod we have no doubtinduced many persons to back the horse at 3 to 1 ; but it now turnsout that they were to be put in the hole. * * * The Doncas-ter Gazette states that Harkaway left Doncaster between six and
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TROUT FISHING ON LONG ISLAND. 11 seven oclock in the morning by caravan. Calloway, his rider, at thesacrifice of much personal endurance in preparation for the contest,knew^ not of his departure. There may be much virtue in necessity;there is more in the coolness of the horse-pond and in the smart ofa horse-whip. The race in question was won by Don John, the best three yr. oldof last year, who with 98 lbs. on his back, ran the distance (two milesand five furlongs) in 4:44, which is equal to 1:48 per mile! ThatHarkaway could have won, had he started, is not at all clear, and it is avery politic portion of racing economy for every man to avoid gettinghis horse beaten if he can. But where an owner of a race-horse suf-fers-hundreds of the public to place confidence in his integrity by backinghis horse play or pay, and he calmly and quietly stands a spectator ofthe scene, refusing (what all honorable men would do) to declarewhether he will run or not, but still holding out the inducement,

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