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theory that the acquired traits of the progenitor transmitted to the offspring is here found in the fact that many of these colts, before they are bitted, excel in what we call the artificial gaits— racks, dog-trots, etc.”
Both articles wax poetic about the Upperville location. So stated in 1857, “no locality offers a fairer field for its accomplishment [of staging the show] than the counties of Fauquier and Loudoun. They have fine stock there; taken as a whole, perhaps, the best in the State, and no better than can be found anywhere else except in Kentucky.”
And in 1859, “Upperville, as you may know, is a village, beautifully situated among the green hills of Loudoun County and Fauquier, just at the foot of the Blue Ridge and in a section equally noted for its fertility of soil and beauty of scenery.”
Fast-forwarding back to the present, next week offers modem show fans an opportunity to settle ringside in that same fair field in its beautifully situated village to make our own judgments of the stock on display.
Jackie Burke is a research writer and rider based in Orlean.
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