Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
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Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836
Political race course - Union Track - fall races 1836. A figurative portrayal -- clearly sympathetic to the Whig party -- of the 1836 presidential election contest as a horse race between four candidates. The four are identified in the legend as (left to right): Old Tippecanoe (William Henry Harrison), The Kinderhook Poney (Martin Van Buren), Black Dan of Massachusetts (Daniel Webster), and Tennessee White (Tennessee senator Hugh Lawson White). The horses with the Whig candidates heads are ridden by figures representing the various sectional interests of the country. Harrison is ridden by a frontiersman in buckskins, Webster by a Jack Downing/Uncle Sam figure symbolizing Yankee New England, and White by a jockey representing Southern agrarian interests. Van Buren, the Democratic candidate, is ridden by his advocate Andrew Jackson. A crowd cheers them on. The print probably appeared early in 1836 when Webster and Whites respective hopes for the Whig nomination were still considered realistic. Moreover, the dialogue alludes to the Whig strategy pursued early in the campaign, of dividing the electorate regionally in order to attract the largest number of voters away from Van Buren. The horse in the lead is William Henry Harrison. His rider says: Old Tip has been in training but a short time, yet his wind and bottom are staunch as his backers are honest. I say Old Hickory that Kinderhook Nag of yours has been over trained!!! Jackson (whipping his horse and losing his hat): By the Eternal! I ll never back a Northern Horse again. They have neither wind nor bottom, and so cursed slippery withal that its hard to keep your seat on them. The People too are all throwing their caps for Old Tip and White Surrey, while this cursed cold blooded animal is disgracing his groom and training. I say Old Boy if you ll stop a minute I ll jump off & beat you myself. Southerner: The game is up! Old Tip is winning the prize notwithstanding the training of Old Hick Political race
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