Install Snow Leopard on new partition (on new MacBook Pro)

I need to install OS X 10.6 on my new MacBook (10.8.2) because older programs won't work on my new machines.
I've successfully created a new partition. However when I hold down option button on startup I only see original partition and Recovery-10.8.2 but not the new partition. How on earth does one install an older version of OS X on a new machine. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

1. It does. The newer Mac OS X versions contain the drivers for older supported machines. The older OSes don't contain the drivers for newer computers, as those didn't exist when the older OS came out.
2. Restart the computer with the Option, Command, and R keys held down, open the installer, and specify the new partition as the destination.
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