The Van Buren press., 1861-02-22


peaks. No spot. however desirable in other
respects. would have been accepted by him
ss a home that dill no, afford facilities for
his tavoritie pursuits II5 was a capital
wing siot, never having ceased in the prac-
ilee from MS earliest to his last davs. His
iHndne-, tns dogs was manifest from the iinc
Newtoun i!anis AMI other rare breeds that
were constantly ,boa, him Whether ne
was better judge of orses than his
neishaors ;hau h- neishbors necl not now
be discussed; on, he ce..aiuIy managed to
get noil Of two vi the best mi:e- horses that
ever ran roond the Fort Smith tracks.
. Tracks are mentioned for the reason that
at an early day the For, Smith race course
was not where ii how is aad has been since
36. B.iors this date i, was or . fis, in
the prarie about half mile North west
of Maj Rsctor's residence. Ii was here
that Henry Sweat. one OF the horses allnd-
ell TO. was successful. believe, IL every
race he ran His competitor, usually, was
Ioa- Iough, horse owned by the late
Capt.. John Rogers. 1t WAS only after re-
peated trials that Capt. Rogers could bs
forced to acknowledge that Henry Sweat
was the better animal. Capt Rogers did
not suffer, much. however. from the loss Of
stakes. for Mr.. Scott had another horse,
which Tom Tough could. and did beat
about as often as Henry Sweat beat Tom
Tough. This was the renowned Winding
blades. clumsy. dangling legged affair.
and very descriptive of his name. 1t was
a common habit OF his 10 fall down on tho
back stretch. This ialucei Mr.. Scott to
believe that if he could b. got round with.
the mishar. ne certainly won.d coms in
ahead. Bat he was II SLOW horse, and could
win no race except tniogsh disaster TO the
one he ran against He served good pur.
pose in keeping up the losinys and win
nings between Capt Rogers and Mr.. Scott.
the programme OF days racing between
tt ose gentlemen being generally this : 1st.
single dash ,t a mile between Henry Sweat
and Tom Tough: 2i. single dash OF u mile
between Tom Tough and WinlingbIades.
The second fast racer owned by Mr..
Scott was Doctor Crop One Of the
swi!tcst mile horses that ever ran over any
track. He had great renown IN Northwest
Arkansas. in his day-nevcr having b.en
beaten when in plight. He was successful
over several famous animals of proud poll
gree and high blood, although unknown to
the racing world, ani accounted OF COM
mon stock.
After Mr.. Scott removed to Missouri, he
ceased from active participation in the Turf
but occasionally wrote sporting articles for
the % Spirit of the Times,' over the sigma
ture of ''Cailum Beg" These were very
interesting. and every reaicr OF that paper
i'll those days. will renembcv them He
| continued to devote himself. as far as his
physical ability would admit, to his gun
",'' io'' '' '".'V' - l. q A. 49,
ell with asthma. which was q dsagreeablc
check to his Inc.inailons-co,npcl,in him
to iore.so the pursuits that hal always been
SO delightful to lin. That disease. did not
cause his death ; hc sank ,:naer typhoid T.
yer. lie was iiity years Oil when he died !;
to ono una 4 ain,ei with him, ne would no:
have been considered more thln thir:v-.ive
Mr.. Scott was an independent, res olute
man. H.. ha! io.;v o-arins which APP
preached very neal 10 haugh,incss : but
po,se>sei the KIN est feelings. In all the
! relations an pursuits o hfe--in anecdo,cs
in ,he \. 5he.t moments of glec-ais W n.
ted dignity MAS always Preserved But his
manner vas neveI di>a, s.eable. for it was
perfectly nstulnl i; never drew attention
because Oh being offensive. His accomp-
lisLmen;s were varied ana many he was
a fine French scholar. ami. in early lie.
a writer oi easy AMI graceful verses. There
was scarcely any department OF literature
in our language winch he had not cxainin.
ed. Throughout ai> whole lite he was q
close. constant reader. lie WAS command.
ing i'll person. and emphatic in speech. In
his feelings he was religious!y inclined. Al
though. from what has been said in tho
foregoing, such an iniel leace would not be
naturally drawn. 1t IN but justice to his
memory to state that h, was even in his
most worldly times. disposed towards piety.
In his youthful days he was man Of pray.
er. and when he had no companion in this
respect, among all those by whom he was
surrounded. For many years before his
death he renewed the hs5i;s Of his youth,
and enlcavorel to prepare himself Tor the
Lant to winch he has gone the events Of
his life hal thrown shadows across his
pathway but he saw. through the light OF
forgiveness. the Hill Of Go:. where i; i. but
charity to hope tina, II. is nov sUmmering
The expectation of minsi,ns again with
the !rien.s Of early days-of renewing the
social relations OF chiidhooi-is u pleasure
never yie!ici though it may never be at.
tanned, by any heart that has the capacity
for the ordinary feelings OF friendship. L:
is startling to hear unexpectedly Of tho
death of one whom we desired to meet !:
there a,e no conditions by which the weight
of the stroke can bc lessenel-no attention
but to realize. To submit to the distressing
loss. Long years ago it was my pleasure
to follow my friend. o. whom l have hur-
richly written the foregoing. through forests
that have since been swept away by civiii-
zation-over praiyies which are now pas.
pastures tor the domestic hsrls 0; the farm
e,-to sit by tine !eemiL streams-aow de-
p"puls..ed-to listen and learn from his con-
versation at my boyhood's freside. II Ii
hard. even to the utmost OF endurance. to
know that shall! not neet him again.
w. Q.
WAsarxorox CO., AnK., Jan. II, 1851.
.As matter Of information. i: may be stated
tha. Andrew Campbell. lawyr o; Van bursn
and partner Of Georg- W. Pssc!.al was riding Dr.
/, Crun. when he was nur Ter "a. Another MAJ
, had previously been killed when riding h''n IN