The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1867-08-31
From The Ch:cIgD Tribune.
The Coming HOrsc---2:"3 Made by nm
Unframed SInIIIon.--Ih Horse that
Howe fried 10 Buy.


| A few weeks since il was stated in
/ several OF the Journals OF this country
thata great tIutting phenomenon had
lust be en- brought out at Paris. The
/ statement gave the time Of the horse at
2:23, " nIch was said to have been made
{ without any previous training. The
I report was not believed on this side OF
the water, and wagers were freely Of
I fered that no such performance had
! been made. From Il gentleman who
! has Just returned from Paris, where he
/ witnessed the trial, and who is OF I'M
! questionable veracity, we gather the
! following:
| on The visit of the Car to Paris, lie
/ brought with him among other objects
/ OF interest. "a stallion which was IA nat
! ural trotter, and which, never having
/ been trained, had developed an extra
! ordinary degree Of speed. This was the
horse Bedouin, an animal OF Arabian
| blood, crossed with Holland stock. He
! has been in the EmperOr's stables ever
since Failing, and began to show the
! Qualities of trOtter at seven years.
( When the Gear went 10 Paris he took
/ the stallion with him. In June
/ last trial was made OF the
speed of the horse in the Bots
/ de BJlogne in tina presence Of
/ large gathering of English and
/ American gentlemen, patrons OF the
! turf. Tie truck was "A rounded rectan-
] gle, much The shape and size Of one of
/ our ordinary hall mile COURSES In a
heavy Russian G!G, weighing I'D
pounds, the groom OF tue stallion, IL
man weighing l25 pounds, drove the
horse, which was very neshy. aud not
by any means in good speeding condi-
ton, three times round the course IN
tine time OF ) AZ. The track WAS meas
ured by several gentlemen curious to
know the exact time, and was found 10
measure nearly tive-eighths OF mile.
The stallion had therefore tTotted a
mile and seven eightLs 10 the rate of
. Z3H to the mile. The effort was at
once made by IL number of our Anerl-
cans to purchase the horse, and Elias
Z Howe, Jr offered 100000 tor him, 1t is
/ said. The Gar refused to part with
/ him, intending to keep him for breed
t ing purposes. .. NJ. .E
4 .dDuin il eleven years old, fifteen
! hands three inches in height, and
{ weighed, mt the time Of the above trial,
,l3O pounds. lie has a beautiful head,
| limbs clean and very strong, with
! tail sweeping the ground. 1t WIS
thought that III good condition the stall
lion could rot a mile in 2 II at least.
HUMAN WILh.-W Onderlul is that
power in man which we call will.
Higher than matter, stronger than
spirit, u speaks, anu IHatltt tISlhDleSI
and spirit, submissive, flashes on its
mission. at its voice the puntest arm
receives the strength of IA Titan. 1t
whifiA an auger To the centre OF the
earth; it batters down mountains of
solid rock; IL lifts II lake and emptles It
. into the sea. The zlowcst limbs stride
across continents, leap oceans and span
til" world. Equally wonderful is its
control in the realm Of mind. Body ana
soul are its Cali ban and Ariel. Likethe
creative fiat Of God, its voice il heard
only as it syIlableE Itself in accom-
| plisheG acts. Sometimes, like II good
easy monarch, 1t mods on its throne.
aud dreamy lisilesncss broods over
/ its whole realm. But, when it Is fully
aroused, who can say what the tender
est body, sustaincd by its mighty iu1iu-
ence, may not endure. or the wepkest
soul, spuTTed by its terrible energy,
may not perform? When it calls thus
with its lOudeht voice, not only every
power OF man seems "A thousand times
multiplied, but other men hear i.s com
inand and hasten to obey. Far and
near they move hithcr and thiIher in
obedience TO liz dictates. II cOmpels
nation by its mysterious Influence
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