The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-10-08
THE DEATH OF AMERICAN GIRL.

American Girl, who died yesterday al
Elmira, was horse more fortunate than the
vast majority of mankind. Although she
died young, even in the computation O
equine lives, her career was full of splendol
and Success 1t was bright and swift, like 9
sDmet, and the time of her circling course
Yrs calculated with almost as much mathe.
NAUTICAL accuracy as the orbit of celestial
body. One-quarter of second was as i'm.
p07tant in the measurement Of her speed as il
wDnld be in that of the transit OF Venus.
She was waited upon like princess; she
lived in a stable which was more comfortable
ahan many Italian palaces; when she ap.
peared in public it was amid the reclamation
OF admiring thousands, and she was worth
twenty-five thousand dollars, which is greatly
above the commercial value of most men, ex.
espting congressman and Legislators. Hei
pSrsonal qualities were excellent; she was
gentle, kind and modest; victory was never
known to turn her head indeed she often
won by neck, and, with more consistency
skaan many politicians, she never was known
10 bolt
The death of American Girl, like that OF
Glarriok will sadden the gayety of nations
10 lar as sorrow is concerned, the world
runld have better spared a better man.
Wherever the horse is loved this magnificent
specimen of the race will be lamented, but
regret will be softened by the superb dramatic
tgtect with which her career was closed. As
Il was fguratively said of Earl Chatham
ThSdheus Stevens and other distinguished
statesmen, so may it literally be said Of her
shat she died in harness. Death and Gold
Unith Maid were almost the only brutes that
conld beat her.
The old Queen of the Turf has kept full
length in front of death for nearly twenty
I'LL hof HaJ in alta 10 al, La~
he entered invisibly in the Elmira races, and,
mounted on the W. g. Pale Horse, distanced
American Girl in the first heat. This defeat
broke her heart; but let us trust that the
Hninbow which, according to the high author
lty Of the Associated Press, rested upon the
head Of the dying mare, is typical of her ra-
daant beauty. IT there is indeed horse
heaven she has gone to it. There she
viii meet with Bucephalus, with the
horses of Achilles, with Balaam's ass,
Rosinante, Dapple and all the mighty steeds
OF antiquity, to sport with them in fields of
Immortal bloom and feed upon celestial oats
Ihe ghost of Alexander may be proud to
mount her and race against all other quadru-
ped shades, with infnity for course and
eternity for time. Wnen we remember
American Girl in her prime and all other
good horses like Eclipse Fashion, Flora
Temple, Goldsmith Maid and the stallion
Patehen, then the terrible satire of
Swift's "Gulliver," where he tells of the
Houyhnhnms, or horses of superior reasons,
who had men for servants, seems deprived Of
Nsnch of it's sting and bitterness. The inferi-
ority of humanity to the equinl race ceases to
se humiliating. Farewell, then, American
Girl May the monument which shall be
aised to thy memory fifty celebrate thy deeds
and virtues! Well may be said of thee,
s-Green be the turf above thee p for in life
nsver was there horse that stepped more
ijghtly upon it.-New York Herald.