Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-12-07
The Home of the Brazen

Editor Sar:-As people. we q.
pet or slang names. "Old ,nss,.s =. -
meant more than now, and .,a 49, -.
OF the Granite or Buckle - >, $50 ny 49,
Cor. ~ Wa,, W af'' "a; fukes Suckers. Hoo
nom. &c NJ. - 81 '1SOrham is as good a
sit,ia1 ion in p .eFs. while Hub" makes the
associations .stos better understood than any
inoton h. attached tc its proper name. Wash
Of an - no apt name of this kind. The city
desc <shlscent distances is significant I'm a
81, 1fEye sense, but fails as soubriquet. 1
ecssess Brass Horse" It is not euphonlouS
.Sshf Se easily switched on to city, as in the
case Of our neighbor, whose " monumental =
pr:fiX Is tossed off without stop. but it eTec-
. ufeiy ana CURLY describes the situation. Ours
is emphatically the home OF the brass horse
We have them in all forms. shapes and sizes,
ana Ia every considerable attitude, except kick
ing mp. They prance, rear, snort and squeal-
that Is, they do all the things that brass horse
can 90; Judging from appearances, they are
= ne, halt. blind and spawned, and withal
VICIOUS DlterS. They are trained TO the circus,
but not always well taught, for one Of them
whose trick evidently is to mount cannon,
one foot squaIely upon the rolling thing. Now
! am agltated to know what Thomas is TO be
mounted upon. The pedestal was erected by
tits and starts, and ! remember to have once
thought it very artistic work, but believe
the most mischicvous Of the devils imos
has charge of horse artists. The tiend
IN an evil moment put il into the head
OF this particular one-and indeed have not
asked who he iS-tO surround the simple era lite
Win huge brass posts and lamps; thugs preoty
enough In themselves, bat as suitable in the
place they are as upon the dome of the CAPT
tol. a blessed derrick Knocked one OF them
and the lesson passed unheeded. ThomiS
grandly simple plain, straightforward Tho mas,
rho mas, who all his life hated ShOddy in all its
forms OF deveOpment-wtth his soul at rest in
peace, while his efiigy shall. be Gagged about by
so much gaudy show? My patience racked and
tortured, has utterly broken down on sight OF
the star. wreath and medallion now fixed To the
beautiful granite i'm all the lustre and glea CT
the vile metal. / am convinced the horse is 10
be placed heels high in air, and the poor rider
forever doomed TO gymnaStic performance in
the saddle in competition with one Jackson
whom have Inspected daily for twelty years
or more TO see come to grief. Where is COlen?
lie might now do some service with his rabb,e
ana deserve wei, Is if not possible to make
Seme other disposition OF our horses? Is thee
no alternative but to mount Them booted end
Spurred on the inevitable horse? The genius
OF the artist world should hit upon some Other
device by way of change. but if this may not
oe, then think the City Fathers should pro-
mint Kicking, rearing SnOrting animals In the
pubic places, and should abolish all brass adj
]ulictS. Let this Struggler for fame apparently
anxious 10 Guido his fellOw-craftSmen visit !: e
reservation two squares west. TO take a lesson
from the one brass horse Cohen and his tribe
should respect, and after due communion with
MS artist soul, ask himself if he should not
speedily remove those posts and lamps F.