Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1880-04-17

Colonel WI. Lewis Clarke. Ir., PRE-
Scntea Wtth an Elegant
HurE Badge BY 8Iessrs.
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A very happy and interesting
event occarrHd at Payon's last even
ing, participated In aud Witnessed
by number of turfnen. Col. NJ.
Lewis Clarke, Jr., had been tele-
phoned to meet the gentlemen at
ePaycn's to settle ''dispute.' and
with his usual courtesy responded
at once. There were many of his
friends and the representatives Of
the press present, aud he entered q
protest against adludicating a dis
pute to be publicly recorded. On
this il developed that there was no
dispute. but that Col. Clarke had
beer deliberately but pleasantly de-
eeived. Capt. j. a. MeAfee stated
the object Of the assemblage in the
following neat and elegant address,
accompanied by q handsome badger
Col. Clarke, 1 have been depntized
by two of Louisville'S most enter
prising young turfmen--Messrs.
Ireland Il. Dick--to present TO you
this golden badge as an evidence Of
their high regard for you as friend
and as the President OF the Louis
Vile hockey Club. Wherever the
faIne OF Kentuckians has gone it has
carried with it the repntati0n Of Our
racc-hOrses, and from the advent of
the pioneer upon the "dark and
bloody ground" down to the pres
ent day the race field has been the
object Of admiration to our loftiest
men and cur fairest women! No
one can refute the statement when
/ declare that "the course has done
more to increase the value of the
horse in this country than every
thing else combined. 1t would be
inVidious to call the names of the
horses which have been furnished
tn the turf from Kentucky, lest one
should be omitted by chance that it
would have been f;airer to remem-
ber-but their names are as familiar
to the country as the names of her
distinguished sons, or the songs of a I
nations pride. You, sir, have been I
called the King OF The Turf;2 and I
these young knights of the spur,
holding i'm tender memory the many
kindnesse5 Which you have hitherto !
shown them, have asked me to |
compliment you, as the one mani
representing in your individual !
business two of kentueky's most /
valued products, the horse and the |
weed! The commerce of the eOun-
try cOnYinces us that the tobacco |
produced in the tobacco regions of \
Kentucky is superior TO that grown /
in any state or country, care not |
whether you put the question to the /
Turk in his silent tent In the Orient, I
or to the Indian in his tFackless |
western wiIds, where he pays hom- I
age to the Great Day God, and I
smokes his POwhattan in his wig /
wan. We sincerely hope, Col. /
Clark, that you may long live to |
stimulate the men of the turf and /
those who cultivate the weed, which 4
has become such a solace in every
cline-t0 stimulate t. EN- with your
spirit of emulation and advance
ment and your high personal cour-
age and honor, which renders you
the object of esteem and respect 10 4
so many valiant hearts. Allow me
to present to you this badge, which
trust you may long wear in re-
membrance of the donors.
After Capt. McAfee's remarks,
Col. Clarke responded in apprOpri-
ate language, thanking Messrs. Ire
land a Dick, and expressing his
complete surprise at the whole pro-
ceedings. The badge he promised
to wear as his presidents badge Of
the jockey club, and as "A proud
compliment and testimonial of the
appreciation of Kentucky turfmen.
The badge so happily bestowed is
a very handsome golden horseshoe,
surrounding a wreath embracing
the monogram of the Louisville
Jockey Club. The pin, to which
the gOOd-luck shoe" was suspended,
was Jockeys whip, and on the
bow of the shoe was engraved the
words "LOuisville's Jockey Club"
surrounding brilliant solitaire dia-
mOnd. On the reverse side of the
badge was engraved the presenta-
tinn 20 Col Clarke from Messrs. Ire
land & Dick. ~
AMER tue speeches and mutual
compliments had been passed, DIR.
LundsfOrd Yandell, who was in the
chair, moved an adjournment to
the supper-rOom, and the gentlemen
were soon seated to an elegant re-
past. The evening was delightfully."-
spent, and the turf Interests of Ken
lucky, in which ali present were so
much interested, were thoroughly !
discussed. r
Col. Clarke received a well-de-
served compliment in the presenta-
ton; and no Kentucky horse men |
are better fitted to tender such tasti-
mOnials than Messrs. Ireland 4 |
Dick. E..