The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1882-05-21

Will Rncs Horses, yet Stick to the Faits.
From me CourierJourno,
" The Church and the Turf" the entlcinp
title OF Gen Abe Buford's lecture last evening"
tened with deep attention TO the speaker iT,
VIEWS q horse racing from Bible standpoint.
n the Bible frequent allusiens were made 70
5ob animal Out of the whirlwind He spoke to
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shouting. ' ''"''' vi 'n' captains and the
Gen ad Bu rs also quoted number Of other
Mordeeai. the man whom Ahasperus honored
was given the horse that the King had ridden
npon;; ne was brought on horseback through
f ShiFUt Hnd h HsS Of Are awoa Elijah
Father: the Christ Of Israel and tie horsemen
thereof" Again, when the King Of syria en-
hs camp 81 MaShs he heavenly
tain was 1 Of horses and chariots Of IN IRE abont
Elisha" From Genesis to Reyelatons the
inference given that In q celestial form It Is an
inhabitant Of heaven. In the Apocayptic Wis
$50. and his name was called The Word q
| tOu.
| From the Louisville Commercial.
Gen. Abe Buford was once one Of the best
known turfmen in the country and his sermon
his opinion. was the relation between the turf
ana the Church, was read and commented on
se sad last nSHt and G had
sation with him about horses and horse racing
and his relation to the Church now. Nobody
Would recosnze him. Age has zen farye eNfsd Ks
lace and removed i,,. al the supplenoss from his
than age o marx The n oG acne
Isit down: my dear friend" said the General.
and, removing an open Bible, which he had
doubtless been reading as the reporter entered.
and. telling him TO lay his note book where the
Word of Truth had lain. he continued:
You say you want to know something about
old horse racing times In Kentucky and some;
Well; began dealing in racehorses after left
the First Regimen Of Dragon, IL 1854
contains 500 acres Of the finest land IN the
world, is In the centre of the blue-gr coun;
b rOsdins &c of horses. The firsi horse bought
brood mares and began breeding and rearing
| fine horses.
In 1853. when Sovereign was about TO die, 1
got Revenue from John Al. Bolts of Virginia
and put him at tho head of my stud.
When the war came sent some of my stock
to Illinois and some were stolen from me-
Then found that some OF my Union friends
had taken Reyenue away during my absence,
|
bennington had some remarkable of
fellow Inquirer, Lynchburg., Lytteton, and
Gov. Buell.. ran Inquirer and Lynchburg the
first henner stakes ever run in America. at
How much did you win with Inquirer"
- won somewhere between $4,000 and
$4,000. After he broke down put him in my
stud, and am the only breeder who ever reared
bred. run. and deyeloped his own stations"
| In your early days. General. racing was
conducted in n much different manner from
1t was. indeed. Breeders and rearers OF
fine horses then ran them also and there was
no concentration Of q great number of mares
one bs bey r9 e eh eauasy aed
the race course had nothing Of the bad feature
II now has. Tho farmers and breeders would
bring their thoroughDreds to the rnoe track,
and they would race them for pure love of the
co maoy' was the betting done in those days.
heTs were no p90ls Hrd Sne gsn,.sGHa y,
ii 600. as the t case IS might be- Most 81 the bet.
ting was done ON the field; Those who bet were
sh c BEEN tbe a sasg
now. but there was not near SO much money at
stake. All that is changed now; the breeders
man takes charge OF them and runs III en-:
When the breeders ran their own horses we had
honest races, and there were no pullbacks. They
would bel. on the fair one gentleman against
another. Now millions are wagercd. and gam.
blers run the horses. and frequently one wins
more money when he gets beaten than when
he.WlbPsst"w os +ho croot.st rocs vou ovor anu in
Ths greatest race saw W the Nc,
against Vera Cruz and Baden baden two miles.
every turtman admits is a better race than Ten
Brpecks s27 With MI lH pounds as Sye tH:
field outside the middle Of the track. and when
the match was started was four lengths behind
the ddrng post and when he HonG finished waS in
a velvet CARPET, with horse behind him to stir
him up without exciting him. The greatest
1uirer and King Fisher, ut Long Branch. whers,
there, we're three heats. on that was grand
What is the best breed OF horses now on the
-" The best bred horse is In my opinion Good
Night. He is to-day the best bred horse in
America. having II combination of bennington
ust the ksd Of cross the EnSis Eli Ike
u,, f9n think 81, there is good deal in blood. do
ri think everything is in blood 1t lstruerot
chant or your shoddy arstocrat never makes, a
turfman scrub horse may win n short dash
but wont amount to anything in tn, long run"
You were very successful in breeding horses
Il was. indeed. and made great deal Of
money nj it; But il all wont ono way and
9nEo,her nna then ny SON di9d and ny Rgs wife
Bonita" and the old man brushed tear from
his eyes while his voice shook,
You fee, very lonesome without your horses.
Yes do, indeed. very lonesome. Thought
back again"
49,, :" Well, is it true that you are going to lcaw
the church If you can't attend the rnces ?"
| Oh now. don't say anything about that, |
| was talking to II minister on that subject this
morning and asked him if had better not Join
| another church and he said no ; that couldbs
| a Cnrstan and have my own views about such
matters, You see my idea Is that no man IS
| hurt by Witnessing horse race or rearing line
horses. The obiectionablc feature Is NE gam.
bling. OF course, that's all wrong. Only me
Puritans are against me. Christianity now.
compared with Christianity 100 years back Is
like an electric light compared with taliow
candle. 1t is an obsolete idea 10 suppose that
| it hurts man to see iinu animals eNerung
muscles tnat God gave them
so YOU think YOU will go into horse racing
this fall z"
Il don't know. am getting tired Of this city,
very tired Of it, and want to 10 back to ny
farm. ! find it very dull to be around races
without taking part in them"
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