Telegram-herald., 1889-09-05
The BLUE GRASS REGION
Ia Glory sung by Col Gccdloe,
OF keatUcky.
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a.y. ',4d ~iu sE0s yo1 = splsodld syeci-
1en q tEs Esnsucky gentlsaaan. IAks ia
Ksnrzcky sorss sllcA hs lsvss - vel. th-s
gzntlstaan = thoEo1gh ghbxed. He has al tbs
ssfai4s and qualities Il the racer shich yua
~ill understand When I tsl yea thaE tos
t-ood q tns Gays ro~s il rs veins. CoL
eeSdioe. u shon I spsak. A~ss in ths out
szirns 4 Iexlaxton Thsrs he has TIE most
beal-fli nlzas ever sas. Ths grol ads ars
tl-ai with ali ths trees znd towering shruos
tnaG I'll grew IN tnAt latitude aad ssll, and
taelr ns1as Is legtoa The drives, walks aud
paxos wiad Ia and cut 1hs hczss. built
many yoars ago by = rich EnZllzhl-aR, has
a. modern convsniaaoes combined With true
Keurscky A0aasllksnass. BROAD, archei
zAilsries r1n ar0uad she house, The toors q
thsse being BEAUTIFULLY tiled The hospital
lty dispensed ksrs . fairly prinoely-
II speak u taLs becSGss Il l. a type u the
hospitality which al that region % kentrcky
dellghtsin Dosa there everything Is dropped
fOr dinner party. II there ara visitors
dtnner n givsn every day Guests are
broogh, trom Louisville, from CincianaI,
froH even more distant towns Ths Ken
tUekan who VII not let business take care os
itsa-L pack his dress coat into a valss and
board The cars to 90 % a dinner party IS not
worthy the mama OF Kentucky gentleman
As sooa as ons host gets through with a visit
or others are crying for him They take
him from hoUss 20 houss, from dinner party
~ dinner party. The Blue Grass regicn Of
Kentucky IS an emerald on the bosom OF one
of the falrest states in the Union The peo-
phs who hve there take moro real enjoyment
out ot hfe than any other peOplo Ia the world
u whom l know anything | know Of no
spot in which would rather live Take the
horn7 OF Col Goodloe. FOR example. When
you wake In the morning taers is a colored
man to help you dreSs, 20 polish your boots.
10 supply your every want. All day long IL
Is the same. Wherever you turn there is
colored servant 20 attend you, and thoy are,
when properly trained, the best servants in
the world Maay Of these were formerly
slaves, who could not Do induced to leave the
old place Col Goodloo keeps four times as
many servants IS ke needs, simply because be
does not Ike 70 drive them away Around
the housa are the thoroughbreds, grazing ena
playing like pet dogs Gel Goodies has four
daughters, each as beautiful rs dream and
every one = borsewoInan Of skill and daring
In Kentacsy the women know horses almost
as well as the men, and love them even bet
caution 20 conc-al bis ignorance Of the horse
must expect 70 have good deal of fun polzed
at him by pretty and mischievous girls, as
/ Col. Dudley discovered when ho spoke ono
day Of the hind knes OF horse But II you
want TO hear about Kentucky and Kentucky
horses, corns and see Col. Goodloe."
handsome. cultured gentleman Is Col
Goodloe, one you'd Ike for q host, friend,
an adviser, or a second In a duel or any other
enterprise requiring courage, fruneSs and
LOYALTY. BE Is a good business man, knows
politics. can tell story, make speech or
lead the german, but he would rather talk
horse than do anything else ia the world
The ho-se breeding industry In Ken
tucky,n he saws, 'is almost entirely confined
70 the Blue Grass region Travelling IN the
north aud east meet many men who have a
| mistaken notion Of the extcnt Of the Blue
! Grass country. Many think IL covers half
/ the state or more bat a matter OF fact it
extends bat twenty-five miles around LexinE-
ton The borders describe a circle of irregu-
I lar formation, but circle, nevertheless
averaging fifty miles in diameter | DO not
call this the garden spot Of the world, nor do
say it is an emerald on the bosom OF Ken
tucky, as my poetic friend Clarkscn
says, but l do often tell gentlemen
there's but one place on the face
of the globe where corn, wheat. oats, rye,
barley, timothy. clover, hemp, fax, potatoes,
both Irish and sweet, and tobacco can be seen
growing sido by side, and that is In the Blue
Grass region; ard not only growing side by
side but growing IN perfection In all the
beauty and bolntifulness OK nature. The
crop which gives name TO our country is an
indigenous crop We do not have to SOW blue
grass, it need not be protected. The blue
Crafs Is hardy and persistent. and It runs out
everything else. Left 70 itself field of tinlo-
thy or clover quickly becomes fisld Of blue
grass. This famous grass is tall and thin Of
stalk. and very sweet. have ssea it three
feet high. but with IFS tops tapping over No
hay Is made Of the blue grass. II Is consumed
entirely by grazing There are several rea-
sons for this One Is that Il IS a hight crop in
tonnage, no more then one-third or one-haIf
that Of timothy OF clover. Another is that
It is. next % clover, the most difficult grass
70 cure perfectly. Besides, the horses and
COWS get it AZ, even In winter digging under
the snow for the last blade. In a favorable
winter season ths grass grows nicely down
under The snow, and she horses nose it out in
great delight and With much beneft 70 them
ssiveS"
And IL is this grass that gives to Ken
tucky her fame ns . breeder Of rsce horsesf'
1T must b 80 The results speak for
themselves Nearly an the great race horses
Ia America trace their origin 70 Kentucky.
The California breeders, who have great sta
bles. started with kentucky Sires. So did
tha Montana br-edsrS and the Tennessee.
The only exceptions - tho rule are found IN
the csss of a number Of thoroughbreds bred
directly from srss imported from England.
Thor. Is = number q successful racers on tbs
turf tods7 bred from imported sires and m
tivr mares This line Of breeding usually
produces excellent results. but It dos no;
work vel The other vsv Breeding from
Imported mares has never heen succ-ss So
. nay - said. speaking generally. that sl
the feet race horses il TIA United Stairs ara.
n ore vsY n smother. Kentucky product
EssitsckY has TIE blood, which l. coras0n-
s17 crosset With good strains from Eng
and
-Eow lonS has ths hre~iinz q rao. horses
S-en going on n Kentu-tvF'
II balisvs the Arr start ~as asde by ~
Importation q a few ures from Fnz'and in
tson or therssborts. tbowxh is can hardly -
<id tbss hrs>iinx rad fairy hex1n before
iSs5 Tse r.ce couraa ~ Iexington. s*srtSi
, n islT. oas ~ a-st sn, in tbe Uais>d Ststes.
The hr1= n~<z 49, neve- - more prosper7ss
,ouditior AZ the breeders N The Rius
.5rss r>gicr 49, making rno1ev srt several
n thar hs-s 6@-ou,e very wealthy Ete
. 'srrners - cTr pa-r - - country az ~
Ike ths majority ~ farmers etsevse-a. TheT
- D. ~ork tssur~es-es. r they lizs thay
dep sil ? ociock n 80 uacrnisE Th-f
shief dHtY = - riie srorrd the farm aad
- ssableS - - hov thi.xS 49, E-trzs n
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