Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-05-29

Just so we do with regard to our public
linen. We tear their characters into shoe
strings when thev are alive, but when they
are dead, we begin TO raise money fol
monuments to their memory.
And 1t is perfectly astonishing how
man S fame gnaws away after he is dead
Now all this sort of thing is not goot
sense. The dead have no need of our kline
offices. 1t matters nothing to them what
the leading newspapers say of them. AL
the laudatory notices in the obituary
columns are of no account to them. A
monument reaching to the skies is worth
no more to dead man than pine shingle
placed at the head of his grave.
Our duty is to the living not to the
dead.
Your hard worked-wife-who during he1
lifetime never has a cent she can call her
own, who tolls till she can toll no longer
to save up money which you will expeno
In amonument to comm emorate her virtues
after she is dead-would have been much
more benefited by the price of That marble
invested In comfortable clothing, and help
in the kitched when she stood in need OF
1t. And you would have displayed a
much more sensible action for her, by
spending the money ON her during her
life, then by spending it on her tomb
stone after she is dead.
And how it is about kind words? We
are all ready to say pretty things about
those who are dead. Then we remember
only their virtues Why is it not Just as
easy to see their good qualities while they
are living
Why not be charitably blind to their
faults while they are here?
Why not erect our monuments to the
living instead of to the dead?
| Why not all the way along bear in mind
that our living friends are in every respect
| just as good and as noble as they will be
when they are dead? and that is of vastly
more consequence to them that we treasure
them now, rather than when they have
passed beyond all care or thought of
earthly love?
If we could learn to speak as kindly of
our living friends as we do of our dead
| ones. it would show US in better light to
our dear ones when on the unknown way,
we should never have to regret the kind
offices we might have done for him.
TRAINING RACE HORSES.
Frank McCabe Tells How Young Thor
oughbreds Are Handled.
One of the most important individuals
with the race track, the least thought
of by the public, is the trainer, says the
Chicago Herald. He is out of sight and
therefore out of mind, but the effect of his
judgment and his work in connection with
the events is of supreme Importance. A
trainer cannot make an Ell Rio Rey out of a
street car horse, but a poor handler of
horses can easily reduce CHAMPION to a
wreck. How the trainer proceeds is mys-
terry to most people who enjoy and patron
ize the race course. A talk, therefore, by
one of the most famous trainers in the
country will be of exceeding interest.
Frank McCabe who has won renown with
Dryer brothers stable by sending cham
pions to the post, says this concerning
the method used in training young racers
1.-The training of horse is a simple
thing in one way, as far as the manual
labor goes, and might be easy enough to
explain But the different temperaments
of the horses in hand form the real basis
or foundation upon which the rest is done.
That would be hard to explain, just as it
would be hard for man to explain the
different phases of human nature. To be-
gin with, the Dryers usually go down to
Kentucky in May when they want to pur-
chase new stock. There the colts which
have been born in early spring are looked
over, and such purchases made as desired.
They are left there to feed upon the blue
grass until the latter part of August, when
they are brought up here to the stable,
and, after becoming used to the change,
the work of breaking them is begun.
When they become accustomed to their
keepers and the surroundings of the stable,
saddle is put upon their backs while in
the STALL and allowed to remain there until
they get thoroughly used to it. Then they
are given the bride, which it takes them
some time to get used to. When matters
have gone thus far the colt has learned that
he is not to be harmed in any way, and by
constant kindness In treatment soon comes
to know what is wanted of him, and is in
nearly every case gentle under the train
ing. Now that he has become used to the
bit and saddle, he is led about the track by
an attendant day after day until the time
comes for mounting. Then boy is put
upon his back and he is ready for more ad-
vanced exercise. He is first walked over
the track, then trotted and afterward gall
loped, the pace being gradually increased
as he shows strength and power to take it.
The first real run of the foal is three
Fights scratch, and then SEINE idea of his
speed may be gained. Like everything
else, his temper and work will greatly de-
pend upon his early training. and | have
found it an answering rule that gentle
ness in this work is bound to bring out all
the best traits of the animals nature. and
for kind attendant he will do his utmost
upon the track"
"Are horses subject to any special treat
ment before entering race?'
Eyes, to a certain extent. In many
cases, as have already said, they are in
tensely nervous and lose their appetites
This, to delicate animal, is not conduc-
i've to the best results on the track. They
are dieted or drawn, as it is called, but
not so much now as of old. Years back
the runner on the day before a race was
given but very little to eat and only a sip
of water, but at the present time they are
allowed to have plenty of water and a
moderate amount of feed A strong, ro-
| bust horse will often eat all the time, but
in snch cases the amount of feed given is
closely regulated by his actual needs. So
you see the training of a racer is business
which requires patience and care.
A Chauncey Depew Among Women.
| Women have been noted from time i'm
memorial for their lack of exactness and
| judgment In business matters, particularly
noticeable in their dealings with news
papers, but there's one woman in the city,
and she is young woman, too, who has
an artistic method of procedure which
men might do we'll to study. She is the