Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-12-10
THE BREEDERS FED.
A Royal Banquet Enjoyed at the Ringo
HOuse-A Feast Of Reason and a
Flow of Soul---A Very Popular
Address by s. NJ. Edwards.

The Horse Breeders of Missouri,
on Tuesday night, enjoyed splen-
did banquet at the Ringo House
rendered to them by the citizens of
Mexico. This entertainment was
q feast of reason and flow OF soul.
The citizens of Mexico appreciated
the horse interests OF Missouri and
the men that represent these inter
ests. One hundred and ten people
sat down TO supper at about $3.50
and s magnificent time was enjoyed
The meLu was complete in every
particular and was one of the best
We have enjoyed in many a day.
The roast pig was especially deli
cious and highly complimented by
all present. The service was first
class and perfectly satisfactory.
Hon. c. F. Clark, Vlce-president
of the Missouri Horse Breeders
Association presided. At the close
of the banquet and while the guests
were enjoying their cigars Mr..
Clark proposed the toast, "Our
Guests" which was happily re-
sponded to by Judge 5. M. Ed
wards as follows:
JUDGE EDWARDS ADDRESS.
There are others here who have
made a record on similar occasions,
far better suited to exhibit in this
ring than I, for L am only a wild, un-
haltered colt of these broad prairies
and don't know why I should be led
in to show my gaits before this fine
stud of magnificent thoroughbreds.
The fact is champ the bit and foam
and fret under the restraint of the
bride. I belong to the old-time
range. I look back with fond and
lingering regret to the good old days
the days when the green heads drove
every fine-haired animal from the
grass and left us a free and open pas
ture with none to say "neigh" to our
possession. But, alas! how changed
Now 1 am a mere hack, used only in
the general roundup. No wonder l
buck. In trotting in before this splen-
did exhibition of fine stock that can
trace its pedigree back no doubt to
the Mammoth Cave or even to Clay's
bull of Kentucky you may expect me
to shy, for can expect nothing but
the whip and the spur. So, now,
Sfranh vo,' ,,,,st a+tr;h,.to IL tc ny ,e .ne
" a;ni,a ra,har to- ,,., ~ ;.a,;,a.;a.. "ass
To hall Won sea r have haa,, anc,,al
corral me if makes me narvous and
fratf,1i uouaaar o -, +ho o' a,,uS auuS anu anu
tha ar,,n .ar ere,tiIaa,, ~ VIC a,,rar. ,u %hu tha
ernnnar @ and fha Iaadan we;9hts 'n nf
uuppe nropr,atv % f;rm,v ad;"s,ed +" 1n's ny n. VI
tarna S,na 70 nm q. Iawai r &C. .So pn1J pp1J
est e horsa npu pmnnrst " M uo' @ w When u9 ~ nlJ
over the field and IL hard r., rat n
start. even tha verv nastnres of
thonoht seem to he incIosed Now II
I iump. metaphoricaIIy sneakino into
the fields of fancy and fiction to show
INV coltish culture YOU will at once de-
tect nv want of proper knee action
and on the other hand if I loo along
on the highway of EVERYDAY fhoueht
YOU will saw I am nothing hui a
draupht animal or at best onlv a
roadster. So YOU see whichever wav
I turn I find Something out of order:
either the breeching is too short or the
belIv-band too tight. No doubt pen-
tlemen, there are those before me
who, in their many seasons. have
gathered much of valuable informa-
tion on this horse subject: for some
of you look as though you have stood
for many years on the vantage points
of observation. 80 whatever I NAV
saw viii only recover ground over
which you have ambled long before
me. I will, however, say of late years
one thing has impressed me deeply
and sensibly-and that ia we are
growing decidedly fast, That old.
time-honored adape of asIow and
sure,n like lawyers plodding their
way to that far off and better land.
has ceased to have its whoiesome and
hannv effect ON our lives IT is hnriad
gentlemen. hurled in the mannra n
1he mast.
The motto of the present day is