Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-06-13

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IT'S he, the autocrat-the Emperor
OF all Russians.
From the human hive mounts and
swells a growing noise; cries, oaths,
calls from the Kras senders, all blend
themselves in a formidable roar,
Long live the Carl
At this moment a rosewood sled
drawn by white horses stops in front
OF the box nearest the royal pavilion.
The president of the jury precipitates
himself at the horses feet and aids
young woman TO descend. The tall
figure, with its long, loose wrap of
priceless blue fox and it's aureole of
wonderful red hair, is well known in
st. Petersburg. She is the Princess
Eliasayeta Palorna, the beauty Of
three seasons. Repine follows her.
Under her little fur cap, with it's
jeweled fez, Veta's eyes look out.
serene, impenetrable. A bell sounds,
and silence falls on the waiting null
titude. From open gates stream
dozen or more horses harnessed to
light sleds of gilded osier. They are
pure-biooded Arabians, thick-set
mustangs from the steppes, and highly
bred Orloffs with sweeping names
white and shiny as spun glass,
The people watch these preliminaries
alphabetically. They are waiting for the
'piece de resistance" the three-horse
race, with princes as drivers. Already
four races have been run. the track is
cleared and the 500 workers take up
their task of sweeping away the pow
dered ice beaten up by the iron hoofs.
Once more the gates open and three
splendid bays appear with the same
sled Of gilded osier, but larger and
more elegant. They are followed by
three black Finlanders, with shaggy
coats and tails that sweep theground.
The last corners are Orloff stations,
white and dazzling as the snow itself
Their short hair glistens as though
oiled, and silver reflections shadow
their smooth fianks and elegant necks;
their mouths are black and their nos
| trils immense, quiyering and roselined;
| their eyes, tender, vet prominent and
| full of fire, are circled by a sooty ring
like those OF the Asiatic women. They
are the pets Of the hour.
There they stand, the nine
\ superb creatures, controlled by a
\ splendid discipline that does not per-
init themost timid paving of their inn
1 patient hoofs, and with over two hun
I dred thousand eyes admiring their
matchless perfection.
Three sorry horses, emaciated and
sad, splashed with mud and covered
| with a ragged harness, half string, hall
leather, advaced slowly into the arena;
| behind them trails clumsy vehicle
| made from the bark of a Russian fiji
tree and shaped like the Laplander'
hunting sled. With dropping heads
and dragging limbs the weary beasts
come forward and place themselyes
besides their aristocratic predecessors
a cry OF horror rises, UP IRON tht
Crowd. Leaiiing back in her box Nets
! watches the late arrivals with fixed in
| tenlpessI aEFs- re-
The bell rings noisily. The race be
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The bays led by several lengths
The middle horse, an old favorite. lifts
his feet with all the allurmg charm o
a star of the nations lHbpodrome
His companions, brothers fs6nf tht
1 Don, thin and ardent, run without ef
I fort. After them come the Finlander:
tearing furiously on the reins. Stuff
GENTLY in the rear to astonish THEN
hackers are the 0rloff stations VERT
able wonders Of beauty and breed.
Finally, following at a long distance
behind their royal leaders, are this
three strange beasts with their Laplan
dish sled They run irregular, and
their little thin belts give out mel
ancholy sound. 1t is in this order
that the sleds pass for the first time
in front of the Judges stand.
\ Hallway on the second round the
I Finlanders fling out their sturdy heels
I with such velocity that they look like
I the halfcircle of a bounding hoop
They pass the bays A quick swell
ing OF their massive chests and they
forge ahead.
"Hurrah" shrieked the people,
ravished with the success OF their
\ fayorites. Al this moment the un.
i known peasant straightens up his
I giant frame. Pushing back the heavy
hat drawn down to his eyes. he grips
/ the rpnis with an iron hand gives 3
curious prolonged whistle His skele
4 ton horses are strangely metamor.
phosca. As though III answer TO some
superltuman command, they give one
4 gigantic leap and fairly fy. For a
moment they run beside the white
stations
"The Orlotfs leads screams til,
multitude, then shudders.
Beyond the shapey heads OF Ill,
city's favorites stretched six dark
pointed ears, to be followed by tire,
heads With glazing eyes, and foamins
b,ond.lecked laws
With her body stretched halt out o.
her bon Neta watches them with fas
ciuu;ing ewes Her chest hgaves. hel
( limbs tremble and her lace takes OF
/, the anguish Of the latorin5 hfu:es.
4 Don't worry whispers fepine
''They vii, lose,
They will vim she answers hoarse
I III. II know them.
( The Orlotfs gain, says somebody
4 in the next box
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