The Globe-republican., 1892-05-23
THAT NOBLE ANIMAL
The Horse Nigh bred, Hand
some Flyers Kept at
Dodge City.

against hypocrisy and starvation quit the
use and abuse Of whisky and tobacco and
evolution helped him out into bis present
stage of development. He Is also .
quadruped-to use the boys composition
on this subject-he is . four cornered IN.
imal with . lex under each corner.
The nobility Of the horse comes from
these attributes
First-His impressive form.
Second-His intelligence.
Third-His usefulness.
don't undertake to write the history
of the horse. TO get that, read the his
tory of man. No political, social, relig-
ious, scientific or general history Of man
could be made complete without involv-
ing the horse. Did you ever think of
that? What wonder then, that it is a
part of our nature to be interested in the
horse-from the chubby babe with his
''stick horse'' to the orse-loving miser
who pays one hundred thousand of his
deified dollars just for one horse.
Man never was without art. When
man was rude art was crude, but they
never were so rude and crude but that
they conspired to confer upon coming
generations their acknowledgement Of
Indebtedness to this noble animal.
Whether In sculpture or painting, no ar
fist in either line considered his art.life
properly ended without rounding it out
with one great masterpiece and 10 those
which are left to US we find frequent ev-
idence that in ancient times, among the
brightest minds of those times, the horse
was held in esteem amounting almost to
veneratiOn. From the printed bricks of
Chaldea-from the carved GRANTEES of
Egypt, from the chiseled marbles of
Greece and the brOnzes of Rome, the
same lesson is taught as it will be thous-
ards of years hence. Fancy war pic
ture. or farm scene or a stree: view
Except in Venice, without a horse!
Take him in peace and in war, in litera-
ture and art, he has played part in the
great drama of life which we fail at first
view to appreciate. We can all profita-
bly, review it in deep reflection.
Old MIR. Job, though he was subject to
boils, yet as model of patience and a
Judge of horses, is deeply in it with
the leaders in our sacred writings.
This rambling prologue is intended to
prepare the body polite for digesting and
assimilating the cold, hard fact that we
have right here in Dodge City as jealous
lovers of the horse rs are to be found any,
where. This is evident from the capital
employed, from the care taken in selec-
ton of stock and the judgment used in
mating. Already wonderful results are
obtained in the short time this has been
going on and Ford county can now show
as good colts as any in western Kansas.
1t is the very laudable design of the horse
breeders of Dodge City and vicinity to
make this locality known and noted for
its horses, as Boston is noted for her
beans or Lynn for her shoes or the blue
grass region of Kentucky for its horses
and cattle. With this idea on top they
have brought here none but the best
breeding stock.
1t is my pleasure. to give you some de-
tails and particulars of what has been al
uded to in general.
Starting with Stubs Bros. racing stud,
at their farm two miles east of Dodge,
you will find LYsANDER, who sold az q
yearling at 81 900 at public auction-one
of the finest bred racing horses in Amer.
lea. He is by the celebrated Longfellow,
LIST dam Speed, by Variance, dam of
Warlike and Primero- race winners
of note; End dam Capt. Beard, by Imp
Yorkshire; 3rd dam by Imp Margrave;
18th dam Barbara Allen, by Collier; 9Th
dam Lady Jackson by Sumpter. For fur
Their pedigree, see Bruce's American Stud
Book. OF the sire of this horse the
sHorseman" has this to say:
d. ''There can. perhaps, be no question rs
to Longfellow's being the greatest of liv-
ing blood sires in America. A very great
race horse, first-class in every sense, he
has at the stud surpassed himself. His
get, while rarely flashy as two-yesr-olds.
improve as they train on, and it may be
said that he has sired more race horses
Of the highest caste than any living horse.
The Bard. Leonatus and Thora are gen.
orally regarded as his best performers.
but Freeland, Riley and Longstreet, if
not quite. are almost as good. In this
the following table. which IN
,ludes all of the get of Longfellow with
, mile rec ord of l :43 or better, will be Of
much interest. and while some of his best
sons and daughters are not included in
it. it will convey some idea of the eDor-
nous number of high-class horses that