The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-07-19
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Carter Barker of Wisconsin has bought
Homestake. a:l4t. for s.. 200. Homestake
won several races for Salisbury last
year.
The fast kite track in Meadville. Pa.
is a very busy place at the present time.
- there are over 200 horses in training
there.
Geers thinks Nightingale has a good
chance i'll Buffalo's 100000 free for all.
and he has stronger hopes for Hal Point.
er in the $i0.0 900 pace.
The appraisers of the estate of the late
W. s. Hobart valued his trotting stock
at Slso.55O. but under the hammer of
Peter C.. Kellogg it fetched s19s. 3 8
The spring trotting meeting at Vienna
closed with a cab race, which was won
by a double team. which trotted two
miles and half a fnrlong to the cab in
8:23-about a 3-minute gait.
Josh Billings used TO say that the pre-
cocious boy never amounted to anything
else, and there are SOM breeders and
trainers who are beginning to think the
remark will apply as well to precocious
colts.
Cricket. a:lo. by Steinway. is with foal
to Sidney. The pro,iuce should be a
PAGER. but a horseman suggests that it
will have too much speed to pace and will
trot simply to keep from tearing itself
&c pieces.
Lee Mantle. wht was recently elected
senator irom Montana. is IA well known
breeder in that STATE. He owns a num-
Der of trotters-Iltou. a:2S.: Evenin.
Star, eco. and Dan Thicker. geo. being
among the number.
A. H. Moore proposes to encourage the
training of the get Of Director. He Of
fers 10 give $500 each to the owners Of
horses eligible to the 300 class that win
The most races an'l the greatest amour,
of purses respect, ely.
q parental WI. discipline Implies ready
obedience to orders Of which the reason
is not understood. but it should always
rest on the belief that these orders will
be given for sufficient reasons. and not
for the mere satisfaction of those who
give them III seeing them implicitly
obeved. The first lesson a superior
either in a family or a school Or al army
or a state-has to learn is that there Is
no such thing as property in tine charac-
ter of a human being: that when the in
dividuality of a character has TO be sup
pr~eesed-and of course the organization
Of society requires that it must often be
suppressed-it is suppressed either fol
its own good or for the good of Others 10
whom consideration is due. and that he
yond the limits of these obligations in
d%ividuality. far from being a hindrance
aud annoyance to he got rid of as com
pletely az possible. is u distinct gain L.
the universe.
The wish of some parents to WELD as
much power over the wills and charac-
tiers of their children as they do over the
motions of the horses they ride or drive
is not only Il foolish but an evil wish.
To get excellent instruments on which
they can perform as they would perform
on a piano. always eliciting exactly the
particular vibration that they desire and
expect. is clearly NOT h true object OF
family life. On the contrary, character.
far from being an instrument II be per
formed upon by others. should always
be a new source Of life and originality,
which no one should be able To govern
despotically from outside. and which.
even from inside, j. in IA great degree a
mystery and Il marvel To hin. who has
most power over ir.-London Spectator.