Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-10-25

they lose, ana this summer. M.iiio tho par
asols swing and thc hands clap and The
huzzas toafen, there Will be multitude
( of people caiolcd and deceived and cheated
who will mt the races go neck and neck,
neck and neck TO hordition
Cultivate tho horse, by all means, drive
him rs fast as you desire, provided you dc
not injuro him or ondangcr yourself OF
others, but be careful and do not harness
tho horse to the chariot Of sin. Do not
throw your jowols Of morality under the
1ving hoof. Do not under tho prctcxt Of
improving the horse destroy a man. DO
not have your name Put down in the ever
increasing catalogue OF those who arc
ruined for both worlds by tie dissipation
Of the American race course. They say
that an honest race course is "a straight
track, and that dishonest race course is
"orooked" traek-that is the parlance
abroad-but I tell You that every race
track surrounded by bofting mon and bet
ting women and betting customs, is a
straight traok-I mean straight down.
Christ asked In ono of his gospels, Is not
man bettor than a sheopY' I say yes,
and he Is better than all the stecds that
with lRtherud TANKS ever shot around the
ring at a race course. That is "a very poor
to come out full length ahead Of some
other racer so lanes bis own morals that
he comes out a whole length behind in the
race set before him.
Equine Honesty.
Do you not realize tho fact that there is
a mighty effort on al sides today to get
money without earning itf That is the
curse Of all the cities; it is the curse Of
America-the effort 10 got money without
earning it-and as other forms Of stealing
are not respectable, they 90 into these
gambling practices. 1 preach this sermon
on square old fashioned honesty. l have
said nothing against the horse, have said
nothing against the turf, have said ey.
erything against their prostitution. Young
men, you go into straightforward indus
tries and you will have better livelihood,
and you will have larger permanent sue
cess than you can ever get by wager, but
you get in with some Of the whisky, rum
bl0tched crew which 1 see going down on
the bouleyards though l never bet, 1 will
risk this wager, So 600, 600 to nothing, you
will be debauched and damned.
Cultivate the horse, own him if you can
afford TO own him, test all the speed he
has, If he have any speed in him, but be
always tell what direction man is driv-
ing in by the way his horses head. In my
boyhood, we rode three miles every Sab
bath morning TO tho country church, We
We're dawn b. two fine horses. My father
drove. lie know them, and they knew
him, They were friends. Sometimes they
loved to go rapidly, and he did not intor-
fore with their happiness. Ho had all Of
US in the wagon with him. He drove 10
the country church. The fact is that for
81 years he drove in the same direction.
The roam span that l speak of was, long
ago unhitchod, and the driver put DIP his /
whip in the wagon house never again to
take It Gown, but in those good old times |
l learned something that / never forgot, /
that a nun may admire horse and love |
horse and DO proud OF "a horse and not al 1
ways DO willing to take the dust of the |
preceding vehicle, and yet be a Christian, |
an earnest Christian, a humble Christian, /
q consecrated Christian, useful until the /
last, so that at his death the church OF God /
cries out as Elisha exclaimed when Elijah |
went up with galloping horses Of FIRE, My /
father my father the ohariots Of Israel |
and the hursemen thereofln