Democratic messenger., 1895-10-26

the orient has become the great masiiff,
and tho miserable creature Of tho oldcn |
times harnvard has become the Devon
shire and III Aldcrncy and the short
horn, that tie horse, grandcr than them |
all should i,ci no advantage from our sci |
encc or our civilization or our Christian /
ity. Groomrd to Lr last point Of soft bril-
liancc his flowing mare hillow Of beau /
ty his archea nccl; in utmost rhythm Of (
curve. Let him he ha-uc~scd In graceful /
trappngs and then driven TO the farthest |
goal of excellence ard then fed at lnxuri- |
ant oat bins ard hi.Ikr.etl in comfortable |
stall. The long tried ard faithful servant |
of the human race deserves alt kindness,
all care, all reward, all succulent forage
and soft litter and paradisaical pasture
field Those farms in Kentucky and in |
different parts of the north. where the
horse is trained to perfection in flccincss
and in beauty and in majesty, arr well set
apart There is no more virtue in driving
slow than in driving fast, any mere than
u freight train going 10 miles the hour is
better than an express train going 30.
There is dcluSion abroad in the world
that thing must be necessarily good and
Christian II II i slow and dull and plod-
ding There are very few good people who
seem la iiBagine il is humbly pious to
drive "A spawned, CALLED, glandered. spring
halted. blind staggered jade. There is not
So much virtue in a Rosinantc aS in u Blu
ccphaluS We want swiftcr horses and
swiftcr men and swifter enterprises, and
/ the church os God needs 10 get off its jog
trot. Quick tempcsts, quick ligh;nings,
quick streams; why not quick horses: In
the time of war the cavalry service does
the most execution, and as the battles of
L..
Christ ian patriotism demands that we he
interested i'll cqunal velocity. We might
rs we'll have poorer guns in our arscnals
and clumsicr ships in our navy yards than
( other nations. as To have under our cavalry
saddles and before our parks of artillery
4 slower horses. From the battle of Gran
icus, where the Persian horses drove the
Macedonian infantry into the river, clear
down To the horses on which Philip Sheri
dan and Stoncwall jackson rode into the
fray, this arm Of the military service has
been recognized. Hamilcar. Hannibal,
Gustavus Adolphus, Marshal Ney, were
cavalrymcn. In this arm Of the service,
Charles Martel at the battle of Poitiers
beat back the Arab invasion. The Car
thaginian cavalry, with the loss OF only
! zoo men, overthrow the Roman army viii
the loss of 10000. In the same way the
| ~pllliSn CnlNhlFN urpNt Dick tnc MOuTlSn
hurtcs. The best way TO keep peace in
this country and in all countries is to bo
prepared for war. and there Is no success
in such II contest unless there be plenty Of
light footed chargers Our Christian patri-
otism and our instruction from the Word
OF God demand that first of all we kindly
treat the horse, and then after that, that
We develop his tlcctncss and his grandeur,
and his majesty, and his strength.
An Atrocious Evil.
But what shall say Of the effort being
made in this day on large scale to make
this splendid creature Of God. this divinely
honcrcd being. an instrument Of atrocous
evil: | make no indiscriminate assault
against the turf believe in the turf II it
can he conducted ON right principles and
with no betting There is no more harm
In Offering prize for the swiftest racer
than there is harm at an agricultural fair
in Offering Il prize To the farmer who has
the best wheat. or To the fruit grower who
has the largest pear, or To the nachinist
who presents the best corn thrashcr, or in
school offering prize OF Il copy of
Shakespeare To the best reader, or in a
household giving a lump of sugar to the
best behaved youngStcr. Prizes by all
means rewards by all means, That is the
way God develops the race. Rewards for
all kinds Of well doing. Heaven itself is
called u prize, The prize Of the high call
1 ing Of tiod in Christ Jesus. 30 what is
| righi in one direction is right in another
direction. And without the prizes the
horses ilrctnc>s and beauty and strength
will never be- fully developed. IL it cost
| 81, 900 or 81 coo or $40 000 and the result
be achieved, it is cheap Bu, the sin be-
] Oifls xva,srt, fi.. fh.t Il.
gambling or the effort 10 get that for
which you give no equivalent, and gam
bling, whether on large scale or a small
1 scale. ought To he denounced of men as it
/ will he accursed of God, Ii you have won
! so cents or 50, 0u0 aS Il wager you had bet
| ter get rid uf H. Get rid of IL right away
| Give ii Ia some one who lost in bet or
| give IL to some great rcformatory institu-
| tion. or II you do not Ike that, 90 down
10 the river and pitch il off the docks.
You cannot afford To keep IL. II will burn
IA hole in yonr purse, il will burn hole in
| your estate and you will lose all that, per-
| haps 10, oog times morc-pcrhapS you will
| lose all. Gambling blasts "a man or il
blasts his children Generally oil and all
What spectacle When 4 Saratoga, or
at Long Branc or at Brighton Beach, or at
/ Shcepshead Bay, the horses start. and III a
flash S50.0J0 or sl00, 900 change hands
Multitutes ruined by losing the bet. others
worse ruined hy gaining the bet, for II
man lose IN a bet AT horse race he may
be discouraged and quit, but II he win the
bet he is very apt 10 go straight on 10 hell
An intimate friend, IA journalist who
In the line of his profession investigated
this evil, tells me that there are three diff
fercnt kinds of betting at horse races. and
they are about equally leprous, by ''auc-
tion pools" by French mutuals,' by
what Is called "bookmaking gam
bling. all bad, all rotten with iniguiy.
There is one word that needs To be written
ON the brow of every poolselier as he sits
deducting his or 8 per cent and slyly
ringing up more tickets than were sold
on the winning hurse-a word 10 be writ
| ten also on the brow Of every hockkecper
who at extra induccment scratches a horse
off of the race and ON the brow of every
| Jockey who slackcns pace that, according
to agreement, another may win and writ
ten over every judges stand and written
on every board of the surrounding fences.
That word Is ''swindlel" Yet thousands
bet. Lawyers bet. Judges of courts bet.
Members Of the legislature bet. Members
OF congress bet. Professors of religion
bet. Teachers and superintcndcnts of sun
day schools. / am told, bet. Ladies bet,
not directly. but through agents. Ycstcr-
day, and every day they bet, they gain,
they lose, and this summer. while the par
asols swing and the hands clap and the
huZZas dcafcn, there will he a multitude
OF people cajolcd and deceived and cheated,
who will nj The races go neck and neck,
neck and neck 10 pcrdi,ion.
Cultivate the horse, by all means, drive
him rs fast as you desire, provided you do
not injuro him or cndangcr yourself or
others, but be careful and do not harness
tho horse to the chariot of sin. DO not
throw your jewels of morality under the
flying hoof. Do not under the prctcxt Of
improving the horse destroy n man. DO
not have your name put down in the ever
increasing catalogue Of those who are
ruined for both worlds by the dissipation
Of the American race course They say
that AN honest race course Is "A straight"
track, and that a dishonest race course is
CROOKED track--ihat IL the parlancc
nlfrOad-huf I toll vnu flat ,.,.,rs. rnr..