The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-02-25

evil In less than three months D. cI-
selling was imported from 'suro9' an
kennls and race-tracks. where dogs anu
horses made money for the il-snt-nngcrtd
sentry who care nothing waalcve- for
IN, poor brutes beyond the chan e ID rake
ia revenue
CRISIS UPON Us.
$50 audacious became the assault CT the
fore'sn bCok-makers upon the moral SEN
tiu'ut Of our law-abiding people mat
more stringent laws were found TO be
absolutely necessary 20 protect us from
The on-COming wave. Resistance unto
death was the uattle-cry in some OF
the States. and the gamblers with their
gay jockeys We're driven out only
short time ago some Of these branded
fugiuyes came down 10 this ancient DO
minon and pitched their tents TO stay.
The crisis is upon us. and pray Coo
that The Senate Of Virginia may have
the wisdom and the courage 10 give the
weight OF their verdict against this ne
farious business. and let our people know
that the men 10 whom We commit the
care OF ,he State are brave enough TO
speak out ag 3inst this systematic attempt
10 debauch our young men and destroy
the thrift and the happiness OF many
peaceful home.
Not long since ! read a newspaper ac-
count OF the death Of a famous race
horse while ne was plunmng around
the track-breaklng his own record
and pushing every rival racer TO the top
Of his speed With spur and lash and
stormy words the rider had urged On
the favorite until not q solitary raI. Gle
could stand another strain. With team
white flank and distelted nOstril and
guivefing heart, me morse sprane OF,
as n more eager 20 cscapa tho cruel Ia b
than TO distance ais competitors Bui
the demand was beyond ms strength. and
before he could meas % another lens III
over the turf. the horse dropped dead.
Then the brass band was brought down
from the graldstand 10 play a dirge over
the poor dead racer He had been killed
10 please the gambling gang-slain like
a wolf 20 coin cash for men who say
they are the best friends of horse-hesh
What a farce is all this talk Of city sports
about a laudable desire on their part 10
help the farmers TO improve their stock.
IL all the horses were all racers. and the
gamblers ran them all to death. there
would not be any horses left TO make
crops TO feed the gamblers or anybody
else.
GEM JACKSON'S HORSE.
"Out at the Soldiers Home in this city
may Doe seen all that is left Of the horse
that Stonowail jackson rode. There is
no beauty I'm the neck or shape of head
or cast Of limb. but that brave little war
horse has gone into history Mettlesome.
full-hlOOded. ready-tO-run nags were not
regarded as safe steeds for military COM
manders when they We're expected 10
stand fire during the late war. That lit
tle sorrcL which the old soldiers love TO
look al now. was never owned by a foreign
prince or brei fOr cOurty sports in a
Spanish stable. bat he carried his rider
where wh2zng bullet and bursting shell
made soldier-l6e perilous. il SIS said that
the horse was as calm as the man IN
the saddle. and apparently as conscious
OF his destiny IN the widest thunder
shock OF battle. What does a Virginia
race-track gambler care for a horse like
that? IF there We're war i'm the land to-
day. ! think u likely tho horse would be
"a hundred miles IN advance Of the sports.
with tho certainty that they would rather
leave the country than cross the danger
line 10 catch up with the horse where
even horses can behave like heroes upon
the field of honor. It was an American
statesman who said: Would 10 God ana
can million miles wide could separate
this country from continental Europe
and this was spoken after several years
of travel from Gibralta 20 the Danube. and
We want nothing more Of its political
schemes. or rs racial anmosities. or it's
social customs. or its dctestable morals
Let MS henceforth take care Of the
country whore God has given as "a home.
and meet every assault upon the civil
and religious freedom Of our people with
an energy Of protest that will soon draw
the line between those who are the enc
mics Of our native land and those who
are its friends our first allegiance We
owe TO that God who opened the gate
of heaven % our fathers when they were
ready for translation. and IL is our duty
80 Intervene that supreme loyalty 10 the
divine proctor of this nation with every
thing IMAM concerns our civil engage
rents. our social friendships and our re-
heious convictions for happy is that
people whose God is the Lord D."
Beautiful Floral Design.
At the closing Of the service Mr. ! Il.
Burroughs. representing a special COM
mittec of the Junior order United Ameri-
can Mechanics IN q few well-chOsen re-
marks presented TO the pastor very
beautiful floral design. representing an
open Bible with the letters Y. l.. and T.
inlaid on IL. Dr. Starr received the token
Of esteem with words expressive Of his
apprec alton Of the high and tender re-
gard i'm which ne is held by the mem
bership OF this large fraternity
them God-spcod In contamination of the
glorious objects of their organization. and
promised TO make further remarks on
the subject next Sunday morning.