The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1896-01-20
GILHOOLY AND THE MODELS.

Views of a Satirical Old Soldier Oh
the Sherman Statue Competition.
I'm a sculptor by nature and art, anC
my name is GilIooiy.
The conmittce OIL The Society of the Army
OF the Tennessee, as well as the seit-Consti
tuted society of scuiping New Workers, IN
sisted, the other day, that Should Join inenl
at the Var Department and hep 10 make up
their minds as TO which one OF tie twenty
three models for the Sherman equestrian
statue should be accepted.
Being patriot and soldier, didn't
have the heart TO refuse, and iii the interest
of pro brono publico, have decided thai
twenty-five of the nodes Offered must he
rejected and only one draw the prize OF
$4,000, with chicken PIE" Tor uislrIbu
ton I'm the cleaning.
There are only about half q dozen that
my great intellect could grasp TO any CON
siderable extent.
The Bartlett model imported from the
vine-clad hills of France, is elaborate, as
1t were. General Sherman Sits with his
back nearly broken, on kind OF saw
horse, that, with Lead down, looks lone
some, and longing for oats. There are a
couple of sorrowful griscttes from the
Latin Quarter weeping Tor a couple of
students ,artists OF course, who have
launched out in the town TO paint IL a Crlnf
son hue.
On the periphery of the statue" SO to
speak, there are a quartet ofmeditativc lions.
A group of alleged eagles adorn the rim of
the espIan2Gc. by The by. that looks more
like hungry IisE-hawks or sioicaI penguiDs
than anything can remember.
But, to proceed, anu do justice to a SUI
fering community. Casey, the noted sculp-
tor, has round and high model that would
adorn the entrance to Greenwood or Oak
Hill.
He has figures of war, peace, fame and
glory, and for fear that the dear public
would doubt his design, he tells us so in
plain letters of gold. Very kind. indeed
Sherman and the borse seem To be at
loggerheads, for the tail and right leg Of
the animal seem TO be out of proportion
But, at the same time, i have seen worse
Dunbar, the bust maker, has erected a
kind of trick horse ON a pile of something
and Sherman seems to fall off before he
gets on, while the alleged borsc acts as If
lie possessed spasms, perfect ''goer,'
rearing in front, trOtting in the middle and
pacing in rear.
II Dunbar Will never attempt another
horseli that I'll forgive bin with alacrity.
Smith of Chicago, has a small model that
might sit in the front yard Of county
court house, or at the lodge gate of
national cemetery. The horse, with head
Gowncast. is weeping FOR the loss OF the
hattie of Kennesaw Mountain, and Uncle
Billy with wizZened face. bareheaded
aud meek, eXclains: We'll, l don't
care a Damn anyhow" Should Smith by
auy so-ralled scrutable means of provi-
G..nce, get the "rake-off,'' he Will have
cake and pie to distribute.
Capt. Jones, the heroic son of Albion,
has model i'll green bronze that might
~. called d dandy" Sherman is rushing
TO the front on cross county fox hunter.
Inspired with the cramp colo, the horse, l
mean; and the warrior right ba nd and hat,
n long as his whole body, extends greet
ing to all the world, eXclaiming with that
sonorous voice SO well remembered: IF
you don't like my shape you can go to
h-r'
Partridge, the holy man from Jerusalem,
has a couple of models. The horses are
stuck IN cemetery tombstone and seem
1" be at rest. Sherman doesn't exactly IN
derstand where he is at. One of the horses,
"A shadow of the late Blu cephalus, looks as
if lie had been fed on scrub oak bark at
Shiloh or Chickamauga.
He may feel happy, but he really doesn't
luuk II. Partridge might lecture on that
horse and make fortune, if the animal
didn't break down.
Niehaus. the fantastic Teutun from the
wids of Manhattan Island, had a couple
OF poor copies from the Colloni of Venice
itu tne hilSeT WlulltH pl Berlin. Inc
prince aud the kaiser, in my honest be-
lief, are real mad at Niehaus for exhibit
ing them before an American audience,
al d SO far as Uncle Billy" is concerned
lie hates like hlazes IL train in ST. oh ''sca b.
by company; yet real artists win have
their way.
Massey Rhind, from the neither hills OF
st. Andrew, has butte" of a model. 1t
Is designed To back up against a stone
and rider do not assimilate TO any alarm
ing extent. While the wind does not ex-
actly blow through the horses whiskers,
il is getting its work in on the tail-end
with great profusion.
There are couple of Bowery girls,
almost as nude as st. Gaudeu's ladies,
leaning against the pedestal endcavoring
to back up the man and his heavy hearted
horse. And the soldiers standing in front
of the twin graCes, for once, SO far as my
experience goes, turn their backs on the
fair damsels. Massey, you have never
been soldier, or, surely, you would not
SO libel my old comrades.
Ellicot, the Hancock statue man, has a
very fine fat horse, evidently raised in
the Blue Grass region of Kentucky. The
animal seems to be excited, AID Sherman
astonished, each listening to the roar of
artillery In the distance and viewing the
smoke and fire of battle from afar.
If "Tecump' is not careful the horse
win pirouette from under him ard land
his proud form on the figure of Fame
below, or on top OF the infantry, cavalry
artillery or engineer soldiers that stand
guard upon the outer wall.
/ would not like to ride a horse like
that, for he might break my neck, and
then my friends would be sorry-because I
didn't die sooner. Yet my life is insured
for $4,000, paid up policy. and it might
be quite an advantage TO my family and
creditors to have the horse do the grand
act with "the subscriber"
The special and general committee have
how my candid opinion OF the sculptors,
and their business designs, and If that |
august body come to the same decision
with myself 1 have an abiding faith that
IRE the century closes the grand old hero |
that marched to the sea will rear his lofty
BROW, bestride a bronze horse, and greet /
,lie rising OF the morning SUN at the Ma tionaI |
Capital with great eclat. |
And, yet, there seems to be a hitch in
,he harness, for the word goes out that the |
ute for the statue must fit the park and
lie park must fit the statue. But at the |
anne time ffle public trembles, with la ted |
)reath, in q measure Tor fear that another