The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1899-09-08

few years ago he brought thousands Of
dollars year to his owners and would
any day have sold at auction at fancy
price. Today he is earning scarcely a
hundred dollars clear profit for his
cabby and would hardly sell at one
fourth that amount. He has expe-
rienced the viccissftudes of misfortune
as certainly as any human being could.
He was taken to England some time
ago to try the English tracks. The
climate perhaps did not SUIT him. At
any rate he made successive failures.
His owners sold him and after one and
another trial he passed from hand to
hand till he became the property of his
present owner. And there is no one
to rescue him from his fate. But like
human driftwood he is not alone in his
misfortunes. Many horses Of world
wide fame have Jared as pitifully in
their later years. In the stables at
tached to the Pasteur institute, Paris,
might have been seen not long ago two
horses Of European repute. One was
the favorite charger of Marshal Can
robert, which in happier days had been
the idol Of it's master and had followed
him to his last resting-place; the other
was Baron Flint's St. Claude, the
winner of the Grand Steeplechase at
Auteuil in 1890. These once-famous
horses were used for the production of
serum, and ended their days as martyrs
to science.
A still worse fate was the lot of
George Frederick, the winner of the
Derby of 1874. Winning the Derby was
at once the crown and end Of his racing
career, and after many vicissitudes he
found himself some years later in the
shafts Of cab. The ultimate fate Of
this "blue-ribbon winner was in the
hackers yard, where he was convert
ed into cats meat. Another horse
which descended from the proudest
pinnacle horse ever occupied to the
shafts Of cab was Gen. Boulanger's
black Arab, which, with its arched neck
and proud curveting, so impressed the
''brave generals worshipers." Within
few years of his owners death he
was plying for hire in the very
streets that had witnessed his triumphs
Horses, too, like men, have their TRACE
dies, and more than one famous racer
has come to an untimely end. Blue
Gown, Derby winner of thirty years
ago, was on his way to America to a
new owner, who had bought him for
| 100000, when he died on the voyage.
Klarikoff, a Derby favorfte, was burned
to death while travelling by rail to his
headquarters. Kingcraft's career ended
with winning the Derby, in 1870. Four
teen years later he was sold for small
sum to an American sportsman, and,
like Blue Gown, did not survive the
voyage. Fitzroy was shot, fate which
also overlook Silvio, winner Of the
Derby and the st. Leger in 1877. whose
brilliant racing career was ended by q
broken leg. The fates Of famous wal
horses are happier than those Of their
brethren Of the turf, and many Of them
have ended their days in peace and lux.
ury and have left lasting memorials
behind them. One Of the most famou.
Of the worlds horses was Copenhagen
the little Danish chestnut thoroughbred
which carried the Duke Of Wellington
through the Spanish war and bore hin
to his browning victory at Water
loo. When his war days were over Co
psnhsgen was sent to strathAsldsaye
where he was fsted and petite,
to his hearts content. The attention
Of his admirers became at last 90 Try