The age-herald., 1901-07-21
TrOtting, Pacing ss%i1: :: .ss ssisss s.,. mAR cAFFHH and Racing World

Metralas was the favorite in this race and won the first heat in 2:12, but was taken sick and had to be drawn. In the 2:14 class pacing Dan Patch was a to favorite and won in a way that justified the great odds. Captain Sphinx was sec ond, Armorel third and Fred the Kid fourth.
 MT. c. K. Billings paid S000 for the great mare Louise Jefferson, a contendlng factor in the Maud M. S10,000 stake. She can trot right around 2:10.
 The Flooded Horse.
 That bundle of sentient nerves, with the heart of a woman, the eye of a gazelle, the courage of a gladiator, the docility of a slave, the proud carriage and lofty men of monarch and the blind obedi- yence of regular soldier; that companion of the desert and the plain that turns the moist furrow in the spring, that the world may not cry for bread that fur nisl.es the sport of kings; that. with blaz- ing eye and distended nostril, fearlessly leads the greatest charges and through carnage and the smoke of battle lays at the feet of the mightiest leaders chaplets of glory and renown, and who, finally, mutely and sadly arrayed in black plumes, pulls the humblest of us all to the newly-sodded grave-the threshold of eternity.
 The Historic Horse.
 Sagacity. courage endurance and speed are qualities that have entitled the horse to the esteem in which he has been held for more than thirty centuries. The splen- did courage of the war horse in early days of the worlds history is an epic as given in the 39th chapter of Job revised edition): sr
 Hast thou given the horse his might? Hast thou clothed his neck with the quivering mane?
 Hast thou made him to leap as To- GUS?
 .The glory of his snorting is terrible.
 .sHe paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth In his strength.
 He goeth out to meet armed men.
 'Hs mocketh fear, and is not dismayed;
 Neither turneth he back from the sword.
 "The culver rattleth against him. "The flashing spear and the javelin;
 a.IIe swalloweth the ground with fierce ness and rage.
 Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet.
 "As oft as the trumpet soundeth he saith, Anal
 And he smelleth the battle afar off,
 "The thunder of the captains and the shouting"
 Arabia has long been celebrated for its horses. Some of the most famous horses ever bred in England were descended from the Darley Arabian. This celebrated horse was in the desert of Palmyra, and was imported into this country from Alep- po Flying Childers and Bartlett's Chil- ders spread the fame of their sire, the Darley Arabian, far and wide. King Herod, a descendent of the Darley Ara bian thorough Flying Childers was the sire of 497 winners. Flying Childers ran over the round course at New Market, England, three and three-quarter miles, in 6 2-3 minutes. Bartlett's Childers .was the great -grandsire of the , immortal Eclipse, the most remarkable race horse and one of the most renowned sires ever bred in any country. Eclipse was the sire of 334 winners. He was never beaten in race 1fe could carry all weight and go all distances. He was never touched with, whip or spur. An English authority said some years ago that "a second Eclipse will never appear unless the sys- tenn of two-year-old racing is abandon ed.g It has not been abandoned, and second Eclipse has not appeared, l The two-year-old sprinting system has l produced marvellous speed, but the great | pbwers of endurance have fallen a sacri- 1 flee to the demand of the bookmakers.