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queue when the scuIptors of the age OF
Louis XIV had elaborately copied the re-
dundant periwig. the cumbrous robes, and
stilted shoes OF that monarch without
doubt the assembled courts of France and
Of Prussia saw in these representations
images as imposing as they were exact.
What is the effect which they now pro-
duce? Irresistible laughter.
In the celebrated group of LAGOON,
that parsonage. though ovcrtaken by the
ministers of vengeance while officiating
ct the altar. is represented without his
pcntifiCal robes. He is naked. Though
the Romans had not only 4 distinct ma
ticnal costume. but different dresses for
the several orders in the State. yet the
senate, to recCrI its yeneratiCn for Pom
pey. erected within its halls a naked
statue Of that champion. Though Ma
poleon gave what has to MANY seemed an
undue attention to his imperial attire,
and though the associations connected
with his gray coat and his three -cornered
hat always commanded the enthusiasm of
the army. yet, when CanoVa Vas called
on tC crcss the Alps that he might give
70 posterity the image of the Emperor. it
was without either the .claptrap OF the
palace. or the conventional sublime of the
uniform that he chose to appear before
his SUCCESSORS. He was represented
naked.
'-Ycur memorialist.' continues Green
ouSh. having already oujliyed the sueer
with which it was intended TO crush his
first effort to make a bust OF a distin-
guiShed fellcw-citizen without a shirt
trusts that the prejudice which has
yielded in these few years the neck and
shoulders as objects not unfit to be
looked upon. wi.l continue to decline be-
fore the efforts of high art"
The limitation of the contract regard
ing cost was as freely exceeded as its re-
quirements in design. From 1892 to 1885.
inclusive. four appropriations Of s5.oeO
each We're voted by Congress to pay for
the statue, and the act OF lS4l, already
referred to, provided ST5100 more, or as
much thereof as might he necessary Up
to date this horseless pedestrian" statue
has cost the Government, including the
amounts paid to the artist. Si2.l10.7A :. :,
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q: SimulacTum Istud
: Ad Magnum Libertatis EXemplum
&: Nee Sine Ipsa Duraturum
{: Horatius Greenough,
: Eaciebat.

CHoratio Greenough made this statue as
a grand example OF liberty, nor without it
would it endure.l
''Simulacrum is generally used Of a
statue of a god: therefore. 'siGnum
would be better. "Fecit" would be better
Latin than "faciebat," while decidedly
preferable arrangement of words would
lie "ad eXemplUm Libertatis magnum nee
sine ipsa duraturum great and not
destined without it to endure" The one
thing absolutely WRONG as il seems, Is
"istud." which should be hoe"
The desire to honor Washington with a
suitable statue was early manifested. On
August 7, l7S3, the Continental Congress
resolved unanimously, ten States being
present. that an equestrian statue OF
George Washington be erected at the
place where the residence of Congress
should he established. The resolution
further specified that he be represented
in a Roman dress, holding a truncheon
in his right hand, and his head encircled
with a laurel wreath The resolution
was never carried into effect.
On February Is, 1882, the House of Rep
resentatives resolved That the President
of the United States be authorized to en-
ploy Horatio Green1ugh, Of Massachu-
sets. to execute. in marble, "a full
length pedestrian statue of Washington,
to lie placed in the center Of the Rotunda
OF the Capitol: the bead to be copy OF
Houdons Washington, and the acces
sories to be lett to the judgment of the
artist" The Secretary Of State imme
diately addressed a letter of instructions
to Greenough for carrying this resolution
into effect Five Thousand dollars was
the amount appropriated for the execu-
tion Of the work.
Even at the start the minds OF the
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heard so much said of the statue, mounted
his horse and rode long distance pur-
poseIy 10 look at it. Having hitched his
horse before the Capitol. he mounted the
steps and entered the Rctunda, where
after looking at the statue Il few seconds,
turned away from it, as he said the
Father of Mis- Country would do, who was
the most modest of men
After exhausting himself in ridiculihg
the naked statue of George Washington
ton" Mr.. Wise turned his attention to
the inscription on the back. which re
characterized as bad Latin written in
Italy" At Mr.. Filmore's interpOstion,
the Chair here called MIR. Wise 10 order
for irrelevarcy, but he was not done with
the Latin.
He criticised the use OF the imperfect
tense "fGcirhat' Tor 'fecit," and went on
to say that "A countrymau entering the
rotunda by the Library door, seeing the
back of the statue, would very naturally
ask. Who is this?' And looking Al the
inscription would say to himself. 'Siinul
Acrum, Who is Simul AcrUm2' But the
next word Gstudl would tell him" the
speaker further said that ne preferred
seeing Washington as Houdon had rep
resented him in The statue in the Capitol
a Richmond"
Not long after The appropriation for the
removal had been made, Greenough. con
vinced, as he says, thaL the descent Of
the light upon The work is so nearly veru-
cal as to throw all the lower portions Il
the face into shade and TO give a false
and constrained effect to the whole monu-
ment," memorialized Congress to remove
the statue to the grounds in front of the
western" facade of the Capitol. The po-
sition recommended Few days later by
the committee was in the open green
h., aEFn' Ixrf,, a
rectly in front of the main entrance to
the rOtunda and between the two gravel
ed, shaded walks leading eastward from
the Capitol through these grounds"
In his memorial, Greenough takes Occa-
sion to answer his detractors for their
criticisms OF his statue on the score Of
nakedness. when contemporary designs
had portrayed Frederick IL with his huge
walking stick. and his preposterous
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amendment which was finally adopted
providing, in addition to the original an
/ removal
| When, on May II, this clause came ba-
lore the House, Mr.. keim of PENNSYLVANIA
moved to amend it by IAN appronriation
OF S5,ou0 for the construction OF a suitable
pedestal TO the statue to be approved nv
the President ana heads of departments -
! his was the straw which broke the Con-
sTessional camels back The debate
which ensued was highly amusing. IS one
may judge from reading the reports in
the Globe for that period
Mr. Keim said, in support of his
amendment. that so far as the committee
were concerned. they were willing that
the statue should remain as il was. much
like iiindoo suffice with marble corpse
on funeral pile. The question was mere
~ whether the statue Of Washington
should remain On a pedestal of yellow
pine boards. covered over with coal dust
or oe removed to more appropriate
place, and have a more suitable pedestal -
Mr.. Joseph r. IngersoH observed that
the statue had heen placed in the center
of the Rotunda, in a spot which had been
previously prepared to receive so great
weight, by the erection in the story
below OF a mass OF solid mason work
reaching lp to and supporting the floor
Of the apartment. The Secretary had
given directions to the sculptor Pettrick
to prepare the design of a suitable
PEDESTAL
After a few more words eulogistic of
Pettrick, who was a pupil of Thornwald-
sen, Mr.. Wise inquired whether 'the
pedestal was not in strictness a part of
the statue, and whether Mr.. Greenough
was not bound to complete 1t as such for
the compensation already allowed him ?'
lie went on to say that 'to himself. il
seemed something like 'Jewing' the Gov
ernment to send them an incomplete
thing, and then claim to do tine residue
for new compensation" He ridiculed
the statue roundly, and said in COM
meuting upon its want of drapery. that
he must confess it had on him the same
effect it had on a gentleman OF Mary
land. one of the old school. who, having
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GREATEST RACE IN HISTORY OF THE TURF.

before the boys on the other horses were
aware of it. Il great shout went up from
the Blue Grass people When the horses
passed Walden, the trainer shouted to
Barbee on Ochiltree, Go on with your
horse Barhee at once urged his mount
forward and soon was at Ten Broecks
head. Walker tried to wrest the lead
from Ochiltree, but the Walden horse was
running now and would not yield an
inch.
The two ran locked for two miles of
the journey. with Parole tagging along
three or four lengths in the rear. As tho
horses rounded the last turn Tom Ochil-
tree and Ten Brock were still head and
head and the race seemed to be between
them, for Parole apparently. could not get
up. AS they entered the stretch Ochii-
tree began to weaken and Ten Broeck
gained half-length's advantage. then a
length. It's all over, shouted the Ken
tuckians. Ten Brock gaiiops in
Barbee must have heard the cries, for
the gallant runner went up again to Ten
Broeck's side. It was only for an instant,
however. What's the matter with Pa
role?' thought everyone. Barbee was ap
parently making no effort to win.
Suddenly he was seen to raise him.
self in the saddle and shake his whip at
the black horse. Parole had evidently
been waiting too. When Ochiitree drop
ped back Barbee pulled him to the out
side and Barrett saw his advantage.
Quick as shot he had Parole going and
had made up the three or four lengths
separating him from the Kentucky horse.
1t was done so suddenly that nobody
realized what had happened.
Walker was so surprised when he saw
the Lorrilard horse alongside OF him that
he was ratified for a moment. Then he
recovered himself and sat down to ride
a finish. But it was no use. Parole sim
ply toyed with Harper's big horse.
The nearer toward home they drew the
farther the distance that separated Parole
from Ten Brock, and the Eastern horse
passed under the wire a winner by four
lengths. You should have seen and heard
the pandemonium that reigned among the
Eastern people. Hats were thrown into
the air, women became almost hysterical,
men shouted and almost wept for joy.
Old Harper was not satisfied even then
that Ten Brock had met a worthier
horse. He insisted that his pet could beat
Parole and made proposal to match Ten
Brock against Mr.. LSrrilard's thorough
bred for any SUM OF money, and forfeit
of S2.000 was posted. Before the race
could be arranged. however. Harper had
grown wiser and ere anyone knew it he
had quietly shipped his horse back to
Kentucky and waived his forfeit How
ever, Ten Brock was a great horse, and
that was the greatest race | ever saw
ever expect to see
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by him to be the best horse in the world.
"He had heard of the fame of Parole
and Tom Ochiltree, and in the fall of the
year he shipped Ten Brock East, intent
upon meeting and conquering the yaunted
Eastern horses He arrived at Pimlico
with Ten Brock some time before the
meeting began, and at his suggestion a
special race was arranged between Pa
role, Ten Brock, and Tom Ochiltree.
About a week before the race was run
met old Harper and he asked me what
thought of the chances of the three can
didates. 1 told him fraI.kly that l had
every confidence in Parole, that Ten
Brock might possibly beat Tom Ochil-
tree, but that he would have to run a
mighty good race to do 1t. Why said
the old man, you don't know what kind
of a,horse l have. He's the best in the
world and with look of supreme con-
fidence on his brown old face, he con-
tinued, Ten Brock will beat those horses
as far as he likes. 1 don't think they will
ever get to his tall l insisted that Ten
Brock would not win by more than the
shortest Ol HtduS IL LIE NOu 1t
The day of the race arrived and in
terest was at fever heat There was much
sectional pride in the outcome. 1t was
the East against the West presume the
attendance at the Pimlico course on that
day was never equaled before or since.
The Kentuckians were on hand in large
numbers, and they had their pocketbooks
with them Betting on the outcome was
extravagant. Parole ruled a slight favor
ite. but the Kentuckians flashed so much
money that the hackers OF Parole were
easily accommodated. The grandstan1
was packed to oyerfiOwing, and there was
hardly A foot of spare space on the lawn.
In the indeld crowds of men and women
occupied all available places of vantage.
The trio went to the post with Bar
rett as the rider OF Parole, Barbee on
Tom OchiItree. and Walker on Ten
Rroeck. Wyndham Walden. who was
training Tom Ochiltree, had every faith
in his horse and stood about one hundred
wards from the starting post, where he
could get a good view of the early part of
the race. The distance was two miles
and one-half.
There was little delay at the post, the
three horses getting off in close bunch.
Immediately. Ten Brceck shot out Ike
a rocket and opened gap Of two lengths
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VE HILE reading collection of ia
NM nous poems and sonnets that
have endured the test of time
and which voice the universal
appeal and the catholic longings of the
human soul, my attention was attracted
by the line when We have wandered all
cur ways" 1t was contained in a sonnet
written by Sir Walter Raleigh, the Bayard
OF the Elizabethan period.
The legend states that it was written
the night before his execution. If so, the
line I have quoted is exquisitely con-
ceived and peculiarly pathetic.
At the last milestone, the milestone
that marks alike the end of the old and
the beginning of the new country, he
turned and seeing all the paths into which
he had roamed, the paths into which he
had hastened. he murmurs:
When we have wandered all our ways
God gathers up our tale of days"
What thoughts must have clamored for
recognition as he wrote those lines. Sweet
and bitter, they rushed forward to the
goal. the attention of a dying man.
vision rises of himself, eager with
all the chivalry of youth to render gallant
service to the Maiden Queen of England.
Then plunging for while into the un-
healthy environment of the Court he wan
ders the way of ;he young and fiery-spir-
tied.
a way sweet and bright with roses,
smiles, and shy eyes of brown or violet.
A way strewn with careless wrong and
thoughtless, needless cruelties. This is
the way Of youth. 1t is path that glows
with noble hopes and aims, scented by
the perfume Of life's fairest flowers, but
fercely overcrowding the group Of those
VINO have gone before in the mad, the
joyous rush for the wine of youth: the
nectar OF the gods.
The next way is the Way of Service,
Endeayor, and Fame. Sir Walter Raleigh,
with the assistance CT interested parties
and the approval of the Queen, and not
much else, organized an expedition to
colonize and explore the new lands which
lay beyond the seas.
The Charm of the Unknown had pos
segsed the soul of Raleigh. And dreams
of Fortune and Fame, which appear in
some guise in every age, were the spurs
which urged him to the Attempt.
They landed in the New Country. How
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IN WE HAVE WANDERED ALL OUR WAYS ,.

: thought of the dark forest and its red
skinned danger" no knowledge of the un-
| believing jeers of the courtier crowc
| torious moment. 1t is merciful that our
future is sealed.
Else the cup of Victory would be di-
luted by the vinegar of Defeat. The
shouts of Austerlitz deadened by the
means of Waterloo. ~
Soon came news of the destruction of
the Colony in the Newi World. Now De-
feat begins her distant note of approach.
Other attempts were made, but without
success. Broken in fortune and heart
broken with the loss of friends. fair
weather friends indeed, but still all the
friends he had.
Thus he wandered the two Ways OF Ma
turity, the Way of Victory and the Way
of Defeat. Ways that combine and in
terseet with each other. Ways that speak
of the grandeur of the Eternal and the
futility of the Human.
Now Age creeps on and all that is left
to him is the post of Looker-on. With
resignation he accepts the inevitable. In
his prison he begins the task of Age,
Retrospection. And because he is, in all
essentials. a public spirited man he
writes a History of the World.
He fulfills his duty to his brother be-
fore he goes about his duty to himself
He has known the Ways of the World, so
he is well fitted to chronicle the Deeds Of
the World.
so he gathers up the fragments and
binds them together SO nothing may be
lost" 1t is the Way of Age and Counsel,
the Way of Retrospection and Rest.
And now he has come to the last Of
ways; the Way Of Death. Then, like sol
dier and knight, he yields to God the tale
of his ways and days and dies, serene In
the consciousness Of Right.
So with US.
We wander with careless feet through
the Way of Youth, picking a flower here.
crushing another there. We taste the
sweets of the Way of Victory and moan
with the stones and blows of the Way Of
Defeat We sit at the end OF the Way Of
Age and watch the lights ana shadows Of
the path over which We have come. I'm
til the Call comes TO enter the Way Of
Death leading to the Abode of Peace.
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A HALF dozen or more trainers of
II bangtails were sitting round a
1 \ glowing fire at the Benning race
course one afternoon several
weeks ago. The wind was blowing in fit
full gusts outside and the air was cold and
damp, which made the cozy stall-room
with its little red stove in the centre seem
all the more comfortable
The party was composed mostly of
young men; but there was one old gentle
man in the number whose weather-beaten
face gave evidence of his continuous ac-
quaintance with fresh air and all kinds of
rough weather. He was known as one of
the Oldest trainers in America ard the
young men OF the party looked upon him
with proper reverence. For want of some
thing better to do the party were swap
ping stories about interesting horse races
of the past
Ma J exciting contests had been talked
about. from the big handicaps down to
cheap selling races. The old trainer had
listened patiently to the several stories
with sort Of tagging interest and an air
Of superior knowledge. A young man had
just finished telling about a race at Nor
ris Park seven or eight years ago when
shelibark beat the Metropolitan winner.
Charade. by short head in the very last
jump The conversation was at a stand
still, when the old trainer drew himself
up and his jaw dropped There was in
stant attention.
You fellows may think you have seen
exciting and interesting races" he said.
but you should have seen the special
race between Parole. Tom Ochiltree. and
Ten Brock. That was the greatest race
ever run, in my opinion It occurred
along about the latter 70's, at the old
Pim!ico track in Baltimore. You know.
Parole had great reputation. He had
beaten every horse in the East. had won
laurels in England, and was considered
almost invincible
Tom ochiltree was his greatest rival
in the East. Out West Ten Brock had =
great reputation. He had run rings
around all other horses and had won at
all distances. The horse was owned nv
the quaint and shrewd old turfman Jobp
Harper, OF Kentucky. He was a good
Judge OF horse and rarely was mistaken
IN the quality of a Thoroughbred. Ten
broeck was his pet, and was considered
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public were puzzled in regard to this
statue, the term pedestrian, as applied
to a marble figure having been regarded
as somewhat enigmatical. 4 controversy
arose on this point, which. however, the
artist regarded The authorities them
selves accepted without question the un-
draped Roman Washington enthroned in a
chair Of state without further allusion
TO the term pedestrian as set out in
the contract.
The statue. which weighs nearly TWEEN
ty-one tons was chiseled in Florence.
Upon its completion, the difficulty of
bringing it safely to this country arose,
and by a resolution, passed May - 1870,
the Secretary OF the Navy was authorized
to take immediate measures for its trans
portation and erection in the National
Capitol. Commodore Hull was sent with
"A vessel of war TO take it on board, but
when he found it would be necessary to
rip up her decks in order TO place the
cumbersome burden in the held, he de-
INJURED.
\ merchantmen. the American ship
Sea, Captain Delano. was then char
tered for the purpose, her matches en-
larged, and the decks otherwise prepared
to receive the huge marble. The passage
was made in safety in spite of the dan
ger from such an nwieldy cargo. and
tOl without breaking in 1911. The doors
al the east front of the building were
found too small, and the masonry had to
be cut away before the marble finally
reached its rrCrCyed resting place in the
rctunda. at Greenoueh's request, between
its center and the door leading to the old
Library.
In this hall" writes Dickens in 1872
Mr.. GrccIoUghs large statue of Wash
iHarY no. VaI4.g IL hsaLs
great merits, of course, but it struck me
as being rather strained and violent for
Its subject. | could wish, however, to
have seen it in better light than 1t can
ever be giewed in where it stands
The effect of the statue, according to
contemporary accounts, was generally
disappointing. 1t awakened the ridicule
of the Congressional wits and connois-
seurs, and the Senate, in 1912. added an
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n that his name be withheld at
1 l. present, has recently received a
remarkable proposition in refer
ence TO the Greenough statue of Washing
ton facing the east frcnt of the Capitol.
The proposition is contained in the fol-
lowing letter:
Dear Senator: I would respectfully
call your attention 10 the present insight
" aspect Of the Greenough statue of
Washington facing the east front OF the
Capitol. The sculptor of this work ex-
pressed his antipathy of having il placed
in direct and fragrant contrast with every
day life. Yet its present position iu-
mediately facing a cab stand, is weli-nigh
ludicrous, an effect which is enhanced by
the peculiar attitude Of the figure. To
guard against the damage that would re-
suit If the work were exposed to violent
weather, il is housed each winter in a
hideous frame structure, which is an eye
sore to the Capitol and its surrounding
Now, If ] may be permitted | would
offer the following suggestion: Place the
statue in a pretty Greek temple to be To-
Gated in an appropriate portion of the
Capitol grounds. Greeaoughs $ own re-
quest, en- the completion of his work,
was that there should be erected over it
such shelter as, while it shall insure
suitable protection and light for the
statue, shall be. by its form proportions,
and material, harmonious with the Capitol
itself and ornamental to the grounds. The
building thus proposed while It nay be
considered a mausoleum OF Washington.
will also afford pl 5per receptacle for
such other busts and statues of historic
interest as are at present entirely lest to
the public"
ITO carry this proposition a little fur
ther and suit ii to present eXigencies,
might not the proposed structure be made
to constitute the National Hall OF Fame.
the erection of which has for some time
been urged by the Society of the Daugh-
tiers OF the American Revolution?
Il would earnestly solicit that you
frame bill embodying this suggestion.
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fair that Southern scene must have been
TO them, we can well conjecture. The
song birds, undismayed by the intruders,
trill their roundelays. The flowers bloom
ing in luxuriant profusion throw their
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suotle and Intoxicating perfumes into the
balmy air. The air is scented with the
breeze of the ocean and the aroma of the
pine forests.
1t is the moment Of Triumph. No
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known. On the back of the Roman chair
the following Latin inscription is open to
criticism:
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The Philadelphia educational institutions in
and years.
She prolific of her
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BY ELIZABETH ELLIcoTT POE.

VE 7 HILE reading collection of ia
NM nous poems and sonnets that
have endured the test of time