The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-08-12

Several records were broken. however
The Monk defeated Equity in a half
mile trotting race. lowering the worlds
record for haif-rnile to 100 r-2.
{. X. Billings team. Nontascrooke
and Prince Direct. paced mile in 2:fo.
lowering the amateur record OF 2:f3,
held by themselves.
Other meritorious performances were
that OF Dan R., driven by John Splan.
which placed mile in ? :o4 Ia without
paceinaker, and Fereno, which beat
Ozanam in straight heats in 2oS I2.
2:ro I-2, the former being the favorite.
BOULANGEkS WAR HORSE.
NEW YORK, July GA cable to
the World from Paris says: A column
of troops marched past the Alsace col
tmn, in the Place de la Concorde, Fri
day morning, with drums beating and
flies playing A broken-down old black
horse drawing a vegetable cart heard
the music and saw the soldiers. AT the
sound OF the drums and the sight of the
soldiers the old horse came to life.
He pranced and trotted to the head of
the marching column. nearly shaking
the driver off the seat Half way across
the square the horse stopped His
knees gave way and he fell dead. The
driver was dumped to the ground. The
soldiers marched around the wreck and
laughed
In front OF the Alsace column, just
seventeen wears ago almost to day.
this same black horse nearly upset the
Government of France. On that day
he pranced through the Place de la
Concorde carrying on his back General
Boulanger, who came within an ace of
| being another Napoleon.
A VICTIM OF MOSQUITOES.
MOUNT CLARE On. j., July go
A man 70 years old, who says he is
| John Almond, but who, because Of weak
ness, is unable to give any account of
himself, is in the hospital here hover
ing between life and death as the re-
| suit of exposure to storm and the
| attacks of mosquitoes. He was found
| in the dense woods near the Passaic
| line. Apparently Almond had been in
the woods for several days. He was
| extremely emaciated and his face and
hands were swollen out OF shape from
thousands OF bites by mosquitoes and
other insects.
KIPLING SINGS OF JOE.
LONDON, July 3I.-Rudyard Kiplng
who is known as strong adnlrer OF
| Joseph Chamberlain and an earnest sup
porter of his political views, and who
believes that his tariff proposals will
contribute largely to the welding OF the
empire. has written a striking poem,
which will appear tomorrow and which
is sure to cause much interest and dis.
cussion in political circles as well as
in the literary world. 1t is entitled
Things and the Man. and is OF five
stanzas. each ending with the italicized
line, Once on time there was man.
The final stanza is an enthusiastic sug
gestion that even in these days there is q
man who is capable of great things. Fol
lowing are the first and last stanzas Of
the poem:
Oh, We, who hold the written clew
To all. save all unwritten things,
And, half league behind, pursue
The accomplished fact with fouts ant
filings;
Look, to your knee your baby brings
The Oldest tale since earth began,
The answer to your WORKINGS
Once on time there was man."
A bolt is fallen from the blue
| Awakened realm. full circle swings
Where Dothan's dreamer dreams anew
OF vast and far born harvestings,
And unto him an empire clings
That grips the purpose OF his plan.
Ny Lords. how think you OF these
things?
"Once-ln our time-is there man.
The allusion in the line 'Where Dot
hans dreamer dreams anew" will b,
made clear by reference to Genesi
NxXvii:5 and II to 10 verses.