The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-07-24
Mickey DiscObolus.

A pang OF self-reproach stings our
bosom as We read this letter:
ITO THn EDITOR OF THE suN-str: Tho farming
community OF Nebraska Is stirred to Its center.
In the harvest neld. around the thrashng machine.
In the village store and blacksmith shop. even
among the cattle growers OF the sand hills. the ono
absorbing topic OF conversation Is the marvellous
skin In pitching horseshoes recently shown BY
the HON. JOHN H. MICKEY now serving his second
term a. Governor and tentatively q candidate for
the United States Senate. Not since the address
by the Hon. W. ]. BRYAN 10 tho Southern Lancas-
ter County Farmers Mutual Improvement Associs-
tion delivered last fall entitled How Shall We Care
for Our Hens In Winter Tine 70 Obtain the Best
Results,' an address remarkable for Its profundty
OF thought and the moral earnestness with which II
was delivered. have tho agricultural interests Of
the State been 80 aroused Governor MICKEY.
himself successful farmer. already in high favor
with the horny handed sons of toll. fnds his popu
lary rising 10 higher and higher tide as the rural
districts learn that their chief Executive has given
the sanction Of his old time Methodist conscience
10 the favorite game Of the with the lister and
the drill Governor MICKEY sets his face hard
against dancing. card playing, dominoes. finch
and panic. but he enters into a game Of pitching
horseshoes with the enthusiasm that he displayed
In voting for ABRAHAM LINCOLN at the early age of
49, and throws the shoes with visor and accuracy
at once the envy and despair OF his younger COM
petitors.
What will be the result the political stuationf
The question was propounded 10 Colonel BRYA ANS
chief lieutenant here. who vanly tried to con-
ceai his uneAsnea as he replied. 'Pshawi The Gov
enor couldn't hit a bull with scoop shovel Tho
Omaha World Herald this morning devotcs a column
editorial In . desperate attempt TO stem the wave
Of admiration and affection for Governor MICKEY
that Is sweeping over the State. The great dailies
of Kansas City are also giving much space TO dis
cus,ion Of the subject and Its probable political
effect. TIE SUMS editorial comments on the stu
alton would be welcomef- and copied by the entire
press OF the State. CONSTANT READER
LINCOLN, Neb.. July H."
Warm and old admirers Of Governor
MICKEY, why have we allowed his great
est feat OF skill and grace to pass un->
chronicled and unprased? 1t was the
heat, it was the heat, our soul! Remorse-
fully and tenderly we now lay the full
details before the public. For the last
two years the Nebraska State officials
and their deputies have been pitching
horseshoes whenever they could get a
chance and ground. For some scruple
not ineligible in the East, they refuse to
permit men who call the game "quoits"
to come into it. Yet surely it is "quoits,"
and "quates, 'Aquakes' are variants that
still cling to our memory. The horseshoe
is a discus, and Nebraska is truly Hell
lenic.
Governor MICKEY hadn't pitched
horseshoe in twenty years. That as
severation should have put even cham
pions on their guard. But, in the vicious
pride Of their youth, Mr.. ALLEN the
Governors private secretary, and Mr.
Antilles, former Deputy State Auditor,
challenged him and Mr.. j. C. DERBY.
The Governor may have practised a
little of Saturday on his Osceola farm
Sunday, OF course, he didn't touch
horseshoe. Monday the fateAll cham
pionship games were played in the back
yard Of Mr. ANTHEs's house, behind the
Governors mansion Temperature, %.
The Nebraska State journal gives too
brief story Of the great throwing:
THE pegs were set the regular distance, thirty.
nine feet, and the shoes were tho regulation weight
and size when the Governor hrs, started out he
WAS handicapped by two suspendes. Finally he
dropped the right one over his shoulder and then
tucked his let trousers leg inside his boot This
appeared to work wonders and he threw a ringer.
The caiks on the shoes too large and hurt his
forennger, but after he had picked out another
pair that had been made TO order for Mr.. ALLEN.
his score improved to alarming extent. The
Governor and Mr.. DsRaY finally beat their oppo-