The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-08-28

Of his many faults and the frank sell.
ishness of his ideals, in many ways
the man on horseback served a useful
purpose in the middle ages and he
serves a useful purpose now. The
man of determined purpose is gener.
ally the man OF great achievements
and there are giants and dragons in
the modern world whose conquest calls
for the services of a man on horse
back.
But Of all the men on horseback
these days the most interesting and
useful are the men mounted on hobby
horses. They are q noble army de.
spite some notable drawbacks, even
as we're the knights of ye olden time.
What care they for the jeers or jave.
Inns of satire cast at them by the vul.
gar herd? Panoplied and sheathed in
the complete armor of their strong
purpose, they ride over the world,
trampling under feet its ridicule and
gibes, hewing . way straight to their
goal. OF all men on horseback, give
us the hobby horse rider every time.
They are the men who do things real.
ly worth doing, who change the face
Of the world, bore through mountains,
%annihilate space, conquer the giant
forces of nature, bind them in chains,
and lead them captive at their saddle
bow. When that comes to pass and
the slow witted public comes to gaze
at the triumphal procession, the hob.
by horse rider is no longer known as
. crank and a fool. Then he is called
q genius and a hero.
It would be q mighty poor world
today il it were not for the hobby
horse riders, the men with wheels in
their head and visions and dreams
before their eyes of steamboa ats and
iron horses and horseless carriages
and air ships, a thousand other things
which we're pursued restlessly and
persistently until they were realized.
Mans brain at best has not room for
q whole flock Of new ideas. and If it
can get hold OF q single one and pur.
sue it to it's last fastness and subdue
it to human will, it Is q great achieve
ment. W. should be proud of the
hobby horse rider and respect him,
especially il the horse he is mounted
on comes OF a good serviceable breed.
Than Ahn~o owo tho hn~r,losa md
useless breeds of hobby horses. We
are not sure that the man who spends
all his time and energy collecting old
postage stamps or different kinds OF
buttons is not engaged in as honora-
BILE and useful hobby horse adventure
as the man who spurs himself 90,
dripping with sweat and blood and
tears Of the crushed and fallen, to &C.
cumulate new millions of cash that he
cannot spend, and must leave for his
heirs to fight and quarrel over like
hungry dogs over a fat marrow bone
A man is always better off in the
hurly burly fight and tumult of
world of struggling men when mount
ed on some kind OF a steed. 1t takes
him out OF the press and be breathe
better, strikes harder and goes fur
ther, and that is why it is we'll t.
hitch our little wagon on to a sta
and start out in the world with a fin
ideal. If by living and eating ant
sleeping with it q long time it come
} to own vs. and animate US and pos
sess us, and shape all our actions
then we join the noble army Of hobb
horse riders. and there is no reaso
for shame over the fact. Quite tn
contrary, it seems to US, so that we b
2 mounted on q good steed.