Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-05-12
What Cox Endured.

Not SO many years ago man named
q horse after George b. Cox, the Cincinnati
political boss, when Mr.. Cox wasn't look
ing He wasn't any bad horse, either. Dur
ing his first few racing seasons he brought
the coon skins home to dad quite large
number OF times But they over-raced the
old platter, and he finally came to be an
utter crab. Nevertheless, the Cincinnati
folks went right on playing the horse every
time he went to the post Then they began
to get their snickersnees out for George
B. Cox the politician. They sort of held
him personally responsible for the devasta-
Gon of their bank rolls which the Cox horse
was causing. And then the headlines in
the newspapers began to get on the nerves
Of George B. Cox. the politician. He could
not pick up a paper without seeing his
name. as transferred to the horse, employed
derisively. You know how they bank up
the headlines in those Cincinnati news
papers.
well. Boss Cox would open up his news
papers at the breakfast table and see
things like these: A Mutt-That's What
George B. Cox Proved Himself to Be Yes
terday; 'Skinned-The Crazy Ones Who
Liked George b. Cox at Latonia:' Dogged
It-Mongrel Conduct of George b. Cox;
George B. Cox-He Heads the List of Also
Rams 'Sulky Brute-George B. Cox Fails
His Backers by Refusing to Try a Lick
and lot of other stuff like that.
Mr.. Cox went to the owner of the horse
and told him that he'd pay the Jockey club
fee to have the horses name changed, but
the owner wouldn't consent to that. tell
ing the boss that the old horse was liable
to get good again at any time.
=" All the horse wants. said the owner
to Boss Cox. Is slow. lumpy track. about
a mile and 4 sixteenth for distance a boy
on his back that knows how to wait. about
10 pounds up and a good strong finish
Is that all he wants" gloomly inquired
Boss Cox. Well, if you're asking me. he
wants too id much. Get his name
changed to Coxey and you can have any
thing you want that can give you.
But the Owner crawfshed out of doing
that because he didn't want TO hurt the
horses feelings. One morning, on the day
following the success of Boss George b.
Cox's candidates at the Cincinnati prima-
ries. the Cincinnati papers came out with
huge headlines. George b. Cox Souadly
Walloped,' Cox Gets Smothered. George
Il. Cox Good Old Has-Been.' and so
on. The headlines referred. of course, to
the defeat of the oVer-raCed old horse on
the previous day at the Newport track.
Some of the newspapers that We're political
ly opposed to Boss Cox published the &C
count OF his triumph at the primaries I'M
der small headlines In the middle of the
paper and the account of the defeat of the
horse George B. Cox under immense head
lines on the first page. One of them used
the display three-column headline. The
Soap Factory-Only Proper Place Now for
George B. Cox.
1T may have been only a coincidence
mind you, but ! noticed that the horse
George B. Cox never went again to the
races after that I'm not saying that the
old plug Is helping TO pull a Cincinnati
brewery truck at the present time. but
saw his ringer. all right. doing his bit to
truck pole in Cincinnati year so later.
The Case Of Harry New.
Then there was the case of Harry New,
the well-known Indianapolis republican
politician and journalist. 4 few years ago
some fellow named colt after Mr.. New
when he was up in Alaska or hunting In
the wilds OF British Columbia or some
where that made II impossible for him to
protect himself AT the outset OF his career
the horse Harry New wasn't worth 50
cents. Any old thing wearing hair could
beat him doing anything from jump 10
four miles. and Mr. New couldn't walk
down to his office of fine morning without
having every pinheaded friend that met him
hand him a wallop on the back and express
the hope that he'd loosen up and get a