The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-04-27
.HORSEMEN
AT DINNER
Morris County Road Drivers
Have Annual Banquet on
Wednesday Evening.
SKATING RINK THE SCENE

SKATING RINK The SCENE
/" / never saw a. genuine horseman
who was mean man, !" said Col. Ed
wards during the course of his remarks
at the horsemen's dinner on Wednes-
day evening and the remark was GER
tainly apropos for their was nothing
mean about that dinner From the
time the guests assembled in the shau-
ing rinking until the arrival of the
hour of departure every minute was
enjoyed. The Morris County Road
Drivers association and its guests
should thank the committee of ar
rangemeuts for its labors in bringing
about so successful a gathering.
Thhe rink was decorated in man
ner beftting the occasion, racing sui
kys, harness, blankets, whips. and
other paraphanalia OF the horse were
all about, while the music Of w.
Franklin Hartenstine s orchestra add
ed much to the pleasure Of the diners.
After the Rev. William Russell
Bennett had said grace the banquet
ers sat down to the following menu
served by Day -
Oysters on Half Shell
Sailed Squares
/ Radishes Beets Olives
Cider
Bisque of Tomato Finger Rolls
Salmon Chops
Chicken Patti Bermuda Potatoes Peas
Claret Ice Cigarettes
Roast Turkey
Cranberry Sauce Potato Croquettes
String Beans
Celery Salad Ice Cream
Fancy Cake Coffee
Bon Bons Salted Almonds Fruit
Cheese and Crackers
After the cigars had been lighted
President Anderson M. Guerin, who
acted as toastmasuer, introduced as
the first speaker Mr.. Bennett. The
reverend gentle naup professed to know
little about horses, sdyipg that some
years ago he bought horse, rode IL
: from one town to another, sold il and
a week later the horse died.
"But, went on Mr. Bennett, there
is something for every one. TO learn
} from the horse. First, discipline
faithful service and duty to perasrm
} in the world. We should learn to
keep ourselves under control, to be
} committed 10 useful service and dis
play common horse SENSE"
Horsemen," said Colonel Edwards,
! who followed Mr. Bennett. in hisjad,
dress, 'are the most open-heartt.a "a
men in the country. They are true
friends and warranted. l speak as a
horseman. My father was Methodist
minister, and tell you he didn't OBJ
! ject himself to little brush along the
road. They say in Newark that sleep
witha horse. Well would rather sleep
with high bred horse than some sup
posedly high bred men | know Of. ;
love the horse because it's in the
} blood.
Without the racetrack the good
qualities of the horse would never
have been developed, they would have
lain dormant. Time has wrought a
change in the conduct of the track.
The sport is now being rescued by
men who are mentally, morally and
socially the equal of any in the coun-
} try"
Rev. Ralph B. Urmy. pastor. of the
Methodist church, followed and ioked
with Mr., Bennett about trading a
horse in dying condition. "There
are people in this world you have to
drive" said Mr.. Urmy, "as we'll as a
horse Some of them take the bit in
their mouths and it is all you can do
to hold them in. There are others
! that balk."
Touching on the racetrack, Mr..
Urmy declared that he believed the
horse had been developed at the race
: track, but did not think the abolish
: ment of the racetrack would prevent
) the speeding qualities of the horse
from being further developed. "Sport
for sports sake is all right, stated
: Mr.. Urmy, land the association
should use its influence and be a moral
force to deliver the racetrack from
contemplate, inferior, law disregard
ing and immoral men,
, DIR. Earl t. Budd told of visit in
Europe inspecting high-bred horses.
| He said that in New Jersey there were
the best bred horses to be found any
where in the country or the world-
Down in South Jersey, DIR. Budd de-
: clared, would be found the finest road
horses. The roads there, he said,
were better adapted to travel There
were nc hills such as in this section OF
: the state.
1.-THE horse is the noblest animal
God eyer made" !" said DIR Budd, land
nothing that man can invent or man
ufacture will ever take the place Of
the horse"
A topical song, written by w
Franklin Hartenstine and narrating
some of the experiences of members of
the association. was sung by its COM
poser and proved one of the hits of the
evening.