Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1915-08-22
The Thoroughbred In Oklahoma

Europe in seven or eight months,
nearly half Of which have been killed,
1t gives us some idea of the trenlCnd-
Gus part the wal horse has played in
this awful drama. All of the great
generals of the past have owned, rid
den and loved chargers. Washington,
! Grant, Lee, sherman, Stonewall Jack
son, Napoleon and Wellington each
rode a famous horse. The latter
rode his famous charger Copenhagen
at Waterloo Is hours without dis
mounting, and after the death of
. Wellington his family had erected two
monuments, one to the great general
and one to his horse. This horse was
buried with military honors and on
his tombstone was inscribed: Here
lies Copenhagen, the charger ridden
by the Duke of wellington the entire
day of the battle Of Waterloo. Born
1903; died. 1896.
Gods humber instrument Of meaner
clay
Should share the glory of hat glori-
GUS day"
General Lees and General Jack
sons horses were both mounted after
death and placed in glass cases in
the Soldiers home at Richmond. SO
great was the attachment of General
Grant to his charger Cincinnatus Ga
horse at one time ridden by Presi-
dent Linclon) that he refused $lO,-
600 for him.
In every great battle of the worlds
history the horse has figured con
~spiCuously. 1t is a matter of history
that in the late conflict between the
north and the south the north did
not win a cavalry battle for the first
three years. The reason for this is
.s---rL Al. L.-rtlA-V,L- l.l #hL ThLra
oughbred in large numbers n had
used him for saddle purposes, while
his northern brother did not have
the thoroughbred, but a coarser bred
horse, which he had used almost eX-
clusiyely as a harness animal.
There is no question about the fact
that in all ages the horse has been
recognized as being nobler in shape,
spirit, instinct, affection and useful
ness than any other living animal.
The Creator of the universe obviously
intended this, for in the pages of Holy
Writ we find him mentioned between
eighty and a hundred times by Isaiah.
st. John, Joseph, David and other
great prophets, who must have been
lovers of this great and useful animal.
In the parade of Heaven the Bible
makes us hear the clicking Of the
hoOfs on the golden pavement as it
says, 1.-The armies which were in
Heaven followed Him on white
horses"
We think It is a shame in this age
Of the world when the florist has
turned the thin flower of the woods
into a gorgeous rose, and the pomolo-
gist has changed the acrid and
gnarled fruit of the a%nCients into the
very poetry OF the pear, peach, plum,
grape and apple. and the snarling cur
of the orient has become the great
Newfoundland. greyhound, f%OXhound,
and other useful ard companionable
species of his kind in the service and
for the pleasure of man, and the
miserable wild OK of olGen times has
become the Jersey. the Attorney, and
the ShOrthOrn of today-that the
horse, grander, more beautiful. and
more useful than them all, should get
no advantage from our science, our
civilization. or our Christianity.
There is no more harm in offering
a prize for the swiftest racer than
there is harm in offering n prize 70
the farmer who has the best wheat,
or the fruit-grower who has the larg-
est pear, or the Cattle-raiser who has
the finest cattle. We believe in
prizes. This is the way God develops
the race. Heaven itself is a prize.
SO what is right in one direction is
right in another direction. And with
out the prizes the horses fleetness
and beauty and strength will never be
fully developed.
! We believe In the turf and think it