Mexico weekly ledger., 1920-11-18
Horse is Returning.


Columbia, Mo, at $4,000, a drop Of
$4,000 from the price paid by Ortiz
wine But the horse was now sixteen
years old. Age, however, never set
heavy on Rex Mcdonald. His eye
never dimmed, his mettie never dim
inished, and he would go into the
show ring up to the day Of his death
and captivatc the crowds and win an
ovation.
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inspiring
10 Emo" the devotion OF a horse
lover to an animal, you would have
to hear Ben Middleton ten OF the
years when he worked and hoped and
PLANNED to own Rex Mcdonald How,
as a stable boy, he fell IN love with
the proud animal and dreamed OF be-
coming his master some day. Ben In
creased in worldly goods, but the
value Of Rex went up and up In
those days $1,000 was a big price,
ard $4,000 was o prineeIy sum. hut
Ben held OF Once he lost faith and
hope. Rex was getting old. Ben
,aoHFht maybe the horses day was
done. He went down to Kentucky
following other gods; but when he
got to Kentucky the country was
ringing with tho praises of the Mex
leo horse, once owned IN Kentucky
Tho colonies admitted without equiv
aicnt that Rr% was indeed the KING
And Ben beat 1t back home to buy
Rex, having long had nm understands
ing that he was TO have MS chance
AHd as Ben caN1c by n route, Col
Hughes, orce the owner OF the horse,
WIS coming by another. lhey met at
Columbia and 1t looked as II the Col
orni was about TO VIM bnt ben went
INTO executive session with inc own
.rrs, and his ~eioquence prevailed
Res died suddenly OF cole, and ms
owner heart was broken ben taIN'
oct IL hds5'd tones OF the morse
lie never expects to sac another suca'
The fire, the contorlha'lon' the STAN
ina, TIE highest praise ina can DIG
'lvca a horse in these parts, Is to
compare I'll IN some OF us c~iar"c'er
sites with lex MG"ora'u'
! And then there's Tom Bass LOTT
back IN Inc days OF slavery ne AWAY
was a lover OF horses tie was sVanl,
: boy, bus driver, trainer owner al
! over the country he Is known among
horseman with respect ana aom'r'
alton. He IS the only negro Tor wno''
an exception was made IN many I
, horse show association entrleS shai
t be accepted only from white eXhlDle
Y ors save that an exception Is mao
in the case OF Tom bass coloreu' q
the usual wording. ION 10 es
: man. he has nae an e anu III"
I followed 1t talthtuliy ana 70 success
He has a certain bearing ana olghit,
that makes him respected. ne !
n square land he knows horses Aor
t went once to the farm OF Col' MOOT
n Of Columbia to look at a llkeiy COL
and as he went to the pasture nc S"'
a gray horse that made MIN lorge
everything else' ,
d Sell me that hoss' ooi' WORE sai
y Tom, and III name MIN co'unlDu
and I'll make him discover MOI
It movements than any other mig
k school boss that went before MN eV'
y knew" He was the only morse en'
# ever was able to canter backwards
k Miss Rex, owned by president D. u
E. FELTON, of the Chicago q Alton raj
e road, was n OF Tom BASES trainin'
& Forest King was another; JAG
,e o'Diamonds still another. Belle beae
ID is now his pride.
Al. aa,tpfrv Uhnn horses are IN u