The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1921-05-26
WASHINGTON LETTER
LOVE OF HORSES
By !. E. Jones.

horses. "Black Beauty" was for
years one of the best sellers, and
Kentucky would hardly have been
considered important except for
tales of its Colonels who had stables
and stills.
Maybe the horses has had his day;
but even so Society still puts him on
a pedestal The big annual event
of this same institution called Society
is the horse show. Love of horses
manifests itself in the Spring, when
the track has dried out and creations
in millinery have budded and bios
somed. The annual show in Wash
ington is an affair second only in
Importance to declaring war on cele-
brating the aarmistiee. In fact
Washington couldn't get along with
out It, and it is doubtful whether the
tariff and the, Republican party
would continue to be interesting II
the event were omitted.
Virginia furnishes the setting, be-
cause there is. lots of room in the old
Dominion; and come two o'clock,
fleets and flocks of automobiles
cross the Pontomac and haul up at
the show grounds. Or the trolley
will take you there, and once arrived
there is plenty of room for every
body. Society has the tiers OF box
seats in the grand stand. Besides
the rich OLD danes who have stayed
in Washington to spend their family
money, there are, Colonies and Gen.
erals left over from the Civil War
game old sports, still; and there are
diplomats, foreign Ministers, brisk
bankers, fiuttering young beauties,
and few "Chollyboys." But these
are not the ones who attract real
attention. because General Pershing
is on hand, and goodly number of
horses from his stables are exhibited
Other conspicuous figures of the
Army end the Navy are also present.
The Senate lends a few of its less
sedate members; the House has a
goodly-sized bunch who are "also-
present" Then, there is the Cab
met, represented by several of its
members. All these groups have
their ladies with them, for what fine
social event would be worth whoop
without the ladies'? Perhaps it is
the ladies one goes to see, and not,
the horses at all-or, more likely,
both the ladies' and the horses. A
happy combination. No offence is
meant!
Beautiful horses, the finest in the
world. brought here from the richest
stables in the country, and supple
mented by the best mounts from
nearby Army posts, do stunts, jump
hurdles, or show their gaits in trot-
ting, walking, running, behavior and
racing. In the midst of the scene
ct splendor there is a commotion,
and in a moment of the President of
the United States accompanied by
the First Lady of the Land, appear
in the grand stand. It is just the
touch that is lacking to bring solemn
approval to the horse show. The
great assemblage of illustrious
people, the finest living horse fresh,
the beautiful Virginia show grounds
end track, and the glories of per-
feet sample of fine weather. needed
nothing except the approval of no
less a person than the Nations
Chief. His presence seemed to fur
nish all that was lacking. The
affair served to demonstrate that love
of horses has never wavered in the
hearts of Americans even though
they do prefer to ride in speedier
vehicles that are propelled by gaso-
line.
PUTTING CIVILIZATION
ON THE SLIDE
Foresters of the Department of
Agriculture believes that one of the
reasons why famine and plague hold
China in their sinister grasp is to be
found in the ruthless devastation of
Natures arrangements; and they
point out that denudation, wherever
practiced, leaves naked soil; floods
and erosion follow; and when the soil
is gone men must also go.
Was it Darwin who told US that
men quit wearing long tails when
the hardware art supplied better de-
vices in their hooks and shelves
And then there is that other display
Of Natures wisdom in cutting out
waste by leaving the eyes out of
fish born in Mammoth Cave. But
to show that she is absolutely square
about the proposition, eyes are re-
stored to the Ssh after one or two