Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1924-09-09
HORSE RACING

NN September g. last Tuesday, there was
a very noted horse race in New York
City A French colt called Epinard
was expected to make the United States stand
up and take notice that France had produced
the finest race horse up to date in the TWEEN
| ueth century. Epinard's picture is splendid.
This race came off expected. But an
American colt was pronounced the winner.
! The Prince of Wales is pictured in the New
| York papers leaning over in the judges stand
and Watching with great interest. This Prince
! of Wales has evinced also great interest in
! horse riding, in jumping hurdles and bitches.
! He is unfortunate, for some reason, because
/ he has been more than once pictured as fall
| ing over his horses head with some broken
bones etc. The judges stand was also a
| good place to exhibit himself, and there was
a big crowd to gaze rapturousIy on a French
! colt and a royal Britsher
| 1t is probable that the enthusiasm for fine
! horses will never abate; and / can understand
| how one can admire beautiful animal per-
| fectly groomed and with sense 'Iike folks. -
! OF all the pets that | have had in my long
! life, the saddle nag has given me the most
genuine enjoyment. | always cOntrived to
have something to ride, from six years to
! seventy. Sometimes it was a pony and oc-
casonally pacing mule, but [ was so fond
! of horseback exercise that if it wasn't SO
| pretty, it was always good.
I have never seen one of the old-time rae
! ing feats; that preceded my day and genera
| ton. DR.. FELTON,, my husband, a great lover
of horse flesh could tell of big race that
came off in Lexington, Ca. when he was a
| lad. He was born about eight miles from
| that town, and it was his privilege to ride
| his pony once week to get the Augusta
newspaper, which told all the news of the
world, and scanty enough it was before there
| were any teegraphs, and only sail vessels on
/ the ocean.
When that memorable race came off (and
he delighted to tell of it, even down to old
age), the race covered sixteen mies-four
| heats-and it was won by a little gray mare
belonging to Wade Hampton, of South Caro-
/ lima The sporting men came from far and
near from other states beside Georgia. Horse
racing very popular. The crowds were
great. Drinking was common. The refresh
ments were ginger cakes and cider. The
cakes and cider were vended from the rear
| of small covered one-horse wagons.
[ remember those cake and cider wagons
very we'll when l was child under ten years.
/ We lived at a cross roads, and there was a
militia muster ground there, and | can re-
call my rapturous delight when the drum and
| fife began to perform. | always managed to
get some ginger cake. These cakes were
more than an inch and a half thick, about
! 3X5 inches in dimension, the big kind
When the cakes were we'll cooked the
maker fashioned circles the figure 8 on
the top side with the white of an egg. They
| glistened, and were good.
| The trade was excellent, paid in "thrips''
and "SeVenpenceS."
| There were no railroads until the middle
forties. People who travelled from Augusta
! to Savannah, towards Nashville and beyond
either rode on horseback or in gigs. The
upper-tendom rode in carriages with high-up
drivers seat, and a place for trunks in the
rear.
What I am now trying to picture are the
fine horses that pulled these carriages and
a nSt
number, that were brought along for young
sters, men and girls to ride occasionally.
Then there was a carryall for the housemaid
or various servants.
In my earliest recollection I was thrilled
with the sight of these lovely young women
in riding habit, with a peculiar button for
ornament that was called frog" Why frogs
do not know, or maybe I have only for
gotten.
My early horseback efforts were made with