A GREAT HORSE 



women and children dwell, there will this noble crea- 

 ture ever abide. He will journey with us from the 

 cradle to the grave. He will caper along with the 

 young folks, and bring up at the church door, where 

 wedding bells tell of happy hearts and new-made 

 homes. He will trot along with carriage loads of lit- 

 tle folks, whose life is a song and whose presence is 

 a joy forever. 



"He will set the pace for the hounds who are away 

 at the sound of the hunter's horn, over hill, over vale, 

 over field and meadow, always the most enthused of 

 the throng of sportsmen. He loves to hear the crack 

 of the whip and go bounding away with the coach and 

 four, and the jolly crowd whose chief pleasure is in 

 coaching parties and outings, in the mountains and 

 along the river. What a life of sunshine! What 

 realms of indescribable joyfulness ! These things in- 

 dex the words of Tom Moore: 'While we journey 

 through life let us live by the way/ So it is, my 

 friends, the horse is always a part of our pleasure, 

 and at last when the long shadows have fallen over 

 us, and our eyes are heavy with the last sleep, the horse 

 carefully draws our remains to the Silent City and 

 all is over. He is with us in prosperity and adversity, 

 and that man or woman is an attenuated specimen of 

 humanity who does not love this matchless animal. No 

 wonder King Richard III said : 'A horse, a horse ; 

 my kingdom for a horse.' In behalf of the manage- 

 ment of the Overland Racing Association and of the 



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