Till! mm APOLLO.
wn.vr Dons tiik i, :u.:sk!
Type rind nenulles of the AriiM.in-
linritctcrlstics ir tin? Ilnriinh
brcil, Trot lei- mid Draught
Horse -The anions itiol.
' rn.Vf 14 ill on u i hp ehu or
mi equine Apollo like V
Comparatively little at-
tniit i m m jfiveu til tile
fdiysical proportions oC ikf tiitrsv from
cither an artistic or a scieiithV point
of view. The animal, which, next to
inau, is the noblest aork of creation,
in worthy of nttent ion on other line
than those of records, f mri won,
of progeny begotten, of pedigrees that
determine the quality of Mood nod of
methods of breeding best calculated to
result in new recordsoti tin race track.
These ami related topics are the texts
of the columns ,f turf gossip Oml
daily assail nil eyes ami seem to prove
that the equine in next to Ihu hnuiau
population of the world in its import
utice. Tho iilenl lions nml the phvsicitl
characteristics of different types of
lionet are suhjeets that invite inter
etod study, not only on tli- part of in
telligent horsemen, lint from many
Dot informed about horse lineage. The
ideal borse has ueier been fashioned
in -risible ami generally accepted a.s '
rot-R
an ideal. The world cau agree on but
few ideals, and no sculptor or painter
ever portrayed iu a masterpiece a
borse that would not be severely
criticised as an ideal.
The quest iou of the ideal may read
ily extend from the type of a horse to
the proportion of a type. A draught
horse and a raoe horse may each be
handsome and perfect in his way. It
may be said that the ideal horse' is the
one that produced the moat agreeable
impreasions, and this rule may both
upply to the type of horse and to the
proportions of any type. As far ns
proportions go, a horse should ia a
general way be well and handsomely
formed and have correct and beautiful
lines. There is a wide range for the
application of this rule, and many
horsemen will nee beanty in adaptii
tiou to needs whiou other will not
consider.
A noted Freuch writer on the horse
Rays: "What, theu, are the qualities
which impress the laity that is to say,
the mans. of the people. l'.legimee of
form, gracefulness of attitude and
V T rr
YY
HTNOI., AS iriKATi THOKOrGRIIRKD TROTTRR.
movement, rounding of the lines, indi
cating an easy, graceful action aud im
plying the absence of effort in the
movements ; vivacity, mobility, cer
tain gentle look of distinction ia the
physiognomy, wUiuh admits the pre
dominance of moral perfection over
(he purely physical instincts. A round
croup, flattened haunches, a sway back,
thick withers, au arched neck, slim
cannons, small feet and a slender baad
will give more pleasure to the majority
of inexperienced eyes tliau long, pro
jecting lines, even a Utile rouglily so,
well-marked muscles, strong members.
spacious cheat, broad articulations,
larger nostril, rU'. All eye do not
see in the name way, nor even appre
ciate forcibly what i simply agreeable,
''he horsemen are rare who are capa
ble of appreciating the useful beauty,
which should be understood as synotiy
mom with Htucss, and which consists
essentially in the mlaptatioti of the
organ to their functions. This beauty,
to lie appreciated, demand a certain
intuition, uiiich culture, study, acute
o jservatiou and judgment."
In thin the diflicnlty of agreeing on
an ideal ia illustrated. No man may
nay what the measurement or propor
tions of a horse may be and be be
lieved. Many famous veterinary aur
genua ami tnrf authorities have tried
it. only to be disputed by other au
thorities equally great. Ahoii-Bckr,
early in the fourteenth century, in
eluded measurement)! and proportions
in a work on tha science of the Arabiau
horse, and was the first one to do so.
Others tried it and in more recent
times Kourgelat, a Frenchman, worked
out an elaborate system and a theoreti
cal type. St. Bel. mint her noted au
thority, took that famous and extraor
dinary horse IXipse as the best type
of the beautiful horse, and a number
of others have added to the clashing
tables. But little attention to meas
urement is given by breeder in Cali
fornia and elsewhere. Young men and
womeu are beiug uicnMired by thou
sands these days thnt scientific gener
alizations may be made and composite
tlgurea drawn and modeled, but they
are yet doing everything else for the
S'
fawoi's nonana TTJ.nsTftATTvn tvhttnct
speedy horse but comparing him with
au average.
In the absence of standard measure
ments and proportions the character
istica of the most important types of
horses invite discussion. It is not knowu
to everybody outside of horse circles
that the Arabian horse, which has been
kept so pure of blood that pedigrees
may be traced into centuries before
Christ, has given to the thoroughbred,
or running horse, of the modem turf,
hi chief physical characteristics, his
nature, powers of endurance, energy
and tendency to speed. The Arabian
horse is the greyhound of the raoe.
He is slender and graceful. His most
noticeable characteristics are a long,
small neck, delicate head, with rather
pointed nose, depth from withers to
chest, giving lung power; powerful
hauuehes and comparative smallnessof
growth around the loins. Ho is built
for speed. His head is small and bony
and his muzzle delicate. His joint
are large, clean ami l-ony. His bones
are rather small iu sie ou the whole,
but they are very dense, aud hence
strong aud heavy. It is calculated by
Roger B. Uptou that the bones of au
Arabiau horse 14 bauds high will
weigh as much as those of an Kugliah
thoroughbred tifteu bauds high. The
fore ribs of the Arabiau are long aud
the hiMOar uk.A(. . The paunch is
hollow. Uks, r-vaw ;.uuded, the upper
part al few Wg, with powerful
so'"! 'aKio'.oa. The hoofs are black,
i lie ikiu delicate, the hair Hue aud
abnudanv, tne nostrils wide. He is
wide between the eyes, showiug Intel
ligeuoe. His ears are small aud ac
tive. Be has great power of endur
auoe. Hi eye are full, black aud
i sparkling. In h.s disposition he has
great energy, courage and yet gentle
ness. The Arabs have the rule of pro
portion in constant Use. They measure
the li umber of hands from the root of
the mane, at the middle, of tho withers
backward to the end of the dock, or
tail hones, and then forward between
the ears to the upper lip. If the
latter distance is greater he has great
qualities, if it is less be iau ordinary
beast.
Hnch ia the horse which for an many
centuriea the Arab has cheriHhed while
subjecting him to wonderful feats of
effort and endurance, and such ia the
horse which, through aires imported
into Mil rope during the last two cen
turies, has transmitted to the thorough
bred of to-day the qualities that dis
tinguish him. The Barb, a native of
Barbary, Morocco, and Tripoli and
the Turk or Turkish horse, both of
which resemble, the Arabian iu all im
portant characteristics, have joined
with tho Arabian in producing the
thoroughbred, which to be of un
doubted quality, must have a lineage
traced back to the Oodolphin Arabian,
the Byerly Turk or some other sire of
pure blood and great qualities that
made him famous. Two famous sires
brought to England, the Darley
Arabian and the l.eede Arabian, are
asserted to have had undoubted pedi
grees extending back 4001) years, and
it has been contended that these two
were the only Arabian stallions of un
doubted pure Arabiau Id-niii ever
tttfs.
brought to England.
The thoroughbreds of to-day have
thiu a stain of the royal blood of the
Arabian, Barb and Turk, mixed with
the blcod of the English, charger,
horses of all degrees of common blood,
horses with pedigrees and without, and
horses that have been fast and slow.
The pedigree of a horse thus becomes
of great significance, for "blood will
tell" iu horses as well as men, and the
study of pedigreea iu which the
majority of horsemen are fairly well
advanced, hi one that many revel in
for years, and in which no one ever
graduates. As a result of the mixture
descrilied. the modern thoroughbreds
possess the characteristics of the
Arabiau horse in greatly varying de
gree. Hal vat or, shown iu an accom
panying cut, has these characteristics
iu a marked degree. The "C'haban"
Arabiau shown was a celebrated
stallion imported for the stud of the
King of Wiirtemburg, aud fairly
shows the Arabian type.
The Arabian type has undoubtedly
beeu conserved iu tho thoroughbred
by the training and work he has been
given through each generation and
which would tend toward the very
characteristics by which nature
adapted the Arabiau to its conditions
1 and environment. The characteristics
of the typical modem thoroughbred
which not everybody cau tell on sight
like the greyhound and is in perfect
physical condition. He is tall, slim,
loug coupled, has a small panuch,
a loug, slim neck, depth from
shoulders to chest, small muz
zle, large nostrils and wide
forehead. His muscles stand out iu
bold relief, hi coat is silky aud bis
skin Hue. He is intelligent, nervous
in disposition aud has great eudurauce.
He is short lived, as a rule, partly,
perhaps, because he is worked hard
early iu life. He is at his prime at
four years aud at six is generally ready
to be retired.
'The trottiug horse ia shorter
coupled, is heavier through, tha flsnk
aud has a heavier paunch and wider
chest. The neck is heavier and shorter,
the limbs aro heavier and the pasteru
shorter. He needs aud receives twice
as much care as the thoroughbred. His
conformation is necessarily different,
for he uses a different set of muscles.
Trottiug is au unnatural and cultivated
gait for a borse at high speed, and he
needs a slroug frame to stand the
shock of tha 10,000-pouod blows which
his feet give every time they strike the
ground."
Ho the draught horse has still dif
ferent characteristics, and other types
might be discussed. Mir MoJred," the
$10,000 stallion imported from Aus
tralia by J. B. Haggis, i a thorough
bred with far less of the Arabian ta
his form than Halvator, as may be seen
form the picture of Salvator taken
from a painting for Outing. He in a
beauty though, anil la by many horse
men said to bp the hundsomest horse
iu the Htutc. Stmuboiil ninv be taken
as a fine illustration of the trotting
type.
The proportions of tho famous flunol
are interesting because she ia a trotter
with very marked thoroughbred char
acteristics and is the most notable il
lustration of Senator Htsn ford's orig
inal plan of breediug thoroughbred
to trotters to give the latter the en
durance, energy, "gamey" spirt of the
former, a theory not yet generally ac
cepted by breeders. Huiiol's very
strong strain of the thoroughbred is
marked iu nearly every point.
The thoroughbred, as a result of
long and careful breeding aud train
ing, is undoubtedly to-day the Hnest
horse the world has seen, and in hint
the best qualities of his oriental ances
tors have len developed far beyond
those of the Arabinu, Barb or Turk,
though the beauty of the type may
have suffered. Han l-'raucisco Chron
icle. f.lxnrri.
Lizards drink by lappiug, like dog
and cats. Home of them have very
long tongues, which they can dart out
very quickly to catch insects, their
chief food. Some lizards live mostly
in the water, some wholly on land, aud
some ou tree. Laud lizards are gen
erally nearly of the color of the soil,
tree lizard are bright colored, mostly
greeu, and those which live among
rocks are gray. Most of them are
shaped much like crocodile, and nave
four feet.
Others have only two feet, and others
again have feet so short and so cov
ered up with skiu that they look like
sunk cm. They vary in length from a
few iuches to three or four feet. Most
of them lay eggs. One genu brings
forth the young alive. Their tails are
as brittle as glass, and their loss is
freqneut from various accidents, but
they are very soon replaced. The
forked tail, which is often observed iu
lizards, comes from the tail being
cracked a little, instead of broken off,
and the new tail growing out of the
crack. Harrison' Family Mngaiue.
Afraid lo Travel Save ou Foot.
The ticket agent and telegraph ope
rator at oua of the stntions ou the
Adirondack Kailway has an unquench
able horror of travel in auy waj save
ou foot. He fears that horse will holt
and that engines will jump the track,
aud the perils of navigation uothiug
would induce him to encounter. When
business calls him to Saratoga so far
the limit of hi journeying since birth
be bids his family a solemn farewtill,
and rejoices greatly on a safe return.
He is a well read, thoroughly sensible
man, but try as he will he cannot over
come his dread of all forms of rapid
transit.
The Richest Indian.
A little remnant tribe of Delaware,
descendant of the old Leni I.euape of
the Middle States, now residing amoug
the Kiowa aud Comauches in Okla
homa, and numbering only ninety
five souls iu all, have to their credit ill
the United States Treasury the sum of
874,1H0, which iatnaO'J in cold cah
for every inau, woman and pafuose of
them, besides eighty acre per capita
of laud, together with horses, stock,
houses and other property. They are
probably the richest per capita ii all
the Indiaus, their wealth iu trust funds
and laud uloue, being (Jll.'JO'i per
capita. Com pared with theirs the per
capita wealth of tho richest Nations of
the world is insignificant. The in
habitant of the British Island are
the most opulent civilized race ou the
earth, anil their per capita wealth ia
only Sl'iHl!. Next to the British are
the Freuch, the richest people ou the
continent of Europe, whose per capita
wealth is only $1102. Close after the
French are the Hollauders, or Dutch,
with a per capita wealth of $10Hrt, aud
next to them are our owu people iu the
United States, whose wealth per capita
is set down at l0a. The per capita
wealth of Germany is but $052, and
that of Kussiaonlv$i'J5. Washington
Star. "
A Question ill Precedence.
Very Polite Gentleiuau (to bull)
"You First."
"After jou, air." Life. "
MODRRW TVTITAX HOMR.
KEYSTONE STATE CIILLIK
rotia mi.i.tn n wbfck
lUamsiunm Seven roal in on In search ol
work liourdi'il a train of coal and oil u.irs nl
Market street the other mailt and nt IVirk
street tha car on which tliev were ridiiiii
Jumped aawltch wrecking several cars of a
westbound train, r'our of Hie unfortunates
were crushed lo death under the grindiim
mass. They were John Wallace and a man
named Sullivan, both ssvitilinien from
rjttalmrg;.foseili Hen-on of Yoiuicstown.o.
and John lleynolils residence unknown. Th
bodies were horribly maiiRlerl; all Hie men
were from I lie western part of the State
I'tank Ward, of Hurlin-rtmi, la., the only
man who escaped, sues Frederick Mimiulll
was one of tlia men killed
- - -
rot a HMi sn.n vahtim.
.foHNsioax ihers was a siriei of deaths
byacciilent ou the I'enn-ylvauia rallro.id the
past few daya. At Lilly, Charles .storm, a
well-known young man was run OTer by a
train aud killed. At Bens ( reek. Charles
Dtoskey attempted to cross Hie track and
was killed by a work train. At Cresson. a
brakeruati named Miller lust his lite In Hit
same manner while au unknown man was
killed at Portage while sleeping on Hie
trak.
fiivax Tf vita roa si'rmmi a i hi'si h.
Srasvror Peter llumbniigli, who set Hr
to anddestroyed the Kim Park Methodist
church last winter, because of a belief that
It was built upon laud belonging to
relatives of hi and of which they had been
illegally deprived, was convicted of arson
and sentenced to ten years imprisonment
in the Ks-tern penitentiary. The penally
imposed on Hie prisoner Is t he maximum,
.
Tiik oldest old maid of whom Philadel
phia has ever boaled. MissSstlv Wheeler.
died at her late residence, t'Ml Kiwt Ontario
street, in the luird year or her age. the de
ceased was born In fliriiiinghnm. ICnulaml.
on Uecember III. 17!HI. She was a member
of His Kplscnpal church, tlei fattier. John
Wheeler, died In isitland Imr mother in
Is.,;. Miss Wheeler at the time of her
ilet h was III osiou of all her facul
ties. Thk house of (ieorce Ktoup, near Mark
leysburg. Fayette county. w burned Mon
day night, the tire wna of Incendiary origin.
This is tbe family thai was noisoned bv
drinking water from a spring into which
inurei leaves nau laiien, .Mrs. stoup tty
ing.
Tin Hoard of Pardons ineseciitirees-iioii
at ilarrisburg. refused to ncnuinienri Hugh
1'. Uempsey and llohert Healty, of I'itts
burg, convicted of poisoning workmen in
i lie iiomes'esil mills, lor pardon
Ciiahi.ks .Ioiisson, alias Sandy I'lank, ami
.lunn I'reemnn, alias Steve I.oder. two no
torious crooks. -coped from the llellefonte
iail by tunneling through the cell wall.
John I! van, of North Strabane, Wash
inilon couiilv. Is the owner of an le
and tallies calf, which is as playful as a
Kiiteu-
Mn nRi. Kkarnrv. of Philadelphia, whn
sued the traction company fur damages,
was sent to Moyameusiiig. prison for per
Jury.
I'.imicns around Sharon are panic strick
en at the boldness of thieves who killaml
dress on the premises cattle anil sheep tliev
s'esl.
John Kossu k. employed at Mount Look
out Colliery. Wyoming, was instantly kill
ed by an explosion ot gs-.
Hirt Si RAFrrKR. of Ford City, was held
up by two highwaymen while riding Mon
day and II l taken.
I'll a rival I'liloiitown Republican news.
papers. --.sews aici me ".iiamiaru,
haveu nsolinateil.
Ix the Connellsville (oka region I1 0 mors
vena bave been tired this week.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Trias needs ("ottoo picker.
Tbksb are low) union female tailor.
Taimirimo employs 7'i8.24 In England and
Scot laud.
Ai.rasv (Is, r.) unions are to build a bust,
new block.
New Hampshiss plumber must pas an
examination.
I Connecticut pay checks are liable t
the ten percent, tax.
Trs American Hallway I'ulon I spreading
fa all part of Hi country.
Asva (Col.) miner will voluntarily work
for reduoeil wage during Hit) depression.
NW Haths's Coal Consumers' I'ulon e
pn to get coni for ft a Ion by buying at
tbe mines.
A wood vabd bs been established at Den
ver. Col., where the unemployed mav work
tor their meal.
A tjoviaasr is In progress Inoking lo the
uoltlaj ot all labor orders aud iiuloua under
a central authority.
CoNncrroKS and mntormen on the eleetrlis
mail running from Newark lo Jrvlugtou,
New Jersey, are nompelled to wear white
aecktle.
Nsw JiHsrr unions will push lbs f. legis
lature for a law to prevent employers from
exacting a pledge that nieu ahail not join
labor uoious.
Ktsi. BissAO, ef Berlin, aged elglil v-four,
t reputed the oldest waiter iu Berlin. He
became a waiter seventy year ago, and ha
been in one place for thirty years.
Ta Bessemer mill of Hie Bethlehem Iron
.Company, at Houtb Bethlehem. 1'eno., re
sumed operation yesterday alter an Idle,
oea of two moatbs. One thousand men got
mploymeor.
Ht. Paci.' joint committee recommend
the expenditure at XX1 at onoe to provide
work for tbe unemployed, and a special tax
that will yield tUO.OOO lot the Improvement
f parks, eto.
Bk Fbaxcisco fa seadlng its unemployed
B Han Joaquin orchards and vineyards,
her the Chinese aro being discharged to
make room for them. The pay ranges fro in
sifc-hry-utre rents to tl a day and fouud.
Truly aouoraoie.
The truly honorable man tries ts)
remain Ignorant of thing that
concern blm not Ha turns aalde
from the confidential gossip, glance
way from tbe open desk, shun the
place where a whisper is audible,
wttb just as muoh care as be would
use to avoid profiting by a mistake
In bis change. His curiosity does
not crave the knowledge ot such mat
ter. It bas tbe wnole wide world
for Us area, and seeks IU satisfaction
In more wholesome directions. After
all, tbe information - to which we
have no rights Is the smallest and
poorest and least valuable to us of
any that we can obtain. Let us cul
tivate a worthy curiosity on subjects
that shall enlarge our minds, deepen
our feelings, and strengthen our pur
poses, and we shall shrink from that
Ignoble Inqutaltlveueas that revels lo
dishonest gain, . . ---
SOLDIERS' COLUMN
"DON'T BV'S VB."
A Hitherto Uatald xioltf a llquad of
Miaaaurl Cavalrjr.
THRItRi bit
of history of the
8 1 Me. Cav.whicn
may be of inter
est to the readers
cfyour most eg.
rallent and inter
esting soldier
y "I 'jJ It is not of rec-
nru in itie otllclal
publication of
the war of the re
bellion aid not
now known ex
cept to the gal
lant tew wbn
iartlr.lnnta.1 t..
--s tli nt night's dar
ing deeds: a bit ofhUtory (for obvi
ou reason) not allowed to stray very
far outside of Charlie Frost's squad
Please consider me a competent wit
nejf, for I wis. in it and my recolleo
tions ofthst night are yet very vivid
It was during our winter at Palmy
ra. Mo.. 1901. when patriotism was at
white heat, tbezenl of Co. C knew n
limit, and wc were contributing s-
mightily to the overthrow of out
wicked and deluded brethren In grsy
Co- C, under ( apt. Black, wns on aa
extended expedition; the precise lo
cality I cannot state. I think, however,
we were near Pari. Mo. Cant. Blsck
cnncludod we were to larne a n com
pany (the enemy w ere afraid of us), .i
by hi orders we broke Into squads oi
IU or more under Sergeants, ami thut
went abroad seeking whom we mighl
destroy.
Serg't Chii. Frost's fiin1 ws or
dered to niuke a tuidnijzht raid on th.
cabin of a Confederate Lieutenant,
who was described by t'pt. B. in hi
Inimitable way a in unusually darina
and desperate fellow, with a few trusty
men alwty near him, not to be tken
without the thed Hn of blood, tc.
Inasmuch t we hid e listed to wipi
-nit just sue u ic, wi, to svethecouu
tiy or perish at the p..st of honor, w
trotted off on our perilous mission. By
he aid of a pilot we got there in good
tl&pp. surroUnded tintcshin in awful
silence, ud then, led by our gallant
Sergeant, a few of its nioved closer to
reennnoiter.
There was a curtain at the window,
and a very dim light along its edge
A we nearcd the door we saw t!i
curtain move very slightly, a if some,
one expected us. To lie itilly preptr
rd we pushed our navlei ahead of us,
;avea war whoop and yelled,
"Surrender! Surrender!"
No answer.
"Open, or we will burst her!"
Nary open.
Tbe Sergeant cried, "My kingdom
for a rail," and a moment later, with a
fence-rail is a battering r.tin, ws
charged the door of that clespertte
man's cabin. The speed and fury with
which we broke in would have put to
shame an oldeu-time catapult.
Much to our surprise (and, I may
say, relief) up to this time wo 1 ad not
heard a shot on that crisp, midnight
sir. At we dashed In over the wreck
ed door, a few live coal in an old
fashioned fireplace dimly outlined the
room, and showed m a pallet, on the
floor. There were impressions of two
bodies on that pallet, and putting our
hands to the places we found them
warm.
By thii we knew of course then
must be at leaat two in t'ae house.
They bad evidently retreated to tbe
other room, where, probably, there
were more of them. Just then someone
encouraged au investigation by ex
claiming: 'Boyi, lookout! Somebody ia going
to be hurt hen!"
Some geniui.worklng for Uncle Sana
for about $13 a month, had found a
saucer of greece anil a piece of rag and
'urned on a Missouri electric light. A.
council of war ensued and during it
session everyone carefully disposed hi
body to avoid the door and to ward
tho minie balls from the next room..
That war council had but one ques
tion to settle: Shall we roast them
out or give them a good, square,
stand up light in a clost; dark room!
It wis agreed to fight first and, if ueed
be. rout later.
Down went another door. Frost and
hit men were right into tbe thickeit nl
the tray, up to the cannon's mouth, and
mid the muffled indoor shot! and tbe
hoarie about of men on human blood
intent.
Then cam the silence of the arrive
Men coold hear their hearts beat.Tbej
groped about tha fljor sacking to
throttle the Confederacy, fie was not
there. Our electrician came in present
ly with his Miis uri dip, and then wa
saw th enemy bad gone aloft.A laddei
led to a scuttle hole in th ceiling.
The ladder wai wet with the blood ol
tbe retreatiog foe.
In all that little group of desperate
ly brave men, no on wai hero eoeugla
to thrust his bead through that scuttle
hole. So, ofeourse, preparations ware
made for a holocauit. At that last
horrible moment, juit before the torolt
wn ipplied, bfore tbe hssveaa took on
a terrible glow and tbe air grew sick
ening with it smell of burning dead,
the enemy surrended. Th eoeoay
proved to be two innocent darky
wenobe.
Let fancy paint the rolling of eye
belli and tbs chattering of teeth a
thoai two women crept to the scuttle
hole and begged u "Fo' Ood's ke
don't bu'n ui!" John Wissbli ia
National Tribune.
Dudkleiqh Vou don't Icnovt
what you are talking about when you
call me a donkey." Mis Kittv
Fresh "Yes, 1 do. I used to own a
dou key. "Brook lyu Life.
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