Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . on thespurs of knighthood. He has already,even without the right of voting, beenstyled the first citizen. The great agri-cultural fairs of the State have moditiedtheir exhibits with reference to him alone,and fifteen or twenty thousand peoplegive afternoon after afternoon to the con-templation of his beauty and his one rival is the thorough-bred, whogoes on running faster and faster. By-and-by time will be no more. One of thebrief code of nine laws for the govern-ment of the young Kentucky common-wealth that were pas
Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 34 December 1886 to May 1887 . on thespurs of knighthood. He has already,even without the right of voting, beenstyled the first citizen. The great agri-cultural fairs of the State have moditiedtheir exhibits with reference to him alone,and fifteen or twenty thousand peoplegive afternoon after afternoon to the con-templation of his beauty and his one rival is the thorough-bred, whogoes on running faster and faster. By-and-by time will be no more. One of thebrief code of nine laws for the govern-ment of the young Kentucky common-wealth that were passed in the first legis-lative assemblj^ ever held west of the Al-leglianies dealt with the preservation ofthe breed of horses. Nothing was said ofeducation. The Kentuckian loves thememory of Thomas Jetterson, not forget-ting that he once ran race-horses. Thesegreat interests, not overlooking the cattleinterest, the manufacture of whiskery, andthe raising of tobacco, will no doubt con-stitute the future determining factors in THE BLUE-GRASS REGION OF KENTUCKY. 379. HARRODSBURG PIKE. the history of this country. It shouldnot be forgotten, however, that the North-ern and Eastern palate at once becomeskindly disposed at the bare mention ofthe many thousands of turkeys that an-nually fatten on these plains. But it isnow well that we should for a momentcome face to face with these blue-grassKentuckians. v.—THE BLUE-GRASS KENTUCKIANS. In Kentucky, writes Professor Sha-ler, in his recent history, we shall findnearly pure English blood. It is, more-over, the largest body of pure Englishfolk tliat has, speaking generally, beenseparated from the mother country fortwo hundred years. They, the blue-grassKentuckians, are the descendants of thosehardy, high-spirited, picked Englishmen,largely of the squire and yeoman class,whose absorbing passion was not religiousdisputation, nor the intellectual purposeof founding a State, but the ownership ofland and all the pursuits and pleasures ofrural
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