. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-FOUR Vol. XXI. No. 2G. Xo. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 1892. The Horse's Christmas Prayer. 0, give me the oats of the cleanest brand, And hay with the blossoms sweet: And bed my stall with the cooling sand. With sawdust beneath my feet. For I paid for it all when the race was hot And the hard track gleamed in the sun- In the long homestretch I faltered not. But spurned the course Like a phantom horse,; And your money and fame were won ! O, give me blankets thick and warm. For the cold wind sweeps o'er the ground ; And my
. Breeder and sportsman. Horses. TWENTY-FOUR Vol. XXI. No. 2G. Xo. 313 BUSH STREET. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24 1892. The Horse's Christmas Prayer. 0, give me the oats of the cleanest brand, And hay with the blossoms sweet: And bed my stall with the cooling sand. With sawdust beneath my feet. For I paid for it all when the race was hot And the hard track gleamed in the sun- In the long homestretch I faltered not. But spurned the course Like a phantom horse,; And your money and fame were won ! O, give me blankets thick and warm. For the cold wind sweeps o'er the ground ; And my blood is chilled with the gath'ringstorm While you sleep on beds of down. And yet. when the hnmming wheels did sing. And my hot blood seemed on fire, I came to the front like the whirlwind king, And with feet that burned The track I spurned, I landed you first to the wire! 0, grant my wants with a cheerful mind, They are few and simple, indeed— A clean, warm stall, a master kind, Andplentyof wholesome feed. And later on, in the long sixth heat. When you call for my speed to unfold, I'll answer your call with flying feet, And repay you there For your watchful care With the victor's wreath of gold I O, give me the oats of the cleanest brand, And hay with the blossoms sweet.— Must the good, glad days be only for man, While his good friend sleeps in the sleet ? Did the Christ v ho died that Love might live Forget e'en " the fowls of the air?" And has man not yet learned even to give The scanty meed Of Nature's need To the beast placed under his care ? —" Trotwood" in Horse Monthly SUBSCRIPTION FIVE DOLLARS A YEAR. The History ot Flora Temple. [Compiled from an old file of Porter's Spirit.] Nancy Hanks in 1892, with her performances less than half a dozen seconds' distance from the two-minute mark, created but a fraction of the sensation Flora Temple, " the little bob- In the hands of Mr. Perrin the little mare, which had proved so intractable, so fli
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