Smith, the American poet-laureate, has done this on steeplechasing. lie thinks it pne of his finest works : ' let us go for oub hour ■ ' Where true nature can be seen in heavens refreshing breeiie ... .. . „/• Between tho 131uo and Green. ... • What, prettier sito can be seen i>. 1 than racehorses mounted on the Green. Then to see them Go from Score to Score,' . .< Mid aplause and uproar 1 it is delightful for to .sco And fills tho heart with J"oy and Glee ; Then to eco tliem altogether, jump the hurdles, it can't bs more than equalled iu the pleasure world Then to see them take tho stonewall, hedge, stream nnd fennp, You may talk of excitement but this is Emencc. Veron, tho great French chef, used to say to tho&e customers who praised hiia dinner?, " Never boast of having dined well till the next day." , The Anglo-Saxons, in this nfternoou> of the 19th century, own one-sixth ,cf tho earth, are themselves one-fifth of ihe world's popuiatiop, and control one half of its shipping.
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Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 317, 26 March 1875, Page 4
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171Untitled Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 317, 26 March 1875, Page 4
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