Show 77 v Z I 1 7 b VZ 0 kr ARN ili 41 00 D VA J P w A 1 X k 6 4 V Y A 7 11 01 o 1 P X SCOTT WATSON k ROM texas comes the that if present plans are carried out a monument la Is to be erected on the state capita grounds at Abs austin austinas tinas as e a memorial to the wild must mustang alig which chich played such an important part pait in the development of texas and the whole southwest sf the movement tor for such a memorial wai was started by a fort worth citizen and at his suggestion a fund 0 of t P with which to erect the monument Is baing i raised among g the the tat stat e up in alaska last year a bronze plaque bearing a bas atis relief of a mule and it a horse was dedicated by the ladles ladies of the golden north an auxt auxiliary of the alatka alaska yukon pioneers ers to perpetuate the memory of the faithful pack animals both mules and horses i who lost their lives 66 on the white pass trail during the klondike gold old rush days with gov george A parks of alaska and george black bemb er of the canadian parliament irom froin yukon territory officiating tha dedication took place near inspiration point above the famous deed dead horse gulch these two memorials are the latest but by no means ahe only ones which have been erected to honor members of ct the equine world go down to lexington ky axy and drive out along the winchester pike until you i come to hamburg place the firm farm ot of i ja J 1 E madden nestling in a little grove of of trees on this farm Is 4 what hat Is thought tobe the only celete cemetery ry for in the world grassy plot of ground of less taah an acre and enclosed by a stone atone wall stands standi a statue of a horse upon the foundation on which the statue stands Is this inscription nancy hanks 11 for this is alie the last resting place of the world champion trotter from rom 1892 to 1894 1 nor as nancy the only great horse honored in this thia resting place of celebrities or westminster abbey of the turf as this graveyard Is called another monument marks the grave of 11 hamburg amburg belle whose worlds race record cord of stood for MOMY many years nd abose victory over the great uhlan phia n sit nt 1000 when she ehe it topped two heats in and lr is a classic clas ile jn ln american harness raring other stones tell the name antl anh fame of miss kearney the mother of zev winner of the internal dional race of of 1924 1024 plaudit Plaud lt winner winne of derby silicon dam of trotting champion 0 of europe major delmar IW ting fing marvell ni arvel of fili time ida known as the queen of the west ogden and plaudit both famous turf blames star mali shoot for ore five consecutive years the running worlds leading sire imp the black credited witha fib w winning g 60 00 races iier ahl th us ua i earning the ilie title of queen of the east and lady sterling timous camou 1 as 4 the mother of sir barton and sir martin f hidden away ina in a field near drown crown point PoIn tN N Y stands a simple le granite adorned hd orned and unmarked nn marked except on one side where is chiseled this inscription PINK idled died sunday M may ay 25 IM 1880 ago SO 80 years this horse carried his master 25 years and was never known to show fatigue while other horses in caa cavalry alry and flying artillery were dying from want of food and exhaustion he was present in 88 skirmishes es and 34 battles notably winchester orange courthouse u second bull run bun manover hanover penn ge gettysburg hanover ua i trover va ta brandy brand plains buckland mills the wilderness Spot spotsylvania sylvania court cour apusen Hp house useN north 0 rth anna ashland white I 1 oak swamp reams station the master was brig gen J ohn john hammond who served through the civil war in company 4 of the fifth new york cavalry and whose name went venti on the roll of honor for meritorious to dorious service and each memorial day the grave of ahls equine liero hero is decorated along with the graves of the human warrior dead een more traditional than love of man for his horse is III bis 8 to love V e for it his I 1 a dog so it Is not surprising that in various parts paris of the worlds world may be found monuments erected to the memory membry of mans best friend mosefa most famous of these perhaps Is lord byrons monument to his newfoundland boatswain in newstead abbey in nottingham england in central park in new york city I 1 stands abronze statue of a dog which commemorates an incident bat that has become a part of the heroic legend of america for this Is the statue of balto an important member of the dog team which leonhard drove over those snowy miles from nenana benana to nome alaska carrying his pre precious clous load of diphtheria serum to a frozen city in the throes of the epi epidemic dentle while the md whole world awaited with breathless inter est eat to hear bear tie result or of bis race against death and a similar bronze statue Is soon to stand either lh in ali the ar or under den linden lidden lu in berlin which i will perpetuate thi me mem m ory of the red Cross Coss dogs who s aryed so heroically in the world war tar I 1 it Is not especially unusual per haps for foe man to erect monuments to lils two best friends the horse and ahe the dog hut but it is unusual for erect a monument to a cow for thit that rei reason the statue of seals pietertje prospect a H holstean Holst 0 eistein istein eln cow which stands hect fiver her grave ou buthe the banks of the snoqualmie river near seattle wash Is unique among memorials the reason forth ls honor Is explained ay b y the inscription on the bronze tablet at the base of the statue it reads as follows here lived and gave her service to mankind segis pietertje prospect 0 sped worlds champion milk cow 1 born 1813 1913 died twice she regis production records that set hii her iame fame above all dairy cattle of illi age in each of two years yeara she exceeded quarts of milk pounds of butter yielding fr the two n total of quarts of milk pounds of bitter batter sired by a king and of purest holstein strain she herself bore sons and nd i daughters of cham champion plod achieve 4 meat finest type ot of the noble patient animal that Is bostl justly named the foster mother of the human race her hr queenly worth worthie de served the gratitude in which this tribute is erected by her owner carnation milk aar insa 1928 11 in salt lake city utah bah stands a lofty granite column on top of which Is a large granite halt ball upon which two bronze birds covered with gold leaf are gently alighting on the tour four sides of the base arb bronze tablets three bearing bas relief scenes of pioneer days in the salt lake valley one shows the beginning of agriculture in the arid west a pioneer and his family and a yoke of oxen at work reclaiming the desert soil the second shows the wheat fields overrun by crickets the pioneer man sits with bowed bowed headon head on his face a loot look oi of helplessness and grief but the pioneer woman Is lifting up her face to the alie skies as she sees a miracle about to take place winging over the moun mountains fains into the valley come a great flock nac of gulls the third bronze shows the harvest days the gulls have devoured the crickets the crops are S n v ed and the pioneers in the wll derne berness s s will have bread on the fourth tablet are these thee words sea gull monument erected in grateful remembrance mem brance of the mercy of godio god to the mormon pioneers thus this monument ils hn an everlasting story in stone bt one of the most beautiful and dramatic incidents in american histel hi history stol the story of howare how the gulls saved the wheat fields of utah in 1848 while monuments tw to horses dogs cows cow s and gulls are unusual enough there Is one monument which Is abao lia cutely tely unique there therelo la only enemon one monument in the world to cheese I 1 it stands dear near the little city of tiers in the camembert Cn district of normandy france on the farm of a certain beau moncel where ing the latter hilt bili of the eighteenth h century c 1 enar y MarIeHa marle harel reI ha who Is ls credited with being bettig Camembert of t cheese cheah not nat only witte Is the fame of this norman nor mah milk maid commemorated by bv I 1 this stone shaft on the farm where she worked but lu maln main place in the city of itself itself Is a statue 1 lack of which Is a stone has bas relief the farm farmhouse houie on the marcel farm I 1 akere she ih was born in 1761 where she lived until her death in 1817 and where she made the new kind bind of cheese which is now known the world over these monuments were aree erected t 0 d through th ro u gh the efforts of a new york d doctor t or joseph knelm for many years be conducted a sanatorium in new york where the only medicine be agave gave hla his patients for foi all kinds of stomach ch ailments was Pil sener beer and camembert cleese cheese because of 0 his gratitude to the inventor invent or of the cheese with which he made so BO many people well and saved their lives iles he madeli made a romantic pilgrimage to dimou tiers a year or so ago and the result was this most of all menta I 1 u i ft |