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Show Br'if i-y.'J,: , .vV i; If k..' H-K "'4 V'l f I : H bA "I 4 'iYfilai'ila.',i,.,i i, -, i. ,r..f r. , -,t, . ,.,,. , , i . ami KMitry VSSaVI"W TPPTaWffaajaaaasaaw fa v K if $W r, 1 T i , ' iay u . . ; . . aje . .... i iSajjii. Y'ii'-yit-'', ' 'f y ELMO SCOTT WATSON i s KOM Texas comes the ll"1 announcement that If y ELMO SCOTT WATSON sj I KOM Texas comes the I1" announcement that if present plans are car-rled car-rled out a monument Is a, L to be erected en the f ,1 state capltoi grounds I mA V ' at Austin as a memorial to the wild mustang ' Y which played such an a- S Important part in the , " " development of Texas and the whole Southwest. The move- merit for such a memorial was started by a Fort Worth citizen, and at his suggestion a fund of $50,000 with which to erect tbe monument Is being be-ing raised among the ranchmen of the etute. Up In Alaska last year a bronze plaque, bearing a bas-rellcf of a mule sad a horse, was dedicated by the Indies of the Golden North, an auxiliary aux-iliary of the Alaska-Yukon Pioneers, - to perpetuate the memory of the faithful faith-ful pa 7k animals, both mules and ., horses, who lost their lives on the " White Pass trail during the Klondike Cold rush days. With Gov. George A. Parks of Alaska and George Black, member of the Canadian parliament front Yukon territory, officiating, tbe dedication took place near Inspiration Point above the famous Dead Horse Gslch. House, North Anna, Ashland, White' Oak Swamp, Reams Station." Tbe master was Brig. Gen. John Hammond, who served through the Civil war In Company II of the Fifth New York cavalry and whose name went on the roll of honor for meritorious meri-torious service. And each Memorial day tbe grave of this equine "hero" Is decorated along with the graves of the human warrior dead. Even more traditional than love of man for his horse is his love for his dog. 8o It Is not surprising that in various parts of the world may be found monuments erected to the memory mem-ory of "man's best friend." Most famous fa-mous of these, perhaps. Is Lord Byron's By-ron's monument to the Newfoundland, whose affectionate disposition and constant con-stant companionship so endeared htm to the poet that he was Inconsolable when the animal died. So there stands in Newstead abbey In Nottingham, Not-tingham, England, today a shaft of brick and marble surmounted by an urn. On a tablet are Inscribed these words: "Near this spot are deposited deposit-ed tbe remains of one who possessed beauty without vanity, strength without with-out Insolence, courage without fe- son for this honor Is explained by the Inscription on the bronze tablet at the base of the statue. It reads as follows fol-lows : "Here lived and gave ber service to mankind Segis Pietertje Prospect world's champion milk cow. Born 1013, died 192S. Twice she registered regis-tered production records that set her fame above all dulry cattle of any age. , In each of two years she exceeded 18,500 quarts of milk, 1,400 pounds of butter, yrldlng for tbe two a total of 33,022 quarts of milk, 2305-13 pounds of butter. Sired by a king and of purest Hoi-stein Hoi-stein strain, she herself bore sons and daughters of champion achievement achieve-ment Finest type of the noble, patient animal that Is most Justly named The Foster Mother of the Human Race,' her queenly worth deserved de-served the gratitude in which this tribute Is erected by ber owner, Carnation Milk Farms, 1928." In Salt Lake City, Utah, stands a lofty granite column, on top of whlcb Is a large granite ball upon whlcb two bronze birds, covered with gold leaf, are gently alighting. On the four sides of the base are bronze tablets, three ? These two memorials are the latest bat by no means the euly ones which liave been erected to honor members of tbe equine world. Go down to Lexington, KyH and drive out along the Winchester pike until you come to Hamburg Place, the farm of J. E. Madden. Nestling In a little grove of trees on this farm Is what Is thought to be tbe only cemetery for borse celebrities cel-ebrities In the world. Dominating the grassy plot of ground of less than an acre and enclosed by a stone wall stands a statue of a borse. Upon the foundation on which the statue stands Is this Inscription, "Nancy Hanks 2:01." For this is the last resting place of tbe world champion trotter from 1892 to 1804. Nor Is Nancy the only great borse honored In this "Resting Place of Celebrities" or "Westminster abbey of the Turf," as this graveyard la called. Another monument marks the grave of Hamburg Belle, whose world's race record of 2:01H stood for many years and whose victory over the great Uhlan at Cleveland In 1009, when she stepped two heats In 2:014 and 2:01V, la a classic In American harness racing. Other stones tell the ' name and fame of Miss Kearney, the mother of Zev, winner of the International Interna-tional race of 1024; Plaudit winner of a Kentucky derby; Silicon, 2:13', dam of SUlko, trotting champion of Europe ; Major Delmar, 1 :59, the trotting trot-ting marvel of his time ; Ida Pickwick, known as the "Queen of the West"; - Ogden and Plaudit, both famous turf names; Star Shoot for five consecutive consecu-tive years the running world's leading lead-ing sire; Imp, "the Black Whirlwind," credited with winning 60 races, thus earning the title of "Queen of the East" and Lady Sterling, famous as the mother of Sir Barton and Sir Martin. Hidden away In a field near Crown Point N. Y stands a simple granite monument unadorned and unmarked except on one side where is chiseled i this Inscription : "PINK" ' "Wed Sunday, May 25, 18S6, age 80 years. This horse carried bis , master 25 years and was never ' known to show fatigue while other ' horses In cavalry and flying artll-.; artll-.; lery were dying from want of food and exhaustion. He was present in 88 skirmishes and 34 buttles, no-: no-: tably Winchester, Orange Courthouse, Court-house, Second Bull Run, Hanover, , Penn. ; Gettysburg, Hanover, Va. ; 5 Brandy Plains, Buckland Mills, The 1 Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court roclty, and all tbe virtues of man, without his vices. This praise, which would be unmeaning flattery if inscribed in-scribed over human ashes, is but a Just tribute to the memory of Boatswain, Boat-swain, a Dog." In Edinburgh, Scotland, a worn gray stone statue of a dog Is the outstanding outstand-ing feature of a fountain at tbe corner of the Greyfriars' churchyard, and the Grass market where bubbling water cools the tongues of thirsty dogs. Tbe fountain and the statue perpetuate tbe memory of Greyfriars' Bobby, the constant companion of an old Scotch farmer who ended his days In the Scotch capital. For two days after his death the little dog lay in abject grief, on bis master's grave. Then a crusty old gatekeeper chased him out for dogs were barred from tbe churchyard. church-yard. But Bobby came back, and. neither rules, nor gates, nor walls could keep blm out He made himself official guardian of the grave and gradually Increased his domain until it Included all the churchyard. He chased out stray cats and warned off small boys who stole into a forbidden playground. The fame of Greyfriars Bobby spread over Edinburgh, and when at last be died, all tbe town, from the grand folk In the castle to the street gamins, united to do him honor by building the fountain foun-tain with Its statue of this exponent of deathless devotion. In Central park In New York city stands a bronze statue of a dog whlcb commemorates an incident 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 Seppala drove over those 675 snowy miles, from Nenana to Nome, Alaska, carrying carry-ing his precious load of diphtheria serum to a frozen city In the throes of the epidemic, white the whole world awaited with breathless Interpret Inter-pret to bear tbe result of his race against death. And a similar bronze statue is soon to stand either In the Ttergarten or Under den Linden in Berlin whlcb will perpetuate the memory mem-ory of the Red Cross dogs who served so heroically In the World war. It is not especially unusual, per-flaps, per-flaps, for man to erect monuments to his two best friends, the horse and the dog, but it Is unusual for him to erect a monument to a cow. For that reason rea-son the statue of Segis Pietertje Prospect Pros-pect a Ilolsteln cow, which stands over her grave on the banks of the Snoqualmie river near Seattle, Wash, is unique among memorials. Tbe rea- bearlng bas-relief scenes of pioneer days in the Salt Lake valley. One shows the beginning of agriculture In tbe arid West a pioneer and his family fam-ily end a yoke of oxen at work reclaiming re-claiming the desert soli. The second sec-ond shows tbe wheat fields overrun by crickets. The pioneer man sits with bowed head, on his face a look of helplessness and grief. But tbe pioneer woman Is lifting up her face to the skies as she sees a miracle about to take place. Winging over tbe mountains into the valley come a great flock of gulls. The third bronze shows the harvest days. The gulls have devoured the crickets, the crops are saved and the pioneers In the wilderness wil-derness will have bread. . On the fourth tablet are these words: "Sea Gull Monument Erected in grateful remembrance re-membrance of the mercy of God to the Mormon pioneers." Thus this monument monu-ment is an everlasting story in stone of one of tbe most beautiful and dramatic dra-matic incidents in American history the story of how the gulls saved the wheat fields of Utah In 1848. While monuments to horses, dogs, cows and gulls are unusual enough, there Is one monument which Is absolutely abso-lutely unique. There is only one monument mon-ument in the world to cheese I It stands near the little city of Yimou-tiers Yimou-tiers In the Camembert district of Normandy, France, on the farm of a certain Beau Moncel, where lived during dur-ing tbe latter balf of the Eighteenth century Marie Harel, who Is credited with being the inventor of Camembert cheese. Not only is the fame of this Norman milk maid commemorated by this stone shaft on the farm where she worked, but in Main Place la the city of Vlmoutlers Itself is a statue of her, back of whlcb is a stone bas-relief bas-relief showing the farmhouse on the Marcel farm, where she was born in 1701, where she lived until ber death In 1817 and where she made the new kind of cheese which Is now known the world over. These monuments were erected through the efforts of a New York doctor, Joseph Knrlm. For many years be conducted a sanatorium In New York, where the only medicine he gave his patients for all kinds of stomach ailments was Pllsener beer and Camembert cheese. Because of his gratitude to the inventor of the cheese with which he made so many people well and saved their lives, he made a romantic pilgrimage to Vlmoutlers Vlmou-tlers a year or so ago, and the result was this most unusual of all monuments. |