Physical Force to the Front.
A horse owned by an Ohio man recently made the fastest trotting time on record—a mile in two minutes and two and one quarter seconds. Amid the enthusiasm of the occasion the owner was called out for a speech, and started out with the boast that, “Ohio has had the greatest prize-fighters, the smartest Presidents, and the fastest horses in the Union.” This is a fair expression of the spirit of the age, the world’s idea of greatness; but the classification is hardly a compliment to the dignity of the presidential office. Such sentiments, in connection with the prominent position accorded to athletics in the highest educational institutions, indicate the upward tendency of brute force in the appreciation of the public. It is no wonder that the “strike,” with all its possibilities of physical strife, is becoming popular.