Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-03-21

How To RIDE INTO A PRAcTIcE.-
When man and Lis horse differ Sc
riously in public, and the man feels the
horse has IN, best of It, il is wise for
the man to appear to accom- odatc In
views to those uf 'he horse rather than
risk a defeat. II is best To let tie horse
go his way, aud pretend it is yours -
There is no secret so close rs that bc-
tween rider and his horse.
We knew Young dumping shaped
doctor, at Edmonton, who Iode himself
into considers BILE practice, by beng
seen nyin, abo,, the county in al
directions, on a runaway III that he
had bought at Tattersal,'s on the
strength Of its having no mouth.
This is lot 81, said Tat, rs wi'y,
sprig-tailed bay came wincing and
hltching up to the hammer, Locking
sideways To see who she might kick at
bay mare, six years old, capital
hack, has carried lady, aud has no
mouth. Wha, will any senlIeman give
for the bay forty g,I"eAs , frty
guineas !.-,hirty gnineas !--twen'y gr-
meas ten ! aud having got down TO
tha, sum without even an eye being
turned upon him, and having given her
| the usual flourish down the yard, he
commenced running her up, so as I"
restore her handsomely to ,he stable -
Zen guineas bid said he; eleven,
twelve, thirteen, fourteen - fourteen
| f,heen.'
\ Hang it " said the doctor, TO himself,
she mus, be cheap at that six years
old-brigh. bay--black legs no mouth
cat eat; cost nothing t, keep-sir-
| ,r.n p exclaimed h. in state Uf cx-
| ciremeut that caused the whole yard To
turn upon him in astonishmcn,.
\ The doctor, as he said, stopped
Il their gallop.' Not another bid was
i made
Il Sixteen guincas,' repeated Tat;
any advance on siXteeni All done
at sixteen guincas going at sixteen
gnine rs p-bung and the mare was
the doctors.
/ BIT. though the doctor had stopped
the bidders gallop, he couldn't stop
the mares and many were III" airIngS
she eve him. whether he would or no.
At first he fought with her. are
sorry to say with Tut indifferent sue
cess for # the mare couldn't dls'odye
him by kicking and plungng aud rear
in. she nd no scruI les about coming
back over upon hlm-a disagreeable
position for any one, especially for
doctor with bottles it, his ocket.
! Hang it = said the doctor, as he
picked up the remains of the third
cisht-and-sixpenny gossamer' and tired
{, restore it to the shape Of a hat; this
,cont Ito. must walk I, my paticn's'
the h,d two, one at e,ch end OF the
,own.) and ride when I've nothing to
II do Thus was wise resolution at
the do. tors and served him we'll The
.rxt time the mare started as It she
" IS shn, and wheeled r"nn to be "f,
Instead Of checking and hsh.'ng here
he gave her her head, riding her with
Il a slack rein, and sal.ting his friends
rs he passe. as though it was all right,
and the mare and he were both "f a
mind. The doctors sns1r.lolf hrt
be,rg now seen bobb'ng about the
country in all parts, people began I"
talk about him aud his practice -
wondering who he was attending
mus, be a lady, or somehody that was
very Ill., Met the doctor gallo,ing for
hard life Another said. the young
man seemed to have lot of practice;
n third, ',h J, he seemed great econ
. ,m,s, of his time ; n fourth, that he
would 70, on, aud fifth sent for him
This beng a very i'llow-m,-leade'
, sort of world, others did the s,n'c, and
4. the doctor soon established himself
nxI, Is proposed to hold Convention q