Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1851-12-24
THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER.
ny LAURIE TODD.

Many who keep horses are not aware
that they are thinking animals, and have
feelings passions and affections very
much like human beings, although they
cannottalk. People who do not appreci-
ate the character Of the horse, are apt to
treat him without love or mercy, and
without any appeal to his natural 'ntelll,
gencc. The horse knoweth his owner
and much more, he knows when he is
used as horse should be; and in respect
to treatment the Turk and Arab have
much the advantage of many christians
could name. The Pagans make friends
of their horses they love each other, and
on the sandy desc or wild plain, they
lay down side by side, and each is equal
ly ready to resist the approach OF an en-
emy.
x horse may be sughl Ike a child by
those who have won his affections; bu'
the method of teaching is by showing
distinctly what you wish him to do, not
by beating him because he does not un.
derstand and perform at the outset all
you desire Horses like men, have very
different intellectual capacities and tenn
pers but all may be mastered by kind
ness, while the best, the most high spirit
ed, and the most generous will be ruined
by harsh treatment At the Circus, you
have ocular demonstration that the horse
understands the language of man and
man may learn more virtues than one,
if he will observe the habits OF his
horse.
To illustrate the position that a horse
by kindness, may become as docile and
fond of his master as dog, will tell
YOU something Of my own horse Billy
was out with him before light wagon: ::
on part Of the way they were building
stone fence with mortar; the road was
cncumbered with large stones, lime bar
rels, ox.chains carts, &C., which render.
cd it nearly impossible even by daylight.
was detained beyond my expectations,
and by the time l arrived at this dan
gerous spot on my return, it was so dark
| could not distinguish the head of my
horse. l thought Of getting out to lead
Nm, but thts .vr"s ;npnSsible it was the
middle Of March, the frost was getting
GU. of the ground, and il left the wagon
l would have sunk to my knees in the
mire. When we came to this spot, Billy
stopped of his own accord. " Now Bill
w. says l Il can't see can't walk {;
YOU must try and. not overset me. So
saving, stacked the reins and gave him
his own way; he stopped his head and
made survey, as if running the bounda-
ry line. 1t was a ticklish job, but he
managed it nobly he turned, he tackled,
and wore ship, like an old seaman among
breakers. and brought me out as safe as a
steamer when over the overslaugh. We'll
done, Billy said L you shall have a
clean bed and four quarts of oats, as soon
as we get home While kept speaking.
he walked at a slow pace, as if listening.
Now Billy said l, ye may gang yer ain
gait, He clapped his feet to the ground
he is rqckcr-and in ten minutes we
were at home. While taking off his har-
mass, kept patting and praising him by
turns, | then made a comfortable bed,
and gave him his oats; for which he
seemed more grateful than thousads of
those twa-lcGged gentry who scour the
highways and by-ways, for they neither
thank God nor man. Billy is white
Canadian pony, rising rather over five
feet, and so gentle, my children have
played around his feet and crept under
his belly. l have fed him for ten years
past with my own hands, and generally
caress and talk to him while feeding, so
NAoN AOW HS eecllS W uhNSASNohN WY
word l say, as we'll as if he had been
born in Scotland
He had been twenty years in the fami-
ly. But he is gone, and we never will
look on his like again, He was Won
derful animal in life, and at death the
wonder was not divided: AT night, the
wife of my son died on the morrow he
went to New York and brought home her
COMM -lCwas his last load he died in
three days after. We dug grave and
covered MN with the clods of the valley.
fsood So ddUns'y n; yS HgS nor ravenous swine de-
Il knew gentlemen in Scotland. who
having bought number of cavalry hor.
ses at public sale shortly after the bat.
tie OF Waterloo, turned them loose in a
park to Craze After few DAYS t%ars
came up. a thunder 6torm--the horses
were engaged eating grass at the time-
At the first flash Of lightning, the horses
raised their heads, pricked up their ears,
and stood in the act of listening In mo-
!ment, the sound of the thunder came roll
ing from afar, when every horse gallop-
ca 10 the centre of the field and fell into
the me- as regular as il backed by the
most expert Life -guardsmen. In a few
minutes, hnding it false alarm, they all
returned to their grass. Norman having
soul could abuse such animals. -
About twenty years ago, Mr.. p. T.,
respectable farmer on the Kings. bridge