The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-03-12
e ''Will any boy come forward and
ride this pony?" shouted the ring

ance began. Round and round and
round the ring went the pony fast
er and faster, making the greatest
effort 10 dismouht the rider. But
Ulysses sat as steady as if he had
gro wn to the pony's back. Present
II out came a. large monkey. and
sprang up behind Ulysses. The !
people setup greatshout of laugh
ter, and on the pony ran; but it all
produced no effect on the rider.
Then the ring master made the m on
key jump up on to Ulysses shoul-
ders, standing with his feet on his
sh houlders, and with his hands hold
ling on to his hair. At this there
was another and a still louderrshout,
but not q muscle Of Ulysses face
moved. There was not q tremor of
his nerves. A few more rounds and
the ring master gave it up; he had
icome across . boy that the pony
and the monkey both could not dis
mount. 5p.,f,e ao 7355eGz ssH l.
Ulysses had the habit of riding
our horses to water, standing up on
their bare backs, He began this
practice when about five years old.
At eight or nine he would ride them
at the top of their speed. he stand
ing upon one foot and balancing
himself by the bride ,reins. The
ground over WHICH he used to make
these performance was a little; de-
scending towards the river; near
neighbor's boy who undertook to
rival him in speed, although with
out. standing up, was unfortunately
thrown from his horse and killed.
He always broke his own horses.
I never knew horse to balk, with
4 him. He used to get one colt per-
/ fectly broken, and then put another
in by the side Of him. He had a
most wonderful faculty for break
ing horses to pace :; it became known
in the neighborhood, and people
used to apply to him to break their
horses to pace but he had an idea
that it was degrading and would
never undertake it., sz-9-- - .....g
One day a neighbor came to me
. and said: Ulysses has a remarka-
BILE faculty to teach a horse to pace
have a fine young horse now how
can get Ulysses to teach him to
pace ?''~ .-,..~.
''Said /: "You mustn't say a
word to him about it; but send him
on mission to some place, and get
him, while he is gone, to teach the
horse to pace e.!...-e 5..
Said he Il will do it, So, he
came over again and said to Uiys-
ses Il want to send letter, in a
hurry, thirteen miles, to Decatur,
and | will give you two dollars to
get on my horse and carry it."
Ulysses was then nine or ten
years; old. He was fond of making
money, and fond of that kind OF
business, and he answered: Il will
go."' '27h+t s55'5 va
just as lie was starting off the
owner of the horse cried ont after
him: "I want you to teach that
horse to pace" a- II @a'is.t
The horse had never paced step
before, bat Ulysses accomplished
the task. He returned the horse at
night a perfect PAGER. The letter
was all a sham; Ulysses found out
the trick, and nobody after that
could ever get him to break a horse
/ to pace. a a1A.. -@
! When Ulysses was in his twelfth
I year he WIS very small for his age.
At that time l had taken the con
tract to build the Jail in Brown
County. The prison part was to be
Of logs heWn footsquare and four
teen feet long: These had to be
hauled about two miles from the
woods, where they were cut to
the site of the Jail. I generally
worked small or rather medium
sized horses; but I happened to
!. have one very large one A neigh
! Dor had another about the same
size, and Ulysses was SO anxious
that l should buy him that he said
to me one day: '.Fath er, if you will
buy that horse I will drive team
! until all the. logs are hauled.s
agreed to do it, but without any
idea that he could possibly hold out
to work tile team over. q week-he
was such little bit of felIo W.
q even hired another aman~to work
the team and told him to go along
with Ulysses but not to let him
know, until the boy was tired out
what. he was hired for. The man
accompanied him for q number OIL
81 days, when he came to ME and
said: 'sThere is no use in my going
with that boy any longer; he un.
derstands the team and can manage
it as well as can, and better too
4 There's no use in my following him
round."h h.. If; ...-.. -.rzv,r.,,.' -. ~.
! One. day, after hauling q load,
Ulysses took the team out, and said
to me- r ta 4,-.il.sfe4 4,.,.t...
The men are not in. the woods,
hewing, to-day, and there is no need
of my going back this afternoon, as
! | can keep up, with their hewing to
} morrow; and there is nobody there
to help load.'' Gad tno fstlol.. az
Nobody there. to help load ?''
, said l. why, how did you load
this morning :" = h. Ii aF
] ''Oh, Dave. and l loaded he an,
i swered. are E-.5aff s.a.;s.. ..,....
Dave was the name of the big
horse / had bought. nq3 ,esr =
j ss'.1ou and Dave loaded! What
do you mean r said I, for Z consid-
cred it absolutely impossible. that 9
child of his, size should have got
rEsuch immense logs into. the wagon