Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1869-02-12
JOHN QUILL'S HORSE SPECULA-
TION.

doctor, and he said he WIS damned by
Flora Temple, sired by Black Hawk,
aud desired I'y all the horse jockeys in
the State. wish they had got him.
He was fourteen and half hands
high, and one finger over. His color
Was dun, and his purchaser was about
in that condition ALSO.
He was slightly sprnng in the knees
and his tail had once been cut, 50 that
1t stood on end, aud looked more like
bunch of straw nailed on the end of q
log than anything else.
But he was rather IL fine locking aui-
NAL and the man warranted him kind.
But it was a very poor kind | after
wards found.
He said he could make his mile in.
side of 2,35 without an effort 1t was
two hours and thirty-fve minutes he
meant, unless he intended to deceive
me- But he could make mile inside
of that time ii he exerted himself and
didn't get one OF his fits on him.
He was peculiar horse, and was
subject to variety of complaints that
would have killed an ordinary animal !;
but he seemed to stand them well
enough.
The first night had him, put him
in the stable and gave him feed. The
next morning my wife remarked that
she didn't sleep Il particle on account
Of some locomotive or other ont on the
railroad, that was putting aud blowing
all night. trying to make headway. [
heard it too, and it strnck me as qneer
chat the euginie couldn't get past that
place.
I went ont to see about it. 1t wasn't
a locomotive-it was my horse. He
was breathing and signing unlike any
other horse I ever heard before, aud L
was alarmed about him. | was sorely
afraid he would blow the whole end Of
the stable out. l unhitrhed him and
took him around to Johnson
johnson seemed surprised. but said
he only had slight attack of the heaves
"Most all bosses has it, It'll pass
off, said he; so | drove him home,
and created an impression in the town
that the wind was freshening for %
hurricane. About bali way up the
main street he came to a dead halt. L
clicked my tongue for him to go on.
He never budged I touched him
with the whip. He began backing,
and backed the buggy right upon the
pavement and through plate glass
wiLdJw, worth two hundred dollars.
Then he started down the street like
lightning, aud ran over two boys
breaking their legs and Gripping the m
for life. won't mention the expen-
ses | was put to, as you wouldn't be-
lieve me if l was to give the figures.
| was so busy attending court for
two weeks that hadn't chance to use
him at the end of that time his lower
jaw had swelled up until you couldn't
tell whether he'd got his head on up
side down or not.
| So | drove over to johnson to see
what was the matter with him.
johnson seemed to feel hurt that the
animal should behave so. But he said
it was elfEEa little touch Of the gland
ers. ut don't hurt boss bit to
have 'em now and then-it does 'em
good-but it'll pass off, said johnson.
Sol was more hopeful, and drove
home again without any serious acct
dent, except that the horse shied at a
chicken in the road, and took the wheel
off by running the buggy into the
fence. Still didn't blame him much,
for Mr.. Johnson told me that it was
good for horse to be timid-"it's a
sign of pure blood"
The CHAMBERS didn't effect his APP
petite any. He ate more oats and hay
than would run an ordinary livery
stable, and not satisfied with that, he
chewed the feed box all up, and tried
to gnaw down yellow pine partition.
Johnson said it was good thing for
horse to he hearty feeder.
/ never owned horse before, and 1
was little set up about it. SO I
thought 1 would drive my wife ami
family in town to church the following
Sunday. He went along first-rate un-
| I'll ha oama in front of Earunso,'o