The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-01-22
Mr4RK TWAIN rs IN EQUESTRIAN.

In recent lecture on Nevada, delivered
in Chicago, Mark Twain told Of 'horse
traden that he made there. He spent con-
siderable time at Carson City.
EVERYBODY rode horseback in that town.
never saw such magnificent horsemanship as
that displayed In Carson streets every day,
and did envy them, though / was not much
of a horseman. But I had soon learned to
tell horse from cow, and was burning with
impaiience 10 learn more. ! was determined
10 have horse and ride myself. Whilst this
thought was ranking 10 my mind, the auc-
tioneer came securing through the plaza on
dromedary, and iearfully homely. he was
going at "twenty, twenty-tWo-tWo dollars Tor
horse, saddle and bridle."
A man standing near me, whom I didn't
know, but who turned out 10 be the auction
eer,s brother, noticed the Wlstful look In
nv eve, and observed that that was remark
able horse to be going at such price, let
a noIion 10 bid. ''Now," he says. 81 know
that horse. I know him well. You are a
stranger, take 1t. You might think he Is an
American horse, but he is not anything OF the
Kind. He Is Mexican plug, that's what he
is a genuine Mexican plug;;" but there was
something else about the mans way Of saying
1t that made me just determine that would
own genuine Mexican plng.ifit p: took every
advantages ?n He hooked his finger In the
rocket Of his army ehrt, and led me to one
Side and uttered, "Sh don't cay word He
can outbuck any horse In America: he can out
buck any horse in the world" Just then the
auctioneer came along. "TWenty-lonr, TWEEN.
ty-four dollars for the horse, saddle and
brIdle." said, "Twenty-seven y "Sold !"
look The genuine Mexican plug, paid for
him. nut him in livery stable, let him get
something to eat and get rested, and then In
the afiernuon brought him out In the plaza,
and some of the citizens held him by the head
and others held him down to the earth by the
lail, aud got on him: And as soon as those
people let 60 he put all his feet IN bunch to-
arched 1t up suddenly, and shot me one hun
dred and eighty yards; and came down again,
straight down, and lighted In the saddle, and
went up again. And when I came down the
next lime lit on his neck, and seized him,
and slid back into the saddle and held on.
Then he raised himself straight In the air on
his hind feet and just stepped round like a
member of Congress, ana then he came down
and went up the other way, and walked
around on his hands just as school-boy
would. Then he came down on all fours
again with the same ole process of shooting
me M in the air; and the third time went up
heard a man say, "Oh, don't he buck ~ So
that was tbncking." was very glad to know
BE- been SGs 3skIns as general sort Of inter- St in
and had naturally desired to know what The
name of it was Aud whilst was up, some;
body hit The horse whack with strap, and
when came down again the genuine buckeI
was gone. ~ ....
kind.hearted stranger came to the rider, told
him that he had been taken In, explained the
mysterious terms, and gave him the com
| forting information that anybody in towr
| could have told him all about the horse If ht
had incurred