The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-01-16

In recent lecture on NefaQa, dellFeFeu
in Chicago, Mark Twain told of horse
trade" that he made there. He spent con-
siderable time at Carson City.
Everybody rode horseback in that town.
never saw such magnificent horsemanship MS
that displayed in Carson streets every day,
and i did envy them, though was not much
Of horsc!nan. But l had soon learned TO
tell horse from q COW, aud was burning
with Impotence to learn more. was de-
tcrmined to have a horse and ride myself.
Whilst this thought was ranking in my
mind the auctionecr came securing through
the plaza on black beast that was bumped
and-Iike n dromedary, and fearfuly home
Is. He was going at "twenty, Twenty-Five
TWO dollars for Il horse, saddle, and bride"
A man standing near me, whom didn't
know, but who turned out to be the auc-
tionecl's brother, noticed the wistful look
in nv eve, and observed that that was O
remarkable horse to be going ut such q
price. let alone the saddle and bride. /
said had half notion to bid. "Now," he
saws. 81 know that horse. / know him
we'll. You are q stranger, take 1t. You
might think he is all American horse, but
he il not ANYTHING of the kind. He is a
Mexican plug, that's what he Is, O genuine
| Mexican plug" but there was something else
about that mans way Of saying 1t that
made me Just determine that l would own
genuine Mexican plug-if it took every
cent had. And said, Has he any other
advantages ?" lie hooked his finger In the
pocket Of his army shirt, and led me to one
| Side and uttered, "Sh! don't say word
He can ousbuck any horse in America; he
can outbuck any horse III the world" just
| then the auctioneer came along. "Twenty.
four, twcnty-four dollars for the horse, sad.
die, and Bride" / said, "Twenty-seren!"
"Sold!"
| took the genuine Mexican plug, paid for
him, put him In livery stable, let him get
something to eat and get rested, and then In
the afternoon brought him out In the plaza,
and some of the citizens held him by the
head and others held him down to the earth
bv the tail, and / got OIL him. And as soon
rs those people let 60 he put all his feet
in bunch together, let his back sag down,
and then he arched 1t up suddenly, and
shot me one hundred and eighty yards
and came down again, straight down,
and lighted In the saddle, and went
up again. And when came down the next
time I 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 Ike mem
Der of Congress, and then he came down
and went up the other way, and walked
around on his hands just as a school-boy
would. Then be came down on all fourE
again with the same old process Of shooting
me up in the air !; and the third time went
up I heard man say, ooh, don't hi
buck!" So that was abuchng." 1 wal
very glad to know it. Not that ! was
enjoying 1t, but then had been taking
general sort of interest in 1t and had natu
rally desired to know what the name of i
! was. And whilst WAS up somebody hi
the horse whack with strap, and when
got down again the genuine bucker wa
gone.
At this point of the interesting scene /
kind-hearted stranger came to the rider, toll
him that he had been taken in, explained tn
mysterious terms, and gave him the com
forting information that anybody in town
could have told him all about the horse If h
. had inquired.