Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1873-06-04

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from one thing to another, till his
whisky got the better of him, and he
fell asleep. What the thing was that
happened to him and his grandfath-
er's old ram is a dark mystery to this
day, for nobody has ever yet found
out.
THE STRENGTH OF THE HORSE.
BY THE AUTHOR OF "sToNE EDGE. "
We are so completely in the habit Of
regarding the horse as a doeile slave,
expected to minister to our necessities
with uncomplaining complaisaneei
unresisting generally under i'll treat
ment, often half killing himself by
struggling to drag loads beyond his
powers, that we are apt to forget the
tremendous strength which he can
exert il he pleases to put it forth.
/ saw lately a small pony running
away with q little carriage, in which
were two large, strong men one sat
in his place dragging at the reins with
all his might, the other was on his
knees, adding his utmost power near
er the head, but in vain. They were
just able to give some sort Of direction
to their course, so as to avoid the carts
and carriages, which fortunately were
not many, and in turning several
sharp corners, but they could not
moderate the pace in the least, till it
pleased the pony to stop at the door
Of his own stable. They set their
strength against his, and on the ten.
derest point, the mouth, and the pony
won.
The great dray-horses OF London
brewer are almost like elephants In
weight and power, yet are 30 good
tempered that they can be guided by
child. The strength of the neck, OF
the heels, of the teeth of such a beast,
are fearful indeed, il they were used
against, instead of for, the service OF
man, and it nlay help US to treat him
with greater respect 10 hear how pow
erful, and at times how savage an an
imal a horse can be. We have much
to learn in our treatment Of him. An
Arab will make his mare go far longer
distances without suffering than We
can our horses. In South America
the L" topping merchant " Of Santiago
used always to have at hand horses
which could be ridden to Valparaiso
some ninety odd miles, and back nexi
day, with no food but hay and a little
chopped straw. The Hanoveriar
troopers in the Peninsular war were
able to keep their chargers in goo
condition, while those Of msny Of th Q
English cavalry regiments were dy'
ing by wholesale. The Germans were
more kindly anxious for the welfare
of their rough, ugly beasts than the
English I" horse-subduers," as they
count themselves, were of their fal
superior animals. We shut them up
in sitting dark stables, with no fresh
air, and with abOminable smells,
while they are by nature hardy erea-
lures belonging to temperate climates,
and used to exposure. 1t has been
found that the mortality in some OF
the extensive cavalry stables in
London has been diminished very
greatly by admitting more air and
light.
The courage which horses will show
in charge during battle; the tenn
per, when in a mob (the goOd-natured
giants of the Household Brigade back
their horses, so as to disperse crowd
by mere force of the terror of tLeir
heels, or the switching of their tails,
without doing any harm to man, or
woman, or child); the intelligence
with which q horse, who Is set to
move whole lines Of trucks and car
riages at a railway station, under
stands the complicated commands
made to him by word and sign, all
show powers and qualities of which
at present we make but very indifer-
enI use.
A curious proof of the courage and
strength of the horse is to be found in
q book some twenty years old, by q
Mr.. KnightOn, an Englishman, who
was in the service Of the King Of Dude
in 1885. He tells the following story
of what he himself once witnessed at
Lucknow:
The King, whom he calls "a sem
sual, cruel savage" kept many wild
beasts, which he sometimes set to
fight with each other as in the Roman
games. One day, Mr.. Knighton was
driving from the River GOomtee to
one of the palaces in a sort of little
open gig. As they passed along the
streets, there was not creature to be
seen; If any one came in sight, they
were rushing hurriedly of. Present.
ly he saw in the middle of the road a
trampled bloody heap. He stopped
il was the corpse of woman terribly
lacerated and torn, the face crushed
by teeth into q shapeless mass, the
long matted hair clOtted with blood.
Such was the capricious tyranny OF
the King, that Mr.. Knighton was
hardly surprised. Z" 1t was probably
some execution" he whispered 70 his
companion. On they drove-there
were still no signs of any inhabitants
to be seen; the houses were every
where closed, a sort Of GREATNESS ter
ror seemed to reign in the city. Pres
emily they came to the body OF lad
Similarly mangled, lying by the side
of the road, and they stopped once
more. On the top of an adjoining
house they saw one of the kings
troopers looking intently up the street.
What is the matter?" asked Mr..
Knighton.
"The man-eater is loose, wallsh
Look out, Sahibs, he is quite wild to-
had heard CONTINUES Mr.. Knight
on) OF a savage horse belonging 70 one
of the troopers, who was called Kun,
ewallab, because he had destroyed
"He is coming, he is coming "
shouted the man suddenly from the
house. top, i'take care, take care -
Far down the road we could see the
wild brute, large bay horse, savage
liz shaking a child which. he had just
seized in his jaws, and evidently com
inc zour- Way, In another moment he
had seen the carriage, thrown the
child on the road, dead no doubt, and
rushed forward furiously to attack Us.
We turned, our horse'almost unman-
aeeable with terror, and drove on at =
mad gallOp towards sort OF yard
which was closed in by strong gates.
We could hear the iron hoofs OF the
man-eater Gathering over the road in
the silent street, as he pursued US at
breakneck speed.
We gained the enclosure, and drove
within the doors, which were luckily
open. I jumped out and threw back
the gate, which fortunately shut with
8 heavy iron bolt into q socket. As it
fell in, the man eater came thunder
ing up, his head and cheeks covered
with blood, his jaws steaming with
the recent slaughter Of his vicLims.-
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