Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1874-01-31
A Mares Peculiari ties.

WHAT HAPPENED TO AN OBSTINATE MAN WHO
WOULDN'T LISTEN TO A CAREFUL OWNERS
PRECAUTIONARY RNPLASATIONs.
1.-THE McMann mare" was a beast of extra
ordinary speed and endurance. Ii ke most rare
animals whether human or brute, she was &C.
centric in her ways. 1t matters not who owned
her at the time the incident to which this arti-
Gle relates. Suffice il il to say her owner was a
sensible man and q thorough horseman, his pre-
deliction for horseflesh more than ANYTHING else
having driven him into the livery bHsines
NeKtto the wife of his bosom he loved the Nc
Mann mare. For this reason tho mare was en-
trusted only to particular customers; and when
let, the person who hired was always Carefully
Instructed as TO the peculiarities of the animal.
An old friend, Uncle zoe Richelieu, auac-
quainted with the animal or her WAYS, and trou
bled with an impairment IN his speech, as well
as an inhrmity OF temper, which prevented him
from exercising any charity for living crea-
lures of slow and tardy motion, applied to the
livery man for a horse for a journey of a dozen
miles or so, taken for the purpose of bringing
his wife home from her fathers. The contract
was made as follows:
81 w-w-want horse-a good 'un-one' that'll
SIS start the minute you s-s-s-say 'Pw-phw-
phwist, a-an- Ill go like thunder"
"Suit you, guess, was the reply.
"We-we-well, out with her then"
The mare was put between the shafts of a
nice light buggy, her harness thoroughly adjust
the dash board, and the usual chapter of ady vice
was begun concerning her management.
so, g-g-get out with your directions, | can
guess, u-u-uAfHn y-y-y0u, / own the
fastest PAGER alive. Here, Interrupted Uncle
Joe, and picking up the reins he sprung for the
seat, but landed heels up on the buggy bottom
The mare was off; but the driver being game,
had command as he thought, through recovery
OF the lines, upon which he pulled as though
resolved ''to do or die" slight smile was VS.
ible on the demure face of the stable keeper as
the vehicle receded from view at break-neck
speed, and nothing more was known until the
next day, when Uncle Joe made his appearance
with the mare, but without his wife. As he
drove up, cloud overspread his face as he sa w
the stable keeper at the door.
"W-w-what k-k-kind OF an incarnate, b-br-
brute dye ca call this?"
''Best horse in the stable"
"W-w-well started for D"
eyes, know it,"
"w-well. before I could stop, went to H
thirty five niles, drove back this morning
You k kn-know fathers door yard--haf mile
WIDE"
eyes, well?''
"Ww.well, old man, my br- bro brother Jim.
hired man, and besides -t-tri-tri-tried for w
hours to get w-wi-wife into the wagon and
couldn't do 1t; did de- devish critter danced
college hornpipes all r-r-round, an an. and over
SC me Of us, but not passenger could we get
in" e
GLOW did you get in?"
"Tell you. Old mans foxy as Mace. Told
me to take her out. 1 did. Told me to p-p-
get in. did, and after | got in they hitched
the Pnare, and he-he-here | be. W-w-wo-
wouldn't give Spanish dollar for the mare
though she did come the twelve miles in { forty
two minutes"
"Why?"
"Look at my hands"
They were one blister. The stable keen er
smiled. off you had listened to me, all this
would have been avoided; allow the lines to
remain untouched until you are seated, and she
never starts till you tell her. Drive her with a
slack rein, and she will go as slow as you de-
sre."-N. y. Sun.