, 1874-05-24
Influence Of a Horse on the Char
acter.
4 Few Instances of Modest Horse
Drivers.


enjr;tuefigtic lore. Why the pedestrian shou1
be the embodiment OF Heep-ike euppreesio
of eelf aud the buggy-rider the concentration {
haughtiness Is a problem which has haruly ye
received the attention it deserves. Its yer
antiquity ought to mako it interesting I'll
first mention Of fast driving in Holy Writ is c
peculiar interest, as it raises q very pertlnen
question whether there did not exist, in the daS
of Ahab and Jezebe1, those necessary evils q
modern times. police forcos and ordinances 10
the prohibition of fast driving Tue passage Il
question ia that in which wntehnan-clearly
corporation official. With a trnncheon IN ham
and etar gli..oring on lis ebnormallT llT-deEolope'
diaph,asm-rcports tho driving OF q horsenal
as equal in fury to the driving OF Jehu, who We
tie most canning whip Of all ancient chrioteers
Later on, Quintus Horatius, the Swinburne q
Ids age, sang the glories OF holding the rein
over spanking team in the melodlous verses:
sunt quos curriculo pulverern olympicum
collegeAsa juvat, meta qua fer4idts
Evitata 1otis, palma qua nob!lls
Tcr7arum io,ninoa eye1it ad deos.
Which lines were beautifully tranalated at = 1atel
date by Dr.. Samuel johnson. the great leucog
rapher and reliable old sport as follows:
And there are thcne whose chiefest glory seans
To be the speeding Of 2:4o te4na,
The rush Of fervid sulkies by the sNard
That lines the avenue or boulevard;
Or. nobler still, to view them too the raa1k
In 2:20 pursa at Dexter Park
Still later, our own Oliver Wendell Holmes
Eipgs the loathsome pride Of the puffed-up indi-
yidua1 who has hired buggy at livery stable
for dollar and half, and excites the eoorn OF
pedestrian, who decides, probably because he
Is impecunious. and liyeriee are to him unattain-
able Injuries, that be will jog along with tho
"iandem TINT Nature gave him" 1t must be 3
source OF consolation to those whose chronic
lack Of money has doomed to chronic pedestrian
hat orA ,ut nr7pr IA
ara as we'll fixed for locomotion as Adam vas.
Take it altogether, it is doubtful whether Adam,
In the slnniest days he passed In Eden, "as as
eeIene1y happy as mortal csn nowadays ha made.
He must occaslona1ly have suffered from 6unburn
TO an extent that ie perhaps norer known in mod
ern times, and il mosquitoes existed in those
days. when it is reasonable to presume the mos
quito-bars man Has Us vc. unborn, his suferlngs
end those OF LIS gentle partner must have been
excruciating, and the feyer after night spent in
ftful sIumber and gnat-slaughter must have
been OF kind that made the temptation Of =
draught Of cooling cider particularly dangerous.
And in the matter ct riding men are much bet
ter OF nowadays. Adam mover knew the
gentle accommodation Of i Mexican saddle, and
without doubt whenever he aud his wife spent
day on horseback, playing Lady Godiva among
the hills and dale5 OF their delightful demesne,
their reflections for weeks after upon their days
enjoyment must es will he readily believed BY
anyone who has oyerdone on an occasion either
horseback or rowing exercise, have been un-
pleasant in the extreme.
But this is DEPRESSING from the subject, aud
We are RI far of as ever from finding cut the
source Of q drivers pride and Of = peaostrian's
humility. One peculiarly OF tha former Is
especially worthy Of notice. The fact that the
horee is borrowed one never dinalnlehes tho
pride Of the driver. The trustee OF livery
plug, if anything, puts On more style than the
owner OF pair Of bays. The brief afternoon
during which the spawned animal obeys his tug
glpg snd saving, and submits. as only : livery
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temporary owner q time Of peculiar and unadul-
teERted glory, and when late in the evening he.
returns the steaming animal to the stable, it is
with noble consciousness TINT he has had his
moneys worth out OF him" The man who de-
pends entirelJ On the livery for the turnout with
which he does his everyday work is,
sss sone one - Vii IT, ind out that % be is not not
the bona-fde owner Of the Rosinante.
He always talks OF the beast as q my marc
Jenny" OF come other equally cndearing name;
he is more conyersant with her pedigree than his
OWL. and gives her 3 threc-ninute record as
confidently IS though he himself wcrs budding
Bud Doble and the mare the nakin8x OF another
Goldsmith Maid or Dexter 1t will be remember
ed thnt about year ago s bomb-shell WAS cast
) into the ranks Of these horse-loaners. in the
shape Of q proposed city ordinance ordering the
numbering Of all livery carriages. Luckily it
did not pass but it is fact that in that exciting
time, when there Was prospect Of tho laws
passing, no less thrn hfty-three Of Chicago's
doctors, who were known for their tuln-outs and
the knobby aty1e OF their coachmen s livery, gave
way under the dread Of exposure, and were driven,
By medita.ing upon the prospect OF visiting
patients in vehicles vugarly numbered like milk
carts, into brain feve1s from which only s1s1an
percentage recovered Whether or not thus NOR
diminishing the sizo of the Sanitary Superin-
tondent's monthly report is subject worthy Of
4 paper by member ct the Philosophical 30
ciety,- and lengthy discussion at a future
meeting
It is pleasing after considering the unnecessary
pride OF the man who drives livery hack, aud
the more natural hauteur OF the man who ia
guiding his own property along the boulevard,
to recognize, in some Of the men who drive, the
force Of the paradoxlcal saying that there is
never rule without exception. There arc
men in Chicago who drive horses and yet vaullt
not themselves to the skies. A pleasing example
Of the non-iunated Jehu is the mild
to and from tha He dlscs
tho motions of four handsome horBes
the vehicle he sits en,hroned upop does not
glitter with tie glare Of painted cont Of arms,
but The wire-work III the door and windows is OF
3 pleasing form, md Should arouse his pr1do
the load Of humanity inaido he is guarding as
functionary Of tho Government. AL this, and
yet be is not proud. Another Johu who never
feels like bursting with pride il the driver Of tho
county ambulance And il there is driver who
ought to feel humble and deeply detected. it in
he who ats On top Of the filthy buses that run
On the Mhdson street line, and directs the tai
tering steps Of tie su1e1annuated. atteuuated
SPAWNED, wall-oyed. w1nd-salled plugs which
drag their confortloss load OF humanity
from State to Western avenue. It il but
fair to state that some Of tneee men arc
ashamed Of their occupation, and occasionally
commit suicide or JON the COMMISSIONERS, But
unfortunately these are the exception, and it is
fact that the Madison street 'bus driver must
as = class, be written down among those OF the
drivers who hare fallen heir to Luc1fers besettino
Sin There arc yet other drivers rho abuse them.
selves in the sight OF tho world. The men who
dIive the street-BwecFegs are not proud, though
ehls may arise from necessity rather than choice
as when ono OF them with the uatural feelings
o. o. horeeman Lifts his head on high, volumes
OF dust crowd into his eyes, surge down his |
THROAT, and threaten him NTH monentarv sutro- |
cation, and he is obliged to assume a position OF
humility. 8 f~'A'40A' -
most without exception. Given man with the |
wealth Of an Asior, and brain that vouid o,,f. !
qsh weigh No. Nos!, Nebster's or Jim risk's BY "a
er On an evening raper, II the former DO ufoot
and the latter in buggy, tho man Of brains viii
wniro al bis right Of way, and all Other rirhts
in favor OF the nan Of tho rcina. There il =