The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1877-06-29
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| oeooSo W d Tuuc IODDer, whose
object is to wiring the utmost possible work
out OF the animal, before selling it to be
killed: A feeling of horror and compas.
sion thrills through the spectators. They
can hardly believe they are only looking at
a play, for the stimulation is perfect. Stag.
gering along with his draught under the
cruel urging of the whip, the moment ar.
rives when Prince can go no further. Its
unhappy span of life is terminated. It sud.
denly drops down under its weary load-to
die, and be relieved of all its troubles
Unyoked from the cart, and relieved of its
harness, there it is, stretched out, with a
crowd OF idlers about it, seemingly at the
last gasp, and offering in it's fate dreadful
instance of undeserved cruelty to animals.
aMan,s inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn" Quito trie; but,
alas inhumanity to man is nothing in com.
parison with the inhumanity which is rock.
lessly exercised towards the horse.
There is concluding scene in the life of
the horse we have been describing, which,
on no account, must be omitted. While
lying in the streets in his death. struggle, and
when preparations were making to. drag it
OF to the shambles, lady who is passing
recognizes the dying animal rs being her
favorite horse Prince, which she had ridden
years ago at the fox-chase. At the same
time, the poor beast, family lifting his head,
recognizes its old mistress, and with failing
eyes seems to implore her compassion. In
q state of distraction the.lady kneels down,
takes the horses head in her lap, speaks to
1t oonsolingly and once more calls it her dear
Prince. Oh what would she not do to re-.
sive the dying animal and give Prince a
new lease of existence! Just at this iunc-
ture, in the manner of the old plays, when
something supernatural was required to get
over serious difficulty, sylph-like being,
IN the character Of benevolent fairy, ap-
pears on the stage, carrying magic wand.
Her mission, she says. being to redress wrong,
she touches the dying horse with the wand
and bids it rise. In an instant Prince starts
up from its recumbent position, and to the
delight and amazement of everybody, it is
as fresh, glossy and beautiful as when it
went out with the hounds in the fox chase.
The lady springs upon its back, and off
Prince goes at splendid gallop. The ap-
plause was, of course, immense!
Perhaps in the whole annals of horse
manship there was never demonstrated a
mo,o %onderfdi case of acting. The horse
anu.sssB f|eaS sssa ssjgaRs sas public
horse. It had sfeignsd to be tired when It
stood on three legs. Itfeigned to be dying
when it dropped down in the sand.cart.-
The whole affair vas piece of stimulation,
and by means of some adventitious aid in
discoloring the skin, the deception was com.
plete. A hasty rub with cloth puts it all
right; and instead of dying. Prince gal
lops off in the consciousness of having per-
formed brilliant piece of acting.
What we have narrated from recollection
will assist in illustrating the natural intelli.
gence of tho horse, and the extent to which
it can be educated by patient and gentle
training. Harsh treatment would be all a
mistake. Words kindly spoken, some small
reward 10 the shape Of a mouthful of what
Is agreeable--a triAing sweetmeat, for in
stance--yill work wonders in forming the
lsph41ace54 of S{he horss. and. .taaahine IL to
required feat. We have always
thought that an impressive moral lesson was
conveyed in the play Of the High-mettled
Racer.