Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-12

limbs, when standing in row for hire
What wretched down-come from that which
Prince had enjoyed, in life's young dream
There awaits it, however, still lower depth
Of misery.
In the following act, Prince is reduced to
the forlorn condition of drawing a sandcart,
when he can hardly draw his own length after
him. To appearance it is half starved. A
child offers it a few straws, which it is glad to
eat 1t seems to be little better than skin and
bone The cart in which it is yoked belongs
to rude jobber, whose object is to wiring the
utmost possible work out of the animal, be-
fore selling it to be killed. A feeling of hor'
ror and compassion thrills through the spec
tators. They can hardly believe they are
only looking at play, for the stimulation is
perfect. Staggering along with his draught,
under the cruel urging of the whip, the mo-
ment arrives when Prince can 60 no further.
Its unhappy span of life is terminated. 1t
suddenly 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 crowd
of idlers about it, seemingly at the last gasp,
and Offering in it's fate dreadful instance of
undeserved cruelty to animals. "Man's lnhu'
manity to man makes countless thousands
mourn" Quite true; but, alas inhumanity
to man is nothing in comparison with the in.
humanity which is recklessl y exercised toward
the horse.
There is concluding scene in the life of
the horse we have been describing, which, on
no account, must be omitted. While lyin :
in the streets, in his death struggle, and when
preparations were making to drag him of to
the shambles, alady who is passing recognizes
the dying animal as 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 mis-
tress, and with failing eyes, seems to implore
her compassion. In state Of distraction the
lady kneels down, takes the horses head in
her lap, speaks to it coDsolingly and once
more calls it her dear Prince. Oh! what
would she not do to revive the dying animal
and give Prince new lease of existence
Just at this juncture, in the manner of the
old plays, when something supernatural was
required to get over serious difficulty,
sylph-like being, in the character Of benev-
olent fairy, appears on the stage, carrying a
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 his recumbent position,
and to the delight and amazement Of every
body, 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 horseman-
ship, there was never demonstrated more
wonderful case of acting. The horse had all
along been feigning for public amusement.
1t had feigued to be cab.horse. 1t bad
feigned to be tired when it stood on three legs
1t feigned to he dying when it dropped down
in the sand-cart. The whole affair was piece
of stimulation, and by means of some adven-
titious aid in discooring the skin, the decep
ton was complete. A hasty rub with cloth
puts it all right and instead ofdying, Prince
gallops 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 the horse, and the extent to which it
can be educated by patient and gentle train
ing. Harsh treatment would be all mistake
Words kindly spoken, some small reward in
the shape of mouthful of what is agreeable
triAing sweetmeat, for instance-will work
wonders in forming the character of the horse,
and teaching it to perform any required feat
We have always thought that an impressive
moral lesson was conveyed in the play of the
High.mettled Racer.