The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1880-05-27
. "Tenderfoot'sn Experience with q
- COmanche Pony,
q menver ftibure.t1

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The ons thing, howsver, in which ths
tendetfoot is mostlikely, to miss connec-
ton and run away behind the schedule
is ".the modnting q Wild steed of thel
~plains.v There is ahiimihense amount
of uncertainty in this prefecture, th5hgh
there is not the slightest trace of dncer-
tainty in the iosteed-all W%estefners
know just exactly what the average ami
mails will, do. Last, Monday a very nice
youns FELLOW, who had arrived Just the
day before from Boston, set out to pur-
chase a pony. He went to one or two
corrals without being suited, but finally /
in the third he foundLjust the animal he
desired. The man told him that it was
q Comanche pony, and the q6ietest fttle
brute that eyer atruek the plains, but
despite all the arguments and recon-
mendationsI of the owner, the young man
va determined to try the animal before
purchasing, and SO while he donned a
pair of spurs. four men and two good
sized boys .saddled the Gomshche pony
and hsld h'm within the Corral. The
young man was q graduate of the swell
Boston riding'school, and his bosom
swelled somewhat with pride as he re-
lected on the lesson in grace and skill
he would o give the border r~ufians
who were congregated about As he
came out Into the corral he noticed two
men getting behind the pump, and three
more crawling up on the roof OF the shed
in the corner. He said nothing, but
thought it odd. Then he placed his lift
| foot in the stirrup and vaulted aifily
and gracefully into the saddle, while the
four men and two good-sized boys let go
the pony and turned and fled at the top
1of their speed. n'
Airily and gracefully the young man
vaulted into the saddle, and almost in
staotly he assembled airi y and gracefully
into the blue ether above. There was q
puzzled expression, as of surprise and
thought, Fl dashed across his face, and as
he again struck the saddle and for the
second time wandered upwards, he had
an uncomfortable look about him, as
though he would like to ask some ques-
tions, but couldn't. Into the saddle
again and then into the atmosphere with
a whirl and a rush, that made the two
men behind the pump shudder. Up, up,
he went. He. could. see the roof of the
Grand Central and could readily dis.in-
guish the new Court house in Golden.
The view was grand and extended, but
he didn't seem thoroughly satisfied, and
he looked troubled, and SIS though he
wished he was absent. Then he began
to descend, and about stheytime he was
due in the saddle, he struck the ground,
aud knocked his boots about his neck,
and drove his spinal column four inches
into his brain. They shoveled him up,
aud took him to his hotel, and the next
day, Tuesday, he was sewn up in a can.
vas sack, and shipped back to his home
lin Massachusetts,. 1t washis first buck
ing, and probably his last. He said
when he first returned to consciousness
that he had often heard of the surpris'
ing agility of Western ponies, but ht
hadn't known until now that they were
fed on dynamite snd nitro-glycerint
and operated by a two hundred cell bat
terry. n 90 o9 -
: This is but one experience in many
and the newcomer who invests in I
pony had better exercise considerable
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