The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1881-06-23
THE HORSE.

by consulting any well-informed masto-
don or veracious megalonia you may
chance 10 meet.
The horse. however. is believed TO be
native OF Asia. Therefore, gentle
reader, you can aise your miod on that
matter.
II is said that there are no real Wild
horses; but dou't you put too much Ie.
pendence on this assertion, or saddle be
the consequences.
The horse belongs 10 the equine race.
and ekewine can always be found upon
him. He never travels without bis
| hook.
he rsars up his young in the way
they should 90; he rears up himself IN
way that his rider doesn't want to 90.
1t has been said that you can lead
horse 10 water. but you cant make him
drink The latter clause of this pro-
position is erroneous You can make
him drink. when he is q pony, and q
very common drink il is.
Horses are subject TO colds, and the
pony Is always little horse.
Ponies are quite prevalent ct Har-
ward. The University is therefore FREE
quently called q stable institution.
King Richard exclaimed: "A horse.
horse! my kingdom for horser Al
that time bis crown was in danger.
Had he found horse, his crown might
We been broken.
A young horse Is called a cot Colts
are revolvers. They discharge their
load with q snap
Horses arc sometimes ridden bare
back; but do not bear back too fa-.
You may find j, hard to keep your seat
on The seton i. frequently used on
the horse.
When O driver wants o horse to get
down TO his work, be tells him to get
up.
The horse is not afraid of bad wealth.
or: He is guided by the rein.
He Is great eater. and generally has
bit In his mouth.
The bridal trip usually lasts through
life.
He is always to be depended on come
wheel or whoa.
The horse js covered with hair. but
is on his neck in the name. This is
bis name deck.
The tail is the horses after deck.
Horses can still be sold at wholesale
after that appendage is gone. but it is
impo sible to retail them.
The horse bes no toes. You will no
toes It II he steps on your foot. Horses
come from the steppes.
Horses are always kind and sound.
That 10, the kind that are advertised
for sale. There is q pleasant sound
about the expression.
A horse won't go right unless you
pull him from the straight course.
They are very horsepitable animal.
You seldom see Q horse still.
They will eat corn. They leave the
cob. but cob will not leave the corn.
Their flesh is sometimes eaten. The
filly OF beef is reckoned dainty.
The female is called q mare. A sea
horse 10 cheval de msr.
A horse is sometimes called o char
ger. Stable keepers are chargers also.
The horse 10 not very strong. He
has TO lay down his ears when be lifts
his heels.
And when he lifts bis heels look out
for horse scars. Horse cars are quite
common in our crowded streets.
When horse feels his oats, you
would best make an oat of it.
A whinnying horse Is bad neigh
bore.
The horse has four legs and is well
armed. He carries q cannon and bull
let's. His muzzle Is far from his can.
non.
A horse has four feet, and We often
hear OF one Of fifteen hands.
You can't stife his ambition. he is
o kingly beast. and always wears cor.
onet. He cares nothing for the thrown.
You can tell horses age by his
teeth-that is. If you know what his age
10 before you look at his teeth.
II Is not considered polite to look q
gift horse in the mouth. He might
give toss to you If you did
There are many races Of horses, in
cluding the race horse.
The chestnut horse and the reddish
horse must not be confounded with the
horse chestnut aud horse radish. These
latter are horses OF another color.
A horse laugh 10 not pleasant. job
speaks OF this when he says that the
horse saith among tae trumpets, Ha!
har But horses In the job business
seldom laugh
The centaurs were ell horsemen.
They have ell been csntaur way long
ago.
Horses are caught by the lasso. Alasl
90 il is.
Notwithstanding all that 10 said OF
the healthfulness Of ~questrianisn. yca
will seldom get dealer to take q horse
back.
A horse marine is not hawser. Nei.
thcr are the horses of the yards like the
horse in the corrals
Horses are fond OF the ladies, and
ere always ready 10 take galIop. This
10 an old pun. and you may think il
trot, bat 60 your own pace. and let US
ambls along with our history.
A good nag should not be neglected
A we'll rounded horse is always ap-
precisted. but he is better known by
his points.
There are sever,.. kinds Of horses. in
clnding the saw horse. the clothes
horse. the horse ssice and the horse fy;
but should Ne 60 into the description
OF thess Il would BE- ex horse-ting.
We always loved q bay. We shall
probably never get ovsr it.
Bat perhaps ne bad best end this
sorrel lot Of puas- We don't wish TO
z - l. L.