Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-05-05
The Horse.

riod, contemporaneously with the mas
todon and megalonia- The truth Of
this statement can be easily ascertained
BIZ consulting any well-irformed mas
todon or veracious megalonia you may
chance TO meet.
The horse, however. is believed to be
native of Asia. Therefore, gentle
reader. you can aise your mind on that
matter.
1t is said there are no real wild
horses; but don't you put too much de-
pendence on this assertion, or saddle be
the consequences.
He rears up his young in the way
they should go; he rears up himself in
way that his rider doesn't want to
90.
Horses are subject to colds, and the
pony is always little horse.
King Richard exclaimed: "A horse,
horse. my kingdom for horse AT
that time his crown was in danger
Had he found horse, his crown might
have been broken.
A young horse is called colt. Colts
are revolvers. They discharge their
load with snap.
When driver wants a horse to get
down to his work he tells him to get
up.
The horse is not afraid OF bad
weather. He is guided by the rein. p
He is a great eater, and generally
has bit in his mouth.
His bride trip usually lasts through
life.
He is always to be depended on,
come wheel or whoa.
The horse is covered with hair. but
it is on his neck in the name. This is
his name deck.
The tail is the horses after-deck.
Horses can still be sold at wholesale
after that appendage is gone, but it is
impossible to retail them.
The horse has 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 is. the kind that are advertised for
sale. There is Il pleasant sound about
the expression.
A horse won't 90 right unless You
pull him from the straight course.
They will eat corn. They leave the
cob. but a cob will not leave the corn.
Their flesh is sometimes eaten. The
filly of beef is reckoned a dainty.
A horse is sometimes called a charger.
Stable keepers are chargers also.
The horse is not very strong He has
to lay down his ears when ne lifts his
heels.
And when he lifts his heels look out
for horse scars. Horse ears are quite
common in our crowded streets.
When horse feels his oats you would
best make an oat of it.
A horse has four feet, and we often
hear of one of fifteen hands.
You can't stiie his ambition. He is
a kingly beast. and ALWAYS wears IA cor
onet. He cares nothing for the thrown.
You can tell horses age by his teeth
that is, if YOU know what his age is
before You look at his teeth.
There are many races of horses, in
Guiding the race horse.
The chestnut horse and the reddish
horse must not be COMPOUNDED with the
horse chestnut and horse raiish. These
latter are horses of another color.
Horses are caught by the lasso. Alas,
so it is
Notwithstanding all that is said of the
Htsiiluluiuc>s vi euhtslflstiiisiu- you VIII
seldom get dealer to take a horse
back.
There are several kinds of horses, in
Guiding the saw horse. the othes
horse, the horse shoe and the horse fly;
but should we go into the description
of these it would be ex-horseting.
But perhaps We had best end this
sorrel lot OF puns. We don't wish to
curry it too far. Our readers might
show trace of ill-humor. and be a
little sulky.
Shall we go on? Neigh.-BostOs
IrdIlScriDt.
-Guibollaid in sudden access of
fervor remarked: How wonderful are