Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1884-04-10

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MAJOR Pettibone was a great sdminer
Of the horse He would go into rapt-
ures over splendid animal. and equal
IL so over 4 nO-account nag. The fact
of the case Is. Pett; bone II no Judge al
all Of ''hoss lesh:'' and the one weak
ness Of the genial old chap is that he
won't acknowledge his failure. He is
the owner Of horse; and such horse.
Tins particular animal has been handed
down from generation 10 generation un-
I'll his age has been entirely lost among
the decades He IS n jumper; this MAJ
seem strange 10 the sver.ge reader.
Surely the horse has arrived AZ the ms
turity Of the mellOwy golden. and ought
TO know better than TO practice the
friskiness Of bonhOmie dude colt with
sorrel name and burdOck tail. After
the Major had stood it as long as he
could. he curried down the ancient
nsg's coat with the wire barn broom,
hitched him before the jumper and sal
Led forth upon the war pike with blood
in his eve.
He j looking for trade. The man
who looks for dicker in '-hoss flesh"
don't have 20 search far before he find.
party who is bent upon just such an
other mission The professional horse
trader is 4 strange freak Of nature. As
n fsbricstOr he can give the veteran cir
Gus clown big odds. and come home ua-
der the wire with a dozen lengths to
spare.
" No: don't know as he cares TO trade.
Satisfied with tbs animal he's got.
Don't understand much bout hoses
snyhow-still. might talk the thing over.
and Well. il was just such fellow as
the fOregone whom Major Pettibone
met The Strangers horse seemed 70
be hkely animal and If he MAJOR
wanted % give twenty dollars boot WIZ
he ightswOp. Tie Major laughed
slEiy behind the others back rs he un-
bucSled the traces and made the trade
J I'D nag wasn't worth twenty dol
la he's very sure he has made n good
barZsin- "Tnest the old hos good.
stranger; he's been in the family long
Il mean the family viii long 10 know
tha- hes in good hands" cried the Ma
jor - the stranger drove of.
The MAJOR Ii .kled his new horse with
the whip. and h. thought a cyclone had
struck him when he felt the pieces OF
dashboard rafting about his head "a
kicker. by th-imblesi I've gone and
traded of an innocent jumper for =
peSky, dangerous kicker and paid
twenty dollars TO learn IL Must get
nd of his ugly least G'lOng there:
so-easy. WhOai now steady" Thus
the Ma or cogitaied As h urged the new
horse along. Ere he had gone 4 mile
he met another man who-..Didn't { care
10 trade. Satisfied with his animal:
and-didn't know much bout a .hoss.' .
ets- The strangers beast looked >
good piece Of horse flesh The Major
traded His new horse started or well
enOagh and-then he stopped FIRST
the Ma OF touched kim With the whip.
The horse scratched his OF ear with his
of hind hoOf and-di1n't bulge sn
inch. Then the Major clucsed. and
slapped the reins upoa the animal
back No good. The beast wOuldn Z
step Of in the least The Macr got
out and took tba horse by the bit and
after considerable urging got the horse
to lead. The hOr=e made spring. and
as the jumper Sew by the Ma 'nr also
made spring and succeeded n capt
uring the seat whers he sat holding
the rains. very red of face. Then-the
nag stopped again The Major tried al
the tricks he had heard of. which were
used to make a bzlky horse 20. The
horse grew fast; he took root; he
wouldn't stir peg. The MAJOR was
now mad First. twenty dollars 10 boot
for kicker; nova balky horse. lie
was ready 10 hug himself with DISCUS;
He would give the world 'ust 10 have
the old jumping nsg back A man
can get around a jumper; hut a wick
ed. balky animal IS only good for soap
grease
While the MAJOR was standing there
sweating and muttersng impreeations.
a gentlemanly foot passenger came
along. He was soon made acquainted
with the Majors dilemma. He OTered
the Ma or one hundred and fifty dollars
for horse. harness. jumper and all His
offer was snapped at. He pres .ntcd 4
check upon welI-known bank for two
hundred dollars. The Ma or handed
over the fifty dollars. pOcketed the
check and stepped back tO see the gen
erous stranger get the balky horse 10
GO That was an easy matter. The
stranger tied = small stone to = string.
fastened the string TO the tip of the
nag ear. and-away the charmed beast
sped like the wind Back through the
dust the weary MIjor trudged. He
wOald have Just time TO get the chez
cashed at the village hank. He went
the cashier and presented the check
The cashier smiled. showed il back and
said; No good; not worth the paper
il is written upon A sore-hearted
mxn. Disguised man. a man ready 10
sell himself for a cent. went home. The
MAJOR is ready TO fight At the drop of
tLs hat with any man WIN dares to
mention '-hoss trader. even TO this day
n :. Keller, IN me J,Sdqe.
William H. Field shot his brother
NJ Greenwich. Com. recently. under
the insane belief that when he was
fourteen years old his brother stole
his spirit. and IL could only be restored
by his brother's death
"A Chinamsn was fined 500 and
Sentenced 70 imprisonment for six
months % New Westminster. British