New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1885-10-14
7HE NIcE EMILY HoRsE ~ BOSTON

THE NICE Family HORSE ~ BOSTON,
There are always in every largo community a
good many gentlemen who want 10 buya nice fam
lis horse By nice family horse they mean an
animal that Is sound and gcltlc; tiat IS good I'M
der the saddle and IN harness; that can draw a
double wagon containing six people and the baby
M hill and down hill all day without turning a
hair; that is warranted not 70 shy at the cars nor
al the carccring bicycle that holds his head up
well that is a spry roadster; that doesn't pull too
hard on the rcins; that will stand without being
tied and that woman can drive. Boston has
been no exception 10 the rule. II IS believed that
since the city was founded tho supply of nice fam
Ily horse, has never quite cquallcd the demand.
Indeed, some people 90 50 far to date the down
fall Of o brilliant Boston minister from the day
when he set himself 10 work to lind q nice family
horse that just suited him.
But Boston has suddenly and decidedly changed.
Her relations with the nice family horse have be-
come siraincd that noble animal has become
a drug IN her market and. when last heard
from, was not only drug but OBJ
jet of suspicion ut which the rigid
finger of Boston scOrn was beng indnstriOusly
pointed. The story of the downfall Of the nice
family horse from Boston's confidence is painful,
emphasizing as it docs mans inhumanity to man.
We nrc indebted for some of the particulars of tho
1drrfi,r. Mr.. Meade was in search of a nice
family horse lie found ono at the Lyndc Street
stable, and il was bargain If ever thcrc was one
II had cost ~ 800. but its guardian-Alagulre by
namc-c Vplancd To Meade that its owners father
having died It could be purchased for 5000 a pair
of $40 blankets being thrown in. When Meade re-
marked that he would buy If tho animal was
worthy of his condolences. Mcguire replied that his
srxtccn-ycar-od sister" had driven the nice
family horse. That settled il. Meade handed over
5000 aad got receipt reading Received of Mr..
Meade 5000 being in full for one bay mare war
rantcd good kind and gentle in any harness and
safe for any one to drive
The narrowing dHonemci is best told in Meade's
own words. a, they fell from his lips at police head
quarters:
arrived homo Friday the 2jth but the horse did
until the next day tried her and found her
anything but kind aud gentle. Sho kicked harness
OF and wOuld havo Kicked tho carriage pieces had
attempted to dryo her. After several attempts
to settle communicated the facts to the police.
OF course only one inference can be drawn from
Mcadc's sad experience. The nice family horse
was a base derclvrr. II had allowed Maguircs
"sixtccn-y ar-Jd sister to drive IT for purpose
IN order that it might the better impose upon
Meade. But Meade, who would seem to lack dis
crimnaton-lnd hcre is where mans inhumanity
10 man enters the transactiOn-nstead Of venting
his wrath upon the peridious bay mare that kicked
her harness off and yoamod to toss the carriage
higher than tho new star in AndrOmeda, actually
hal the brother of The "siXteru-ye sister" ar
rested The injustice OF this proceeding recalls
httlc narrative relating to another transaction in
horses 4 dealer was arrested because the animal
which he had sold being without fault of any
sort turned ont to bo blind &" admit that he was
blind when | parted with hIm." said the candid
dealer; "but blindness isn't the hosss fault; it's his
misfortune The buyer was mean enough not to be
satisfied with the explanation. Would. for the
sake % the reputation of the nice family horse of
Down East, that this case was as isolated rs il Ii
hcartrcnding. But it IS not it is not The iducr-
HsG reports police inspector as stating that he
knew many persons VINO had suffered as Meade
had, but they to 60 into court preferrng
10 settle by returning the horse and receiving back
about $50 on $780," The late Tom Appleton
OF Boston. once offered horse for SALE and stated
in the nd yerlsoment that the only reason he parted
with the animal was that Inc wished to leave
Boston," 1t turned ont that this nice family horse
of Applcon's invariably became bllky whom no
reached bridge and bis owner could not leave
Boston" without crossing bridge Perhaps poor
unsuspccting Mcguire bought tho horse from AD pie
ton. But, be that as IL may. it is clear that the
futuIc of B,ston'g nice family horse looks dark