Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1885-07-18
NR. WEITMARsHs COLT.

is called breaking. He thought an
animal should be trained, not
broken, So he bought colt. He
handled the colt himself, all the
Spring, and got it so the colt knew
him, and would come when he
called it. The colt would let Mr..
Whitmarsh pick up it's feet, and
would "stand over" either side,
Mr.. Whitmaish wanted it. to, and
he thought it time to train it to
ride.
Day before yesterday, Mr.. Whit
marsh concluded he would ride the
colt, and he proposed to do it with
out help. He caught the colt, and
put bride and saddle on it, and
placing his foot in the stirrup
vaulted lightly on its back. The
colt stood perfectly quiet, and Mr..
Whitmarsh was much pleased, at
its docility. but, stan ding still, al
though good enough rs far as it
went, was not enough, and Mr..
Whitmarsh urged the colt to pro-
coed. The colt failed to proceed,
and Mr.. Whitmarsh gave it q gen.
tie dig in the ribs, with his heels,
az a mild hint, which hint was not
understood, or was ignored, az the
colt stood still.
This was not getting along very
well, and Mr., Whitmarsh, who had
provided himself with Il whip,
struck the colt a blow with it.
Then the ball opened. The colt
jumped about six feet right straight
up in the air, and came down stiff
legged, which proceeding some
what jolted Mr.. Whitmarsh, and
while he was slightly dazed by
the conclusion, the colt shot out to
the right, and then back to the left,
and then right ahead, and stopped
very suddenly at picket fence.
Mr. Whitmarsh decided not not tc
stop, and kept on over the fence
on the other side of which was some
freshly plowed ground, on which
he landed uuhurt. He had invol
UNFAIRLY held on to the reins, il
his progress, and when he hat
taken them with him as far as they
reached, he let them go. AS they
slipped from his hand they caugh
on one of the pickets of the fence
and there was the colt hitched t,
the fence, as nicely as if done de
liberately, Mr.. Whitmarsh say
he didit on purpose. Possibly h
did.
He climed back over the fenc
, and mounted the colt again, deter
, mined to be more careful this time
As before the colt stood still, an
at the application of the whip
: jumped and plunged, but MI
s Whitmarsh kept his seat, and use
g his whip arm, at a very lively rate
8 The colt tried whirling around
but to no purpose, and finding MI
Whitmarsh proof against ordinar
measures, suddenly began to rur
!, kicking and plunging as he went
, He ran close to trees, fences c
houses, anything that offered a
opportunity of brushing Mr.. Whit
k marsh off, but Mr.. Whitmarsh Sc
e him like on Indian. He ra
: through Mr.. Triplet's Apiary an
e upset several beehives, and tn
y bees pursued the colt and his rider
and urged greater speed by numel
Gus stings, causing the colt to be
come reckless, and to increase hi
speed. He jumped fences or brok
3 through them. He dashed rigf
across the bayou, through tn
. water, falling as he went through
and covering Mr.. Whitmarsh wit
mud and water, and tearing up th
}. bank, and rushing through yarc
II he accomplished by accident, wh'
n he could not do by design-unsca
N ed Mr.. Whitmarsh. For as h
g. ran through the yard. he passe
g under a clothes line, which, stril
Is ing Mr.. Within arsh on the necl
II landed him fiat of his back, on Il
ground, senseless.
1T 1t was thought as first that h
Ie neck was broken, but it WASH
d 1t was pretty badly hurt thong
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