The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1885-07-11
The Horse and His Rider.

From the London Society
The sagaCIOuS horse expects that
his master or rider shall be fully COM
petent to perform his share of the
business. \ horse soon learns to de-
spise timid rider. The confidence of
| a horse in a firm rider and his own
| courage is great, as was conspicuously
evinced in the case of an Arab pos
sessed by the late Gen. Sir Robert r.
Gillespie, who being present on the
race course of Calcutta during one OF
| the great HindOO festivals, when sew
eral thousand people may be assem-
| bled to witness all kinds OF shows,
was suddenly alarmed by the shrieks
of the crowd, and informed that a
tiger had escaped from his keeper. Sir
| Robert Immediately called for his
! horse, and grasping a boar spear,
| which was in the hands of one of the
| crowd, rode to attack his formidable
enemy. The tiger was probably
amazed at finding himself in the mid
| die OF such a number of shrieking be-
ings, flying from him in all directions;
| but the moment he perceived Sir Rob
ert he crouched with the attitude of
preparing to spring at him, and the
instant the gallant soldier passed his
horse in a leap over the tigers back
and struck the spear through his spine.
The horse was a small gray, afterward
sent home by him, a present to the
Prince Regent. When Sir Robert fell
at the storming OF Kalunga his favor
ite black charger, bred at the Cape of
Good Hope and carried by him to
| India, was at the sale of his effects
competed for by several officers of his
division, and finally knocked down to
the privates Of the Eighth Dragons,
who contributed their prize money to
the amount OF $500 sterling to retain
this commemoratiOn Of their late com
mander. Thus the charger was always
led at the head of the regiment on a
march, and at the station of Gavin
pore was INDUCED with taking his an
cient station at the color stand, where
! the salute OF passing squadrons was
given at drills and reviews. When the
regiment was ordered home, the funds
OF the privates running low, ne was
bought for the same sum by party,
who provided funds and paddock for
him, where he might end his days in
comfort, but when the corps had
marched, and the sound OF trumpet
| had departed, he refused to eat, and on
the first opportunity, being let out to
| exercise, he broke from his groom, and,
galloping to his ancient station on the
parade, after neighing aloud, dropped
down and died.
Women in New York Hotels.
had some curiosity recently to find
| out what proportion OF guests in New
York hotels is made up of women. OF
| the transient guests it is only a triie
! over One-tenth. In a count of 100
/ guests at each OF four of the principal
| hotels | found eight, six, nineteen and
/ eleven women. In making this enumer-
alton | took only the latest arrivals.
/ In some of the hotels women are not
/ desired. In no hotel of the first class
/ can a woman who comes alone find &C
/ COmmOdariOuw without an introduction
/ or some evidence OF her respectability.
4 This IS the only safeguard OF the hotel
I against scandal. At one of the lead
1 ing hotels, | heard yesterday that two
/ ladies who had entered the cafe and
/ sat down to order a meal, were asked
1 to retire because they were unknown.
I This, too, in a hotel which has the
reputation OF being a hotel for men,
but Is desirous ofsecuringfemaleguests
to change this reputation.
/ IL harness a man has lifted $500
I pounds, this result having been
achieved only by allowing every mus
/ Gle to act simultaneously to its fullest
| capacity. and under the most advan-
/ tg0pOUS CiTeIIunSt aDceS