Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-07-08
TALES N OLD ERAYELERs.
lncidents Illustrating Some Traits In
Animals.
HOW AN EpIroR TRAINED VICIOUS HoRsE-A
LITTLE GIRL sLEErs UNFRAMED AMONG
I WILD BEAsrS

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HOW AN EpTToR TRAINED A VICIOUS HoRsE--A
LITTLE GIRL sLEErs UNNAMED AMONG
WILD BEASTS
FROM the New York Times
~ cannot believe that animals in their fury
as well as in their fears do not distinguish be-
tween person and person." began DIR. Russell,
better known here as "Bull Run" Russell.
He spoke at the dining table Of the Queens
hotel, Pietermaritzburg, Natal. some time after
the death OF the Prince Imperial had made that
colony and its neighbor, Zululand, more famous
than either Of them had ever expected 10 he.
Col. Sparks stabb, then OF the Thirty-second,
Forbes and whole host of correspondents and
officers, all men of travel, and nearly all ofthem
ssportsmen, took up the conversation, which
eoT Of G ,Se Nsrg su ,s s@rs The
country with beautiful Arabian named III
Sirat and desiring 10 get another mount he
liarly dark bay, Of most vicious temper, four
years OLD, The property OF Geodry oConneli,
Wba g1hhn a in, oil the famous Daniel
brute the hotel keeper and Others warned
him against the attempt to ride the animal, as
Moroc was spoiled horse. His owner, 0'Con-
nell, having a vicious temper, had utterly de-
stroyed that of the horse, which threw every
one who mounted him. and was only subdued
nor his own use by OCouneil amer furious con-
tests, which occurred each time of amounting, and
in which whip, spurs and all the aids TO savage
",
often unsuccessfully. The horse had been con-
queror nearly as often as the man. hence his
certain viciousness. The editor said he would
take his chances, and would. although he did
innch.dreaded Moioc without whip or spur I'm IN
bought ana pTg iSe Sors a Sss E a
night he led into Morpcs stable his own beauti-
full tame Arabian aud put him alongside OF the
bay. The odd circumstance about this per-
| Torrance was that he LEFT his saddle on I'll
Straits back and threw the bride into the
Manager between the heads of the two horses
and as neither of them possessed stable vices
FL sirat had not laid down; he never did lie
down while under saddle. At O'Clock a num-
per Of persons were on hand to see the expert
| ment, but the editor warned them to keep out
of sight lest Moroc should by their presence be-
come excited. He then went into the stable
stroked and patted both animals, calling them
by their names, Then he put his bride from
saddle from FL Sirat and put II also in the man
| ger, between the horses heads, and went out
again aaaea asa Ii es s ihef
halters both horses into the open air. Then
came the critical moment. Intention was
| the two horses close together, Moroc on the
| near or mounting side, with halter tied up and
the rens
holding in his right hand FL Straits halter.
Both horses moved oft together without strug-
beast more confidence, he pushed into canter,
and then, as Moroc showed no resistance, into
sd hand gsop In guar,asT Of mile he threw
alone, never slackening his speed till ne came
| to the pext station, 10 miles away. From that
hour Moruc was as tame with the editor as pos
sible, needing no punishment and showing no
fear.
| an incident almost proving that one horse
taught the other what TO expect from his mas
ter A transport officer next told how he was
once in charge of a train of wagons at klipskeir,
alonely part OF the Orange free state, where the
farms were miles apart and the road ran mere
tran over the plains between them; He found
| the ground six miles to the rear al hating
place, apd he walked back in search of it. On
the road he encountered two large boodhounds
Of the Boer breed, which he presumed belonged
to the Boer through whose vast farm or run the
| him. He got his shawl and reioined his train al
| daylight, and few hours later was startled by
| being oyetaken by country buggy driven a,
who besought surgical assistance for a couple
Of tramps that had been torn almost to pieces
by their dogs in the night a few miles to the
| rear. They were the same dogs the officers had
| seen, and the question was how did they dis
tinguish an officer and a gentleman from the
who, it appeared, had offered them no voluntary
| violence? Russell declared that was clear
enough: the guilty minded tranps had mani
tested signs OF fear and hesitancy at sight OF the
distinct objects his shawi.had paid no timid
f. .es Tste sa what
shall tell you is the most wonderful thing ever
heard OF, but " Is true, proyable, and occurred
troop Of lions sparins chiids life, and at night
far from any habitation?" Every one drank In
silence. and the COLI, proceeded: "in 1872
poses, northward from Kuruman, past Marco
on the edge of the desert, right up TO Limpopo
81 We n with es a
H
| with the usual hospttality-tobacco coffee con
versation, and a little Holland gin, and at night
the usual measures having been taken to Sc
cure our stock from attack or dispersal, We slep
the sleep Of the elephant hunter,' a much
sounder one, by the way, than that of the 'just,
who are intoierabIy restless people at times
daashterss 81 the ssf famous shot and lion killer
81 hour er 90 aa ea Ss nd hsf in
missed she s was lost Our encampment Wa wa.
measure Of security adopted because the actual
bottom and banks are at night positively in
wild Wien eaa SqTa S 10
at the watering places of their weaker neigh.
bors. It was dark and no trail of the little girl
or under the vast forest trees of Che river mar.
gin, while wild beasts OF adj sorts could be heard
passing and repassing, roaring, moaning, yell
or at 1f e
victims TO one another. No hope was enter
Sa Of q daWn R9oH n Boer
all good fueldsfmen and very experienced
| crackers, commenced a search for the child.
1, with Captain Patterson, rode with
the unfortunate father. Before the sun
was an hour high the little one was
found asleep In the center of a clump OF
giant mimosae, quite near the river. For the
affecting incidents of the moment none of you
WOULD care. The Interest OF the lind tor Inc lay
In the fact that the sand right through and
everywhere with the spoor of lions, and their
| footmarks Were plainly Visible every where be-
| tween that point and the river. How had the
child escaped being devoured? When awakened
by her father she expressed neither surprise MOI
any especial pleasure as one saved from DEATH
| but was simply glad to see him and that he had
brought horse SO that she could ride back to
WtWere You not afraid? Katerina. were you
not AFRAID to be alone here In such place away
from mother and me last nights" asked the big
'".No, pa; the big dogs played with me and
| were very good, and one Of them lay here and
kept me warm said the innocent unprompted
child, Indicating the spot where truly was the
mark Of soiiie Vast recumbent form beside that
| left by herself which hardly indented the sand.
Now there were no dogs footmarks or spoor
abont; there were no dogs in That part of the
country nor kindly animals Of any sort. The
child HAD slept with and been protected by
lions. The girl stu lives and Col Stabb is still
In the British army"
Early New Englanders.
SOME OF THE s'YtRTPFs" CONSPICUOUS n THE
EARLY PURITAN FATHERS
Rev. Dr.. Parkhurst In the North American Review.
| It is part Of the history OF the old church at
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