Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-05-08

Ing Tn" stirrUp-irOn. which dangIed gracefuIIv
upon H. seat maintained almost entirely y bal
ai4ce JACK was ON an old GriInsiey saddle a
h4Sh-eaheu, nrf.>S-oOund affair. lin the artiI-
uIlNef Dc brass stirrup, which intensified
the apparen ,awkwariness of his seat But Lack
s!oGchlnS IN his saddle The march was one
thing, and JACK in battle, gaI.oping over tie
most Iirp-.sSsDie ground with I. hand as light as
u ~oiil1ii AID a. strong "a, steel, was another
anu Jack IN ali the glory SIX Jacket and I'm n
tops upon u E'eii-hiting hunting saddle Was stil
ai4oJAci IEci4 ne 5e',siiItc the very uea ideal
% the gentleman rider / have seen a great
ccdI oI SOO0 rough riding from Dennis Ready
anu Captain Pepper and Clement AiIOv,.y ana
captain Lives u The day OF Pat Meany and
Douohue. but such a combination OF the wildes,
Insanity Oi courage and Judgment that could
walt patiently ior the last SIX strides l have
never seen The marvellous part of IL was his
faculty OF lnoculating his horses with (inssin
W iiat the professional OF to-day does with the
highest OfGl anu BEST scilOOled animal that
graduates from the Hat mot the best school
however for the heidi, he did with some scrub
licAed UP, heaven knows where, TOR Door lack
Was always luiPccUnious, and his best charger
Oh ki.sper, Was actually a condemned govern.
Nient horse.
uncomnonly heat little black cob, and being in
d hurry he took him over quite "A fence In great
stSle- gave HIM no peace until had effected
u TRADE anu got the little brute. He WAS the
Nerlest COW ever backed In my whole life (
could not get hiIn To look at a fence much less
Take IL, AMI lac was SO utterly worthless tina.
actually have forgotten what became of him
Just lost hitil, anu only prayed that he m ixit
never turn up again. Old Jasper could not
Iea44y gel higher thai. .hree feet six at his very
best, but IN jacks hands he negotiated rail.
fences anu sione-walls of five by Smashing the
Top rails III one case. and learning 10 top in true
Cat fashion n the other.
But u Was In crossing water that Jacks s,nerb
courage seemed To transform his horse In was
picture 10 see old Rasper come rushing M 4,
1oufteen-lOo, stream, and note the hand slightly
Ialseu JUS as his fore hOOfs reached the last foot
OF SOLO t&klng-oH ground, and the exactly ap-
pileQ iorcc with which he was taken up iii the
landing side was bad or low ground When
Jack had = drop too much-and regret To saw
that LIE sometimes had several drops too mnc5
the things that kasper did and occasionally
declined to do were paralyzing. Once Jack at
tempted Ia ride him down a bank about thirty
1eet high, with u slope considerably sleeper than
The exterior slope OF parapet. OF course Ra,per
1eli, and rolled from the top TO the bottom
Jack, with an air of intense disgust, seized him
by the tail, with the remark, III ye don't like
going down, be CAD I'll try how yen like going
up" And il was with some difficulty that passers
by succeeded in demonstrating 10 him that he
could not improve Kasper's looks by pulling his
tail out by the roots The crowning glory was
Jacks appearance on grand occasions In full
military ngure-gold1aced cap and jacket, q
broad gold-embroidered cross-beit elasped with
. lions head, supporting an enameted leather
cartridge-boX, a saber-ttsche OF the same ma
terial hanging by long sings, SO as TO just clear
the top OF neat-ntting and polished Hessian
boot He certainly looked and was the ideal
aide-de-canp, and If he had only been as we'll
mounted as such a horSeman deserved 70 be he
would have graced the staff of even such q swell
o d.R.H. the Duke OF Cambridge.
Then there was John Blake, Of the Eighty