Madison times. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1884-1???, 1888-01-14

horses, This love of the noble animal |
reached lis absurd climax in the case
of the mad Caligula." He invited his
fayorite horse to sup with him and gave
him food from golden vessels. This
same horse was stabbed in a palace.
fed from marble manager with gilded
oats. He was made high priest and
afterward raised to the consulship.
Eerus. another Roman emperor,
erected 4 statue of gold to his favorite
horse. When he died he was buried
with great pomp. all the dignitaries of
the empire attending. A magnitice mt
monument was erected for him on
Vatican hill.
Copenhagen, the charger that the
duke of Wellington rode at Waterloo,
lived to be q years old. He was
buried with military honors. which he
richly deserved. Upon that memorable
day when the battle of Waterloo was
won Wellington rode his famous war
horse seventeen and a half hours with
out once dismouhting.
The skeleton of Marengo, the horse
that Napoleon rode at the same battle,
is in one of the museums at London.
When Columbus came to America
| there were no horses on this continent
De VEGA, Spandiard, brought the first
to the mainland at Florida in 1927.
Cortez carried the horses into Mexico,
and Pizarro into Peru. In the uucer-
tain warfare that was waged some
of these horses We're abandoned
in the wilderness. From these have
sprung the great herds that sweep
over the western prairies of North
America and the pampas of South
America. Travellers tell us that herd,
ten thousand strong are seen feeding
on the plains extending from la Plata
to Patagonia. They say it is grand tC
see these untamed creatures, startled
suddenly, with name and tail erect %
flying over the PLAIN. Byron wrote a.
though, somewhere in his wanderIngs
he had seen such a herd:
The steeds rush on in plunging pride;
But where are they the rens to guides
A thousand horse and none to ride.
With flowing tail and flying name.
Wide nostrils, never stretched by pain,
Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein,
And feet that iron never shod,
And fanks unscarred by spur or rod.
thousand horse, the wild, the free!
Like waves that follow DER the sea.
1t is great sport for the half-wil
hunters, upon the outskirts Of civiliza
ton, to catch and tame these wild
free creatures.
I There Is hardly country now tina
, does not have wild horses. They ar
| found in different parts of Africa, j
Australia, on the plains of Asia, an
I there are even some kinds that live i
. mountainous places. At the north the
r are small and have shaggy coats. I
: adapt them to the long, cold winter
, Upon the plains of Tartary very larg
, herds are found. ..-
A With a Kalmuck or Tartar courtshi
, INV stories must end to-day.
0 These people of northwestern AS
: almost live on horseback, the wOme
$ as well as men. When . young ma
) finds girl that he wants for wife,
: makes known his wishes. The pa
mount upon fleet horses. and then con
: mences race for n wife. the girl bein
= given a little start If she does m
] fancy the wooer she manages to elut
: him. The young women are such goo
/, riders that there is very seldom an III
: willing bride. Ifshe wants to be caugl
a then she plans the pace of the horse $
: rs to be overtaken; but, if not shefli'
= with the speed of the wind, and !
g must indeed have fleet steed wi
- wonld win an unwilling maid to dive
e in his tent.-CleUeland Pain Dealer.