Madison times., 1888-01-14
HORSES.
some Stories OF Famed steeds and
TEeir ExploIts-The Faithful Mare
that saved Her Mate-The Old
standby That Would DrIll.

UpS SlaifN, anu 10 lhe very iOOl VI lousc>.
One day they went to the very top of
! ST. Paurs church, an immensely high
cdilice. They did various other things
that were almost as astonishing. When
I all England was talking about these
! feats Mr. Bank concluded to increase
his reputation, as well As that of his
horse, by a trip to Rome. Thither he
! Went. and the obedient horse followed
! his fond master to such great heights
/ that the story of his performances
reached the ears of the pope, and what
| do YOU think he did?
: Wanted 10 see the horse perform"
! Well, almost anybody would think 50;
| but this pope took quite different
! view of il. He didn't believe that
! horse could 20 to such dizzy heights
| unless evil spirits helped him. SO he
| Just made an end of the whole matter
| by ordering Mr.. Banks and his horse
| burned rs cnchanterS.
\ fishing party once drove TO Lake
! MinnetOnka. One of the gentlemen,
| the owner of a team, took his horses
and tied them apart To feed. lie en-
! tered a small cabin near by, thinking he
would rest and sleep until the return OF
the fishing party. He had hardly com
posed himself for Il nap when one of
! the horses that he had ed with a
strong rope galloped up to tine door and
ncighed. Thinking it strange that she
| should be loose, he hastcncd after the
horse, that had run eXctcdly away aS
soon as her master made preparation to
follow. To his surprise he found that
the mate had fallen into the lake, and
being entangled with the rope. 1t WAS
with the greatest difficulty that she
| could keep her head above water.
While he assisted the unfortunate horse
out of the trouble the SagaciOas and af-
fectionate mate showed bv her joy that
she understood that the master would
know Just what to do. She fully APP
preciated what his help was worth when
She managed to break the strong rope
so that she could bring that help to her
companion.
Horses, like BOYS. are creatures of
habit. A good while ago. when the
country was new. the New England
families rode to church on horse back.
sometime two or three with the help of
a pillion on the same horse. There
was one faithful creature that was for
years accustomed to this Sunday jour
ney. After time his services were no
longer needed and he was left in the
pasture. Long habit was strong upon
old DObbin, SO he quietly pulled down
the bars and walked demurely to
church, took his accustomed place un-
der spreading tree until the services
were over, aud then went back to his
pasture. This he repeated Sunday aft
er Sunday.
One dark night at late hour trav-
eier asked for lodging Al n country
tavern. After talking with the guest
for few moments the landlord sud-
denly turned pale as he asked: pray,
sir, which way did you Gomez The gen
tleman answered that he had come from
certain direction-the south. .'Impos-
sbler' exclaimed the landlord. ''for to-
day all the planks of that bridge were
removed for repairs - ''it may be so,"
exclaimed the man, but | have come
from such a town since noon" There
was no other possible way for the trav-
eler TO have come. and in the darkness
of the night he had trusted to the in
telligent animal he rode to keep the
way. While the master was wholly
unconscious of the perilous feat. tho
horse had actually walked the string
piece of a long bridge aud kept his foot
ing. The timber was scarcely foot
wide. Had it been in the daytime no
sane man would have dared to attempt
such a ride.
Napoleon had horse of which he
said: Il had horse that distinguished
me from the rest of the world, and
which manifested by his bounding and
naughty gait when / WAS upon his
back that he carried a man superior TO
those around him." Napoleon's beau-
tiful gray Arabian horse Marengo was
worthy to have borne n better man.
An old horse that had for many years
been ridden by Il commander when he
became disabled for such use was sold
to farmer. Several years after, when
he had been reduced from old age and
hard work TO meager Rosinante, he
was in the service OF backwoOds sur
veyors' assistants. 1t so happened
that not far from the land under. in
spection a large number OF volunteer
soldiers were drilling. When the. old
horse heard the fife and drum the mar
tial spirit took possession of him.
AWAY he went, over fences and bitches.
The Jerks and pulls from his rider were
of no avail. In front of the regimeptl
he took his place and cspered and
danced as well as his old legs would
let him. The civilian equestrian upon
his back could not induce him to leave
! the ground as long as the troops re-
mained there. 10 the great amuse-
ment of the volunteers and the no
small annoyance of his rider, he in
sisted upon marching into the town in
his chosen place.
One of the old writer's tells of horse
that was conscious of his triumphs.
When he was in the Olympian games
he would proudly direct his steps to
the tribunal of judges for his crown.
This same thing is related of several of
the fast troiters of America. As soon
rs the race is over they can not be re-
strained until they have stopped ut the
judges stand and had the bridle deco
rated W tn the winner S badge.
As a general thing horse is gentle
or vicious according to the treatment
he receives. Some wears since a
Bohemian baron had valuable sta
bile OF horses. which had gained the
unenyiabls reputation of producing
only vicious bruteS. SO he changed
fha Dnananannnt of H. s.,hI,. II