Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1889-11-28
A REMARKABLE FRIENDSHIP.
TIE FAMOUS TRoTTER RARUs AND HIS
CANINE COMPANION.

t TIE FAMOUS TRoTTER RARUs AND HIS
CANINE COMPANION
Atlantic Monthly.
No sketch of Rarus would be complete
without some mention of his remarkable
friendship for dog. When the horse
was in California fireman gave to
Splan wiry haired Scotch terrier pup,
who was then 2 months old and weighed
when full grown only two pounds. Splan
in turn gave the pup to Dave, the groom
of Rarus, with the caution not to let the
horse hurt him, for on several occasions
Rarus had bitten dogs that ventured in
to his stall. But to this terrier, who is
described as possessing almost human
intelligence" the trotter took a great
fancy, which the deg fully returned
They became fast and inseparable
friends
'NOt only" said Mr.. Splan, "were they
extremely fond of each other, but they
showed their affection as plainly as did
ever man for woman. We never
took any pains to teach the dog any
thing about the horse. Everything he
knew came to him by his own patience.
From the time L took him to the stable
a pup until L sold Rarus they were never
separated an hour. We once left the dog
in the stall while we took the horse to
the blacksmith shop, and when we came
ha oh bn hnH do
everything there was in there trying to
get out, while the horse during the entire
journey was uneasy, restless and in gen.
eral acted as badly as the dog did.
''Dave remarked that he thought we
had better keep the horse and dog to-
gether after that. When Rarus went
to the track for exercise or to trot a race
the dog would follow Dave around and
sit by the gate at his side watching Ra-
rus with as much interest as Dave did.
When the horse was returned to the
stable after heat and was unchecked,
the dog would walk up and climb on his
forward legs and kiss him, the horse al
ways bending his head down to receive
the caress. In the stable after work was
over Jim and the horse would often
down Jim would climb on his back, and
in that way soon learned to ride him,
and whenever l led Rarus out to show
him to the public Jim invariably knew
what it meant, and it enhanced the value
Of the performance by the manner in
which he could get on the horses back.
On these occasions the horse was shown
The halter, and Jimmy, who learned to
distinguish these events from those in
which the sulky was used, would follow
Dave and Rarus out on the quarter
stretch, and then, when the halt was
made in front of the grand stand, Dave
would stoop down and in flash Jimmy
would jump on his back, run up to his
from there leap on the horses
back, and there he would stand, his head
nigh in the air and his tail out stiff be-
mind, barking furiously at the people"
When Rarus was sold to Mr.. Bonner,
5plan sent Jimmy with the horse, right
y Judging that it would be cruel to
separate them. But in Mr.. Bonner's
table there was bull terrier in charge,
md one day for some real or fancied af-
ront, the small dog attacked the large
me, the latter took Jimmy by the neck
md was fast killing him, but Rarus
leard his outcries, and perceiving that
lis little friend was in danger and dis
ress. pulled back on the halter till it
roke, rushed out of his stall and would
ave made short work of the bull ter
ier had he not been restrained by the
rooms