Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1889-12-22
RARUs AND JIMMY.
Re marksble Friendship Between the P.
nous Trotter isud Scotch Terrier.
Atlantic N0Hthll.

Re charitable Friendship Between the P.
nous Trotter isnd a Scotch Terrier,
Atlantic Monthly.
No sketch OF Rarus would be complete
without some mention of his remarkable
friendship for dog. When the horse va,
in California a fireman gave TO Spsn
wiry. haired Scotch terrier pup, which vas
then two months old, and weighed, waeB
full grown, only two pounds. Splan /,
turn gave Jimmy, as the pup was called
to Dave, the groom Of Rarus, with he
caution not to let the horse hart him. d,
on several occasions Rarus had bitten 3,g
that ventured into his stall. But to@,
terrier, which is described as possessp
almost human intelligence, tho troaei
took great fancy, which the dog fully re.
turned. They became fast and inse9ara
BILE friends.
Not only" said Mr. Splan, "were they
extremely fond of each other, bu they
showed their affection as plainly as lid
ever q man for a woman. We never took
any pains to teach the dog anything about
the horse. Everything the dog knew came
TO him by mis- own patience. From The
time I took him 10 the stable pup Until
/ sold R4rus they were Fever separated an
hour. We once left the dog in the stall
while we took the horse to the blacksmith
shop, and when we came back we found
that he had made havoc with everything
there was in there trying 20 get out, while
the horse, during the entire journey, was
uneasy, restless and in general acted az
badly sd the dog did.
''Dave remarked that be thought We hsd
better keep the horse and dog together
after that When Rarus went to the track
for exercise or to trot a race, the dog would
follow Dave around and cit by the gale at
his side, watching Rams with as much in
terest ss Dave did. When the horse was
returned to the stable after the heat and
was unchecked, the dog would walk up
and climb on his forward legs and kiss
him, the hOrse always bending his head
down to receive the caress. In the stable,
after work was over, Jimmy and the horse
would often frOlic like two boys. II the
horse lay down Jimmy would climb on his
back, and in that way soon learned TO
ride him, and whenever led
Rarus out to show him TO the public Jimmy
invariably knew what it meant, and il en-
HANGED the value OF the performance by
the manner in which he could get on the
horses back. Ga these occasions the
horss was shown the halter, aud 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 a fash Jimmy
would Jump on his back, run uD TO hs
shoulder, from there leap on IN. horses
back, and there he would stand, bis head
nigh ia the air and his tail out STIFF oe-
hind, barking furiously AZ the people.
When Rsrus was sold 10 Mr.. Bonner
Splan sent Jimmy with the horse, rightly
judgiUg that it would be cruel to separate
them. Bat ia Mr.. BOnner's stable there
was bull terrier in charge, aud one day,
when for some real or fancied afffont, the
small dog attacked the larger one, the lat
ter took Jimmy by the meek and was fast
killing him, but Rirus heard his Outcries,
and perceiving that his little friend was in
dagger and distress, pulled back OF the
halter till it broke, and rushed ont Of his
stall, and would have made short work Of
the ball terrier had he not been restrained
by the grOOms.