, 1889-11-13
a REMARKABLE faignDsAie
Existing Between the Famous Trott>s
Rsrus ard His Dog Companion

R&rus ard His Dog Companion
No sketch Of Rarus would be COM
plete without some mention of his re-
markable friendship for a dog. When
the horse was in California a fireman
gave TO Splan a wiry haired Scotch
terrier pup, who was then two 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 Ra-
rus had bitten dogs that ventured into
his stall. But 10 this terrier, who is
described as possessing almost hui
man intelligence" the trotter took
a great fancy, which tho dog fully re-
turned They became fast and insep-
arabic friends.
Not only" said Mr.. Splan, 'were
they extremely fond of each other, but
they showed their affection as plain
ly as did ever a man for a woman
We never took any pains TO teach the
dog anything about the horse. Every
thing he knew came TO him by his
own patience. From the time l took
him 10 the stable a pup until / sold
Rarus they were never separated an
hour. We C left the dog in the
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blacksmith shop, and when we came
back we found he had made havoc
with everything there was in there in
trying TO get out, while the horse,
during the entire journey, was I'M
easy. restless, and in general acted as
badly as the dog did. Dave remarked
that he thought we had better keep
the horse and dog together after that.
When Rarus went to the track for ex-
ercise or to trota race the dog would
follow Dave around and sit by tho
gate at his side watching Rarus with
as much interest Us Dave did. When
the horse returned to the stable after a
heat and was unchecked, the dog
would walk up and climb up on his
forward legs and kiss him, the horse
always bending his head down to re-
ceive the caress. In the stable, after
work was over, Jim and the horse
would often frolic like two boys. II
the horse lay down Jim would climb
on his back, and in hat way soon
learned TO ride him, and whenever /
led Rarus out to show him to the pub
lie, Jim invariably knew what it
meant, and II enhanced the value of
the performance by the manner he
would get on the horses back. On
these occasions the horse was shown
the halter, and Jimmy, who learned
10 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 flash Jimmy would jump on
his back, run up to his shoulder, from
there leap on the horses back, and
there he would stand, his head high in
the air and his tail stiff out behind,
barking furiously at the people"
When Rarus was sold to Mr.. Bon
ner Splan sent Jimmy with the horse,
rightly judging that it would be cruel
10 separate them. But in Mr.. Bonner's
stable there was a bull terrier in
charge, and one day when, for some
real or fancied a~ffront, the small dog
attacked the larger one, the latter took
Jimmy by the neck and was fast kill
ing him, but Rarus heard his outcries,
and p%erceiving hat his little friend
was in danger and distress, pulled back
on the halter till it broke, rushed out
OF his stall and would have made
short work OF the bull terrier had he
not been restrained by the grooms.-
Atlantic Monthly.