Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1890-06-13
LOGGED HORSES.
Singular Effects of the Loco or Rattle
Weed Upon Horse Sense.

SinguIsr Effects of the Loco or Rattle
Weed Upon Horse Sense.
Col :Juan n Mccarthy Of rol;forn;a
sat alone at table in tho Hofrnoa,, horse
ne,.vous1v finoarino, tho hio, Of
bis watch cbai,>and wondor;,,e, ,rho+ bod
become of all the men of b;s ac,,,o;T+anca
He wanted somebody to boor III, Ill o,d
he was inst about To se,,d fon p;1l,, "a
wards and ask him to brine, so,aoho5,, in
nv nn.in forca WHOM bic 90 fo1I ,1,,o,, -
man who was known tn hin, GO a ,.opd lie
tener. The colonel sboved bic s1o,,oh hooI
and chcar;Iv said sIi +harap, Mhan - 10
added "Yon,ra met the r,an 1na,,tad ~
see y
ssDid Won ever see a 1ocoad borso 81, cold
the colonel "Of course vo,, notar a;d hnt
was reminded of tbe sIhiect INV coo;no, +bo
term used in last Snnday,s S,n r. .
suhiect tbot causes more are,,,,oa,+ and
row among the stockmnn nf Ca1ifornia
than the nrice of beef ever did 1oooad
horse il the worst niece of nroI,ertv ,,o,,
can own. next to q corner lot in an addition
to a bursted boom town Won neve,. can
tell what the critter will do nor whom he
will do II Ea kabavas .s tbo,oh 10 ,r-oro
half asleen most of the tima inf ;rs+ ubon
he ought to be asleen he'll do more fool
things than Won can keen cases IN IF yo,,
stake him out near camp he'll wind him.
self all I'D in the stake rome until he CONT
walk. and then he'll suddenly nretend tbat
something has frightened him and begin
to kick and snort and turn sornarsanits
The racket awakens Won and sunnosino
that panther has inmnad tho borsa Won
rush ont TO helm him r. t,l,os yo,, ton
minutes to 11ntanple the horse and sc coon
as he gets upon his feet he kicks ct Won or
knocks voI1 down with bis stnnid old bo.d
And then vo,,,ro sorrv =. ,on+hon -.
tackled him
'"The Iocoad horse NAV have been nsed
under saddle all his life. but some dav
when Won want to saddle him he will dis.
cover that the blanket is q rayenous mons
ter that wants to devour him and Won
can't get anywhere near the brlte IF hos
tied up Won have to emit the rome 70 save
him from dislocatino his neck in his efforts
TO escape from that h,oodtbirstv saddle
blanket Such tricks as Vino down in tho
middle of croalr or t1,mblina boo1s o,1ar
head into n bunch of cactus vou,ve pot tn
be prenared for at any time
q remember a locoed horse that Sam
Beacham had when we were prospecting
on the Castac Sam Thought that nluo
was a Jim dandy. and wouldn,t admit that
he was locoed Billy had the meanest gait
YOU ever saw. something between lonino
and pacing. and he snorted with every
breath he drew. If YOU tried to lead him
he'd fall down in more ways than a circus
clown could think of, and sometimes when
he stuck his nose into pan of barley his
lurid imagination would transform each
grain into a sea serpent or a roaring wop.
locomotive and tumbling down Hill over
his own feet.
"You want to know the cause of loco:
Well, that's what the stockmen quarrel
about. Most people believe that the loco
plant is responsible for the disease. It.
low plant that grows in plenty all over the
semi-barren land of the west. 1t bears
pods that become very dry in the summer
and rattle when the wind moves them, ]
don't know the botanical name, but one OF
the non11lar names is trattla xuaad /, r. IL