Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1891-07-17
BURDeTTE's PHILOSOPHY.
A Few Entirely Original Stories About a
EaVorite Horse

writer in Harper's Magazine saws that a
morse when tied in the stable should ALWAYS
DE Kept with his head so that he NAV see the
l9SserS by and the other horses, aud TINS
ahuse and occupy himself That is a GOOD
plan, but think mine is still better. | own
one of these intelligent horses myself. | have
never hotlced MN politely passing hayn to
lhe other horses IN the stable, but possibly
that Is because there are no other horses
nave frequently observed him dividing his
oats with the hens, which is much the same
thing. And he has the hay fever. lust like
folks" Yes, indeed. But | was going IN
speak about making provision for his hours
IN the stable. When he is to be left alone
any length of time, we always place the
morning paper, copy of The Nation and a
late magazine or two in his feed box, and he
looks over them with great interest
On one occasion he SO plainly resented my
taking away late magazine, a number con
tanning some wonderful stories about real
dogs which | wished to show to the terra
Gotta pug, that l looked to see what article 50
deeply interested the noble animal. | found
he was in the midst of a bright sketch of
travel in the 'Feed-ye Islands, Don't tell
me horse hasn't human intelligence. The
of the remarkable intelligence of animals are
coarse and unintelligent people, who know
nothing about animals The more people
study their brute companions, the more
clearly and correctly do they understand.
neigh comprehend them Look at the wild
Indian, what he doesn't know about horses
isn't worth knowing And he believes his
horse will go to heaven with him. Whether
tl,a h-,.- h,,lI - al
heaven or not, we have no means as vet of
ascertaining
This horse of mine, am confident, has
opinions on the subject, because one of his
favorite books is Barns N Oats on Tim
othy." He is, however, grieve to say, a
heartless sort of brute; the sound of whoa
never moves him. Like all well bred horses,
he has certain sense of humor, and one dav.
when my little boy quoted, in his presence.
the line, How tall was Alexander, paf' the
intelligent animal Immediately replied, BOX
stall, and burst into a horse laugh.
Upon one occasion, when everything on the
road had passed us, | overheard him saving
to himself, softly, 1T pace to 90 slow" He
Is horse of contented disposition although
sorrow has left her traces along his ribs. |
had to get the rest of the harness myself.
Like all intelligent horses, he likes to be
amused and played with. | used to play with
my horses a great deal, to keep them from
becoming low spirited and homesick. But |
haven't, for long while, now Last time |
had any fun with horse he was new one.
noticed that he seemed out of tune with his
environment. He Wore his ears fiat back on
his neck and had his eyes rolled back and held
in place with white folds of the same He
looked about as companionable and pleasant
as Umatilla cayuse. So | thought | would
go in and brisk him up with a little game
He didn't seem to understand Halma or
Parchesi, nor Fox and Geese, as the story
book horses do, so | proposed a game of
romps as something more suited to his UNI
cultured mind. l smote him "a resounding
thwack under the bosom, after the manner
of horsemen, and cried gaily: Come up and
come Over!'
He did both at once. Igot down and went
under. My man, who was bedding strawber-
ries on the sunny side of the barn, said if
had told him | was going to come out of that
window he would have left it open. Still it
made no great difference. 1t was a cheap
window, anyhow; l don't suppose the whole
thing cost more than eighty-seven cents,
glass and all.
Eth? You say "sOme of these wonderful
stories about horses are hard to believer
Nonsense; you get horse or a dog of your
own. In six weeks you'll believe anything
you tell about either of them. But will other
people? Well, yes that is they will believe
as much OF your story as you believe of
theirs; what more do you want?-Burdette
in Brooklyn Eagle.