The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1892-05-08

latter deprived of about three-ffths Its nat
ural length. Ask her reason for this prefer.
ence and she could not give one to save her
life - possibly because no good reason
exists. If he should happen to switch his
tail over the rens, or get notion into his
head contrary to the idea that she holds Of
how he should travel, or where be should
go, she is practically helpless. AS to the
animals requiring any special care. beyond
not being driven too fast. she simply has
never thought Of such thing. l once drove
with a friend on trip of many miles. Our
time was limited, the business urgent, and
the horse, a strong, swift, well-kept animal.
had to do pretty good service. When we
reached our destination he was very hot
Before we tie and go into the house,, said
my companion, solicitous for the comfort OF
the beast, 'let us first drive over 70 that
trough and give this poor animal good
drink"
She was very much surprised when i eX-
planned to Der the probable result OF such a
proceeding, and looked on with great inter-
est while | blaDketed the horse, let down
his head and carefully tied him where no
draft might strike him during the half hour
he would have to wait for Us. Yet her hus-
band owned fine horse which she fire.
Quently drove. Probably the fact that few
women ever drive fast enough to heat a
horse accounts for the fact that the animals
are not more frequently foundered by them,
horse when it is warm. aud in the kindly
consideration of their tender hearts that Is
the very thing they would be likely to do.
told my friend on that occasion that she
might let her horse drink, and drink freely,
If she was intending to drive right on, but
if be was going TO stand, even for five min
utes, he must have no water. If she remem-
bers the leason her husband may some day
be spared the loss of Il useful animal.
There are a few things every woman who
has occasion to drive horse ought to know.
First Of all, then, she should know how to
harness. "GraciousW exclaims some fair
reader II should never drive If l had to
know that" Yet fully half the accidents
happening to women drivers are the result
of something going wrong with the harness,
that could have been remedled IN mo-
ment had they known enough to detect the
fault. l once knaw OF two women who
were driving down hill road with q
gentle, well-trained horse, who 'held back"
molly on the steep incline. Poor thing"
said one tender-hearted driver. "how that
strap must hurt his legs. l am going to get
out and fix it," So she got out and care
fully upbuckled the breeding. then climbed
in and they resumed their journey They
reached the foot of the hill somewhat sooner
than they had anticipated, and only the fact
that the horse had good deal more sense
than they possessed saved them from fear
full accident. He was obliged to run, and
never could understand the shrieks Of
laughter with which the men at home
greeted the account Of their escapade.
That was doubtless regular woman
trick, and the only blunder | ever heard of
to equal it was perpetrated by young man
and myself was the victim. sat in my buggy
In front of a business Office in small coun-
try town, when this knowing youth stepped
up and, informing me there was something
wrong with the bride, slipped it from the
horses head before could guess his inten-
ton. My only means Of controlling the
horse gone, the animal was off in an in
stant and never stopped running until,
with broken harness and shattered rig,
the next town was reached. l was left on
the ground about halfway between the two
places, somewhat the worse for the expert
ence, but considerably wiser-one result of
the accident being that every horse have