Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-11-03
WATCHED JIMMY RIDE.
A Long Wished-For Moment Ar
rived at Last.
He Had Boosted of His uorscmanship,
But tho Horse Had Monopoly on
Fcats When He Attempted to
Display His Skill.

ahNiS uiS u bicut iuduy WOlHcH WHO
& like TO ride. Not few of them have
experienced moro or less difficulty in
providing themselves with proper es-
(, cort A woman to whom n good horse
Il and pleasant bit of country road are
an unspeakablc JOY, woman, too, who
is well-lsnown throughout the United
{ States, tells the following tale of woe
in which she played an important al
though not the principal part. That
! was left for the man in the case. 81
/ had heard my lawful licgc, Jimmy,
boast thousand times of his horse
!, manship when boy, and had OBJ
served his fine critical air whenever
looking upon any equestrian display"
she says. 'As a faithful and loving
spouse should had been deeply i'm
pressed and naturally had strong de-
sire to see him perform.
My requests in this direction were
always sufficient TO set him relating
the legend of his wonderful feats with
marvellous Indian pony he once owned
when he was lad.
I'VE never went to circus that he
did not tell the oft-rcpeatcd romance of
his youth, to the envious exclusion of
most of the clowns perennial jokes.
Through all the vaultings and agile
deeds of the bareback rider he wore a
superior and ennuicd air, and with n
shrug of the shoulders exclaimed: %,
why don't they give us some thing new?
did that years ago when ! was boy
with my Indian pony And just then
would slip off my scat to the ground
below-anything to cut off the tail of
that pony. Nevertheless ] really be-
lieved my licge to be an unknown
Stickncy delicious and appropriate
name for bareback RIDER, and felt
that sawdust genius languished un-
discovered wasting his daring and agil-
ity in the desert of domesticity. With
truly feminine subtlety endeavorcd
to beguile him into giving me adcmon-
stration of his accomplishment by join
ing me in the exercise.
FINALLY | was successful, and my
indulgent lord left me one bright morn
ing telling me he would return in the
evening mounted, and that we would
take the long coveted ride together.
"IIow happy | wasl All day long |
had visions of the conjugal ride so soon
to be taken. My minds ear could hear
the EXPLANATIONS of admiration Law
ished by spectators on my elegant and
dignified escort. How superbly he sits
his horse! Has the seat of u hunter!'
Born in the saddler "A perfect Gen.
taurr
"My riding habit was viewed with
extremely critical eyes Even my we'd
ding dress had received less inspection.
| felt that / must not put my escort to
shame by an inferior appearance.
blushed with pride as thought of his
admiring gaze when we would be can
tering side by side along the green
lanes and through boslly dclls This
evenings communing should rekindle
the somewhat cooled fires upon our
coniugal altar. Under the steel hoofs
of our spirited chargers we would put
the hard gradgrind facts that had
forced their way in and displaced the
dear romance of the past.
mo day of my childhood spent in
waiting for some promised JOY was ever
longer Gayly did ! don my riding
dress when the leisurely hands OF tho
clock climbed down to the hour aue
told me must to horse. At length
was quite ready and stood with my
skirt over my arm tapping it with my
ridinp-whip in seeming impotence, bu
in reality with smiling complacency
awaiting Jimmy's coming.
"How tenderly he will lift me to my
saddle, thought, giving my foot wee
hit of a squeeze as he adjusts my skirt
and will playfully tap him with n.y.
whip for his husbandly Impotence, ant
then away VIC will gallop, and for TIT
first time
~ was suddenly aroused from thes'
meditations by fearful noise as OF tn
tramping of herd of wild cattle.
hoard the whizzing whip and cracking
profanity. People were fleeing to lei
and right. There was a
aF1urry OF dust that Travelled fast
1ike a whirlwind from the sky
Snarer n comes and nearer, till all the gazcr
know .a a.,
That a horse is running with man behind ID
saddle-bow
yves and very close to the saddle
how, too. | could scarcely see MN
shore was so much horse, but | coui
plaiuly hear, for he split the air W.T.
erplctiyes, clutching madly ut In
horse in whose heels there was DOT
,;fa and mettle. To say they spnrne
The sod would be drawing 1t mild Il
ros .towzie tyke, black, grim an
large He came mp the street like
four-footed cyclone. But he didn ! com
.n At once. He seemed to come IN se'