Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-09-26
CRAZY HORSES.


Was tho tNlctlnc Mare This writer Do
-cribes Insnurf
Insanity among animals Is not com.
mon and wo seldom hear anything said
about e. but ,acro Is not much doubt
that thcminds Of animals like the minds
Of human beings, become derangcd.
That they have minds, and some Of them
minds superior 10 those of some men, no
person who Is well acquainted with them
will dispute.
! once bought span o. 3-ycar.old
colts, well matched except ~ 20 color.
woll broken and very kind and pleasant
TO work. They wore the best horse team
for working In tho woods getting cut
logs | ever saw.
Up TO the ago Of 10 years thoy had no
vices, but then one Of them "a sorrel
marel, when blowing IN the spring Of the
year. commenced kicking while turning
At the corners, although the whillctrces
were not allowed 70 hit hor hocls. She
did so without any provocniion.
We managed to use her until Tho
spring work was done and we com.
inenced haying. As lid al the NOW.
ing myself. know exactly how she was
handled and how she behaved CA the
machine. The mower vas I'm easy cut.
ting one, the knives were sharp, the
grass stood mp well and tho meadow was
smooth. Ina short time after thcy we've
hitchcd up she commenced threatening
TO kick every time they turned % tho
ends. 1t was not long before she would
make one vigorous kick with both feot
and then go ON well enough 10 tho next
turn, when tho kick would he repeated
She carried her ears back all tho time
her eyes seemed TO project farther ont
of her head they were kept wide open
aud there was u glare of hercouess IN
thcm which had never observed before.
AZ length, without any provocation
whatever. she commenced kicking with
gre,,. fury aud kept it up without inter.
mi sion until She had brokon tho double
whlilc,rce and one Of the single ones.
and only stopped from exhaustion OF
strength.
As she had mover kicked ON n wagon
we commenced drawing In hny with
her in the afternoon, and she behaved
very wen for u load or two. until we
came near tho place whore ahe had
kicked On the machine in the forenoon
and then she kicked with terrific VIC.
lonco for four or Eve minutes until SHE
had .esod the whihlotrco from the
wagon, and tho breeding from her
harness, and then, when her strength
was exhn,r led, sho threw herself down
over tho tongue of tho wngon next u
the near horse aud laid with her feet
sticking mp over II as it dead.
sold her 20 u man who knew her
character, and she was taken so fai
away that never heard from her after.
ward. From tho great chango that
suddenly took place In her disposition
at an age when horses principles and
habits are supposed 10 be fixed, have
no doubt that she was insane, with lucid
intervals.
The famous English horse Crusader
which John s. Rarcy oubdued, wa.
probably insane. He yielded 20 Rnreyt
superior knowledge and power, as O
mailman yields to hia strong keeper, bul
he could not bosagely handled by others
j. W. lngham ia Rural Now Yorker
Crosa two straight sticks four feet
long ut an angle Of co dogs. This forms
tho legs and body. Fasten 10 the end.
OF the shorter arms Of the cross an
other stick ~ feet long for the arm.
and add a piece 81 foot long for Ia,
spine. Bend split rattan into a circl,
and fasten to top Of spine for the head
Tho whole win be about four feet hlgi
and is TO DO covered with paper like au,
other kite.