Waterbury evening Democrat., 1892-10-17
WATCHED JIMMY RIDE
A Long Wished-For Moment Ar
 rived at Last.
He Had Boasted of His HorsemanshIp But the Horse Had a Monopoly on Feats When He Attempted to
 Display His Skill.

There are a great many women who like to ride. Not a few of them have experienced more or less difficulty in providing themselves with proper es- cort A woman to whom a good horse and pleasant bit of country road are an unspeakable joy, woman, too, who is wcll-known throughout the United States, tells the following tale of woe Tn which she played an important al- though not the principal part That was left for the man in the case. ''I had heard my lawful liege, Jimmy, boast thousand times of his horse manship when a boy, and I had ob- served his fine critical air whenever looking upon any equestrian display, " she says. "As a faithful and loving spouse should l had been deeply inn 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 a marvellous Indian pony he once owned when he was lad.
 We never went to circus that he did not tell the oft-repeated romance of his youth, to the envious exclusion of most of the clowns perennial jokes Through all the vaultings and agile deeds of the bareba rider he wore a superior and ennuied air, and with a shrug of the shoulders exclaimed: o, why don't they give us something new? 1 did that years ago when l was boy, with my Indian pony And just then | would slip off my scat to the ground oelow-anything to cut off the tail of that pony. Nevertheless l really be- lievcd my licge to be an unknown Stickney Qelicitous and appropriate name for a bareback ridcr), and felt that sawdust genius languished un- discovered wasting his daring and agil- lty in the desert of domesticity. With truly feminine subtlety l endeavored to bcguile him into giving me demon etration of his accomplishment by join ing me in the exercise.
 'Einally l 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 l was! All day long had visions of the conjugal ride so soon to be taken. My minds ear could hear
 
 shcd by spectators on my elegant and dignItcd escort. How superbly he sits his horser Has the seat of a hunter!' Born in the saddler "A perfect Cen taurr
 My riding habit was viewed with extremely critical eyes. Even my we'd ding dress had received less inspection. l felt that must not put my escort to shame by an inferior appearance. l blushed with pride as l thought of his admiring gaze when we would be can tering side by side along the green tanes and through bosl1y oells. This evenings communing should rekindle | the somewhat cooled fires upon our conjuGal 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.
 No day of my childhood spent in waiting for some promised joy was ever longer. Gayly did l don my riding dress when the leisurcly hands of the clock climbed down to the hour aud | told me l must to horse. At length l was quite ready and stood with my skirt over my arm tapping it with my ridinG-whip in seeming impatience, but in reality with smiling complacency, awaiting Jimmy's coming.
 "How tenderly he will lift me to my saddle, thought, giving my foot a wee bit of squeeze as he adjusts my skirt and I will playfully tap him with my whip for his husbandly impatience, ant then away we will gallop, and for tho first time
 l ''I was suddenly aroused from these neditations by fearful noise as of th' tramping of herd of wild cattle.
 heard the whizzing whip and cracking profanity. People were fleeing to lief and right. There was a.
 'Flurry of dust that travelled fast
 | Like a whirlwind from the sky.
 Nearer 1t comes and nearer, till all the gazcr
 know
 That a horse is running with man behind tn | saddle-oow
 "Yes, and very close to the saddle bow, too. I could scarcely see him there was so much horse, but l coulC plainly hear, for he split the air witt explosives. clutching madly at tn horse. in whose heels there was botl life and mettle. To say they spurnet the sod would be drawing it mild Il
 was a towzie tyke, black, grim an
 large He came mp the street like
 fourfooted cyclone. But he didn't com
 all at once, He seemed to come in sec !