New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-07-24
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orange, n. j., July 10, 1892.
IS 1T 4 PERNICIOUS BOOKf
A CHAPTER OF TROUBLES ATTRIBUTED TO INV
READING OBJ BLACK BEAUTY

A CHAPTER OF TROUBLES ATTRIBUTED TO INV
READING OBJ BLACK BEAUTY
Yes, am fully and heartily In sympathy with
the writer who little While spoke OF the widely
heraded Black Beauty as pernicious book
The speaker a mddle-aged man, and In the
upper cabin Of OF the new and handsome ferry.
boats the North River he relating his expe-
rience to sympahizng and aDpreciative listener.
You know" he went on, Z" that the circulation OF
the book has gone way up into figures that no ono
can remember unless he Is professor OF mathe-
MATES 1t has been given away by tho thousand and
a certain Boston society has, II ! am not mistaken,
printed for absolutely free distribution to all who
ask for It, 1t is doubt clever bit OF writing, and
on the whole suppose Is calculated TO do good and
amelorate the hard condition OF the lives Of many
horses.
In literary journal not many months ago. how
ever, | remember seeing BLACK Beauty alluded 70 As
a .pernclous book don't remember the particular
incident which led the writer to pass that Judgment
upon It but bit of experience I'm my own family leads
me to ndore that opinion without hesitation or equlvo
cation. Let me tell you all about 1t.
NV family are in he country, boarding at the house
Of a lady who is widow with one child, boy Of
nftecn or sixteen The widow the owner OF morse,
which the boaIders sometimes use Tor dfVlhg' Ny
wife Is fond OF driving if she can have good hose
with some go' in him. but not too spirited Of course
This horse long ago lost his spirit II ne ever an ono
lie IS not old-at least not very od-bnt lie SEEMS 70
have been badly trained in his earlier days stil no
is able to make pretty fair time IN the HANGS OK
good driver and If carefully driven by one oo'npo-
font pcrson all the time would doubtless give pieuy
Fair satisfaction However. being driven by go"
many different persons and PSI u'uiaIS oS ."' ''"e
hov who I, not the best driver in the world ne has
simply become confirmed In his ancient hanhs'
Now. IN some evil moment some m'Ss"u'u
norson nrcsented that boy with a copy oil that
Immediate re-
sniff was the removal Of the check-reln rom u'o
,o.s and the avowal that MS hoIs: should never
ocain he tortured with that invention of the "Vll
one The horse had never in the world been checAeu
mn tightly; the Of tie cheek rem Oh III" vas
simply to keep him from throwing m' h'a' wv"
ward and 10 give him little style. But tle cheeN
roin had 10 TO- and 90 it did From that day I'D
one has seen it, The consequence Is that the morse
drops his head forward, goes with looping 1a'' ana
alto,o,ber presents far from pleasing appearance
when under way. II you stop a moment "heh ou'
with him. to speak with a ireld whom you "c1'
before you know II that beast VIII be puillhg you
ont at the side OF the rad In order TO get Duo VI
grass Or at any rate vii! drop his head Wen Gown
between hi, front legs. Those things are not pleasant
to proud and sensitive soni' 'IS you H''' was
ina eine.
=. tut that IS not the worst Of 1t. week or two
ago nv wife agreed drive down 10 the station
o meet the train on which was to arrive on satur-
day She took the children with her. Before sho
had gone halfway, as they were going down little
hill. all OF sudden that horse collapsed. Ihats
the hest word know of to describe what happened,
as far "A, have been able learn IL. AT all events
down he went ker,lump in the middle OF the road.
NV wife said that his hpd feet seemed " SIP rsho
down under him. and before she could DO thlns
over he went In falling he brought his weight upon
one Of the ths and broke 1t In Two NO" that
was a nice prcdcament wasn't 1T She sent our
boy to tic nearest house for help Meantime thihx
the horse managed get up and calmly began I"
eat grass b. roadside.
The help secured proved TO be willing swede,
who procured another wagon. htched the horse 10 IL
and soon ~, the party started oil again. Of course
they we're late AZ the stauOI but need not go lntV
PARTICULARS - 20 that part II the story. ~ tao
7wcdrs ,Lon. ny VIE agreed to tahe the DroAea
fast If he substitute w2s,h VIII, he had ooriV"oA
ir her assured her that II would give her ~ uVuotet
and OF she started. Al went well for little ~hl!e'
lelole they reached The bottom OF the hill. however,
tha knots slipped IN way and the wheels o.
the second wagon ran flrward in? iose 81 tAe my.
My wife saw only one way out OF H. ana, d, "a" -
always equal 10 an emergency, she gt out, ton ne
son drive and went behind that wagon ana ned 10
back by main strength all tie WAY Gown ue Aln'
After they reached tie level mad II was smooth sale
Ing. But perhaps you can imagine her CONDITION aites
such pull In a dusty road Inc hTSt thihE me sIa
after describing her experience Ia WAS that sho
would never, never, undertake to drive that BEAST
Now attribute all the trouble to Black Beauty.s
II that horse had had check rain which he had been
accustomed 10 all MS lite and had been holding HI;
head up instead OF going along like an Old cow,
A. the blacksmith described II. am morally certain
that he would never have tumblh down. since then
be ha, fallen again when driven by the owners
himself aud done -ome more damage but the edlce
against the cherkreln Is unrcpealed. DO wonder
pcrnicoiis book The bill I paid for mending the
wagon and having the use OF another one was not
.igantlc. but would much sooner have devoted thu
money 70 scheme for suppressing, instead Of cirs
.ulatlng Black Beauty"