Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-01-31
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| / had thought this DEVILS riding horse
| controversy at an end, but since see some
/ fellow here wants one, and another fellow
| there wants one, all for different pur.
| poses, conclude that this species of live
| stock is hkely to be in great demand next
| season, so if you cannot fully supply the de-
| mand let me know, and 1 will help you out,
\ as l will have a large herd of them in the
spr1ng-seyeral hundred. They may be
trained, if taken while young, Tor any pur-
| pose the owner may wish. The trainer
should understand their nature and pecu-
harities, as they are stubborn aid cannot
be driven or forced into measures, but you
may coax them and teach them what you
! wish them TO do, and they viii take as
much pleasure as q boy in obeying your
commands. They are brave and know no
fear, and in this they are like their master,
whose euphonious name they bear
Every summer 1 have a large herd of
them about my yard, some are so much
pleased when come into the yard that they
fly to me- alight on my hand or arm, and go
through their devotional exercises and hold
out their hands as much as to say give me-
dime, you have seen the performance. "
l always move around and get the applicant
a fly or other insect, which he eats with
great gusto and asks for more. We fed one
which had come into the house. seventy
house-tiies one afternoon and he seemed as
polite as ever after he had finished his
feast.
Last summer while my wife and I were
standing near some climbing roses in the
yark, ana Thomas-that's the cat-was
PLAYING with a cricket near by, strange
devils horse alighted on my hand and went
through his devotional exercises, and held
out his hands Just like ne was at home
Not caring TO make the acquaintance Of 50
impolite guest, / concluded TO call Toms
attention to him. I would give him to Tom
to play with. My wife, being a timid
woman, objected, saying she feared His Sa-
tanic MaieSty's equine steed would select
the feline's optics for a cuspidore in which
to eject his eXpectoratiOn of deadly poison,
Gus 'kerspat" Of which Prof. Stelle's cor.
respondents had found so much to say. !
told her not to believe everything she read
in the papers, and she said she didn't, but
could see that she was in sympathy with
the cat, and she don't like the looks of
'those horrible animals" anyway Toms
attention was called to the stranger and he
went for him" so to speak. The devils
riding horse was equal to the emergency,
however, and grabbed Tom by the whiskers,
and such paving to free himself of this
formidable foe WAS interesting in the eX-
IRENE; finally TO the surprise of Tom and
his tormenter they were separated. The
devils riding-horse started of on 4 double
quick step, and Tom, encouraged in seeing
his enemy fleeing, boxed him with his paw
which brought him to a right about face;
and standing on his hind feet with his
arms widely stretched, his body oscillating
with anger, he kept his eyes on the motions
OF the cat and would endeavor to catch his
feet as he boxed gently but quickly right and
left. The cat would walk around him,
keeping sufficiently distant to have his
whiskers out of reach. More than once
the devils riding-horse seized Toms foot,
only to be shaken of and hunted up again
by Tom, who seemed to enjoy the sport as
well as did his newly found playmate.
How long they played l do not know, as
left them, the DEVILS riding horse standing
his ground in proud defiance and Tom walk
ing around trying to satisfy his curiosity
Oh, yes 1 can furnish you any amount OF
them in the spring if you should happen to
run short. H o. WARD
Fort Worth, Tex.
Evidently this correspondents strange
D. R. 81. was fresh from the range, and had
not been so much as halter-broken. Ours
Chat we are to get in the spring. will be
more gentle we think