St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-08-13

have full swing; ahem! But lie sure
you recover from such an ecstasy. or
you are liable to be shut up ana labeled
dangerous" Imagine Napoleon on a
! bicycle, riding to Waterloo: think of a
statue of Washington mounted on a
bicycle, or Ben Hur or Snapper Gar
riSon mo; the bicycle can never be the
noble animal that horse is, and its
devotees can never cut a sublime figure
until they cease to wear those watch
springs around their ankles. and take
the crook out of their backs.
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| Have you ever seen member of the
fair sex perched upon the back of a
horse that is thoughtfulIy walking along,
with Il look of unutterable agony DER
spreading her pink and white cnun-
tenance? Your sympathy goes ont to
| the afflicted one, Has she recently lost
| her money or her mother? Neither, kind
friends. Her trouble is simply this: she
| is Just learning to ride and sits there IN
| GREATNESS suspense, fearing that at any
moment his horsehip may break into a
gentle canter. She realizes that she is
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will never come down again, but
sail directly through the clouds and
mingle with the azure sky, q result
! which she does hot desire. Not but
what she is somewha. prepared to make
| her exit from this wicked commercial
atmosphere. During the last ten min
utes she has continued repeating Nov
| L lay me down to sleep" aud the doXol-
ogy, preparatory to taking this short
line route to glory. What think you
would be her chance of a special cut of
crown if she were to make her sudden
and totally unexpected appearance
amongst the dainty tarletan- attired
cherubim and seraDh i'm, dressed in a
dusty riding habit, with little pieces of
| broken clouds adhering to it and very
much diSheveled about the hair?
l saw a riding lesson on Pleasant ave
rue recently.
The equestrienne had first had les
son in mounting She would put
her little No. 6 in the gentleman'S
palm, and, being very light. spring COM
| pletely over the horse and laud mead
first in a sand pile, from which she was
calamity rescued by her teacher. Her
nose, eyes and ears were persuaded to
ireturn the unpaid-for real estate to
Mother Earth, land she was finally safely
! landed upon what appeared to be the
gentleSt and most amiable of ambIing
beasts. He terror of this ferociouS ami
NAL was great. He quietly broke
into All unasSuming. gentle little
trot. "Mcrcifui goodness! what shall
III do to stop him." she cried
in accents wild. LET him go,'' cried
! her hard-hearted teacher,aS he watched
| her humping around in the saddle like
tennis ball. At this point tree OBJ
structed her vision. Now or never is
my chance to stop this beast aud save
| my life" quoth she; then forthwith she
| let 90 the reinS anu threw both broad
cloth arms lovingly around the trees
| trunk. The result was quite uneXpect-
| cd. Without 50 much as a glance at
| his fair burden, this unfeeling Quadru.
ped an5led gently on. leaving his
| young mis- stress dangling in the atmos-
| phere. From this graceeSs position she
was shortly rescued with tire aid OF
pitchfork, like bale of hay.
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In time this timid young woman be-
came quite fearless rider. She had
| young sister who had often pleaded for
Il ride, but who was considered too
young TO be trusted alone. The livery
stable where this amiablc horse was
| domiciled being only a block from
home, big sister told little sister she
would take her with her that far aud
| then both walk home. So small sister
! was mounted behind, looking like PriS-
ella on pIlIion. Mr.. Horse was very
thirsty, and while little sister was being
| placed in her perilous position he hap
| pened TO think of q big water tank in
| his OWN livery stable which would beat
| all the soda fountains lit which he often
stopped-hut was never offered even a
| plain soda OF nerve tonic. This
| thought put new life in him, and with
| beaning eye anu stiffened tail he set off
with prance and jump to
| quench his thirst in the flowing
| tank. Big sister clung bravely
| 10 the reins, but little sister saw a pea
nut stand at the corner and thought that
as good place as any TO be thrown.
She quietly dropped off into conven-
| lent mud puddle near the stand. Being
| relieved OF this extra burden, away flew
| the gallant steed straight for the water
| tank. then "he up with his heels and
| smothered her SquealS in the foam of
| the broiling brolh''-otherwiSe water. |
| can't be expected to spoil a charming
| quotation just for the sake of little
| accuracy. After he had Slaked his thirst
and been persuaded to keep his heels
quiet long enough for any one short of
an acrobat to approach without being
| sure of an instantaneous death. his vic
| tim was dragged out OF the tank looking
like muskrat with high hat and
| gloves on. Now she telephones for a
stable boy to come for her steed. She
prefers her baths in tub.
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| There is a young lady in town-never
mind her Experimentation you will
| often meet walking down the hills lead
| ing her horse. 1t isn't because she is
afraid he will stumble and compel her
to take flying leap over his head. that
she never rides down hill. Oh. dear,
no! but she thinks it must be such hard
| work for poor horse to carry load
| down hill. Strange that such SYM
| pathetic nature doesn't prevent her
from riding UP hill, but it doesn't. She
| sits in her saddle and serenely allows
him to labor up the hill.
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Last week saw curb'bit put on a.
horse that had never before been in
suited in this manner First he showed
his resentment by backing. until he
| made himself and his rider very I'M
comfortable by suddenly and uninten-
| tionally taking seat on a twO-foot
wayside post. This accident fired his
| anger to boiling pitch. and up he got
and away he flew. He was mean
enough to pick OH the side of the road