The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-08-24
STARTING A BALkY HORSE.
An Incident which Indicates That Horses
Have as Much Sense as Some Mon.


An Incident which Indicates That Horses
Have rs Much Sense as Some Mon.
An old white horse attached to an empty
express wagon baked at the corner OF
street and Broadway the
other day, and for three-quarters of an
hour successfully resisted every attempt to
make him move on. The driver belabored
him with a whip, tugged at the reins and
yelled, but to no purpose Then crowd
gathered and began to give advice freely.
One man seized the horse by the ears, an-
other grasped the bride and began to pull,
while two or three others braced them
telves against the animals headquarters
md tried to push him forward. The crea-
lure didn't move foot.
One wise fellow blindfolded the horse
with the drivers coat after which he de-
clared the animal would move right along,
but the plan was dismal failure. Another
insisted that if plug of tobacco were forced
into the creatures mouth he would be all
right, saying which he thrust big piece of
navy twist between the horses jaws. The
stubborn beast shook the dose from his
mouth and remained immovable. Mean
while the crowd continued to grow, and
every newcomer had a plan of his own for
solving the problem, which by this time
had effectually stopped the movement OF
vehicles in Broadway for two or three blocks
in either direction. The horse was appar-
emily there to stay The driver was in de-
spair. The four or five policemen who had
been drawn to the scene by the gathering
crowd looked sheepish and puzzled.
A lady who had watched the scene from
the window of ncighboring cafe finally
turned 10 the gentleman accompanying her
aud said Go and start that horse. These
men never can do it. They don't under
stand. How shall you do itg Simply take
a halter, walk up to the horse quietly and
hitch it to his bit ring. Take the other end
in your hand speak to the horse gently but
firmly and lead him away" The gentle
man went out and borrowed u hitching
strap from a hackman, and the crowd jcered
him as he approached the baking horse,
lie attached the strap to the bit ring as di-
rected, patted the animal kindly on the
neck and took the end of the halter in his
hand With a word of command he start
ed to lead the way, and the horse followed
as promptly and obediently as If that were
EXACTLY what he had been waiting for all
the while The crowd stood back in won
derment and admiration. Some of the SUI
perstitious ones declared that the animal
had been hypnotized.
There is no trick about it," explained
the little woman lILuRhingly to her friends
as the gentleman rejoined the party in the
cafe. with all those half witted men fool
ing around him the horse probably felt that
he knew as much as they did. What he
needed was neither beating nor yelling, but
the presence of master. 10 horse US to
other animals the hitching strap, rope OF
chain is the token Of his own subsection.
THE sight of it will subdue him when all
other means have failed. Horses are a good
deal like some men-you may lead them
easily, but you can't drive them. New
York Herald
One of Ralph waldo Emerson's Stories.
| Mr.. Emerson himself had story
1 forget whether l heard it in lecture OF
! in onversation-about q New England
! come outer who went into hatshop ani
selected for himself a costly hat The
hat was put up and the dealer supposed
he was to be paid, but the man whom
he had thought to be purchaser sale
simply; "Oh, ! pay nothing for any
thing. am tho man who does not be
lieve in money Tho poor dealer had {
motto TO meet at the bank that day ant
hardly knew how to do it. He lookec
} with dumb delight upon his custome
and said: Il wish to God, sir, that no
/ body else believed in money! Take tn
hat, with my thanks to you for coming
Z for it,"
Mr.. Emerson would say this was al
spontaneously was natural on the par
| Of the customer and on the part Of tn
7 trader. But when, the next day, anothe
man who had heard the story came int
3 the shop and selected for himself his ha
! and said that he did not believe in money
g the dealer refused the imitator where h
}. had accepted so readily the inventor
And Emerson drew the moral from tn
story which I want to draw now.
prophet who speaks the word that come
+ TO him from the living God speaks, ma
I say, with the living Gods power. Blu
, he who initiates the prophet has no spell
!. Edward e. Hale's Address.