The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-12-31

lovers heart to read that Alexander
caused the equine hero to be buried with
military honors, and afterward named
city Bucephalus. IN honor of the dead steed.
Inc morse VINO was executed as ma
giclan had an interesting story. There is
what Is thought to be an alfusion to this
famous horse in Loves Labor Lost -
where Moth. wishing to explain how sim
pie Is certain sum in arithmetic, SAYS TO
Armada:
1.-The dancing horse will tell your, ;: s
This dancing horse" was owned by:a
Scotchman named Banks, who, about the
year 1895, used to exhibit him in the yard
OF the Belle Savage Inn. The accom-:
plIshments Of this animal, young chest
nat geldiDg named Marocco, would not be
greatly accounted now, but in those days
they were deemed marvellous indeed.
According to account Ma rocco was trained
70 stand: erect and jump on his hind legs.
Hs would pick up a glove and hand it to
wnomsoever his master would dictate, and
when coins were put IN the glove would
Indicate the number by tapping with one
loot on the ground. An ancient picture of
MN represents the amin al telling the num-
bers GU dice. and he would point out in
crowd at word from his master ''the
gentleman who was the greatest slave to
the fair SEX
All these tricks are simple enough in
these days of the equine paradox, but
when Banks took Marocco to France TO
exhibit the idea spread that he was a
magician and the horse his familiar spirit.
On one occasion, indeed, the master
barely saved his life by causing the horse
TO select from the crowd man with a
cross on his hat. pleading that had there
been any satanic influence at work on the
horse the animal could not have performed
such pious act. Report afterward had it,
though it was denied. that taking Marocco
TO Rome. Banks and the horses were both
burned by order of the Pope as magicians.
Marocco may have escaped this fate, but a
crench work, published more than a
century later. contains an alluson TO an
Engllsh horse whose master had taught
him to know the cards. and which was
burned alive at Lisbon in i7O7.
10 The annals OF the ShuriandS, in the
Isle OF Sheppy. kent,is the legend of a
certain: roam horse that even after. death
was an instrument to procure his masters
end. This master, Sir Robert de: SAurland,. =.
LoTd oil Shnrland, angry at a certain priest
Tor personal reasons ordered his: vassals To
bury the man OF God alive. This was
done; w hereupon the Lord OF Shurland,
alarmed and peDitent. mounted his roam
charger and swimming with him to the
mainland rode to court 10 obtain the Kings
pardon for his crime. He also made the
church a present. but the prior of neigh
boring convent predicting that the horse lie
had ridden TO court would be the means of
his death, Sir Robert Lad the animal killed
and the carcass, weighted with stone, was
cast into the sea-. Twenty years later tile
aged lord slEolling on the beach saw, cast
up by the sea, part of the skeleton of a
horse will a stone attached to it. Giyiug
1t kick he said, .Ah.. that must be my
poor old horse" a pointed bit of bone
piercing his velvet shUe inflicted wound
in his great toe, which ended in M ortifca-
ton and death. thus fulfilling the prophecy.
and giving the lie to the motto which. the
knight had adopted after tile death of his
good sleed-"Fato prudential major. !" -. ::
:. -. =. !. -. Miss. RUSSELL. -