The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-11-27
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ABSOLUTELY PURE
HORSES GO INSANE.

The Country Gentleman says insan-
ty among animals is not very common.
and we seldom hear very much about
it; but there is no doubt that the minds
of animals, like the minds of human be-
ings, become deranged. That animals
have minds, and some of them minds
superior to the minds of some men, no
person who is well acquainted with
them will dispute. There are num-
Der OF instances on record of elephants
having become insane. A few years
ago T. I. Barnun had one which be-
came so violent and dangerous in his
| winter quarters that he had to be killed.
My father traded for fine, large bay
mare which had been raised in our
neighborhood, and which we had otter
seen at work, and never heard that she
| had any vices. She was turned out to
pasture tor few days, and when my
brother and went into the field with
a halter to catch her she came at us
on a full run, with ears turned back,
mouth wide open, nostrils expanded
and eyes glowing like balls Of fire.
She evidently meant murder, and. of
course, we jumped the fence and got
out of the way. Having provided our
selves with clubs, we returned to the
field, when she Immediately charged
upon us as before, and was only re-
pulsed by the blows of our clubs on
her head. Defeated in her pur-
pose of trampling us under her feet,
she showed her evil intent by wheeling
and kicking at us with geat violence.
A day or two afterwards she appeared
gentle, offering no resistance to being
caught, was harnessed peacefully,
hitched to a wagon beside another horse
and driven by my father across the
river on good, smooth fordway. She
behaved well until returning across the
river in sight of home and near the
shore, when she suddenly stopped, and
no coaxing or driving could make her
bulge a step until full half hour after
stopping. Not long after hitched her
to buggy and took my mother and
another woman to a berry patch about
four miles from home. The mare be-
haved as well as any horse going out,
and was put into stable at the near
est house and fed and watered at noon.
When We started for home at night She
went about sixty rods, suddenly stop
ped and could not be started by word
or blow Of the whip. l got out and
tried to lead her, then tried to mesmer-
ize her by petting, patting and strok-
ing her nose and neck with my hands.
1t did no good. The more l tried to
psychologist her the more fiendish she
looked out of her eyes. My mother
and the other woman got out and walk
ed on towards home After standing
about fifteen minutes the nare. of her
own accord, started On run, and when
the women were overtaket, aud | stop
ped her to let them get into the buggy,
she would not start. They cot out the
second time and walked ON. This per-
formance of the mare was repeated un-
til the women got discouraged about
riding home, leaving me to get the
mare home as best l could. After
much trouble and vexation l got her
home, having made the four miles in
two hours, which was better than the
time made by Mother Goose's man,
who ''ran fourteen miles in fifteen days,
and never looked behind him.
'Balky marey Perhaps some balky
horses are crazy. She got sick, medi-
cine did no good, she fingered about
four weeks and died. No tears were
shed ut her burial.