The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1896-10-16
HORSES GO INSANE.
The FACT CONFIRMED BY A MAN
WHO EAS HAD EXPERIENCE.

WHO E,AS HAD EXPERIENCE.
SIC Gives the Particulars of Two GAGS
Which He Handled, and Il 1.""'5a as Il
lie was Right In DccIarin@ Tho AMI
mails IN Question We're Insane.
Insanity among animals Is not very
common, and We seldom hear much said
about it, but thcco is no doubt that the
minds OF animals like the minds Of nu-.
man beings, become dcranccd. Ih&U AMI
mails have minds and some Of them minds
superior to the minds Of @0n-H men 40
person who is well acquainted with them
will dispute
My father traded for q fine large bay
laarc which had been raised III our neigh
borhoud, and which VIC had ofJoH seen 1t
work and never heard that sac mad any
vices She WAS turned ont 70 pasture for 4
few days, and when my brother and
went into the aieltl with q halter to eaten her
she came at us on Il fall run, with ears
turned back, mouth wide open, nostrtis
expanded, and eyes glowing like balls Of
fire. She evidently meant murder, and Of
course we jumped tie fence AID got cut ct
Ler way. Having provided ourselves with
A4e'Nt'
Immediately charged upon us rs before and
was only rcpulsed by the blows Of or
clubs on her head. Defeated in he" purpose
OF tranpling us under her feet, she show
ed her evil intent by wheeling and kick
ing ut us with great violence. y day or
two aftcrNard she appeared gentle" offered
10 resistance to being caught, was Msr-
messed peaceably, hit"hcl 70 :: wagon he
side another horse and driven by my lathe"
across the river Oh Il good smooth I,rd
way She behaved vol until returning
across the river il sight of home and Ecar
the home shcre, when she suddenly stop
ped. and no coaxing or driving could make
her budgea step until she got ready, which
was Il full half hour after stopping.
not long after hitchcd her to buggy
and took my mother and another woman
to q berry patch about four miles from
home. The mare behaved as well as any
horse going out and was put into stable
at the nearest house and fed and watered
| at noon When we started for homo at
night, she went about go rods, suddenly
stoned and could not be started by word
| or n blow of the whip. l got out and tried
| to lead her then tried to mcSmCTiZC her by
netting, patting and strolling her nose and
| neck with my hand. 1t did no good. The
moro l tried to psychological her the more
| ficndishly she looked out of her eyes My
mother and the other woman got out and
| walked on toward home. After standing
| about Is minutes the mare of her own ac-
| cord started on run, and when the WON
| en- were overtaken and L stopped he" to let
| them get into the buggy she would not
start They got out the second time and
walked on This performance of the mare
was repeated until the women got discouT-
| aged about riding and walked home, le.!T-
| ing mo to get the mare home rs lest
| could After much trouble and VeXation l
| got her home, having mado the four miles
| in two hours.
Balky mare? Perhaps some balky horses
| are crazy She got sick, medicine did
no good, she fingered about four weeks
and died No tears wGro Shed ut her bur
| ial
1 once bought span of 3-ycar old colts,
well matched Except as TO cclcr), well
| broken, kind and pleasant to work. When
| full grown, they were tho best horse team
| in the woods for getting out logs I over
| saw. They would wade through brush
heaps and mudholcs, climb over rocks ana
old logs almost as patiently and steadily
as oxen. They grew to be Il large, heavy
IC.ll. SlEDl-- It~IilLt anu as 9lANl L.
every place. Up to the age Of 10 years they
had no vices. but then the mare com
| mencel kicking without any prOyOc;;ti0n
when piowing IN the spring. Although the
whiflctrees were not allowed to his her
heels, she would kick with great violence
when turning the corners. l told the team
ster to hit her blow with tie whip when
| in tho act Of l,ickinG. He did SO, ana it
| seemed to break her for the time being,
but no told INC Gftgrward thac whipping
| made her worse, and he discontinued it,
We managed to use her till spring work
was done and VIC commenced h&ying. AS
did all the moving, I know exactly how
| she was handled and how she behaved on
| the machine The mower was an easy clIt-
| ting one, tho knives were sharp, the grass
| stood mp well and the meadow WIS smooth.
She had been accustomed to moving: with
tho samc mate, on The Same machine, il
the same meadow, Ger since she WAS I
| years old and had always behaved VOL,
| but this yer from the very first the I.,iSc
| of the machine or something else seemed
to make Eer nervous ard cross, and in Il
| short time after tLrF' were LitaaCl mp she
| commenced thrcatcring t. kick every time
| they turned 1T thG corHC:S. Soon after
| ward she would I..:.G3 enc vigorous kick
| with both hind feet. and then - On well
| enough I'll maxim" the Mt turn, wi!cn
! tic kick wo,.!I lic repeated l thouE..5 j.
| best to pay 40 at,a@tio. - hC: disagree
able behavior, and she could nos L:rC
| known from ;.,l-t,,ing I sid or did that
| was rot Ilr:f,.. with ky conduct. ~
length sic showed greet l:e:.-ll excite.
mcut, carried I.Cr C,,rs b1ci; AL ,iio time,
her eyes SCENE! u project further l"cnl
her he'd, and there we're gl%re AID fierce
| ness i, til5.r { " .cc.;s,ol which I had mover
observed before. Without any provoI&t!on
whatever she commenced kicking with
great fur ana kept it up without inter
mission riItI she hid broken the double
whiflctrca ana one Of the single ones, ana
OF course had to quit moving.
As she had never kicked Oh Il WAGON,
we commenced drawing hay in the AFTER.
noon, and size behaved very well until she
came 20 the place here she had kicked on
the m;.Cain1 ii the forenoon, ana then she
kicked with terrific violence until size mad
kicked tie clasp from the whil:ietfco and
the whia!atrces from the wagon and bro
ken the Breechin@ Of her harness. When
her strength was exhausted, she threw her
self down over the wagon tongue under The
feet Of her rato and lay still on her back,
feet upward.
She began TO make decided objections tc
being haracsscd and would sometimes
kick it Off before it could be bucl.led.
What is stranger still, she would kick jus,
as hard, If rot harder, while the harness
was being taken of 1T night as when it
was put on in the morning. from tho
great change which suddenly took place
in her disposition ut an age when horses
habits and principles ere supposed to have
become permanently fixed, l have no doubt
that she was insane, with lucid intervals.
Country Gen5icman.
One Way of Putting It.
Maudc-That's the girl they say washes
her hair in champagne to make il light.
Ethcl-W hat Z. wastcl II she drunl: it
II ,,.nrll N, IL. i.,r int ~ r,lf l.,.. Id