The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1896-07-10

laWs IN the most !,
perfect character, !
and IL | must confess it fear have q
sometimes drawn the long bow little a
on the subject OF horseilesh. Horses {
have always been the ruling passion OF
my life. and who is there who VIII not {
lilatc a little to add interest to story {
when mounted upon his favorite hobby. j
When IL comes to selling horse that
Is n different matter. | would not for
the world convey false idea ~ an in
tending purchaser In this particular
case | was as innocent as the driven
s,o,v. although Wilkins seemed TO feel
hurt about il. 1t was all Enderby 5
fault, although he declares he was per
fectlv blameless. Indeed. Wilkins Tor
some strange reason seems to hold me
responsible for the whole affair. And
this is how il happened:
We were riding home one day after
good days sport with Radnor hounds
Willilxens, Enderby and myself. Our
destination was Oak Lodge, as called
my modest little hunting box near bryn !
Mawr. Here kept bachelors hall dur
Ing the hunting season and as hau a
first-class cook, and n well-stocked eel
lar. | never lacked for company. mere
xyas room for three or four men and ac-
Communications in the stable for hall
dozen hunters, and so, with one thing
and another bv hook or crook. we man
AGED TO spend the time very pleasantly
at Oak Lodge.
Enderby was an old college chun OF
mine and an enthusiastic hunting Dlan'
He had hunted the fore part OF me
season with the Genessec hounds. up ~
New York state, and now he was put
rirg up with lie for couple of months
with the Radnor He brought couple
of hunters down with him from Genes
see that never stopped for anything
with the Radnor, and. indeed, our simple
rustic members rather looked askance
AZ this thoroughgoing sportsman,
whose pink and Feathers and gen
eral gct-up were equal TO -delton ion ID.
Indeed there were not lacking certain
suspicious individuals who. declared
that Enderby had axes TO grind I'D
other words. horses TO sell. and tha' ne
would leave the Radnor country with a
heavier poclletbook, while one or two
of our gulliblc members should become
the owners Of his ''gees." OF course
they would turn out TO be worthless IN
this case. This suspicion came to my
ears through one of my groons. ana
mention it here only TO show how an
honest mans motives may be impunged
bv people who really know nothing
about the matter. Confidentially, may
cav here thar | shouldn't care to buy q
horse of Endcrby myself. lie is such
a soil N
Tho tricks of the animal that horse
may turn out to be quite the other way
In the hands of some one else. bu
Enderby is not to blame for that ~
can't help being such good horseman
Now Willikens was of quite a diner
ont sort. | have known Nillikens sine
we were at school and like him IN H.
,v,x- Int there are certain traits abou
WilliLens which are obnoxious an
ought TO le discouraged. lie IS Doas'
full and he is self-confidcnt ana. NOR
over. his self-confidence Is not foundc
upon any good cause It's notorlou
fact that WillilSens only came INTO p
money in left-handed sort OF wa.
forget how il was exactly, but u
got IT. a cool million and accrued =
terest. when ne reached the age oil :
Ever since then he has been trying
convince the world of the fact t'.ai (
ln,>vs all there is worth knowing aboi
horses. and il has been uphill wor
for Villil<ens. 1t has been eNpcnsiv
too for he never would listen 10 q
advice of friend. | have offered WI
kens time and time again horses whl'
wore worth three times the amount
hs4x- hrf
Instead of that he would go OF to son
dealer and get most everlastingly stuc
Consequently, he never had anythli
in his stables that could stand on 10
legs.
We had been talking Of our noun
and Enderby, in spirit of compassio
had lust offered Wiliikens to let HI
have. rs a special favor, the horse
was riding for the insignificant 81
Of 81 800. II would put him to sol
Inconvenience, Enderby said. as
would have to finish out the season wi
one hunter or else look around for
other mount. said he might ride o
of mine i'm the meantime, but even Q
combined self-sacrie failed TO impr'
Willikens. and so he lost another gold
opportunity.
We drew rein at Oak Lodge abe
this time, and as it was growing i
we went to our rooms to gel on
hunting toys and dress for dim
After dinner Endcrby proposed u
we should go out and have a look at
horses before the stables were clo
for the night. Enderby and had beer
town couple of days before, and
ing nothing else to do we dropped !
one OF the places where horses are
ut auction. 1t so happened that u
were selling an animal, or trying
sell him rather. Mt the time that loo
20 be almost thoroughbred. We co
scarcely see the horse for the GROVE
men which surrounded him, and
Enderby pressed forward to get
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