Evening star., 1898-10-08
HORSE KNEW YELLOW STRIPES.
Would Not BE Ridden by Any One bur
a CayaIryman.

would Not BE Ridden by Any One but
a CaNalryman.
From the st. Paul Dispatch
horse recognizes the master in the man
quicker. If anything. than the man feels
himself master of the horse You will see
1t dozens of times If you will take the
trouble to look. Any cavalry officer will
vouch for the truth of the statement that
a horse is impressed by the individuality Of
a man as easily as one human being is i'm
pressed by the individuality of another.
Only horses cannot talk sad to saw for
If they could how much better and llore
interesting companions they would be than
some people We all could mention
The other day Quartermaster Coe tried TO
mount his brand-new horse and had some
dtfficulty In doing so, because Of the rest
less and nervous temperament of tie anil
NAL Then along came Lieutenant Howard
OF the Sd United States Cavalry. The lieu
tenant looked interested when he saw the
horse, for what interests a cavalryman.
more than a fine equine?
Il am having hard time irving TO teach
this horse to stand still when / mount"
remarked the new infantry lieutenant TO
the skilled cavalry lieutenant.
Lets see you try it." replied Lialranant
Howard of the cavalry.
Then Lieutenant Coe lifted ponlerous
neither limb and stuck his toes out toward
the stirrup. The horse stepped aside. The.
lieutenant tried again but the horse con-
upued very pretty military side step
until he had completed the full arc of a
circle. The jovial quartermaster was az
long time in getting into the saddle, ard
after he finally landed the horse was Off.
at clip. G
Hum" said Lieutenant Howard Good
horse, but wants training. Let me try him
a minute, will you?"
The cavalryman walked up 20 the horse
and before touching him fauy ~naD nj
utes quietly at his side. The horse looked
interested. and peeked around in something
Ike surprise. Then the lieutenant lifted
his foot and directed * toward the s,iirrup. 4
The horse moved quickly aside but the .
lieutenant was quicker His foot reached |
the stirrup and stuck there. With a ner- !
vous jump the animal resumed his side I
stepping. Lieutenant Howard, howeVer r, I
stuck like a barnacle, with one hand chi
the pommel and the other On the pr.dle.d
In this manner the horse competed the |
circle several times the lieutenant p.!th'
one foot SLIDING along the grouni and the
other in the stirrup. Finding he could not
shake the officer off, the horse finally stood
still. Then Lieutenant Howard lightly
mounted, dismounted and then mountedi
again, continuing the operation a Gozen
times without stopping. The horse stcCdi
as still statue. The whole science OF
it was that the horse understood thorough
ly that the man with the yellow stripes
on his trousers knew more about equine
temperaments than the man with the white
stripes Lieutenant Howard ma le his will
felt by intuition rather than by force.
Now, you try it, Mr.. Coe," said Lieuten-
ant Howard.
The horse resumed its old tactics with
the quartermaster, and would not change.
for a long time. The only trouble was
that Lieutenant Coe had started wrongly
and did not impress the horse at the very
outset. The animal thoroughly remem-
bered Lieutenant Howard the day after
and was wholly submissive to the lattars
quiet and unspoken determination.
.Of course horse thinks, he said.