The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-03
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zone of the noverfAilinE causes Of error in
human Judgment IL tho tendency to draw gen.
sral conclusions from ones immediate and
familiar environments" said Mr.. suburbanito
rchectivoly, rs be gazcd out of tho club window.
THAT sounds dyspeptic," said Brown, land
I'm not surprised. This business Of eating
breakfast with a watch in front Of you and then
making o mile dash for the train Is enough TO
undermine any constitution. You see spots
before your eyes, don't you. and You feel"
Wrong again, Brown" interrupted Mr..
suburbanite. MY reflections on the prone.
ness of htiman judgment to err were not prompt.
ed by dyspepsia, which 1 have not, but by
horses"
(which you have not, Also" said Brown, "or
your friends would venture to hunt you up"
Just the ordinary horse of commerce." con.
tinucd SubnrbNnltc, (which draws n cab to-day,
a street car Tomorrow and then is rclegatcd to
a suburban livery stable from which 1t limps TO
expose its Indebtedness whenever its services
are needed. If n person should form his idea
OF a horse from tho specimens that pass their
declining years around the station al Suburban
Vile waiting for their drivers to pick up n stray
fare, or in the livery stables of that town, no
would be forced to the conclusion that the noble
animal was characterized by an irregular gait
and many ribs. It's a pleasure to sit here and
watch " ell.fed cab horses on the avenue. When
first went up to Suburbanville to look the
place over l was deeply shocked by the sight
which greeted Inc at Mount Green. which was
tho first stop. Lined up alongside Of the sta.
tlon, attached to public cabs, wcre a row of
phantom horses such rs / never had seen be.
fore. They were worse than tho poor old ami
mails which used to draw tho Fifth avenue
stages, and as l looked at them l expected to see
them topgi .ro over r ike sdhnrbs in ma 4 roy. ,oG TwS
to sec what tho cab horses of Suburbanville
we're like and every one was ,blanketed. They
stood nose on and the eyes OF, each horse were
minated. Later l discovered why they were
animated. -
II nodded. In IA jiIy every blanket was
whipped of and a score of skeleton horses were
exposed. A. nightmare resulting from a Welsh
with Suburbanville's cab horses. This brigade
of skeletons boro down on me in a rush and in
manipulation the driver pushed his horse along.
side OF the walk and j crawled into a covered
carriage that might have been, palmcd of as
WRshington's coach ut q ID. A. II. picnic,
NJ driver didn't use a whip on bis horse.
He carried a stout stick with which he would
tab the horse, and the horse would make II
jump ahead. Every jab was represented by a
jump: and there were no jumps without jabs.
that When / reached the walk every one OF
those cab horses was wide awake and q minute
later they were all aslecpf
poking his horse and the horse came to a stand
still at once.
IL > lDlS way. bAlu Jn6 uTlVeT, Win n JHO al
his horse. Just as tho train comes in one OF us
goes down the line with q bag Of oats from
which We give each horse a Whit. That wakes
EN- up for about two minutes. You see, most
every one up here keeps HE own horses, and
it's hard on us cabmen. We don't make
80 we make 1t up by letting them sleep. Manila
here is asleep now
"'Who is Manilaf
called him Bryan in 1896. Ills first name was
Granit. That was right after the fell Of Rich.
up to date with the name of your horse
When ! moved into Suburbanville | reflect
cd that aftcr running the gauntlet of these
skeleton horses there were livery stables be-
yOnd. When Jones and Smith came out to
see me | ordered the best team In the stable.
1t arrived In front of my house with a driver
IN drive said !, and you.may go back to
the stable
drive this team said he.
oh, l can take care OF Them said I. rather
pleased at having a team with some life. Tho
driver protested, ahd with, great difficulty 1
persuaded him to get out and give me the reins.
Jones and Smith began to laugh rs soon as the
view of him i had to Join Them. The drivers
livery was a bluff, intended TO hold good only
SO long as the wearer of 1t, was sitting down.
but large sections of the skirts behind had been
torn OF. 1t looked as II II torpedo had made n
rear attack on him. Then realized why the
driver preferred to stay with the team rather
than walk back. ! found that the livery horses
were very much like the cab horses, and after
two months in Suburbanville | had begun to be-
lieve that nil horses we're like that. There
goes a great, big, fat prosperous looking horse
up the avenue now. l tell you. 1t is a delight
Just to look Mt them. l am glad to see that |
must not judge all horses by the wrecks that
line up at Suburbanvillo's station" and MIR.
bounced out of his chair and made a rush for
his train; .,,., ~.
Brown.