Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1900-10-14
GUIDING A HORSE
ON 70 VICTORY.
HOW 1T FEELS WHEN you HEAR
THE PEOPLE CHEER AND COME
SAILING IN AHETD OF
OF THE OTHERS.
BY Mrs. Adelaide Ii. GIN.

/ think speeding behind a fast trotter
the grandest sport of all. If more wo-
men could get out on the road and feel
the thrill that comes when you are cut
ting it out at a 2:20 clip or better, there
would be fewer prematurely old
with weakened nerves in society.
| have gone out for a drive behind
my horse, feeling depressed, and have
come back in the best OF spirits. with
my head clear and feeling years young
er. | find the excitement of mixing it
up on the road with some other driver
the very best of tonies, and heartily
commend this to my sisters as a nerve
soother.
/ have been a lover OF horsehesh
as long as l can remember, though it
has only been for the past nine or ten
years that l have been behind fast trot-
tiers. ! was born and brought up in tho
country. and must have taken a fancy
TO horses at al early age, for one of
my earliest recolleetions is falling off
of old Tarlton. on whose back | had
tried to scramble. Those were jolly
days for me, for my father had quite
a number of horses on his place. and I
never felt happier than when seated in
the road wagon behind one OF them and
taking long jaunts on the country roads.
Nearly every horse on the place knew
my whistle, and would come up TO me
when | called them.
The Speedway, New York,s famous
drive, is my objective point nearly ev-
cry pleasant afternoon nowadays. Seat
ed behind Jack in a road wagon, | jog
along at an easy clip until some one
draws abreast and looks as II he wanted
to have a trial OF speed. Then / settle
myself firmly in my seat, take a shorter
and irmer grasp of the reins. chirrup to
Jack and away we go,
t ] believe my horse enjoys a brush
with another as we'll as ! do. He set
ties down TO hard work, and as We near
the end OF the road he seems to put on
more steam in an effort to shake OF
his opponent.
Then | begin TO feel the blood course
through ny veins with renewed foree;'
I | tell him TO get along like q dear old
fellow, and as we come tearing down
to the finish | put my whole mind on
the one thought that Jack simply must
beat the other horse,
| Anu ne uoea, tpO, d great many
times,
l never use a whip on a horse, and
don't believe in 1t. | make friends with
the horse ! am to- drive, aad when |
want more speed | speak 10 him, | feel
that II kindness cannot get a horse TO
go his fastest a whip cannot.
Jack. the horse ! drive, Is a half
brother to Star Pointer, and has a
mark of 2:121a. He Is my ~favorlte
steed and seems to feel an equal affec-
ton for me. He Is is hands high,
and Is driven without a check,
/ have a road wagon Weighing about
six,y-lve pounds. | like q sdf wagon
better than one that is too light. ] usu-
ally sit we'll forward In my seat, asa
keep a short grip on the reins. This
position is perhaps not exactly IS
graceful as others, but it Is far more
comfortable.
Sometimes my husband accompanies
me with Nnheuser. but generally
work out alone. Jack Is a reliable n
imal and never causes me any alarm.
| always let my horse take lt easy
when possible so as to save him for
the harder work to come.
Or. Gill set me TO Jogging one OF hia
horses about ten years ago.
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