The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-04
TYROL'S PLAYFUL HORSES.
HAFFLIxGERs ARE MOST CONTAIN
IoNABLE DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
In Appearance They Are Grotesdae,
and in Disposition They Resem-
bic the Dnchshund - some of
Their Amusing IRREGULARITIES.

OF horses the most companionahle are
doubtless Arabs. They have lived for gem
erations in the tents q their masters. and
nave assimilated human ways OF thought
Barbs and half-hred Arabs in Europe run
the pure Arabs very close in this respect.
They make noble friends. hut on q lower
level as playmates for the Lighter
hour know no breed that comes Up 20 the
Haflinger In the Tyrolcse valley. from
which they take their name / suppose. they
live as much in the company = their own
A-s as do the Valvoguian COWS with theirs.
But they are exported FAR and wide An
Austrian baron, who buys them up and
does what ne can to impart style" and fine
manners to these queer looking cohs, has
sold TWO TO the Prince OF Wales The ;rav-
cling carriages Of Switzerland are largely
horsed by Hamlingers. In that populous
health resort, Meran. they do nearly an
the draught work COB" IL perhaps a mis-
homer They are cobs In their low meas
urement from the ground but big horses
as regards girth. length Of body and size
OF hoof. The heads are huge and very
plain.
HafTlingers have been compared with hip
popotami and giant sea horses" and with
very good reason. Spiritually taey are de-
scribed as 'the dachshunden OF the stables
because daxies are "ule ways OF the ken
nell II may be that people have refused
to take seriously the oddly shaped horses
and the oddly shaped dogs and thar both
have thus come to look upon themselves
a good joke. Comicahty sits in the Haf
Fingers little eye He laughs in his sleeve
just like daxie Both waddle in their
gait owing to their ahsurdly short legs
hafiiingers ought to make the fortune
OF any circus master. They dixie daxIea
In HaNHl -a-s.er
learn rough games. such as schnolhnv
love, ana VIII play them, too. strictly ac-
cording TO rule. have watched two Half
Fingers. with their owner and his man
playing sort Of hide and seek. hnrrvinr
and scurrying about a cobble paved ward
~ pursuit OF the men, loyalty abiding by
the marks that meant safe home = ana
never Furnishing a player that had nor
Numbered. They understood that they
might kick or bite the man. who OheIng
hidden, sought and found failed 20 ram
tast enough to a safe home" one who
was not quick enough | saw taken up hv
the waistcoat shaken gently and dropped.
kneenns, none the worse The horses
VINO were playing were over twelve wears
old They reiinquished the game most re-
luctantiS when their breathless owuar
called Timer and enforced HIS meaning
with nourishes OF a formidable four.in-
hand whip. Then these mature but mo
Dt' pcSS at play rushed Tor each other
squealiug like pigs in articolo norris.
showing enormous rows OF teeth. twisting
around in sudden gyrations to lash out at
each other, one sometimes catching the
others hogged name or getting a pinch az
his smooth coat In bite. but never doing
real mischief
one OF the two speak OF taught a little
game 70 rider. and insisted on playing Il
TO while away the tedium OF "a three hours
ascent at foot's pace. The game on the
horses part consisted in catching the rid
ers toe between his teeth II was the
riders part 10 prevent this All the way
up hiil the rider had the best Of II. But
returning by the almost perpendicular
track, the Hafiinger gained an easy Vic
tory. He did not squeeze the boot hut
shook i as you might shake a friends
hand-heartiiy, not roughly-and for the
remainder OF the road he rested on hts
laurels, playing no more that day.
Hafhingers show their affection by Law
ishly kissing with the tongue. like dogs
They are extremely wilted-Rgaln a
trait In common with the dachshuna Their
paees are necessarily slow but their STAY
Ing power Is enormous and their sarefoot
edness q proverh with Tyrolese mountain
guides and drivers. London News