The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1900-07-04
ONE OF RoosEvE1T's THRRoRs
An Equine Veteran Of the war With
Many Faults and . Slnglo
Weakness.

many E0OAVD ana = SA089D
Weakness.
He was a veteran of the late war. BY
way of evincing his distaste for the
ways of peace he had just kicked sew.
eral holes in the dashboard of the cart
which it was his business to draw. His
driver stood on the sidewalk and al,
ternately cursed and coaxed, the re-
marks being punctuated by occasional
crashes of the wood work, as the vet.
eran lifted his powerful heel. 1t was
on the north side Of Washington square
and the usual crowd was offering un-
profitable advice. Down the steps of
one of the big old-time mansions
strolled a languid young man clad IN
afternoon tea raiment. He cast q
casual glance at the equine veteran,
then hastened down the steps and
pushed through the crowd.
Hello, Pete, you devil" he said to &
the horse.
He do be devil all right, sorr," said
the driver. 'But Pete is not his name."
The animal, however, seemed TO thinks
| otherwise. Up went his ears and the. !.
skin on his broad nose wrinkled in a !
peculiarly sagacious way. The next;
instant the young man jumped back
with cessation of languidity that
saved the point Of his chin. The hors 'ss
big teeth snapped in the air.
Up to your old tricks, are you," said
the young man, and his gloved hand !.
| landed with a smart whack across the
wrinkied jowl.
The veteran tossed his head and
snorted, but he didn't kick again. In-s
stead he kept his eyes intentiy on the
giver of the blow, evidently solicitous
| lest another should follow it.
'llit him again, sorr," besought the.
driver. "Av I had cracked him like
that, there wud have been no cart at
ALL
Where did you pick him .up?''
| bad luck to the Harlem man that
sold him to me" said the driver. "You'
know the horse, sorr?"
Rather" said the young man. Hes
one of Teddy's Terrors. Aren't vow;
Pete?"
Pete started to reach again, but
changed his mind hastily as the gloved
hand swung toward him. The crowd
ever eager for anything about the
war, stood waiting.
Hes real terror, too," said the.
young man. HE never got any farss
ther than Tampa toward the front, but
he made record there There were
men in every troop that had the mark
of his teeth on 'em, and we called him
the cannibal."
You was one of the rough riders,
sorr?" said the driver, respectfully.
mot rough enough to tackle Pete.
1t wasn't that he bucked, but he had
a trick of turning his head and gettings
a man just above the knee. l don't
believe there's horse living with as
much rubber in his neck as that beast.
How you ever got him. in harness is
more than can guess"
when l got him." said the driver,
"he was that thin you eud play chunes,
on his ribs with a stick As soon as
l begun to feed him he got gay. I'm.
thinkin' I'll have TO staryc him to death
to make him any good at ALL" T.
"What started him kicking just now?"
asked the rough rider.
cuTe, he started nlulSelI. lie look q
dislike to go any farther, and when.
I bate him he begun to kick"
"Oh, I'll show you how to cure that
baking" said the ex-soldier. Here,
one of you boys, run UP to the corner
and get me an apple. Pete will follow
an apple as far as he can see it. After
he got back to Montauk and the horsesT
were sent up there found out HIS
weakness, and ] could make him fol-
low me all around by putting an apple
in my pocket. He could smell IL q yard
away, couldn't you, Pete?'
Crack! sounded blow that landed
where the first had struck, for Pete
had essayed another bite.
Have to keep your eye on him all
the while," said the young man. Hand
the apple over here. Thank you."
He held the fruit up to Pete's view
and walked away. The veteran ambled
after. The driver clambered into his
somewhat fractured cart and the
crowd followed. After few rods had
been traversed tie apple was given to
Pete, who actually had the grace to
whinny his th.al:s. He then jagged
along steadily enough, his driver
shouting back ;t the ex-soldier his
gratitude, mingled with offers to sen
the horse for tea dollars.-N. Y. Sun.