Evening star., 1900-08-18

head and got tight grip on the collar OF
SiulFs coat Well. Il was the funniest
thing that I ever saw. There was Stuil,
wrtggling and yelling. and Gideon ana the
grooms convulsed with laughter. Old Lnid-
wig never moved. but just held on. and
there was "A look of the most intense satis-
faction In his eyes. Every means Of maxi
ing the old animal let go was futile. Every
time he was dubbed over the head he would
draw back into the stall. lifting Stul clean
of his feet. Then Stull would holler TO let
the horse alone. 1t was fully five minutes
before IT occurred TO anybody 10 unbutton
the painters coat and let him slip out OF
IL. Stun couldn't do II himself. for the
pulling on his collar had drawn his arms
up so that he couldn't use them a all.
groom finally sneaked up and unbuttoned
the coat, and then when Ludwig wasn't
thinking anything about 1t Stull slipped
out Of the garment
You never saw such a mad horse In your
life. He was smart enough to see that a
trick had been played on him. and he
snorted and kicked and neighed that
for a time IT looked as though he was going
to break out Of the stall and eat few OF
up. At the same time he thrashed Stulrs
Sunday coat around at scaRdalous rate.
Once II caught on a nail. and as Ludwig
pulled back there was a rip that made the
painter groan. The horse knew that he had
a good thing In that nall. for twice moro
he tossed the coat SO that II would catch
on IL and then hauled back suddenly m
expression OF fendish JOY In his wicked
eyes When the coat was a mass OF ribbons
he dropped 1t and withdrew into his stall.
Gideon gave Stull a coat to go home in.
but the picture OF Ludwig was never
painted.
"old Den Alonzo was another vicious ami
NAL. but he had streaks of good behavior
during which he ran and won many a race
for the Dwyers. L recall one day when the
Don's trainer thought his temper was sweet
enough TO start him in a race. 1t was one
Of the big spring handicaps. / forget which.
and Patsy Sheedy had the mount Accord
ing to custom there was the usual parade
of the contestants past the grand stand
before going to the post. Coming out OF
the paddock the Don was sweet PIE.
but once on the track he began his antics.
He kept swinging his head around to the
right and swapping at Sheedy's leg. Once
he almost got him. and Sheedy was scared
to death. He belted the animal across the
head a couple of times with the butt end
Of his whip and kept his right leg back
out Of reach OF the big. strong teeth OF
Don Alonzo. Going down past the grand
stand, however. the Don made a sudden
swing to the left and caught Sheedy's boot
by the rim. Then he pulled back and ripped
the boot from the top to the toe. Well.
you never saw such a mad boy that
jockey in your life. He realized that he
had been clean outwitted by a horse. and
while the Don was contentedly chewing
the section of his boot that he had ripped
out Sheedy began larruplng him over the
head with his whip. He had hit him about
ten times and the people In the grand stand
were kissing him for brutality. when the
old dog made another sudden swing around
to the left. and. catching the whip In his
mouth. bit II of short not Ave inches
from the Jockeys hand. There WIS moth
ing for IT but to dismount and get boot
and a whip which Sheedy did. the other
horses meantime waiting at the post.
"Au through that race the Don kept
swinging his head around and trying to get
a grip on Sheedy's leg. and the poor boy
was so frightened that he could scarcely
speak when he dismounted- OF course. the
Don wasn't anywhere In the race He was
haaT hv hnr har ha heat M
ming backward at any other time. Sheedy
never rode the Don again. but the next
time the horse came out he was sweet
| as honey and won his race in a walk.
"I think the Don and Ludwig were the
| two most dangerous horses that ever ran
on the metropolitan race tracks"