The Savannah morning news., 1901-08-04
The WILD HORSE OF TARTARY.


, forget that twas / who turned
" 'oo+-sensation scene of a play
~e side-splitting farce?"-and
mo ,,, head and answer truthfully,
- arnot forget. 1 shall never forget
work that night in Columbus
an YOU appeared as the 'hery I'M
w.. Wa steed' (may Heaven forgive
'onn IN eMazeppa!'
'T NJ Robert E. ]. Miles-or "Ah-the-
nnhabet Miles," as he was frequently
i,ad-was starring at that time. In
.norse" drama, doing such plays
NV .rhe cataract of the Ganges,"
a',.,oona "Sixteen-String jack etc.
1,a-onna" was the favorite in Column
,ms and both the star and the man
~. reeretted that they had billed the
e., rIavs in advance, as there would
w. baen more money in 'Mazeppa"
- Mr. Miles carried with him two
.. one. for 1.-THE Wild Horse of
ror+arv" was an exquisitely formed
sot,r-coated creature, who looked
-s,a,,odlv at you from the corner of her
Icing eve: who barred her teeth saw
ula and struck out with her tore-
&c we'll as with her hind ones
I IT,, She came rearing, plunging, bit
sranping, whirling, and kicking
MS Nv on to the stage, the scarlet
ring Of her dilating nostrlls ana tine
Hann1 living from her mouth mace our
.oreans very natural ones, ana the
n,on,en in front used to huddle close
toqether, or even cover tnelr Idces:
nv1lxy
one 1ove-R. e. ]. Miles. She fawned
W. him like a dog, and did tricks
upo hin, like a dog, but she wasel ter
loi t 20 the rest of mankind. 1t was
III III thrilling scene when Ma
80 was bound, his head tallwaru,
VIZ feet maneward, to the back OF tnat
nl9 55ered beast. She seemed to bite
ma ma +aar at him, and when set free,
au- food straight up for dreadful
n1or,ent in which she really endanger-
"a his life; then, with WHO nelsn,
she tore off up the runs as II menus
nirsued her, with the man stretcneu
belplessly along her inky pacK' me
curtain used to go up again anu again.
u was so very eftectlVe. 80
The other horse who Travelled with
~ Miles was an entirely different
.ar+ He would have been described
oocording to the state where he nap
rened TO be-as a piebald, a skewbald,
ninto or calico horse. He was very
large mostly of a Satiny Wh1te color,
"i+b hie abs1rdly- shaped markings OF
bright bay. He was one of that breed
If horses which in livery stables are
always known as Doctor" or Judge.
Beneyolence beamed from his large
clear eyes, and he looked so mildly
wise. one half expected to see MIN put
MI Of
said one day, as he fed him, Il wouldn't
wonder if this OF parson of a boss ask
cd blessin' on them there oats-l
wouldn't"
I don't know whether Old Bob, as
he was called, had any speed or not,
hut If he had it was useless to him; Tor
alas he was never allowed to reach
the goal under any circumstances. he
was always ridden by the villain, and
therefore had to be overtaken. Besides
that he generally had to carry double,
as the desperate usually fed. holding
the fainting heroine before him, and
though Old Bob successfully leaped
chasms thus heavily neutrality-suspicious.
truly he was a mighty jumper-never-
theless he was compelled to accept de-
feat Mr.. Miles always came rushing
up to the rescue on the black horse
when Bob was very lucky, indeed, II
he didn't have to roll about and die;
ana he was a very impatient dead
horse, often amusing the audience by
lifting his head to see of the curtain
was not down, and then dropping dead
again, with a sigh the whole house
could hear.
Anyway, being continually push
ed back into second place,
and compelled to listen to
rad
the beautiful black, Old Bob lost all
ambition professionally, and he simply
became a gourmet and a glutton. He
lived to eat. A woman in his eyes was
sort of perambulating storehouse OF
cake, crackers, apples, sugar, ETC.; only
his love for children was disinterested
The moment he was loose he went off
or search for children, no matter
whose so long as he found some; then
down he would go on his knees, and
wait to be pulled and patted. His habit
OF gathering very small people up by
their back breadths, and carrying
them little way before dropping them
always filled the air with wild shrieks
OF laughter. In the theater he walked
sedateiy about before rehearsal began,
and though we knew his attentions
were entirely selfish, he was so urbane,
through us, that we could not resist his
advances, and each day and night we
packed our pockets and our muffs with
such provender as women seldom carry
aoout in their clothes. All our gloves
smiled as though we worked at a cider
mill.
&, while the play was going on, Old
poo spent great part of his time
s,ahdlng on the first of the screened
platforms connecting the runs, and as
very one OF us had to pass him on our
way 10 dress, he demanded toll of all.
FRUITS domestic or foreign, he received
WIN gentle eagerness. Cake, crackers,
anu sugar-the velvety nose snuffed at
men, mem approvingly, and if girl, believ
ing herself late. tried to pass him
SNIItly by, his look of amazement was
G,ohical to behold, and in an instant his
an Ion,shod foot was playing a veritable
,5Nt tattoo on the resounding board
tpiduorm If that failed to win atten
, uoh following her with his eyes, he
.Hys9 up his voice in a full-chested.
-hay-haay!' that
, oT her back in hurry with her
s o,t OF sugar. And that piebald hypo-
critic would scrunch It with such a pit
touSiy raVenuos air, that the girl quite
tto'got the satirical words her landlady
n naG directed against her recently ac-
Hruied sweet tooth.
Iotane dreadful night of disaster came
~, IN the week. / don't recall the
tba Oh the play, but in that one piece
baa oedutltul, high-spirited black mare
c c'"u 10 carry double up the runs. John
i5ioH and Miss Lucy Cutler were the
a ueis' Mr.. Carroll claimed that he
ssulI, TIDE little, and though he was