The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1901-11-24
il Stable Of WlcbIta
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5. W Cooper gets moro solid Joy int OF
his stable Of horses than any man in town
He has four notable equines and he knows
their dispositions as well as a school marin
knows the temperaments OF her pupils
The first one Of the horses is Burnley
Boy who is known as II. s Majesty for
short Burnley is "A chestnut PAGER. lie
Is very fast lie Is also fnnoceutIy. devil
ISL. He is as brave as a lion and is nat
urally not sSittish- But he loves TO show
on lie VIII go by d threshing machine
engine in fun operation without looking
al it. but IL there is a crowd looking and
he feels just right. and thinks il is q good
time 10 attract attention. he VIII shy at
a caterpillar. making a prodigious circle
and shaking his head as II his nerves had
all gone to pieces. IN going up d hill he
viii always increase his speed just to
show that he doesn't mind little thing
ike hill. His special delight, however.
is the corner Of Main and Douglas. He
realizes that this is the heart of Wichita
and while he may be ambling along meek
ly when he reaches II. he lifts his head
and feet and Frances around il as
though he owned the town.
Another horse is Barney Wilkes. Bar
ney is a very large horse who seems 70
takes little steps but he can go on occaS-
ions like lightning Now Barney has
about q century of racing blood in him.
Every grandfather and grandmother
generations back has had 20 pass horses.
And this is Barney's weakness. In go
ing home in the evenings no matter how
far ahead he spies a team he win peg out
and try 10 pass il doing it unless the
team turns off on a side street with
great flourish. 1t doesn't make the least
difference what character of team is in
front. It may be an ice wagon. That
makes no difference TO Barney. He viii
chase it just as hard as though it were
Star Pointer and John r. Gentry. Having
passed it he viii quiec down. until he sees
something in the distance ahead. And
then away he VIII go. lickety-spindle
He is very dear old horse who is loved
by everybody. a child could drive him if
the child would indulge him IN the Wilkes
habit Of trying to pass people on the road.
Mr. Cooper has another Wilkes, a black
fellow who is very handsome and very
fast too. But he is an aristocrat. For
two years Mr.. Cooper has been trying to
be friendly with Black Wilkes, but the
horse hates familiarity and viii not stand
it. II you tell him to go he viii go, or 10
whoa hewill whoa. Put the harness on
on him and ne viii not twitch an ear or
roll an eye. Talk pleasantly to him and
he viii give you Ward AIcAuister stare.
Try to pat him on the nose and he VIII
turn his head away, not angrily but with
cold disdain.
The fastest horse in the bunch is Ad-
miral Dewey. "A hea-bitten gray who can
clip of n mile in Up or thereabouts. Ad-
miral Dewey is old business from start to
finish. You can turn him loose to a 2:20
gait. drop the lines and tell him 10 stop
and he viii slow down. You can get into
an exciting race. and he will be apparent
" all stirred up and ahre with excite
ment. AS soon as the race is over he
viii go to studying the landscape or TAX
ing notes on the different kind of foliage
in his vicinity. He has been taught TO stop
dead still when ne hears the sound of a
railroad track and let a row Of moving
freight cars brush his nose. A locomotive
car let off all its hideous blasts of steam
in fourteen different directions. whistle
and ring the bell all at the same time.
and Admiral Dewey will positively look
bored. Fire crackers and guns are pos
itively insipid TO Ils ears. But tell him
To 90 and within a block Of the start he is
going like a streak Of lightning.