Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1902-12-31

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Daring English Equestrians.
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| ~ NE Oh the most extraordinary
| y feats of horsemanship ever
Y J performed in this or any
other country was that of Mr..
John Leech Naming, at the White Hart
Hotel, Aylesbury, nearly three-quar-
| ters of century ago. He rode his
| horse upstairs into the dining room,
and while the meal was in progress
! Jumped the animal clean over the table.
| Describing the incident not very long
ago, Mr.. Naming said: Nothing was
| removed from the table. In fact, the
dinner was actually going on. l
| jumped the horse bareback, without
bride, before more than forty gentle
men, who We're dining after the steeple-
| ckaseS."
| Seven or eight years ago a number of
| German officers stationed at Metz per-
formed an extraordinary equestrian ex-
! ploit-or perhaps escapade it ought TO
be called. Shortly after II one night
! six lieutenants of the Thirteenth Dra-
| goons dashed out of the barracks on
| their chargers, clad in nothing but their
shirts. Without pausing they charged
an adjacent cafe, breaking the door
ways and windows and leaping their
| horses over the heads of the terrified
customers. Two of them actually rode
| around the large hall OF the cafe, the
| others contenting themselves with
| leading their horses round by the
| brides. The police We're at once sent
for by the proprietor, but as one con-
| stable who ventured to eXpostulate was
| brutally maltreated for his temerity,
the others thought it prudent not to
| Interfere. A few minutes later the
| rowdy officers remounted their steeds
and rode Off again at gallop. 1t is
hardly necessary to add that their out
rageous conduct created quite sensa-
tion in the town.
For the sake of wager remarkable
feat of horsemanship was some years
ago accomplished by sporting noble
man in a certain West End mansion.
| He made bet with a friend that he
would ride his pony from the ground
floor Of the house to the top and down
again. His steed required good deal
| of persuasion to attempt the task,
but it was finally performed, though
the damage done to the stair carpets
and other things amounted to ESQ,
which had to be paid by the winner.
The foregoing performance was par
alleled by the exploit of Lincolnshire
farmer who at kirton Lindsey in that
county, succeeded in riding n pony up
two flights of stairs into room and
10 the ground floor again. The scene of
his equestrian feat was the George Inn
at kirton Lindsey, and it was consid
cred all the more remarkable because
the weight of the rider was as much as
twelve stone, while that Of his mount
was under thirty stone.
| A marvellous feat in the hunting field
was reported few months since from
Warrnambool, Victoria. During a run
of the local hounds horse known as
Handy Andy, ridden by Mr.. NJ. J. Dick
son, approached a stiff four-rail fence
In the neishborhood at Grasmere. An
other horse, bearing Dr. MacKnight
stopped within a few feet of the OBJ
| StuNie, dON IL tuc lGICc
got in the way Of Handy Andy. The
latter then jumped the obstructing
horse, rider and fence, just touching
the doctor with his hoofs. The feat
was superbly done, but, unfortunately.
Handy Andy stumbled ON landing and
unseated his clever and intrepid rider.
Some extraordinary equestrian ex-
ploits have taken place in New York.
At costly banquet given some time
ago in the carriage room Of Mr.. w. n.
Clark, an American millionaire, his
favorite horse was ridden round the
table by one of the forty guests, after
it had enjoyed Il poetical feed" of
flowers and champagne. Afterward
Shetland ponies were ridden into and
about the room by others of the guests,
the revels being prolonged into the
small hours of the morning
Some volunteer officers in Wales rode
their horses at full gallop at midnight
over the rocky declivities of neigh
boring mountain without mishap to
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