Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-08-14
THE CAR SICK HORSE
HOW A RAILROAD JOURNEY AFFECT
60 a HIGH BRED HACKNEY.

Bonhre's Trip 60 the Horse show aud
why IA Ended so DisnstrouSIy-Ter-
rifyinE Ride In wheeled Hox
After a Hothoase Training.
The story OF what happened 10 a
high bred hackney when he was sent
by rail 10 the Madison square Garden
horse show Is told 10y Sewell Ford in
"Horses Nine" Bouhrc was the hack.
ncy's name. but he did not look al all
tiery az the moment. The author says
OF him:
In his stomach was queer feeling
which he did not at an understand. In
his head was a dizziness which made
him wish that the stall would not
move about 80. Strcaks OF pain shot
along his backbone and slid down his
legs. Hot and cold flashes swept over
his body. for Bonfire had bad case
OF car sickness-a malady differing
from seasickness largely In name only
also a well developed cold comph'
Gated by nervous indigestion.
Tuned TO the key, he had left the
home stables. Then they had led him
into that box on wheels. ana the trou-
BILE had begun. Men shouted; bells
clanged whistles shrieked. Bonfire
felt the box start with n jerk and,
humping. rumbling. joltlng. swaying
move somewhere on into the night.
In an agony OF apprehenslon-neck
stretched. eyes staring. ears pointed.
nostrlls qulvering, legs stlffened-Bon.
fire waited for the end. hut OF end
there seemed 20 be none. Shock after
shock Bonfire withstood and still found
himself waiting. What IL all meant he
could not guess There were the other
horses that had been taken with him
into the box. some placldly munching
hay. others looking curiously about.
There were the familiar grooms who
talked soothingly In his ear and patted
his neck In vain. The terror OF the
thing, this being whirled nolslly away
In box. had struck deep into Bonnres
brain. and he could not get Il out. So
he stood for many hours. neither eat
ing nor sleeping. listening TO the
noises. feeling the motion and trem-
bling as one with ague.
OF course Il was absurd for Bonfire
to 20 10 pieces In that fashion. You
can ship n Missouri Modoc around the
world. aud he will finish almost as
sound as he started. But Bonfire had
blood and breeding and pedigree
which went back TO Lady Alice OF Burn
Brae. Yorkshire.
His coltdom had been n sort OF hot
house existence. for Lochlynne, you
know. Is the toy OF a Pennsylvania coal
baron who breeds hackneys not Tor
profit. but for the Joy there Is In It,
Just as other men grow orchids and
build cup defenders. AZ the Lochlynne
stables they turn on the steam heat In
November. on rainy days you are ex.
erclsed In a glass rooted tan bark ring.
and hour after hour you are handled
over deep straw 10 improve your ac-
ton. You breathe outdoor air only I'm
high fenced grass paddocks. around
which you are driven In surcIngle rig
by n cockney groom imported with the
plgskin saddles and British condition
powders From the day your name Is
written I'm the studbook until you
leave you have balanced feed. all wool
blankets, ily MEETINGS and coddling that
never ceases. Yet this Is the method
that rounds you into perfect hackney
form.
All this had been done for Bonfire
and with apparent success. but few
hours Of railroad travel had left him
with a set OF nerves as tensely strung
as those OF high school girl on grad.
uatlon day That Is why a draft OF
cold air had chilled him TO the bone;
that Is why, after reaching the Gar
den. he had gone as limp as a cut rose
at n ball