New-York tribune., 1903-07-19

of Africa, the accident occurred which caused
the loss of his arms. Prince Demidof. of Rus
sia, at Gibraltar. and paid a visit to the
American vessel. The prince enjoyed his visit.
and as he was leaving the ship a salute was
fired in his honor. Dennis had fired the first
gun and was ramming the second charge home
when there was a premature discharge. COM
pletey tearing off the young seaman's arms.
Prince Demidoff was greatly distressed. and
did not leave the vessel until the injured
was cared for. and until he had made offer
to have him sent ashore. begging the privilege
of defraying all expenses then and thereafter.
Of course. this offer declined. but short
time afterward Dennis sent ashore to
hospital and then it was that the prince had
the most skilled surgeons and nurses employed
and gave instructions that every attention must
be given the injured seaman. When Dennis
was able to travel the prince carried him from
city to city, having false arms made for him
at different times and places After a time
Dennis came back to the United States but
Prince Demidoff had a liberal allowance sent
him regularly, and at the princes death it was
found that an annuity of $50 had been provided
for Dennis in the will. This Dennis receives
each year In spite of my misfortune" said
Dennis the other day, Il am still a handy man
for l can do great many things with the aid
of the tweezers invented by my friend Decker
These tweezers are worth trainIoad of false
arms and hands, and I only keep the ones
Prince Demidof gave me simply because they
came from that splendid young fellow"
w. B. Denny, a former watchman in the War
Department, although both his arms are off at
the elbow, is able to master and drive the most
spirited horses. and has never had an accident
befall him while handling them. Since resign
ing from the War Department Denny has de-
voted his entire time to raising and training
bloOded horses. and some of the blue ribbon"
teams which daily seen on the fashionable
drives of the national capital are from his sta
bles. He has entire confidence in his ability to
handle the widest horse. and says he gives the
animal to understand from the very outset that
he is the master.
No one who has not witnessed the achieve
ments of Denny in managing horses at his farm
can for moment imagine how quickly and sue
Cessfully he can subdue a spirited animal He
first that the horse or pair of hOrses-for
he drives double team with as much ease as
a single horse-are properly harnessed that
every strap and buckle is at its proper place and
secure; then he places one rein over his right
shoulder and the other beneath his left arm the
two reins being made fast with a strong buckle
With his arm stubs he is able to guide the ami
mails. The weight of his Tod against the reins
brings the animals to a slow-up if they get fret
full. Twisting his shoulders and body from side
to side Will cause the bits to saw the mouths of
the horses until they are glad to quiet down
and walk or trot quietly along. He depends
largely, too. on controlling spirited horses by
speaking gently but firmly TO them
Last spring some of the owners of fast stem
pers had a number of races at the Brightwood
track Dennys home and in one of the trials
, of horsehesh lie had d team entered in y trot