The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-08-12
.lH;ijOl j FEATS.

}f One OF the most $extra ordinary fea ats OF
horsemanshp rformed In his y or any
sothcrFc country was tina % NJ r. Ohm Leech
Naming at the White Hart Hotel, a yle essi.S
bury nearly three quarters OF 20 century
q 20, & He rode his horse 5upsta airs into the
|dinIng-room, and while the rneal wa s III ~
progress jumped the animal ny clean i over:
the TIA ble Describing the INCIDENT not
very long ago, Mr. Naming said 10 NO h-4i
ing was removed from the TIA BILE: In fact,
the dinnersyyas actual ~ goin g on Jump
ca the horse bareba led, wit bout q brld lei
before more than forty gen lemen who
were dining after the steepl echases
German officers stationed at Metz per-
formed an extraordinary eq uestria exT
ploit-or perhaps escapad Q 1T ought g be
called 8Ss Shortly after twelve { one night;
six lieutenants OF the Thirteenth Dragons
dashed out of 1.-THE barracks on their
chargers, clad In nothing but heir shirts
Without pausing ~ they charged AM All 4
windows and leaping their horses over;
the heads Of the terrified Gust toners Two
OF them ctua lily rode around the &la'lsel
hall bof the cafe the others contentlng
themselves with leading their horses
round by the brid LEI The police were q =
once sent for by the proprietor. but as
one const able who ventured to expos l-,
late was 3bruta lily maltreated for his tenn
Gritty. the Others thought It prudent not
Ito alnterfere,l a few minutes later the
rowdy officers remounted their steeds AID
rode off at a gallop. ills hardly neces-I
sarys to add that their outra geous conduct
created quite a sensation In I he town.
For the sake OF a wager afremarkables
feat of horsemanship was some yearssaG
accomplished byaa sporting Eobleman In
a certain West End mansion. lie MADE
o Frta = fhn{E /,
his pony from the ground floor OF the
house to the top and down again Ills
steed required a good deal OF pers uaslol
to attempt the task, but it was finally
performed. though the damage done TO the
stair ca rpets and other things amounted
tn almost ESQ., which had to be paid by
the winner, I'll # A I'd
The foregoing performance was paral-f
3lcled by the exploit of al Lincolnshire far
mer, N no, at lSirton Lindsay in that
county succeeded In riding n pony up
two flights OF stairs Into a room and %
thu ground floor again. The rcene OF this
e1lestrla n # feat y was the ia enrge Inn q u
iKirton Lin sa,y., and u It was sidersd
all 81 the more renarka able because tfe
weight of the rider was as much as twelve
stone, while that Of his mount was under
thirty st one. i58 81 n 4!
II sAgmarvellous feat In the hunting iiald
was reported few months, since from
SYrarrnamb ool. Victoria, During q RIM,
of the. local hounds a horse lsnoRn AS
Handy Andy, ridden by Mi, NJ G Js Dlck-s
Sol o npro aohed " st!ff four raj fence M
the mel & hborhood az Crash ere. anot her
horse, bearing DIR, Mack Mig hit. stopped
within a few feet OF NE ohstNa ole and, Il
az Handy Andy. 7 he latter then Jump
ed the nhstructins horse. rider ard fence
Just touching the Doctor wit II s his hoofss.
The seat was superbly done. but unf0rrI
tunately. III andy Andy stumbled on land
Ing and l,nseated his clever q nd intrepid
g!deTs7R Ri ag. ara y ID