Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-26
MAN KILLING HORSE
THE WAY HE ACQUIRED HIS HATRED
FOR HUMANKIND.

FOR HOmAINFllNC'
:. A., p.gan with the Cruel Treat
ment He Received In His Colthooo
v,ciouS incidents THAT Marked hi'
Downward Career
rho development of a vicious horse
From an innocent colt is descrlDeu W
SILL Irord I'm one Of the stories IN
"ttorses Nine" The colts disposiuol
was first spoiled by ignorant ana crueI
handling on the farm of one Perklns.
Tben me was sold, and his subsequent
career is thus pictured:
In the weeks during which he tralleu
over the fruit district of southern Mlcn'
ioon IN the wake of the horse buyer
pluo Rlozes learned nothing good ana
r,ucb that was III. He finished the trlp
with raw hooks, hoof print on ms
aanl, and tooth marks on neck ano
withers. Horses led in bunch do mol
improve in disposition. O..
some of the scores the blue roam co'
Maid IN kind. some he did not, but ne
leorued the game Of give and take
Men and horses alike, he concluded,
wore AGAINST him II he would hold
his own, he must be ready with teeth
and hoofs Especially he carried with
him always black, furious hatred OF
man in general.
So he went about with ears laid back
the whites of his eyes showing ana a
bite or kick ready in any emergency.
Day by day the hate in him deepened
until It became the master passion. a
ouick football behind him was enough
TO send his heels flying as though they
had been released by a hair trigger. He
kicked first and investigated afterward.
The mere sight Of Il man within reach
ing distance reused all his feroclty.
Toward his own kind Blue Blazes
bore himself de1antly. Double harness
was something he loathed. One was
not free TO work his will on the de-
splsed driver If hampered by a pole
aud mate. In such cases he nipped
names and kicked under the traces un'
tiT released. He had a special anup'
atby for gray horses and fought them
on the smallest proyocation or upon
none at ALL
As a result, Blue Blazes, while know.
ing no masters, had many owners,
sometimes three in a single week. He
began his career by filling a three
engagement as livery horse,
but after he had run away dozen
times, wrecked several carriages and
a hostler he was sold for half
his purchase price.
Then did he enter upon his wander
lngs in real earnest. He pulled street
cars, delivery wagons, drays and ash
carts. He was sold to unsuspecting
farmers, who, when his evil traits
cropped out, swapped him unceremoni-
ously and with ingenious prevarication
by the roadside. In the natural course
Of events he was much punished.
Up and across the southern PENN.
sula Of Michigan he drlfted conten.
lously, growing more vicious with
zach encounter, more daring after each
'ictory. In Muskegon he sent the driv-
II Of a grocery wagon to the hospital
With a shoulder bite requiring cauter-
zation and four stitches In Manistee
he broke the small bones in the leg of
bakers large boy. In Cadillac a
stable hostler struck him
With an iron shovel. Blue Blazes kick.
I'd the hostler quite accurately and
'ery suddenly through window.
Between Cadillac and Kalaska he
pent several lively weeks with farm.
rs. Most of them tried various tam.
ng processes, Some escaped with
bruises aud some suffered serious in
ury. At Alpena he found an owner.