The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-01-31
vAeARIss OF HORSES APpsTrTEs

sASahiES Or 7OHSES SFFGifiGo
Mr.. Hardy. in the current number. under
the caption Of Cats Eating Cora" gives
an instance CT a horse which ate cooked
beef / have in mind some three different
horses which may be said 10 have had .
perverted appetite. one. small half
breed Texas horse which l had Tor n few
months. would eat a fresh piece Of beef
as large as a dinner plate and an inch
thick. He ate IL Just as a dog would.
holding Il down with his forefoot then
tearing of chunks OF them and swallow
ing them This appetite for fresh beef
was SO well known that none Of IL was
ever left within his reach except oy aS~
cideut When II was. whoever left 10
newer saw IL again. The troop that frst
served in had horse that died tn II
when he was twenty three years old. Sew
enteen Of those years he had been put tn
with this troop. fifteen or them under tho
saddle He had been shot several times
once through the neck and once IN tbs
flank: but neither shot had sent him 20
the rear. He had b~en sick day.
The last two years Of his life he spent
on the retired list. but was still marked
M for duty In order 20 keep him there.
any other horse would have been con-
demned and sold: but be was kept as a
matter or sentiment. and had nothing -
90 but eat and steep. The OEly other
horse that 1 ever knew 90 be tresked this
way was the one which survived the Gus
ter massacre he was kept IN "a troop %
the Seventh Cavalry until he died. lie
was saAdled Up and Led cut In every
mounted inspection. but was never ridden
b. any one.
This old horse Of ours I've called him
BunmeT) was never tied ia the daytime,
but Lee go where he pleased. lie paid
regular visits 20 the cookhouse; thsFe
getting his head in the slop barrel. hs
weuid empty half the barred Il DID not
seem 10 make any difference 60 him what
he found there--bean soup. stale bread.
cooked meat. or potato parinss-an went.
lie did not nerd the stuff. he got just
what the horses got 20 eat twice = day.
Soon after the close OF the war We were
dlsmounted st Macon. Ga. and sent %
Texas here wc got the old horses that
the Eighteenth New York had been nd
ing. and } kept lookout for sorrsl,
bat the best I could get was a small sor-
rel mare Mares are never used ga time
or peace. but for the last four years
before this anything 4hat could carry a
saddle would be Used We rad three Of
these mares by the time We we're all
mounted They hal been captured
down South: none q them hsd been
bought Ny mare just suited ne; sic
could carry me asty miles a day. then
carry me back again next day n I ssntsa
her 70 do a. ] had her ssout tao days
when found cat fhat she chs7 "a tol1ac-
CO. She grabbed a SsuaH package - fiue
cut out Of my hand. and then atDod chew
ing Il. paper and all Seeing that - dli
not hurt her. kept her Ga tobacco. buy
ing the leaf tobacco shat al these Mex
con stores sola here then. large hand
OF Il for silver dime. that you'd uDt
have paid the duty an ii bad any be-a
paid. bft the collector had not got hers
yet. When he Gla come these rocn had -
stop -siiing 1t ~ aay price I never
syent near my naare without bringing her
tobacco. y sIie al nof ct 81 fizhf away
she would begin % shove ms with bsr
nose and kep; 81 uB pnfg gave heT fhs
,lsuai ch=~ hen ~ wnra eraTFs'3 -
tuFn N our mares few months after
this parted wifh s@r vifh mere regret
shan J Rave sine- fess ~lsrn parfing slfh
a bette horse than she Eas
rooe = borro for four years my race
horse CaaaFisy. Nhfeb would est hzif =
peek ~ peaches - fass as Z Ceeia fs-
move tie stones a8t ~ fAsH. The ssHa@
horse could eat a ps,.fd q zsSss ar
candy wifhsat even sfepEiag-~ Ferest
and stsean