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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

A cob is a quick acting saddle horse or
trap horse driven TO a gig or park trap. He
is a snowy boulevard horse. He picks his
forefeet with vim and thrusts them for
ward with a circus strut as though he were
treading on eggs. His gait approaches
cake walk He moves with n rag time strut
and sometimes leads his driver on the high
perched park rig something of rag time
life.
A tandem team is a favorite boulevard
turnout. The wheeler must be able TO pull
and hold up the load. He does the work.
while the leader does the showing on
A road four are very heavy coach horses
with wind and power. Coaching parties
are becoming more popular. Gay parties
drive from city TO city in relays against
time,
Park pairs are also rather heavy harness
horses. usually driven to family carriages,
park turnouts sporting traps and the like.
STYLE and action are deemed essential in
park horses.
Roadsters are gentlemens driving horses.
They are not required to pick up their feet
so handily as a tandem leader and others of
the ilk, but must have size. form and stay
ing qualities and be able to make time with
the speed wagon or runabout.
Polo ponies are stocky fellows, capable of
bearing their riders without Inconvenience
and to stop, turn and start quickly
Gated saddle horses are trained to go at
all gaits The American Saddle Horse
Breeders association rules require the fol-
lowing gaits: Walk, trot, rack canter. rum
ming walk, fox trot or slow pace. There
are other saddle horses which can go some
Of the gaits, but not all. A thoroughly
qualified saddle horse must be able to go
all of the gaits.
High school horses the name implies,
are educated horses, horses that have been
to the high school, They do tricks like the
circus horse. Commands are conveyed by
movement of the rider, with or without
whip, and by word of mouth
The Gig Horse-Horse over 14.3 and not
exceeding 1872, with quality, style, high ao-
tion speed and solid color; brass or silver
mounted harness; bride and square wink
ers, gig bit, spring hook bearing reins,
standing martingale, chain to connect
names at bottom, closed loop tugs French):
single, square or horse shoe buckles; bride
fronts of metal to match mountings
Ladys Phaeton-Single horse or pair;
solid color, with quality, style, good man
ners and true action; brass or silver mount
ings, Buxton bit; standard martingale,
breeding, spring hook bearing rein,
straight pad, square buckles. Speed is not
required in this class, but park gait only.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
A New DehnitIon.

Former Mayor Patrick Collins of Boston
told this one as the Irish cab driver had
narrated 1t to him in Dublin. Cabby took
"a fare" out into the country one night
The gentleman paid him well and told him
to look under the seat"
There cabby found quart bottle of pure
Irish whisky, and he sampled it imme-
dlately. He also gave some to the horse.
which seemed to like It. Telling the story
cabby said:
"Afther I'd been givin' av tn haste on'y
floor or foive drinks he got gay: he did.
Tn first thing OF knOwed OF wor in tn
shafts pullin tn keb. an the haste wor up
in tn safe lashin' me wild tn whip. maxim
me pull hard an dance"
well, what was the result?" inquired Mr..
Collins.
''Oive niver give tn haste another drop
firm that day till this"
"Yes, but what was the result that night
You were drunk, OF course"
''Oi wor not dhrunk, at all at ALL"
Were you entirely sober?"
mo, orll not lie about IL. OF wor not in
toirely sober
III neither drunk nor sober. what was
your condition."
"oi wor on tn defensive. "-Pittsburg Dis
patch.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
The Inventor Baked.

General Nelson A. Miles" said an in
ventor. used TO be continually besieged
by cranks with pneumatic rapid firing
guns, subterranean rifles, dirigible war bal
looms and such like martial inventions.
The general would weed these cranks out
with admirable speed.
Il sat in his office with him one day
when a servant brought in a card
oh. send him in. said General Miles
His business won't take more than a
minute or two
80 in came a wild-eyed. long-haired
man, twisting his soft hat nervously in
both hands.
General he said, I have here'-and
he took out small parcel-'a bullet proof
army coat. II the government would adopt
this
Put 1t on. Put it on said General
Miles, and he rang the bell. The. servant
appeared as the inventor was getting into
the coat.
Jones, said the general tell the cap
tain OF the guard TO order one of his mel
TO load his rife with ball cartridge and
" Excuse me, general. l forgot some
thing interrupted the inventor. and will
a hunted look he disappeared. Indie
pendent.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
anne C1oclk and the spider.

What ails our new clock?" said father
one day, as he came home from his work
and found mother just putting on the po-
tato Kettle for dinner 1T is II o'clock
now and our clock lacks a whole half hour
of the right time"
Il don't know" said mother; lit always
has kept very good time until now"
Just then Elsa came running in from
school, saying. "Oh. mother! I was late at
school this morning, and Miss Prentiss was
so sorry, because she had been teaching the
children new song that missed"
Father moved both hands OF the clock
around until both pointed straight up Now
Elsa knew what time II was, and guessed
why she had been late in the morning.
The clock could not keep up. but grew
slower and slower, until finally it stopped
altogether.
Now" said father, II will open the door
TO see II can find out the trouble with our
new clock"
Elsa and mother peeped over his shoulder
and what do you suppose they saw? Some
body's little home, all fixed up there among
the pretty wheels. with curtains, draperies
and other sllken things. The one who made
all this was scampering away as fast as
his little legs could carry him
That's right" said father. hurry away.
for you have just tied our clock up with so
much spinning that It cannot go az all. You
and the clock are both such busy workers
that you cannot work together. so you had
better fix up a home somewhere else"
Father brushed the spiders web all away
when the wheels commenced turning and
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

elbows near his sides and not raise them
as though about to fly. He should not keep
his eyes riveted upon his horse, as though
he expected him to bolt every minute.
Neither must he gaze to the right and left,
as though driving the family nag. The
reins> should be held in the left hand, the
near reins running over the third joint of
the forefnger and the off reins between
the middle of the second and third fingers.
Grasp the whip in the right hand and bring
the hand over close to the left one in which
the reins are being held
Rules laid down as proper for driving in
the arena are all based on common sense,
as is easily seen when the horses of one of
the crack drivers show signs of getting into
any difficulty. 1t was noticed last year that
all of the crack whips" of the east own
ers as well as high salaried drivers, had a
set style in handling the reins and it was
seen on several occasions that they had
control of the situation at all times Local
exhibitors practice in the ring in advance
to strive to get the right position OF the
reins and the professional horsemen are al
ways ready and willing to instruct as to
what is proper and right.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Gossip and Stories About Noted People

at the Treasury department in Washington
on petition of Colonel Roger Scannell OF
Boston before Secretary Fairchild on the
question of placing an import tax on GER
tain mineral waters. Conkling was counsel
for the water company. John II. Burke Of
Boston, now Judge Burke, represented Mr..
Scannell
General Collins entered the chamber be-
fore the hearing opened and introduced
Mr. Scannell and his counsel to Mr.. Fair
child. The secretary then presented all
three to Mr.. Conkling. The latter imme-
diately began to banter the general after
this fashion:
Conkling-Mr. Collins! That name seems
familiar. Perhaps you are acquainted with
Mr.. Collins, the congressman from Massa-
chusetts, whose speeches 1 have read with
much interest?
Collins-I know the Mr.. Collins you speak
of very we'll, indeed In fact, I see his
face every time look I'm the mirror.
Conkling-Oh indeed. believe you have
refused another term. That must be rough
on your constituents. II your constituents
were rats, should say 1t was rough on
rats.
Collins-My constituents are the best in
the world and do not resign in the mid
die of my term.
This last shot was too much for Conkling
and he quickly subsidized
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Seven Little Rainbow Fairies.

Seven Little RAINBOW FAIRIES
Once there was seven little raindrops,
whom everybody loved-sun and wind and
flowers and Mother Nature most of all.
once. when they had been very, very good
for a long time, Mother Nature promised
them party, and everybody helped 10
make the raindrops happy.
81 wish l might get them each new
PARTY dress" Mother Nature said, and
then the sun came out and beamed, and
asked il he might get the dresses for the
raindrop babies.
So he sent away to Fairyland and got
them each a different colored gown; red
for the bright little raindrOp with red
cheeks, orange for his own wee favorite,
yellow for her dainty little cousin, green
for the one who was fond of the grass,
blue for the pet of the sky, purple for
Mother Natures little standby (heartsease).
and violet for the shy little drop with the
violet eyes.
The Cloud Queen sent them a cloud for
a boat, and the Storm King sent them the
wind for a sail, and away they went.
DO only kind acts" Mother Nature had
said as she kissed them goodbye, and so.
as they journeyed along, each thought out
a plan that would make some one glad.
The red drop sang TO a poor garden rose
that was sad, and its gay little song
brought Joy to it and made the rose sweeter
all day The orange drop fell on cross
baby's nose and made It stop crying and
smile The yellow drop swung on dande-
lions stem and washed Hn the dust from
its face. The green drop played hide and
seek with the grass. and it fairly bristied
with fun. The blue drop played with a
dear little brook. and II babbed and
laughed away. The purple drop gave a
poor pansy a drink and spoke few words
OF love, and the violet drop the shyest of
all. hid from sight in a violet bed
But the rough little wind said he did
not like TO wait. He was anxious TO go
TO the party, so he whistled at each now-
er's door TO say he was ready.
No one wanted the raindrop TO go, but
Il was late, so they hurried away as fast
as they could, and they sailed into the
sky their friends could only see faint
glimpse Of each dress.
Each had sweet little story to tell as
they sat on Dame Natures big lap and
thanked her again and again for their
gay rainbow party.-Viola Collins Edwards
in Child Garden.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

cut down to the following: Storm coat,
waterproof apron, road blanket, tie rein.
hoof pick, wrench, clock on dash, whip
and small spool of wire.
Pole chains to broughams or carriages
are not in good taste. In the best appointed
turnouts the pole pieces are of leather
They are essentials, however in the drag,
road coach or carriages driven by gentle
men.
In runabout appointments II would be
well to remember that winkers are neces-
sary; the elbow or Liverpool bit is used,
with bearing rein and breastplate optional;
with choice between a Kay rim or breast
collar, breeding optional, and with fiat
saddle with round tugs and square or horse
shoe buckles.
1t is part of the duty of a groom to so
time his actions as to be at the head Of
his horses by the time they are brought
to full stop. To do this, he should COM
mence his descent from the vehicle the
instant he feels the pulling up of the horses
1t is not necessary that he should lay
hands on the horses unless they are restless
or fretful.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

is a thunder cloud over the west.
''Is there? Sure enough-but that wasn't
what made me think it was going to rain.
I noticed the nurses were all hurrying the
babies into shelter. When you see as
many as a hundred nurses all hurrying
home at once, in a great excitement, you
can be certain it's going to rain
Grandpa was watching out of the corner
of his eye. And Ruth--oh, Ruth was look
ing too astonished to speak! hundred
babies, and everybody knew Aunt Ria's
little new baby was the only one in the
little village of Cross Corners-the very
onliest one!
Yes" went on grandfather slowly, my
ants nurses are very careful of the babies
of the family. It's interesting to watch
them Juggling the little white babies around,
into the sun or out of the rain"
Ruth gasped softly, His aunt's?" Aunt
Ria wasn't grandfather's aunt, and she
only had one little new baby. anyway and
she never kept a nurse! Grandpad been
out in the sun making hay-it was a very
hot day-s'posing IL had made him crazy!
Sometimes very hot days did hurt folks
Ruth looked ct grandfather's dear old face
aniously, but II didn't look crazy. 1t was
laughing! Grandfather held out his hand.
Come, little Wonderer." he said. there's
Just time to go and see If the babies got
home safely, before it begins to rain. It's
only a little way. They live under the
front sidewalk"
Dear me! TO think that was what grand
father had meant-a-n-t-s, not a-u-n-t-s!
They pried up a loose board in the walk,
and there they were-little ant-nurses and
ant-fathers and ant-mothers and-maybe
ant-aunts! There were hundreds of them.
hurrying about as If they were altogether
too busy 10 stop TO receive callers.
where are the babies?" Ruth asked. II
don't see a single baby"
II do-dozens" laughed grandfather. IAN
those little white bundles like fat little pill
lows, or bags of grain in pillow cases, are
my ants babies. They don't look like your
aunt's. do they? But they're the babies,
as sure as you live, Wonderkins! The
nurse-ants tug them out into the sun day
times, and bring them home nights And
when it's going to rain-my don't they
hurry them home! l tell you. you could
watch my little ants a whole day and not
learn all the wonders about them then"
And Ruth tried it for an hour at time
and found grandpa Was right Why don't
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

A western lawyer recounts a story OF a
trial he once witnessed in a Texan court.
hard looking tough was the defendant.
His counsel in voice apparently husky
with emotion, addressed the jury something
in this wise:
Gentlemen, my client is a poor man. He
was driven by hunger and want to take a
small sum OF money. All that he wanted
was sufficient funds wherewith 10 buy
bread for IT is in evidence that he did not
take the pocketbook containing $500 that
was in the same bureau drawer"
At this point the counsel for the defense
was interrupted by the convulsive sobs OF
his client.
Here, mani exclaimed the judge. why
are you crying so?'
Because, your honor" replied the de-
acknowledgements l didn't see der pocket
book in de drawer!"-Harper's Weekly,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
The whole Thing.

Lieutenant Commander A. p. Niblack OF
the United States navy is stationed at Hon
olulu in command of the Iroquols and
seems to be a sort OF pOoh-bah there. He
has been called upon to perform all manner
or civil, military and naval duties. So
much so that in recent letter to the secre-
tary OF the treasury he signed his title in
run as follows Lieutenant commander
United States navy commanding United
states steamship Iroquois recruiting officer.
captain OF the yard, head of department
OF construction, head OF department OF
equipment head of department of ord
nance head OF department Of steam en-
cheering head of department Of yards
and docks inspector Of lights and buoys
OF the Hawaiian islands, inspector OF i'm
migration for outlying islands. inspector Of
customs.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Show Ring Hints.

Any color in harness but black is strictly
tabooed.
Runabout horses should be 14.3 and not
exceeding 49,
of brass or silver harness, the former is
given the preference.
The box must always be mounted from
the off or whip hand side.
The brougham horse or horses must be
ISL hands high. with quality, pace and good
heavy bone.
Never use the whip unless wishing to
convey to the horse a distinct command
to go on, and never hit twice in the same
place.
The pulley bridoon is in much favor for
tandem and road harness, for its flexible
working gives greater ease to the horses
mouths.
Bearing reins are always used on horses
for city purposes, both as matter of
safety and for uniformity of looks in a
pair, or tandem, etc.
The cock horse in a road coach is not
necessary when showing in that class, be-
ing only used for actual road purposes,
where an extra horse is needed in pulling
up hills, etc.
Appointments for runabout have been
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Horse show VernacuIar.

There are many things about a horse
show that are just as distinctive the
horse show colors Principal Of these is
the horse show language. Don't tell your
groom to have the stable man 'hitch up q
pair" instead of put to-" and do not
say horn blowing" for horn sounding"
The local winner should not show his
appreciation of the judges decision by
tipping his hat. Instead he must ac-
knowledge the honor merely by slight
movement of the whip. Neither at the
horse show at least should the knowing
ones call a stable barn. A barn is all
right when speaking of one of the big
sheds on a farm. Some of the other ad-
vices for the horse show are:
Don't call a single harness single set
of harness A single set of harness is an
impossbility, as 1t requires double equip
ment for a set,
Don't call two horses a team unless
team is more than pair, such as tan
DEM unicorn or four-in-hand.
Don't say your high school horse parks.
The words park gated" should apply only
to the eastern saddle horse of the walk,
trot and canter variety.
Don't say high school gaits. They are
Don't call your saddle horse a saddler,
A sadder is one who makes saddles.
Properly speaking, a saddle horse is Of the
walk, trot and canter; usually docked for
park usage. gated, or what is called
the Kentucky gated saddle horse now
the American saddle horse has five distinct
galts, namely, walk, trot, rack, canter, run
ming walk, fox trot or slow pace. MT. 49,.
Don't call coach tallyho The word
"tallyho" is used in perverted sense
as applied to coaching. 1t is a hunting
term pure and simple and is the hunts
mans cry to his hounds. IT is a common
error in America to call any kind of a
coach drag or break a tallyho, which had
it's origin with the introduction OF coach
ing in this country, by the owner having
christened his the 'rallyho."
Don't call a drag a coach. Drag is the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

When a little baby comes to an Egyptian
mother and father the mother anXiously
awaits the day when it shall first be car
ried to the sea- there to notice croco-
ollie One of the first lessons taught to the
little folks of this race is that they shall
gaze intently upon every crocodile that they
are fortunate enough to come upon. The
Egyptians believe that crocodiles bring
luck. the more crocodiles the more luck. II
the new baby shows any interest at all
when his eyes first rest upon crocodile
his start in life is regarded as prosperous.
When little Egyptians fall sick they are
carried miles to dock upon one of these
animals. All Egypt. from the lowest to
the highest, knows that to look upon his
royal ugliness will cure illness and slim
ulate the appetite of the sick child fortu-
nate enough to gaze upon him.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Nevada Pun.

Senator Newlands OF Nevada often re-
gales his colleagues with puns, original and
quoted. 1t is generally admitted that he is
an excellent judge OF this sort of wit.
Here" said Senator Newlands the other
day. lis Nevada pun
IAN old farmer sat on the doorstep smok-
ing his pipe. His favorite hen pecked near
him. He regarded the hen indulgently as
he pufted the smoke into the clear evening
air.
IAN OF a sudden he gave start OF
astonishment
"a BY jingor he said. the old hen is eat
Ing stray taeks. Can she be going to lay q
carpet2'"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

name applied to a coach when used pri-
vately. As soon as a four-in-hand is put
into service and a fare charged il ceases
TO be a drag and becomes a coach. A
break is similar in some respects to a
coach or drag, the difference being in the
weight of the latter and the inside seats
which It has.
Don't call a unicorn a spike; the ar
rangement of one horse in front of two
and driven from the box is a unicorn
Spike is the name applied to such teams
as work in iron or heavy drays, when the
near horse is ridden and the lead horse
is driven with a jerk line.
And above ALL do not hiss at the judges
decision. They are all gentlemen from
abroad, serving without pay, and there
may always be some good reason for not
giving a prize to an certain horse which
cannot be noticed from the boxes or gal
lery.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08
Everybodr workr Int Enther.

Samuel Gompers. president of the Amer
lean Federation OF Labor, got a great send
of when he left Plttsburg from the Union
station a few nights ago. A big crowd OF
labor leaders and union men was there 10
bid him goodbye. As a parting ode they
sang for him Everybody Works at Our
House."
II runs something like this.
Everybody works but father.
And he sits around all day
Puts his feet IN the hreDlace
And smokes his pipe OF clay.
Mother takes in washing
So does Sister Ann:
Everybody works at our house
But my old man.
Now isn't that grand send-off to give
to the leader OF Americas greatest labor
organization? Just at first Mr.. Gompers
did not know how to take IT, Then the
humor Of the thing struck him and he
laughed heartily He will never forget the
parting ode sung for him at PittsburE.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

Dean Shaler of Harvard university re-
marked. not long ago. that he had discov-
cred that President Roosevelt is some
thing OF wag. This rather surprising re-
mark aroused curiosity, and, after some
questioning. the dean was induced to ex-
plain.
A few days before the election last No
vember a member of the cabinet met the
dean in Boston, and as they parted the
secretary inquired: What shall say to
Theodore for your
To this the dean, with his customary
candor and vigor, replied: Give him my
regards and tell him I'll be id II I'll vote
for him."
He had entirely forgotten his message to
the president, until a few days after the
election when he received the following
note from the White House:
Dear Dean: Judging by the size OF our
majority, you must have changed your
mind. r. r."
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

Lord Denbigh turned to Governor Bates
and said:
What is going on over there?> have
noticed that these churchyards OF yours
seem to be the scene of some strange ac-
tivity."
"Oh, that's one phase of the mining
craze" replied the governor.
What, grubbing for gold in a church.
yard? Why, that's vandalism"
Oh it's not gold these grubbers are
after; it's ancestors" was the governors
reply, with smile.-Boston Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-10-08

Old Ben is a familiar character OF the
North Side, Chicago. and is well known IN
the Twenty-third ward. where he has been
driving a mineral water wagon for some
years past. 1t is an old joke among those
who know him that. although Ben is al
ways ION the water wagon" 1t does not
help TO keep his gait steady. In fact. jokes
about Ben are as common on the North