The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1906-11-22

as trick animal and saddle horse.
One Of his greatest admirers was
William G. Grant, head groom for
Paul A. Sorg, one Of the prominent
exhibitors of the show.
Mr.. Grant said he verify believed
that Bright Mark was one Of the
smartest horses that ever lived. III
would be no rash bet,r said Mr..
Grant, ''to offer $500 for any rea-
sonable trick that Bright Mark
could not be taught to do in ten
minutes. He Is 50 intelligent that
all You need 70 DO is to tell him to
perform such and such a trick and
be will do it. II is a case Of the
master giving orders and The horse
obeying almost instantly"
There is also romance IN the his
tory Of Bright Mark. It IS cha par
with The neurological tale Of how
the poetic country lad once rescued
Pegasus the wonderful horse Of the
Muses., from mental service with a
yokel, who had hitched the royal
steed TO plow, with an OK as his
harness companion. The yokel
could % nothing with Pegasus, de-
nouncing him as the worst thing
that ever happened in the way Of a
plow horse. Then along came the
lad, who recognized PEGASUS, spoke
kindly 10 him and aroused the horse
from his broken-hearted condition TO
his old self. The lad jumped upon
the back of the horse. which I'M
mediately scared with him to the
skies and resumed his former high
calling. q
A story with similar features is
told Of the queenly Maud S. 1t
runs that the great mare had been
completely spoiled and was rated as
most vicious. Some driver came
along who saw what was wrong
that the mare needed kind treat
ment instead of blows. He fed her
sugar Jumps and APES, won her con
fdence, and when this man held
lines on her it is told that there
seemed to be an electric current
running from the drivers hands
through the lines to the brain of
the brute, giving her an almost
human understanding and enabling
Der to do work that was remarkable.
In the case Of the discovery of
Bright Mark 1t was a tramp who
did The heroic. When Bright
Mark was a colt. the story goes, ne
was nervous. vicious and IN every
other wav an outlaw. When turned
loose in The field it required small
army of men to corner him and get
him back to the stable. One day a
tramp was wandering through the
field. He beheld Bright Mark and
thought him one of the prettiest
colts he had ever seen. The tramp
spoke kindly TO the spoiled youngs-
ter and Bright Mark pricked up his
ears, inclined his head and survey
ed the tramp from head to foot. The
dusty wanderer kept on talking, but
made no move toward the colt.
Presently Bright Mark walked up to
him, put his nose on the tramps
face and rubbed him affectionately-
Someone about the farm noticed
this strange incident of the vicious
colt treating a human being as a
friend. The spectator drew near.
but was warned BY the tramp to
STAY away. After being assured
that no harm was meant by the
tramp. the latter was asked to lead
the colt to the stable. 1t was an
easy matter. The tramp threw his
arm about the colts neck and the
animal walked with him, not meek
", but delightedly, whittier his
strange friend willed. The owner
was impressed by this and the tramp
offered to stay week for his board
and train the colt. This arrange
ment was made, and by the end Of
the week. it is told confidently,
Bright Mark had established the
fact that he had been a genius all
the time and only awaited discovery
by the right person. he would do
almost Instantly everything he was
told to do. Strange to say, the
tramp would not inger; he told
others the secret Of how to handle
Bright Mark, to rule him by hnd-
oass Froyo that day TO this Bright