Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-09-25

Every man and boy had his own
morse. People used saddles then. Pc.
mes were cheap. being driven over.
anu from Texas. and the ordinary
Kansas citize nfelt himself everlast-
lngiy disgraced II anybody saw him
on foot Why the boys and girls on
the farms used to carry swill to. the
hogs on horseback and when farmers
mad 20 grease their Windmills they
rode their b%ronchos right up the tow
er. When a farmers wife had to kin
a chicken for dinner she'd get on a
horse and run it down
We'll maybe my Imagination was
getting away with me "A trifle, but
really those were the halcyon davs
OF horse trading. ! speak OF the ear
~ l0s. Ponies We're cheap as dirt.
and good horses as valuable as gold
mines. SO, when a silver-tongued or
ator managed to trade a Texas pony
for an American horse and draw a
few bones as boot. he naturally felt
that he had not lived in vain. Hut
| was going to tell YOU q true story.
Things were moving pretty rapidly at
Seneca during that gala season and I
was canning a few fragments of ma
uOnal currency every day. had q
little mare that / considered valuable.
She was three years old. and as pref
ty as a peach. and she had cost me
500 in cash. ! didn't count her as
trading stock; my idea was 10 square
myself with the grandchildren by TAX
ing that little beauty home and Civ
ing her TO them.
"One fine morning a fiend IN human
form came up to my headquarters
driving "a big slashing roam that look
nd .a mood 30 mo la NFnA-N. FaaH 1AAnl
ache. He had a splendid gait. and he
carried his head away up I'm the air
and his neck was clothed with thun-
der. and If there had been a valley
he would have paved in it. I don't
like roam horses as a rule, although
they are usually considered good stuff.
but 7 DO love a horse that lifts its
feet and trots as though it couldn't dc
anything else That is my weakness
When / see "A nag with high action J
want 10 own it. and | don't care much
about the expense.
"Now, the fiend in human form
whose lame IA Wolf-aud the name
fitted him like the paper on the wall
was % newcomer in that region, and
had already won a reputation as be-
Ing the smoothest horse dealer in an
the countryside. Very co~urteOusly he
invited me to get into his buggy and
watch the curves Of his roar wonder,
frankly admitting that he wanted to
trade with me. as he had ID dead mate
To my little mare. So l took my place
beside him. ana before the roam had
gone half q block | was determined to
own it at any cost ANY man who
loves a horse with a big swinging
stride win understood. His head was
always iu the air: the further he went
the more magnificent became his gait
He took us a half mile as fast as |
ever rode; drew one long breath, n
that was all. When we returned To
our c|arryall / walked around the
horse. looked at his eyes. teeth anC
hoofe. and asked Mr.. Wolf how we
could trade.
He said that he wanted to be gen
erOus, he knew that ] was an old man
with a family To support, and so he
would ask me only $50 in cash 70
mike n trade. wanted that roam 50
bad that | reached down into the old
ice cream freezer where ! kept my
money and tore off the coupons with
out argument. Then he took my
beautiful little mare and drove away
and called up the members of my
to show them my roam. We
rubbed the gallant animal down, ano
then took him TO a ~neighbofing trough
to give him drink. And he stood by
that trough. and paved. and whinnied
shed tears. and ducked his head
q feeble minded way. and didn't
seem able to get his nose TO the wa
ter And it didn't take me long TO dis
that as a result of some acct
lent ~, animal couldn't lower his
head at an. He had 10 eat from a
hieh shelf. and we had 10 water him
with the garden hose. When he Laid
all the neighbors had 20 be
called in To help him up again. /
VAS very amusing. | sat there i'm my
,~arryall and laughed until the tears
.ol ed down my cheeks. ! don't re-
.all any man more worthy Of respect