Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1907-10-24
HAVE STRANGE GIFT
QUEER POWER EXERCISED BV
MORSE wHlsPERERs."
Authentic cases on Record Where
the Most unruly Beasts Have
Been Made Traetable by
Few Words.

Inc morse WhiRperera might De an
unknown quantity In England and Ire
land to-day. but there are not a few
men who exercise n wonderful control
with their voices over horses which.
when the dominating influence IN alb
sent are apt to literally kick over the
traces. says a writer in the London
stock Journal. In the thoroughbred
stables OF England and Ireland to-day
there are not a few stablemen and
Jockeys who succeed in holding IN
check the vice In horses which in
demonstrative manner show that they
cannot tolerate the presence OF the
grooms or attendants.
The horse whi3perer Of to-day
avoids all gesticulation, and trusts en-.
urely to a combination OF sounds or
words. There is no bullying done, and
the whisperer can face q mad horse
with his hands behind his back and
apparently at the mercy Of the beast
that has to come under the charm
One means Of keeping remount horses
quiet in stations during the South
African war was that employed by the
yeomen. who sat In q ring OF head.to-
head horses singing as loudly as pos
sible and riveting the ears and atten.
ton OF the otherwise sprawllng and
hungry animals.
One Of the first whisperers to &C.
Quire the power was Con Sullivan,
who migrated in his youth from
Killmallock, where he could trace his
genealogy through n long line OF snaf.
fiers and become almost exclusively
employed by Lord DonerRile.
So unaccountable and so magical
was the power Sullivan instantly
acquired over the most savage brute
that his parish priest, who had ex.
cellent grounds for not believing him
a saint, denounced him as a sorcerer.
The whisper OF this man made an In.
delible impression upon any horse,
bringing the pupil TO a degree OF docll-
ity unattainable in the ordinary course
OF discipline.
The race horse King Pepin, a IA.
nous racer, vicious, and reputed 10
have killed two grooms at the Cur.
TRugh, once came under his charge.
He was wanted to win a race at Nal.
low, but when saddling time came II
found him In one OF his unmanagahle
moods. He reared, plunged and flung
out fore and aft until he completely
cowed groom and jockey. 1t was at
this crisis that some one recommend.
ed that he should be whispered" As
1t was the only chance left OF tam.
Ing him In time for the start, his own.
or gladly availed himself OF II, though
warned that horses were sometimes
thrown into q state Of stupor by the
process.
Sullivan was soon found, and he
was delighted with the opportunity oil
"fwhuishperin' before so much Quol
ity' from all parts" Show US the wild
baste," he said. and wen soon tache
him manners"
When he got within the circle--anC
a wide one II was-in which Kinl
Pepin was playing his antics, h,
walked up to him, approaching tn,
horse from behind. He mumbled som,
words as he walked, which, though no
NeANS ohulole' WSIe hb unlnttliBlDle al
sermon In the unknown tongue, blu
they had a most magical effect on tn
horse. for he stood stock still. SuIlI
van then patted him on the mech
while he whispered a word or two Il
his ear, whereupon King Pepin wen
on his knees and incontinently la
down.
The whisperer then stretched hin
self on him at full length, took on
a pouch containing pipe and Il
: baeco. flint and steel, struck a llgh
and blew cloud. as he lounged O
: the stomach Of this high melted co
with AZ much composure as II he wer
seated on a bench In his favorite Ia
room. After two or three puffs he e
: mp. beckoned the nag to his leg
saddled him and walked OF to II
D starting post, the horse following an
fawning upon him like dog. He VIC
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