Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1910-08-25
HORSE SWAPPING
In the Good Old Days It Was
Sport, Not Commercialism.
A MAN TOOK A CHANCE THEN

Al AHo ne GOT otuck he Bided n
! Time TO Pass Along tho Prize.
= - have been reading that Davl
Z Harum story" said the ancient liver,
man when his crOuies were comfort
bly, seated ~ his little Office. "a fripn
told NE TINT story was the last wof
on horse trnding. but the man WI
wrote Il didn't understand the splr
OF The game az al. David Haui
would have been skinned out OF D.
teeth II he hnd blown into any Yves
ern town IN the palHy days Of hors
trndlng twenty i've or thirty years ng,
~ tell you. my friends. all tlie dea
game sports are asleep with their II
theirs NOb0dy II willing 20 take
chanee nowadays. II man buys
+ cigar be wants bin OF sale with ID
The other day cheap skate pcstere,
me Whole afternoon talking abou
buying q horse. lle tried our an IN
I nags ~ the barn aud iiually decide,
that the glass eyed bay would SUI
I him. And he actually wanted wri
/ ten guarantee that the horse We
sound! a written guarantee! 40. gei
[ ileInpn. ! am not joking That bah
headed travesty on a man actual
asked for such document regarde
II us an insult. aud after had rebukG
him they had 10 pour four buckets
water over him before he recovered
I'm the gOnd old days horse tradif
was u game nor Il commercial trunsu
fion II man wasn't willing TO TAB
the chances hen he went trading
WINS advised 10 try some other line
business Many ana many a time
had the harpoon administered 10 N
One day Major Charlie Slaught
drove to my barn
nave quite q neat package
horscdesh here said the major. al
have a sort of prespntlment thar /
can travel a few lines when he win
is blowing In the right direction
Ills horse WAS handsome roam.
regular peacock for style. with h
head AWAY mp in the air so you'd nee
u sTepladder TO see n be had sli
on his forehead. And The way he T.
The road was sin. Talk about gait
horses. That roam handled his le
as though he had taken sparrlng
SONS. Now. my weak point In
horse business IL that when W
a certain nag the worst way ! O.
conceni the fact. just can't sleeE
eat my victuals until that horse Is
my barn With new halter on h
The major WIS wise TO my weakness
Its no use Jake. says the ma
This hOss isn't on my swapping q
Every roam hair on him Just suits
and I'd he a chump 10 let him go.
well. OF course | got the roam
right. The major was lust bluilinI
And | gave Alla flse hlEgesl lfqde I'd
pver hegra gfrgaye hgf9 Y sna'chel
cam and cra1 lillss Tor ttat Kan.
sling F,an. And phpn tool TIE roam
10 the water trough f0r drink ! found 1
haf Pc eouidnf lower his head He .
ns'i 10 carry II about ten feet IN The air
~ the time, owing TO some injury in
ia assk. lie Ind TO eat his talked rice
~ "a shelf and drink from garden
'is~ssand man needed an aeroplane
. pfi bride ON him
llhl ! raise fuss with the major2
NfNk SORT OF skate do you take me
AZ SeSt time met him | told him
sliked che roam better than any horse
aspF saw lie isn't always roofing
y tnese ground like o pig. said /, and
xaa had told me about his patent
lfiGN.ie beck ia have given you $40
isss We were sports In those days
rJpe tipc the veterinary surgeon
"a noe ailollt u tue rottiug horse 10 a
iva Hhtis distance away which bad
l4gi ds3siJvcd OF It's tail by u surgical
f'Sg1fiae went aud looked az the ,,
0issss NJ was a perfect beauty and
sissi srtH Vac an avalanche. Bur be
10 Just n Slump Of a mil. and the
'vneF Wis ashamed 20 drive him. so
li,lRahl The rrlter for q song ! went d
, To- cr trnnble having a tail made Z
q hlsQ h was beautiful lowing
Dc 4 FyfFaflf ~ the halrdrcsSer's art.
was Md ID giip oyer the horses
nj TN and Was then fastened TO the 5
'ppper ~ the harucss. and man
'etti gQ.Yl eyes 10 see that II wasn't
IL real thing .
'sfhe major bad poor eyes. and gbep
loOe him Ter drive behind that
IL trOlter be- simply bad to bs tied q
.On IN nm. -sat be- WIS sO eSclted
u sNtd he'd always w, u n"fSs v
th tail like that he had my oWu =,
tie couldn't pretend lndif. :
renee when ne wanted thing the ~
,rst way. aud he wanted thai horse
had that his hair was failing out. an
ter great deaf OF dellberatlou So
ued my ultimatum
I'm give you the horse. harness
4 buggy lust as they stand. said |. co
2 your surrel three-yearold and pr
4 Either ~ the sorrels was worth ste
ii ut horses like the black
Its trade. cried the major. 80,
Next morning the major came
'und 20 my barn all Smiles Ever q"
CO I was child and Qult playing 'n'
ID rattle says he. i have wanted
lorse With detachahle tail-a tail