Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-27

Here's another learned article point
ing out that the driving horse Is
doomed" remarked Dave Leahy. private
secretary to the governor of Kansas. as
he put down family newspaper he had
been reading. The writer explains that
motor-driven vehicles are bound to send
the horse to the dump before long. The
horse will go to the dump. all right, but
not because of mechanical contrivances.
His own inferiority will send him there.
The fact that there are no good driving
horses explains everything.
When 1 lived at Wichita / tried for
ten years to get good driving horse-a
horse given to plain living and high
thinking. / tried 500 steeds and then
came to the conclusion that the salts
factory family horse is a. myth. So
sold my surrey and put gasoline en-
CINE and speedOmeter in my wheelbar-
row. II there was just one satisfactory
horse in the United States it would re-
store our confidence in the equine race,
but there isn't II horse isn't crippled
physically it is crippled mentally. If it
isn't swaybacked In it's vertebra 1t is
swaybacked IN it's soul
Il had "a friend IN the horse business.
He had mingled with horses all his life
and claimed to know all about them. So
/ went to- him and asked him. as man to
man, if he could find me a good, gentle,
handsome, moral and law abiding horse
for family use. told him l wOuldn't
haggle about the price II he found an
animal that suited me. All l insisted
upon was that / should have the use of
the horse for week, to be sure 1t was
right side up with care. He said that
would be easy. He knew of several able
bodied horses for sale, and he'd arrange
to get one on trial tor me.
$50 one day ne brought me beautiful
black animal that looked as though he
would I'LL the bill to q dot. He was
gentle and affectionate and looked like
a horse In a picture. 1 drove him a
couple of miles and was delighted with
him. Then i turned him around to drive
back TO my friend and tell him ! would
buy that horse. l was afraid somebody
eise might come along and take him.
While l was driving back the horse got
his tail over one Of the lines. Then. In
the feeble minded way of horses, he
pressed his tail down on one line SO
couldn't get 1t free. and while / was
leaning over the dashboard trying to pry
his tail up with my umbrella the car
riage upset and / was spilled out.
My friend was much chagrined when
l came back to town carrying the horse
other. He said he wouldn't have had
that happen for S4.8S However, he
knew Of a better and nobler horse that
was for sale and he would get the ami
NAL for me so I could try 1t out thor
oughly. He brought the horse along
next evening. and 1t certainly was a
peach. I couldn't see q blemish on 1t
anywhere and my friend guaranteed
that II was perfectly conscientious.
hitched IL up to my surrey and took a
little jaunt into the country. taking a
couple OF neighbors along for company.
"AI went merry as a marriage bell
for a half mile. and then the horse
stumbled. 1t stumbled SO earnestly it
broke the checkrein and hit it's nose
against the ground. One of the neigh
bors said that was an accident. Any
horse would stumble now and then. So
/ started ahead again and travelled about
a quarter of a mile and then that horse
stumbled again. This time he stood on
his head and broke most of the harness
and one of the shafts. and We had to
haul the surrey back by hand.
MY friend was greatly discouraged
over this. but he said he'd get a horse
for me next day that would make my
life seem one round OF pleasure. SO, next
day he came along with big handsome