Evening star., 1926-10-03

"Lud man, had three and expect 20
keep up with the procession. but, for
real enjoyment. there's nothing like
canter on old Dandy. Handsome
fellow, isn't he?' He patted Dandy
on his neck and Dandy sawed his
head up and down in the same spirit,
probably. that dog wags its tail.
The man in the car added an ad-
miring adjective and mentioned that
Dandy was not only a fine animal but
seemed to be more amiable than that
black fellow that always looked as if
he was running to a FIRE.
"Ch, huh. Flame was a Rne chan.
but after my little setback Of rheuma
tism had to give him up for Dandy
The other man. remembering, per
haps. that any little setback is liable
to come TO friend on the shady side
Of so, asked. advisingly, il he ddn Z
think it would be better--safer. don t
you know. old nlan--to give up horse
back riding and settle down 10 a car?
The rider LETT off patting Dandy to
administer the same little dabs To the
mahogany polish of the machine
y cars all right run in and out
every day in my roadster-bought me
little place out on the boulevard
with an eye to the twilight time that
Will be coming some day. but when
ever l can manage A holiday | ride
for a couple of hours-instead Of play
ing golf finished off with a
chuckllng reference to the canvas bag
that jacketed the regulation sticks
in the front of the car
Yes. ] play a few holes quite
regularly to keep down bulk-but that
riding is too strenuous for YOU. old
man. All right in your younger wears
but now that the automobile is
mere. the horse is a goner-he has had
his day"
The rider Strengthened 10 taut erect.
ness and barked interruption:
Where do you get that stuff Whv
man, statistics show that horses have
Increased by millions within the wear.
| saw movie the other night that
showed team of % horses hitched to
a monster tractor harvesting wheat
In Iowa-a team of 81. Had his dav,
huh. Well, it has been long day
anyhow-from Balaams ass TO that
Iowa wheat field-and that means the
history of the world. A car is ali
right, commercially, but you notice
when England erected that bronze
horse in church in memory of the
thousands of horses killed in the last
war she pinned no medals on the AUTO
mobile. There was reason A car
can rush men and supplies for a time
and then be turned into junk. but it
takes horse TO die like a human 1t
is the difference between blood and
gasoline. My car is A good machine
but Dandy here is my triend-''
He ended his little harangue with a
double pat Of friendliness-to the car
and to Dandy-and the two accepted
his affection according TO rule: The
car paying no attention whatever. and
the horse bobbing its head up and
down as a dog wags its tail.
And that would have been the last
Of it except for a couple Of women in
the back Of the automobile, who had
kept quiet during the little spree OF
talk-there are truly women like that.
Then. as they whiZzed along the
green silence of the park. the plain
woman mentioned to her companion
slim young thing who looked exact
ly like fairy princess-provided you
have ever seen one:
Il was reading the other day that
EEyptologists have discovered two
mummies of horses supposed to have
saved Rameses II from an ambush
laid by the Hittites during battle In
Palestine My memory for dates must
be going back on me. DO you remen
ber when Rameses reigned?
The fairy princess acknowledged
ignorance with an airy wave OF her
tennis racquet:
Indeed, I dont--you see. never
knew much about horses, and !
haven't tasted a date for years-and
years.
Smart girl. YOU understand. only
she wasn't paving attention. Any
fairy princess would have been that