The Hardin tribune-herald. [volume] (Hardin, Mont.) 1925-1973, 1938-12-29

horses we're lei taVOrlte al OF animal and III spent a great deal of
her time in the stable seeing. that they we're well taken care of and not
Among the other horses va n Rex. who a the annie Of m,rvs
eye. He va a high-strung thoroughbred. but as gentle as a kitten.
greeting every time he a me: ! gave him twice the are and
almost human in his intelligence"
And Rex's ceverness is to take a important part in u
learned to put his head over the top op' Of the door 90 and SsdI1 push IN back at
tine se b Ds WI" q, t te S nose M mar. s.n a sa tt ,r have o,s N bolt It.! pu. down at
into int the he: feed DON and probably laundering himself. Remember
door, out Of reach of anyone inside. That lowset bolt caused a
stableman Bolted the Door.
But of course that hot brick with the turpenine sauce vas the prn-
This S the place where the brick and the turpentine come into the
check it + = She "sc Gated |. sVI n s a Veterinary sy sa se snd I1 he gave M'r Sr eo so%e m 5sdm ee
for Rex. And srother thing you might try" he said. sis this. Heat
a brick. pour OH tmpentine it. and let the vapor get up his
o it. He brought the brick vi t her red hot. And Mary put
that brick OH a shovel and went into Rexs stall.
AS she went in she closed the door and the stableman bolted
it, The staheman had a bucket of turpentne and. from the out
lavish hand: It was a case Of too much Of everything. M Tne
%uob taene eeen hf fn ae too ~ not in h first nss, place: There was too
tuspsntine s,'hed and aned the stan with a choking vapo1: Rex
fame, and Rex went crazy.
his hind legs and began paving at the air. ~ '~ nc ''''s0 ~ III
zesm oAnd Il" , says 1ysss Mary; Twas w $. in that tR, stall. Up to that time it had
hands high, rearing and punging about me, it seemed no bigger than
THE vapor started to rise in a thick cloud and I couldn't see
s !, II s, H. II an: { : :: dog: ava. y t. q keep s%s :: Iii Il: : :s':ss
punging, frantic horse would be coming my way again."
Afraid to Drop Red-Hot Brick.
All that time. Mary a holding the shovel. She didn't dare Sc it
down, fol- tn brick "a red hot and the floor of the stall was covered
with dry straw. Once the shovel with its blazing contents touched that
straw the whole stable would 60 up in flames.
And why didn't Mary just duck out the stall door? Well, there you
have the bolt again. As DOR a the flames started shooting up the
stableman had u away in panic. The door, remember. was boled
low down on the outside, and Mary, who is only five feet in height,
couldn't reach down to it. All she could do was hang onto that blazing
shovel keep it away from the straw-and wait. If she was lucky, the
flames would die down eventually and Rex could be quoted.
And If she wasn't lucky, she might get in the way of one of
Rexs flying hoofs. Then she would 60 down. The shovel would
60 with her. The straw would ignite, and that stable would be-
come a funeral pyre for some fine horses-and for Mary!
1t was tn toughest spot Mary "a in, but all Adventures come
to an end eventually. After what seemed an eternity, the stableman
came back and opened the door. Mary was out of the stall like a
streak. I'VE repeated the treatment later" she says. but this time
the brick was not red hot. and I stayed outside the stall while the tmr-
pendne was being applied"
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