TOMBOY— THE STORY OF A COLT. 



J. Hugo Reed, V. S. 



I am a four year old filly. My name is Tombov. My mother is a 

 half-breed, and her name is Duster. My sire's name is Jim Wassen ; he is 

 a thoroughbred. Therefore I am three-quarters bred. My mother is a 

 large white mare, a great favorite of my master, who both rides and drives 

 her. She is a grand saddle mare and hunter. She likes to gallop across 

 country after the hounds with my master in the saddle. She jumps over 

 fences, ditches, stone walls and anything that is not too high ; she can 



Fig. 93. Tomboy's Mother, " Duster,"— 20 years old. 



run fast and jump better than the other horses in the hunt. She is large 

 and strong, and although my master weighs 200 pounds, she likes to carry 

 him as he is kind to her, rides her well, and never pricks her sides with 

 the spurs, nor hits her with the whip, nor hurts her mouth by bearing too 

 heavily on the reins. He has always been kind to her and fed her well, 

 and that is why she is strong and sound and as lively as when she was 

 young, although she has done a greal deal of hard work in both harness 

 and saddle. 



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