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HORSE SENSE. 



at Hagerstown, Md., while the author was talking on this important sub- 

 ject, through a Mr. Daniel Reichard, who had traveled extensively and 

 had seen many methods of handling horses. He said "he had seen many 

 horses and mules in Mexico drawing the old crude wooden plows hitched 

 only by their tails to the beam of the plow." And once while riding 

 with a Mexican in Texas on horseback, they came across a darkey, who 

 with his mule were stuck in the mud and both discouraged. After many 

 attempts to get out of the dilemma, he said the Mexican asked the 

 darkey if he would like him to help him out of the difficulty. The darkey 

 replied that he would like his help very much, but he could not see how 

 he could pull him out "without a harness on his hoss." He said the 

 Mexican took his lariat and tied a similar knot with it in his horse's 

 tail; then tied the other end to the shaft of the darkey's cart; told the 

 darkey to make his mule pull his best when ready. The Mexican got on 

 his horse, gave the word, and by the use of his spurs, his horse pulled 

 cart, mule and darkey out of the difficulty by the tail, before the mule 

 had time to straighten himself in the harness. To the surprise of the 

 author, ]Mr. Reichard stepped forward and tied the knot with the 

 familiarity of an old hand at the business. 



Cut No. 102. 



A PAIR OF HORSES CONNECTED WITH EACH OTHER AT 

 BOTH ENDS. 



