Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 101, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 September 1901 — SPOILED THE FLIRTATION. [ARTICLE]

SPOILED THE FLIRTATION.

Pony Was a Racer and Had to Keep in , the Front. A gentleman who is a member of the Meadow Brook Hunt Club and delights in horseback riding received a few days -prrg..n..wjrv J “c»»v;ise” or cow-pony, as i-lbyv are called in the Northwest. The

animal had some speed and an easy gait, and, after riding it around the country roads ahfew days, he rode it, one evening, with a party of ladles and gentlemen who were out for a moonlight canter. The party split up into couples, and while the gentleman in question would much prefer to have taken the rear of the line with the lady whose escort he was, yet the pony developed an unexpected ambition to lead the procession, according to the New York Mail and Express. He let the “eayuse” have its own way only to find that the-head-strong animal insisted on being at least one-half a length in front of the horse ridden by the lady. There w r as no holding that pony back on even terms with the other horses. It pranced about, jumped from side to side and pulled the bit and would be quiet only when it had its nose well to the front. Tfte lady enjoyed it immensely, but the gentleman —well, he left unsaid many things which he had planned to say to the young lady when they started on the ride. Subsequently the gentleman found the pony had been used for racing in the West and had been trained to “go to the front and stay there.”