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Show HEN THAT RIDES HORSEBACK. Kentucky Fowl Decomej Famous as an Equestrienne. Danville. Ky It has remained tor Moyd county to produce Iho most ra- , murkablo liun In Kentucky, If not In the entire country, thu bird bolng an equestrienne of such pronounced ability abil-ity us to seriously Jeopardlxu the Hie of a valuable horse Tho hen Is owned by John II Stout, who llvos In Lux-Ington Lux-Ington avenue Two years ago he got . a number of Plymouth Rock chickens, among them being a pullet. Sho at unco took up with the horse, I dining from thu same trough, and Anally Itanmd to rldo Mr Stout's buggy horse The animal became accustomed ac-customed to his unusual rider and could never bo gotten nut or a Jog. Ycstorday Fred Vermilion drove bis Duo hurnoss liortu In from the country coun-try und stabled the animal at Stout's. I.ntu In the uftornoon, when ho went to get him, the hen was round perched on the back ot thu horse and riding in a clrclo as though she enjoyed It. The animal was nearly dead, as ho had beon whlzzl'ig around tlm lot at a high speed tor hours. Altheugh a hen, she Is strictly fashionable, rides astride, and tbo horses never go too fast for her. |