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Show HORSE RODE TO FUNERAL. -M Ironic End to Career of Hard-Worked S London Animal. BJ Hero Is a truo and pathetic story H of a 'bus horso. It was told to mo a H day or two ago by n medical friend ot I mlno who hns an extenslvo nnd po- I cullar practlco In tho south of London. B Ono Sunday morning, during tho hot- B teat days, he was asked to como round B to an omnibus yard as quickly ns pos- B slblo. It scorned that ono of tho fl horses, drUen to desperation by tho B heat, hnd Insisted on climbing into tho B 'bus, Instead of taking Its proper po- B sitlon alongside the pole. Tho stable- B men hnd endeavored to got tho animal B out of tho 'bus, but tho poor horse, B during tho course of the struggle, had B plunged Its head through ono of tho B windows nnd cut Its neck. Tho doc- B tor, unfortunntely, arrived too late to B bo of service, with tho conscquenco H that tho horse bled to death. And flj hero comos tho Ironic sequel of tho H grim llttlo tragedy. Even when tho H horse was dead tho mm wero unnblo B to rctnovo tho body from the inside H of tho omnibus, nnd thus It happened Bj thnt they wero compelled to harness BJ two other horses to tho vehlclo nnd BJ drag tho corpse to the nearest car H penter show, In order thnt tho 'bus flj might bo taken to pieces. Truly, it la Jl better to dio gloriously that to llro "'fifJ out n llfo of hateful and lgnoblo bond HP ngo. It would bo interesting to know BJ the thoughts of the other 'bus horses BJ on seeing their former comrade riding, MM llko any gentleman, through ths H strcots of London. Tho Sketch. mm |