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Show HORSES THAT GET DRUNK. New York Man Owns Pair That" Ato Confirmed Drunkard3. NEW YORK, Oct. ?. City Island, in the Bronx, boasts of a team of horses, conilrmed drunkards. The team Is owned by Charles Angus, An-gus, the keeper of the Angus Inn, Main street. Their peculiar habit was at first encouraged by their owner, but tho beasts' appetites have grown so that tho Innkeeper Is wondering whether he had not better get rid of them before 4 H they drink him into bankruptcy. h H Tho horses' love for stimulants was ' H first noticed when a guest of the inn H provided a pail of beer for them. An- HH gus thought it a joke, and as his friends j jH appeared nt his place he would give the H team a supply to drink before them. jH Thc 'fame of the animals spread far il and wide, After a while, however, thc IH novelty wore off, and, of course, the Jm supply of beer was cut off: but to the j, IH chagrin of Angus he found the horscu IH were not only unwilling but unable to IM work without their usual supply of beer. jj, IH Coaxing was tried, but In vain, and a H doctor was called. He said tho animals H displayed all the symptoms of a human l H under similar conditions, and a regular , . jH course of treatment was necessary. tm |