Deseret Evening News | 1891-06-16 | Page 6 | Taking a Drive with Grant

Taalrg a llrlt with lll. I wai a reelJent of Detroit when the Ule (Jeneral (Irani waa n caitaln of Infantry In-fantry and itatloncd at l'ort Wayne, th military poat near that city, (Irani at tliat time owned a pacing pony that waa aa faat aa a ghoet. One day h Invited In-vited HUhop McClotky to take a ride behind the pacer. The blahnp weighed 730 poundt and waa very dig-lilllwL dig-lilllwL drant'a courxi lay up Jotlereon ntcnue to (Irouo lVilnt, then, na now, n favorlto drlie. Grant tUrted the iwcer up long before be got Uyond th city llmlta, and wo toon (airly My lug along. I well remember teeing th bdhop holding on to tho teat of th buggy Willi on Iian4 aud oil to hla hat with th oUior, whllo Grant waa holding on to tho pony to tteady him and not tuy-Ing tuy-Ing a word. When th ride wat ended the hitliop I'ipreaacd hit thanki lo Grant for the eoiirteay ihown hhn, but Grant could Hover get him Into lilt buggy again, l'oor old McClotky I It It tad to contemplate tliat he wat compelled com-pelled to die In ctlle, I'cw men lmio fallen aa hard aa he did nor created a grwit.r aentatlnn when they fill. In-Unlaw In-Unlaw with Tmuunr Ilevta.