Show THE HOARSE one of the queer sights of a down town street the other day was a balk ing horse hitched to a hearse I 1 have seen a good many stubborn i horses in time said a man who happened to be one of the bystanders and likewise a good many funerals but sunday s exhibition was the first combination of the two I 1 ever came across it was a curious spectacle nobody seemed to know what to make of a horse who would so tar forget bis good manners as to delay a funeral it the horse had been any color other than gray I 1 should have been even more surprised at the dis play 0 cussedness A short while ago a horseman im parted to me some very interesting deductions of his own in regard to balky horses according to him fully two thirds of the horses that balk are gray horsed just what affinity there Is between gray coloring matter and a predisposition to delay general trat fie for half a day at a stretch Is a question too deep for me perhaps some scientist can figure out the an awer another thing berth noting Is that a horse traveling toward the north seldom balks when going east west or south he may on occasions sud denly take root in the pavement but it northward bound there seems to i be an irresistible current that sweep him along no matter how strong inclination to stop and ruminate furthermore according to my in formant a horse hitched singly Is more apt to balk than when driven with a mate and also much harder to reduce to an amiable frame of mind it Is strange too what a boundless respect most horses have for certain kinds of freight very seldom does a horse hitched to a milk wagon stop to think things over unless given per mission to loiter bakers carts are likewise immune and no self respecting horse ever thinks of going into a tantrum when drawing a load of flow ers the drivers of pickle wagons also give a good account of their teams and chobody ever beard of a candy wagon being held up by an un ruly horse up to last sunday I 1 had supposed that hearses were equally fortunate but the escapade of tie t ie gray horse smashed that illusion new york press |