Show I The Th e BI Black ac k Beauty B ANNIE BY BY- BY SEWELL II I x t. t J. J M I Early Earl Home The Ilac first place that I r can well rc- rc member wa was a large largo plea pleasant nl meadow with a pon pond of clear water l' l In iii It Sonic shady ha trees leaned over it it ant and rushes and lilies water grew rew at the deep cep end Over the ho hedge on one sl side e we looked Into a n. ploughed field nel an and on 00 the other wo we looked over o a a. gate at our masters master's mas mas- ter's s 's house which stood b by the time roadside roadside road roat- I sl side e at the tho top of the mea meadow ow was wasa a grove of fir trees and anti at tho the 1 bottom bot bot- ottom ot- ot tom tont a a. running brook o erhun overhung b by a a. steep 1 bank ank Whilst I was young oun I lived C upon m my mothers mother's milk milI as I could coul not cat grass In the thc daytime I ran by her hersl sl side o an and at night I lay down own close 1 by y her When hen It was hot we used to 1 by the pon pond in the shade of or the thc tree tee an and when It was cold coM we ha had hada a a nice warm rm shed near time the grove gro As soon as I was old oil enough to cat grass glass my mother use used to go out to work worl in the thc daytime an and come conic back In tho the evening There Thero were six young colts In thO mca meadow ow besides es me the they were ol older el tf than an I was some were nearly as large l as up grown-up horses I use used to run with them thein ant and ha had great fun we used mell to gallop all to together roun round ant and loun round the field as hard har as we could coult go Sometimes we wo ha had rather rough play pIa for the they would woul frequently bite nn and kick as well as gallop One day a when there was a n. soo good deal of kicking my amy mother whinnied to me n to come to her an and then she Sal said A I wish you OU to pa pay attention to what I am aimi to say m to you rou The colts who live lIyo here are arc very cry goot good colts but the they arc are horse cart-horse colts colt and anti of course the they have not learned man man- ners You have ha been bred well re and born well your our father has a great great name In these parts nn and your grandfather won the time cup two years ears at tho the Newmarket races your our gran grandmother grandmother grand grand- mother a mad had the time sweetest temper of or nil any horse I ever er knew an and I think you o ha have hac c never nc seen me inc kick or bite bile I I hope you ou will brOW grow up gentle an and I good o an anti and never learn bad ways wars do O your our work with a a. goo good will lift your feet up well when you OU trot an and never bite or kick even In play i I have havo never for forgotten otten my mr mother tt advice I knew she was a n wise o old hOl horse horce e and our OUI master r thought a n great grea deal o of her Her name was Duchess Duches but he often otten called her Pet Our master was a 11 good kind man IIo o gave us Soo good food goo good lodging and kind words ho lie as kind kindly l 1 to us as he lie did to his Ills little children Wc c were all Con fond of oC him and m mj my mother loved him vcr very much When tle ho sau- sau him at it tho grate gate sho would rie neigh lIe h with II h ju Joy CUl and trot up to him him would u j pat jat al anti and her and anel s say ay oa AVel old u Pet and anel lIOn is your little J I I F was a a. dull black so w Jio ho callcu etl II mo lio would ho-would would give Sho mc me a piece of f bread breall which was as as c very good and sometimes lie brought a n. aJ J ic carrot ful for t my tuy- ot o A AU ute the horSeS 1 il l' l coma lo to n h but bul ut T I think U o Vo 0 08 of f o o H 8 1 My nether i-nether ni- ni al- al ways nys took tool him to o the tho town on a a. amar marIet mar market ket Iet day ay In a a. light Rig gig tS' tS was vas a a. o Dick who sometimes came canio Into our fiel field to pluck blackberries lack erries from the time hedge hege when h he ha had eaten all he lie wanted ho Iso would woul have e wh what t he hc called calle tun fun with th the colts colls throwing stones and an sticks a at them to make mae them gallop We dl did l Hot not much mind him for Cor Core we e coul could gallop off but sometimes a a. stone slone lon hit nn and hurt us One day a he lie was at this timis game barne am ani amiI did it not know that the time master was vas 1 In Inthe time the next next- field fielt but he was there watching what was going on oil over o the hc hedge go he ho Jumped in iii a snap an and catching Dick by the arm he gave ga him such sueh a box on the time ear car as ma made e him hii him roar with tho the I pain ln an and surprise A As oon as we saw the time master we trotted up UI IJ nearer lo tu t see c ce what went sent on Bad Ba bo boy ho he said raid al bad ua bo boy t to tocha cha chao o the time colts coit This is not miot tho the t lira r t time lime nor the tIme second econ but It shall shah b bethe ue be the last There take take your jour mono money and n go home I shall not want you on my farm arm again So So we never saw Dick any more Old Olt Daniel the man who 10 looked after tho time horses was justH just justus H us gentha aa-gentha as OUt our master so 50 we were fr well cU ll off oCr II 11 The Time J Hunt I unto Before I was two years ears ol old a circumstance circumstance cir clr- cum tance happened which I have ha never nc forgotten It was early In the time spring sprint there ha had been a little frost frostin in the night an and a light mist still sUll hung over o th the the- woods au und and mea meadows I Ian an anti and the thc other colts were feeding at atthe atthe atthe the lower part pail o of the tho Hel Held when we heard quite In the distance what sounded like the tho cr cry of dogs doge The rime ol oldest est of the colts colls rals raised his head pricked his ears and said bald There Then are arc the time hounds und and n immediately cantered off followed by the rest o of ofus I us Sir s to the time upper part of or the thc field where whore we could look 1001 over o the hc hedge ge an and sec ace I Ir t My Iy mother an and several fluids fields s beyond r an ol old riding horse hone of or our musters muster's were ero also stan standing ing near and seemed t tb tO know all nil about it They Timey The have hav foun found a hare said m my amy mother and und if Ie thc they come this way waye e Sc shall see sec the time hunt n 4 And soon the dogs were all nil t tearing arins down time Iho held field of oC young roun wheat next to ours I never heard such a noise us as they made The They did not bark bark- nor 1101 howl nor whine but kept on a ayo yo o yo 0 o 0 o yo YOl 0 y yo 0 o. o o at the theto to top of their voices After Arter them came a number of men on sonic some of them in green re n coats all galloping ol old horse a as fast Cast as they coul could The after aCter them thema snorted shorted an and amid looked eagerly be bo galloping galloping gal gal- al- al to t a id we young oun colts wanted wante loping with them but they ther were soon n a away Into the fields s lower down own here hereIt l i It seemed as m. If Ir thc they had hail come conic to a aJ aJ J sta stand d the time dO dogs i left off ore barking and ran rami about every elj Wt way with thou their no notes noses es esto to tho time ground loUn The They have lost the tho scent said ai the theold theold theold old horse perhaps the hare will get off oCt What hare 1 I said Oh I dont don't know what hare likely like c It bo ono one of or our own ly Jy enough ma may hares out of or tho time woods any hare haro they can fin find will do for tho the dogs an and men menU U- U to run lun r and long iong the time i dugs began h yo Ye YO o o. o o again i an and back thc they came all nil together at I full speed making straight for 01 our I moa meadow at the time part hart where time the high I j bank and he hedge e tim th brook Now we shall mee C the hal har said salt my lily mother and Just jUll then a hare wild wIllI with fright rushed r by br and made mallo for forthe forthe the woods On Out carne came the time dogs dog they burst over O tho the bank hanl leapt tho tIme stream all and amid came caine dashing ll across the time field el followed 1 by the huntsmen Six or 01 eIght men leaped theIr horses horace clean over close upon time the dogs The Time hare I tried to get through h the fence it was too thick and an and she turned sharp roun round to male make for 01 the road but it was too loo late laic the thc dogs llos were upon her with their wll wild cries wo We heard one shriek an and that thal was s time the end of oC her One of the tue huntsmen l' l redo roche up nn and whipped off ore time the dogs who would soon have ha torn her to piece He lie heill held her imer herup up b by time the le leg torn an and bleeding an and andall andall all tho the gentlemen seemed well pleased please As for me mc I was so 11 astonished that I dl did not slot at ut first so see sec what was going I on oil b by the thc brook brool but when I 1 did lt look there was a sat sad sight two line fine horses were down one cue was struggling In the time stream and time thc other was groaning on omm the tiie gra grass s. s One of ot the time rl was getting getting get set ting tinS out of the water ere co covered with mu mud the thc other lay Jay quite still His Ills neck is broke mid suld my mother And serve e him right too said one of or the time colts coIls I 1 thou thought ht the time same ame Cut tut ut m my mother did l not Join with us Well ell iTo fib she said you ou must not nota say a that but though T I am ama an ol old I horse an and have seen een an and heard heart a great deal eal I J never nc yet ct could coul make out h why whymen men are arc so o fond of this sport thc they often orten hurt themselves often spoil goo good horse anti and tear up the fields s an and 1 all for a hare or a fox or 01 a stag that the they could coul get more easily some somo other way but we are arc horses and ml dont don't know r Whilst my mother was sas saying this we stood nn and looked p 01 Many an any or or- orthe the riders ha had had- gone ono to t the young r nan Irian but my master masler who had been w wat watch watching hing h- h ing inS what shat was going going- going on on n was th the first to raise him His his- head cid fell foIl ba back and his arms hung hung- do down an anti and everyone looked looe vcr very cry serious There was n mio noise now even o the thed d Qs gs were wale quiet nn and seemed to k ko kno 1110 o that something was as wrong wrong- The They c carrio him to ou our masters master's house I rl I heard afterwards s that It Jt was youns young young- George G COrdon Gdrdon r un the time Squires Squire's on only son a a. line tall young youn I man nine an and the tho pride C of his famil I There There was vas now no off ocr in all al directions to the time doctors doctor's to the farrier's anti and no to Squire Gordon's Gordons Cur Gor dons don's to lot Jot him Julia know about hl his son hen hen Mr MiS Bond tho time furrier farrier came to look ook at I tho Uw black hOl horse that Ja Jay groan groan- g on oh Limo Iho ho Jo felt cit him all nIl over arid anti shook Ills his head ono of oc Ills his legH cg ro was as lJJ sOniO sonio O lo t to Jur ui masters master's house an and came caine back backwith with ItU a a. gun presently tl there was aloud mug bang and null a a. and thou ul alt U was vas sun stIll tiie- tiie blade mo ell no more My Iy mother seemed much troubled she ho she ml said she had hatS n that horse hone or years and ll that hl his name was Rob RobRoy n Roy he lie was a good horse horle an and there was no vice In tn him She never would go gu to lo that Ihal part lart of or the time field field afterwards Not Kot man many days as a's after a we C heard the church bell tolling clung for a long lont Ion time lime nu and looking hoohing over O the gate sate we saw a along along long strange black coach that was co covered with wilh black cloth an and was drawn m wn by black hordes hores after that came camo another and another and another an- an other ant and all black while th bell kept tolling lolling tolling toiling They were carrying young GOI Gordon on to the churchyard churchyard church church- yard to bury him hini lie He would woul never or ride again What thc they lU did with Rob Hob J Roy O oy I never nc knew but twos all forone for tOl forone one little hare I III I r was imo now beginning e to lo grow glow handsome hand hand- some m my coat cont ha lund had grown rown Hue flue and soft nn and was w-as bright rl ht black I ha had one I white foot fool and a n pretty white star sta starIn on In my lay forehead I was thought though r very 1 my master would woul not sc sel selme sell sellme 1 me till l I was wag tour four years old old he lie sail said ai lad lads 15 ought not to work like men an and colls ou ought ht not lo to u-ork u like horses horse till th ther y wore sere quite grown up When hen I was aK four Com years ol old SquIre Gordon came caine to lo look tool at me inc He lie cx- cx d amil my eyes my m mouth n and m ml my l J legs gs g's he lie felt fell th them all nil down and then Ihen I 1 hall had tu to walk wall and U trot ut t an and gallop galop before bo he- fore him h ho lie seemed to tu like e me mc and said When he has boon been well broken III in liu hu will do mit very ery well My Iy master mastel I saul said he hue would break me rue in himself as ho lw should nol lIot like hike mo me to be f Crl frightened light fright lightened ht- ht ened wr or hurl hurt and amid he lie lost lest no time thue about It it for fUI tIme the next lay day he lie began J er one may not know what wha hn breaking in ill Is e I will describe describe des des- CI- CI cribe It ft It means to lo teach a hor horac e to lo wear weal a ul saddle le and bridle ri le ant and to o CalI carry carryon on his back bach a man woman or child to lo go bO Just the tho way the they wish ant and amid to lo logo togo toto go to quietly ps this timis he lie has to learn to wear a collar a a. crupper an and n Li breeching nn and to stand stan still whilst l they are arc rc put on then to have a cart cartor 01 or a chaise chals 1 fixed behind to So u that he cannot walk or 01 trot irol without dragging It after him nn and he must go o fast 01 or slow Just as his driver Ii wishes lIe He must never 11 start at what he lie sees s. s nor speak to I Ith tImer er horses nor bite bile nor noi kick nor nOl have an any wIlt of his Ills own but always do hi his mat masters master's rg will even en though he lie may be very cry tired or 01 hungry hungry hungry hun hun- gry but the worst of nil all Is when his harness Is once on ho lie may a neither jump tot for j joy nor lie down for for wean wean- ness ness So ou see this breaking in 13 Js isa a a. great thing thIng- 1 I had hat of course long been used to lo a halter halleI and a headstall ant and to lo be led about out in the time ibid field 1 and lanes quietly but hut now I was to lo have a lilt hIt an and bridle m my master gave me inc some oats as ag usual nn and after a soo good deal cal of coaxing coax coax- lug InS he hc got ot the thc bit into my mouth an and i ithe the bridle lc fixed but it was vas n a nasty thIn thing Those who have ne cr had a abit abit bit in their mouths cannot think how how- 1 bad a it feels a great piece of col cold hard har steel as thick a a a mans man's linger finger to be c pushed into ones one's mouth between between bol be bo- l tween ones one's teeth an and over ones one's tongue with the lie cn ends s coming out omit at time corner of oC your mouth an and hel held fast there b by straps over O your head hea under your throat round your nose ant anti and un under l r your yom chin so o that no way In il-i time the world worl can you ou get rid of the nasty hard har thing it Is Isery very ery bad bat yes s. s very elT ba bad |