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Show MADE HIS BLUFF STRONG. Trouble Was the" Horse Would Not Be Reasonable, Charles II Wllr-i - - nrlntend-ent nrlntend-ent of Alfred O. Vanderbilfs remarkable remark-able Btahles, said nt Newport oi a groom he had discharged: "The man was a bluff. Ho pretended to know all about horses, when In truth ho could hardly tell a hnckney from a cow. Wo soon got on to him. Ills caso was like the fake blacksmith's. Thero was a chap who thought black-smithing black-smithing looked slmplo and easy, and so, being out of work, ho decided to have a try at it. Ho went to a smith and asked for a Job. 'Well,' said the smith, 'you are a strong, llkely-looking fellow. What experience havo you had?' 'Elevon years',' was tho prompt) answer. 'All right, I'll try you,' said the blacksmith. 'Shoo that mare whllo I go homo to dinner.' The smith, on his return from dinner frowned, and said to the new haud: 'What, haven't you got that mare shod yet?' Tho bluffer bit his Up, flushed and replied: 'I cant' get her confounded foot in the vice.' " |