HORSE TRAINING EXTRAORDINARY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1542, 23 November 1883, Page 2

HORSE TRAINING EXTRAORDINARY.

The proverbial "Amstead" • 'eatb. donkey, that is trained to go so far and no further for a penny so that" 'Arry does not get more than his" pennorth". when out riding on the 'eath, has been fully' eclipsed by the livery stable keepers of Christchurch, if the experiences of two Masterton residents who; went (to (see the show and races, aro any criterion of the down south style of livery business. After doing the show these two gentlemen evinced a. desire to see the farm of the principal prize taker, and accordingly hired a \ one horse conveyance to do the journey Y of. eight miles. The animal wont.' \ through the city in a style that betokened an enjoyable drive, but on reaching the country road, it jettled down to a time killing paco, that wis agonizing to those who were used to our Wairarapa spankers, The whip : was brought into requisition and used freely on the shoulders, back, and flank, with no satisfactory result. The butt end was gently laid on, but the' locomotion was if anything slowor, . As a last resource it was proposed to get out and show ihe animal the whip, as they thought it could not be awarj they had one. Finding that driving was of no avail, thoy lot the horse go its own pace, keeping it awake by an occasional prod, The farm was eventually reached, and after having been shown over it, and the horse baited, a start was made for home, the experiences being somewhat worse than on the out journey, for the. animal having got such an uncommon thing as a feed of oats, fairly crawled homo under the influence of the apparent unusual load, arriving in Christ»hurch without '•' turning a hair." The stables being reached, the faithful creature was disrobed by the attendant groom, who , kept up a run of conversation in the following strain : " How did he go, gentlemenf "A good horse for a journey. Do any distance, and never tires hisaelf," k,, k, to which the driver feelingly remarked that he thought he would bo tired out first, but it was quite evident from the merry twinkle that passed between the animal and the groom that thoy both enjoyed tho discomfiture of the Wairarapa visitor, and were fully : prepared P to sacrifice anything in the discharge <