3/14 Some shied; others were liable to be overcome by "blind staggers"; three had the epizootic badly, and longed to lie down; one was nearly blind. At last I was told of a lady who desired to leave her pet horse and Sargent buggy in some country home during her three months' trip abroad. "I hate to part with her, even for the summer. She has been a famous racer in Canada--can travel easily twenty-five miles a day. Will go better at the end of the journey than at the beginning. |