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Sheridan's First Ride

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Parent Issue
Day
9
Month
July
Year
1897
Copyright
Public Domain
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The followiug story was told by the Rev. J. T TTeadley, historian and biographerof rtany of the héroes of the war, in regard to a boyhood experience of General Sheridan: At five years of age he was playing near his home wheu sonie lads carne along and amused themselves with the wide awake boy. A horse was feeding in an adjacent lot. "Phil, wonld yon like a ride?" they said to iiiuj. "Yes. Give me ond. " In a few moments the boy was on the animal's back. The sudden aud nnceremouious iBouuting of the youug rider Btartled the steed, and away he ran. "Whoa! Whoa!" shouted the lads, but in vaiu. Over the fence the animal sprang, and once on the highway it was a John Gilpin performance. Phil clung to the mane, while the sobered authors of the race turned pale with apprehension of a tragio end to it, expectiug to see him dashed to the earth and killed. Bnt out of sight vanished both steed and rider, and miles soon intervened between the two parties. Suddenly the horse turned into the Bhed of a tavern, where its owner bad frequently etopped in his travels. Men came out, and, recognizing the horse, questioned the boy. One of the curious company, after securing the foaming animal, which had neither saddle nor bridle, inquired of the nnterrified Phil: "Who taught you to ride?" "fiobody, " answered the boy. "Did no one teach you how to sit on a horse?" asked another. "Oh, .ves. Bill Seymour told me to huid .011 with my knees, and I did." "Wasn't you frightened?" "Nary a bit. I wanted to go farther, but the horse wouldn't go. " "Ain't you sore?" "Kinder, but 111 be better tomorrow, and theu I'll ride back home." "That boy," said the questioner, "bas pluck enough to be an Indian hunter. " The owner of the nag turned up not long afterward, in search of his property. He said that the animal was vicious and had thrown more than one

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Ann Arbor Argus
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