A SOCIABLE HORSE.
ge me EDITOR Or THII 8PECTATOL1 SIR,—The following story of equine 'cuteness may interest your readers :—A friend of mine, having more horses than his normal amount of stabling would accommodate, put up two of them in an old hovel, temporarily divided into two compartments by three bars of wood stretching from side to side. One of these beasts, an iron-grey cob, was found every morning in the same compartment as his fellow, and for a long time the manner in which he got from his own to his neighbour's stall remained a mystery. One morning, however, he was found by the coach- man, who happened to look into the hovel rather earlier than usual, lying on his side under the lowest of the three bars, with half his body on one side and half on the other, vigorously " scratting himself through," as the coachman expressed it A few shouts hastened his movements, and he quickly worked himself clean through, and began calmly munching by the side
of his companion.—I am, Sir, dec., F. S. Atugma.
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