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| j j | | i I . , • l 1 I KINCSEM A VEGETABLE THIEF. The Vienna papers, alliniiug to the many services KincM-m. the famous mare, has rendered to breed lug ill Hangar J. relates thai when she was a year Hag at tin- stud farm at Tanio Szent Martta, the boaae paddocks were divided from an extensive kiii inn garden by a good, stout, high staue wall to keep out intruders. It was discovered that, although tin v,ates were locked, some horses had man . aged to eel in and nibble away at the toothsome turnips grown for dsaaestie use. Traces of hoofs were apparent where the ground had been tiirneil over. A st.-jet watch was kept, but it was some time before the culprit was discovered. Mm- of the rearllags. Kiucnem, ending thai sin- was not closely i watched, looked over the wall. and. seeing no one in the kjtehen garden, took a spring and lauded ssfel] over the obstacle to return to her favorite roots. Mr. E. von Blaskovits. kef breeder, had the I c.is, reported to him. and said, laughingly: "Oh, nevr mind: a yearling which can jump so well is -me to prove a good one ao the turf." He made no mistake, for the name of the turnip fihher will live forever in the annals of the turf, for Kincsoin was perhaps the best mare that ever wore a bridle. I
