A SALEYARD IDYL.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume XXIX, Issue 7817, 9 June 1909, Page 2

A SALEYARD IDYL.

"Perfectly quiet; domesticated• a child can milk, her," were t h e terms used by an auctioneer a t the Tinwald' saleyards on Tuesday, when he -was about to offer 3, heifer for sale. The yardman was just m the act of driving this paragon of domesticated docility i? * if rinp> and ft was soon scon that the description had been premature. The heifer #ame into the yard with blazing eye? and tail erect, and by way <tf protesting against the milky sentimentarism of the auctioneer she ; viciously charged his. rostrum, and i every other object m the ring. Then there was. a hurried' scattering oftho crowd over a nine-foot fence. A wellknown dealer happened to walk up at tae moment, and recognising -„ that something unusual had occurred he entered the yard with .-a-jocose confidence, and, looking at" the cause of the excitement, exclaimed; "She's all right; she's only &. little upset"—a statement that caused the auctioneer to-ejaculate* "You will get upset if you don't, look out." Hardly had the words been spoken when the domesticated creature's tail again became erect, and she charged the dealer, who, with considerably less dignity than despatch, retreated over several flights of high gallery-arranged seats. People who hay& long known the gentleman m question, state that they had never before seen such an exhibition of his agility,; and, on reaching the top of the seats, he exclaimed: "A close shave; by — r~"i b <ut > as Hamlet has ,ft> "the rest is silence.' 1' •