Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-05
From he .American Farmer.
TANNING WILL AND VICIOUS HORSES
. PApIsH. SOUTH CARoLIN.'

nearly all the year, and am what is called in Ca
ro!ina "a small planter" Though measure six
feet and am a little Of a farmer, though plant
ing and farming are here regarded as distinct &C.
equations. returned hons this evening, when
the ssday's work was over" and while my wife,
who is counted one of the best knitters in these
parts,-at all events, has the length OF her hus-
bands foot to a notch,-was finishing a winter
stocking for me, | took up, for our mutual bene-
fit. Travels In the United States, by Captain
Basil Hail." On we read, until this philosopher
of the quarter deck, as our Southern Review calls
him. came to discuss the merits of the %constitu-
ton, conjecture the probable durability OF the
government, and so forth. The chapter, when
ended. seemed a long one, and | bid his maJes-
tvs officer good night, not thinking linn aitoge-
ther orthodox upon the subject of popular feel
ing or republican institutions. My eyes turned
to the mantel piece. and the numbers OF the A
merican Turf Register and Sporting Magazine
were there. | opened one Of them, and my at
tention was attracted to a communication. head
ed Flaming Wild and Vicious Horses and
furnished by a correspondent in Ehzabethtown.
New Jersey. | know Of nothing more detesta6le
than a banking horse, and nothing more danger
Gus than a wild and vicious one, and cannot but
regret that your friend is not at liberty to impart
q secret, Nv WulCu lc uIS MAY Dt maui uuNlIt
and true to his collar, and the second be subdGed
and made obedient to his rider. hardly expect
again to ride any thing less gentle than my ches-
nut mare Kitty Flanagan, or drive any thing less
tractable than my old ~tavorite grey Charley. but
! would vet say a word on the score of tanning
wild and vicious horses.-Some ten or twenty
wears ago,-no matter which, hunted the deer
with as much zeal asany body, and as much sue
cess as most Of my neighbors-l had a friend
more addicted than myself to sport of all kinds,
as good a horseman as | ever saw in a saddle,
and the very best shot. either at a buck bound
ing through the forest, or at a snipe, w0Odcock,
or partridge, that ever l followed TO the field. |
have seen him on his hunter, " Black Raven"
kill two deers, one with each barrel. going at full
speed. have seen him flush a covey, and when
two birds were in the act Of crossing each other,
fire aud bar them both. We we're once pursu-
iuga wounded deer across the Old fields, as they
are called in d section of this State, known as the
:. Round o." herd of horses, almost entirely
wiid,-such as all have seen who reside near, or
are acquainted with the country,-set off at a
gallon before we were within some hundreds of
wards of them, and never ceased running until
they reached the wood. 1t was then he men
toned TO me the secret am now about to repeat
to vol, and which, BY the by, is no secret at all,
for | have told il to many others before you.-
What think YOU, said he, of taking the widest of
those horses, aud tanning HIM tomorrow sufi-
~ciently to 90 TO Charleston the next day? | an
swered by a look Of incredulity. With our three
bows and ourselves, can we not get some Of them
into the large pasture, aud then make up the
fence too high for their escape: Agreed; and TO
it we went. By sun down, a gang of fifteen or
twenty mares, colts, and stations, were, after
many failures. forced within the enclosure. Of
ten they would come to the gap, and, hating,
would smell the ground. look about them. wheel
suddenly. aud run a mile without stopping; but
they were in at last. and we lett them till morn
iug. Breakfast was soon over, and a moose being
prepared, with a long line attached to it, we sal
lied forth to select a proper subject for our expe-
riment. A cream cOlored stallion soon Showed
himself worthy of the contest. We had five
horsemen, and our plan was to separate the cream
from the rest of the herd, aud drive all out but
himself. This was no s. boys play;''bu at last
he found himselfalone; his companions had made
the water splash through the deserted rice-feids
as FAR as we could see them, aud even when out
of sight, the =. Changing hoof'' was heard more
aud more family. Till. at length, distance had ST.
fenced the tumuit of retreat.
We now began to approach the cream, as he
was soon afterwards called, and the mode we
adopted was 10 mount one rider, pursue our
object at full speed in any direction he might
take. and when horse or horsemen tagged, to start
a fresh one, who immediately continued the race,
so that the cream was always at his best, and had
five horses in good condition to contend with
thus we fatigued him. and brought him almost to
let us come near him. Effort after effort was made
TO throw the moose shout his neck-and many the
slim. and MANY the tumble produced by the failure
thereof. Once il got fairly oyerhis head, and hung
upon his breast, but before i, could be drawn
taught enough to secure hin. he gathered his feet
we'll under him, and makinga leap, passed through
the rope-theSe feats. however, were not always
to be performed-his spirit was giving. and ours
was increasing. as we were more and more sue
cessful.-A fortunate trial, and the moose encir-
cled his neck; he ran off, and the slip knot was at
his ~tbroat-quickly we were at a tree, and the
other end Of the cord was made fast to. its trunk
ii was now too late to hope for liberty again: it
was gone fnrever; no struggle could reclaim it:
we were sure sure of our captive, and having well