Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1843-07-29
BHThKING DIT

Somebody has said, "there is no m1ti Who'll.
y evil" and tgs are inclined to tho Htinion
thete ia no animal wholly or irreciainiably vi
cious. Many are made nearly 80 by ini udi-
clois or brutal treatment, and the consc-
| quonce Of our own mjscendhct TO charged ftp
on The beast as instructive Of natural. The
great secret in the management If al ahiitais
Is gentleness love; in this case, at least ~
more powerful than fear and the aritrai soon
| learns that docilitt and submission 70 not tln-
rewarded. Read, in Burkhardt or LII Mar.
tame, the manfter in which the Arabs treat
their %torses, rearing them among their chill
dren, and frequently dividing their last bal ley
cake with them, and we cannot wonder that
there arc no vicious and Interchangeable horses
among them. The mares and foals not unfro-
qUantly occupy part of the same .eft with the
family, and the children climb upon and fondle
them without fear or injury. The affection
and attachment between the Arab and his
horse, is reciprocal the animal meets him
with a neigh Of pleasure, and bows his head
to receive the expected caress. And through
out the country, it will be foUnd ifat the man
who treats his horses apd other animals with
the most kindness and attention, has them
most dociie and rhahagnablel and the most free
from vicious rropenslties. Tbs following,
which we copy from a comthin!catioh in the
Union Agricultural, written by Mr. Church.
i'll viii better illustrate tho effect Of this law
Of kindnessi than any roiGarke Of ours
"My father, while | was young, kept a n1m-
Der of mares for raising colts, among which
were two which we called pretty high strung;
and the colts in that respect we're generally
after the mares. One. in particular, after IN,
Juring two or three men in the neighborhotod,
b. throwing them, he sold to a horse dealer,
who took it to Hartford, Conn, whore hs killed
one negro, and nearly killed another in the
same way, both noted for sticking TO a horse's
back. After these. accidentss the driver sold
the colt TO 60 to the West Indies, where, as
he said, there we're plenty Of negroes to kill.
Having another colt of the same stock to
break, my father ~as concluding to take etrong
measures to effect his object.
Il proposed trying more gentle nneans, tod
him that he had his smart riders, that could
jump from the ground on to The back Of 4 wild
colt without touching a hand, and got thrown
as Iuick. Give me Uowd' "a young man
equally as clumsy az fGyself, but cautious,
cool, and withal kind TO animals, J and the colt,
and We ~ill try what We can do After laugh
ing at us to his fatisfact!6n. and some impor-
tunity on my part, h4 eorssnted.
avs took the ctit into a smooth pasture,
where il @ss sa41niliar Nth svery object. and
led him'around the pasture very gently; then,
VIXEN standing. Dowd put bis left arm over
the colts back. and let it feel some of his
weight stood q few minutes in that position.
tie colt quite unsasy at first, put soon became
~paciied by kird treatment. then tool hold
of Dowd's ankle, when his foot was raised,
and assisted him to place himself across the
back of the colt. After remaining in this po-
sition some five or SIX or minutes, he the n g4-a-
dually put his right leg over, aud RAISED him.
self 10 a parpsndieuiar position.
"W6 let the colt stand thus till i, showed a
dispositiotion 70 walk forward. At first, it
would take but one or two steps, but soon
found that it could movs with a man upon ito
back In oss hours time Dcud rode tie col.
to the house without difficulty. During the
whole time, We were careful 10 treat the colt
kindly; to make no sudden or quick motions
to frighten it and by al means not To vex il.
This colt, though easnssnrlr Spirited, pryzeda