The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1853-08-18
Right Education of Horses.

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appear strange to those who have closely
observed the intelligence often manifested
by that animal. The present remarks
are designed to give some information
in relation to the rearing and treatment of
young horses; not so much however with
reference to their food and drink, as to
their quietness and docility. p -,
That there is difference in the temper
and disposition of different horses, is not
denied; but at the same time it is averred
that where horse is so vicious or un-
manageable as to render him unsafe in the
harness, it is chargeable IN almost eue,y
instance to the treatment, he has formerly
received.
The training of colts should commence
when they are about three months old, so
as to have them become familiar with the
family before. they are taken from the
dam. Some colts are inclined to use their
heels rather too freely; nsuch cases great
care is necessary. They should be ap-
preached carefully, and caressed and cur
ried, and they will soon submit to have
their fret taken up and handled without
resistance: and this will aid in quieting
them while penis, shod, as the horse sell
dom forgets what he has once learned,
A common method of weaning colts is
to take them to some back lot, and place
heavy yoke or "poke" on the neck,
which they are compelled to wear for sew
eral weeks until their spirits are complete
ly broken, and they become more or less
"ewe necked," from which defect they
rarely wholly recover. Another meth
cd, but little less Objectionable, is to shut
them in the stable; but this does not learn
them to respect a fence in the least Now
the better way and the one that the writer
has practiced with uniform success, is the
following:vPrepare yard, (if it contain
an acre or more, so much the better, hay
ing strong. high fence, so high that the
colt cannot possibly leap over it-from sin
to seven feet will be sufficient-and let the
materials of which the fence is composed
be the same as those enclosing the field
where the colt is in future to be kept-ei-
ther wall, boards, or rails, as the case NAV
be-and place him there without attach
ing any artificial appendage whatever, and
let him understand that it is the fence alone
that preoe',ts his escape. He should be
generously fed, and also have shed tc
which he can retire at pleasure. After he
has been subdued in this way, he may be
turned into any field having fence of the
same kind, and of ordinary height, and
he will not attempt to break over. Ever
the most spirited horse brought up in thi.
way cannot be induced to leap fence foul
D aud a half feet high.
The practical benefits of the above plar
are great In passing through the coun
try one is panied to see SO many noble
looking horses shackled and hampered il
every conceivable way that ingenuity car
invent, much to their detriment in putting
on flesh, to say nothing of the perplexity
and trouble to the owner in adjusting thu
rapplngs every time the beasts turned
out or taken up, and all for the want of ;
little care during the first year,-for it i.
emincntly trne in this case that an ounc,
of prevention is worth pound of cure.
There are many horses not "truep O
reliable, in the harness, having the habi
to stop, or balk, especially at the foot of
hill; this is caused by having been atsom
time overloaded, and perhaps unmercifu
beaten Neighbr A. has beautiful spa
OF bays three years old, that he has bee
breaking in the past winter; he wishes t
haul some rails from the farther side q
the farm; and as the colts have becom
tolerably "handy," he puts on nearly
full load which they manage very we
until they come to a "hard spot" an
there they stop. The driver looks at th
load, then looks at the horses: thew ar
nearly as large as the old team; he knou
they can draw it, and is determined the
shoA So he commences beating an
pounding the poor animals until he
nearly worried out, when he throws o