The Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1852-1853, 1853-11-02
From the Wool Grower and Stock Register.
Right Education Of Horses.

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Right Education Of Horses.
That horses may be educated will not ap-
pear strange to those who have closely OBJ.
served the Intelligence often manifested by
that noble animal The present remarks
are designed to give some information in re-
lstion to the rearing and treatment of young
horses. not so much however with reference
to their food and drink, as to their quietness
aud docility. .ErI.. a' r.a
That there is a difference in the temper
and disposition of different horses, is not
denied; but at the same time at is averred
that where. horse is so vicious OF unnian-
ageable as tn render him unsafe in the har-
ness, il is ehargeable in almost every in
stance to tie treatment he has formerly re-
ceived. g.. 81. ..r
Ths training of colts should commence
when they are about three months old, so as
to have them become familiar with the fam
lily before they are taken from the dam.-
Some colts are inclined to use their heels
rather too freely; in such cases great care
is necessary. They should be carressed and
curred, and they win soon submit to have
their feet taken up and handled without re-
sistance; and this will aid in quieting Ihem
while being shod, rs the horse seldom for
gets what he has orce learned.
A common method Of weaving colts is to
take them to some back lot, and place
heavy yoke or "poke" on their neck, which
they are compelled to wear for several weeks
until their spirits are completely broken, and
they become more or less "ewe necket, 1"
from which defect they rarely wholly recov-
er. Another method, but little less objec-
tonable, 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 practised with uni
form success. is The following:-Prepare a
yard, (if il contains an acre or more, so
much the better,) having a strong, high
fence, so high that the colt cannot possibly
leap over it, from six to seven feet will be suf-
tcent-and let the materials Of which the
fence is composed to be the same as those
enclosing the field where the colt is in future
TO be kept either wall, boards or rails as
the case may be-and place him there with
out attaching any artificial bandage what
ever, and let him understand that tits the
fence alone that prevents his escape. He
should be generously led, and also have a
shed to which he can retire at pleasure =
After he has been subdued in this way, he
may be turned into any field havinga fence
of the same kind, and of ordinary height,
and he will not attempt to break over.-
Even the most spirited horse brought up in
this way cannot be induced to leap fence
four and half feet high. ."
The practical benefits of the above plan
are e, eat. In passing through the country
one is panied to see SO many noble looking
horses shackled and Eampered in every con-
ceivable way that ingenuity can invent,
much to their detriment in putting on flesh,
to say nothing Of the perpexity and trouble
to the owner i'll adjusting the trappings ev-
cry time the beast is turned out or taken up
and all for the want of little care during
the first year,-for it is eminently true in
this case that an ounce of preventionis worth
a pound of cure. &, .... ...
There are many horses not "true" or re
liable, in the harness, having the habit to
stop, or balk especially at the foot of the
hill; this is caused by having been at some
time overloaded, and perhaps numerically
beaten. Neighbor A. has beautiful span Of
bays three years old, that he has been break
ing in the past winter; he wishes to haul
some rails from the other side of the farm,
and as the colts have been totally "hand " .
he puts on nearly full load which they man
age very well until they come to "hard
spot,' and there they stop. The driver
looks at the load. then looks at the horsss
they are nearly as large as the Old team
he knows they can draw it and is deNrmin-
ed they shall. So he commences beating
and pounding the poor animals until he is
nearly worried out, when he throws off his
load and goes HON" with loss of both time
and temper, and the horses damaged TO the
amount Of twenty five dollars each.
Now it is quite probable that the horses
had strength enough to draw the load in
question, but they had not had sufficient
practice, they did not work in concert
They should have been made to draw only
light loads for long time, and then by in
cressing the weight gradually, as THEN
strength and experience increases, they can
be made to do all the work they are capable
of doing, and will always work kindly, and
may be depended on under all circulnstan'
ces. ' '''' o.