Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11
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Right EduealiOn Of Horses !.

n.y. dHPOf1l ntldnSe 10 tnOSe WHO
have closely observed the intelli-
gepce often manifested by that noble
animal. The present remarks are
designed to give some information in
relation to the rearing and treatment
of young horses; not so mudh, how
ever, with reference to their food
and drink, as to their quietness and
docility.
That there is difference in the
temper and disposition of different
horses, is not denied; but at the
same time it is ayerred, that where a
horse is so vicious or uDmanageable
rs to render him unsafe in the har-
ness, it is chargeable in almost every
Instance, to the treatment he has for
inerly received.
The training Of colts should CON-
mence when they are about three
months old, so as to have them be-
come familiar with the family before
they are taken from the dam. Some
colts are inclined to use their heels
rather freely; in such cases great
care is necessary. They should be
approached carefully, and caressed
and curried, and they will soon sub
init to have their feet taken up and
handled without resistance; and this
will aid in quoting them while being
shod, rs the horse seldom forgets
what he has once learned.
A common method Of weaving
colts, is TO take them TO some back
lot, and place a heavy yoke or poke
on the neck, which they are COM
PEELED TO wear for several weeks; un-
ill their spirits are completely bro
ken. they become more or less "ewe-
necked," from which defect they
rarely wholly recover
Another method, but less ohjec.
tionable, is to shut them up in the
stable; but he does not. learn them
to respect fence in the least. Now
the better way, and the. one that the
writer has practiced with uniform
success, is tho following: Prepare a
yard, if il contains an acre or more
so much the better, tahave a strong
high fehce, so high that the coltcan-
not possibly leap over it-from 6 tc
Z feet will be suflicient-and let The
materials Of which the fence is com
posed be the same rs those enclosing
the field where the colt il in future
to be kept-either boards, rails, OIL
wall, as tho case may be land place
him there without attaching any ar
tlfici,l appendago whatever, and iet
him understand that it is the lcnc,
alone that prevents bis escape. Ill
should DO generously fed, and nlbt
hayea shed 10 which he can retire a
pleasure. After he has been sub
ducd in this way, he may BIO turned
into any field having a fence Of tn,
/ same kind, aud of ordinary height
and he will not attempt to breal
over. Even the most spirited hors,
brought up in this way cannot be in.
duccd to leap a fence four and hal
feet high.
The practical benefits of the above
plan are great. In passing through
the country, one is pdined to see Sc
many noble looking horses, shacklet
and bamperod in every conceivable
way that ingenuity can invent, muct
TO their detriment In putting on flesh
to say nothing Of the p@rplexity ant
trouble 10 tie owner, in adjusting tn,
trahpings every time The beast is
turned out or taken up, and all foi
the want Of little card during the
first year-lor it is eminently true
IN this case, that an ounde Of pteven-
ton is worth a pound Of cure.
There are many horses not "true"
If reliable,in he harness they having
a habit TO stop or balk, Especially at
the foot Of bill; this is caused by
having been, at some tim e, overload
ed and perhaps numerically beaten.
Neighbor A. has a beautiful span
Of bays, three years old, that he has
BEEN breaking in the past winter; he
wishes to haul some rails from the
farther side Of the farm. and as the
colts have become tolerably handy,
he puts on nearly full load, which
they manage very well until they
come 10 a bard spot, and there they
stop. The driver looks at the load,
then looks nj the horses they are
nearly as large as the old team-he
knows they can draw ii and is deter
mined they shall. So he G commences
beating and pounding the poor ami |
nal, until he is nearly worried out,
when be throws OF his load, and |
goes home With the loss Of time and
temper, and the horses damaged to
theameunt oftwenty dollars each. |,
Now il IS quite probabia that theIl