Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1857-12-31
HORSE BREAKING.

SIN the United States, generally, a horse
is called thoroughly broke when he will al
low himselfto be mounted and ridden, or
put in harness and driven, without rearing,
lplunging, kicking throwing his rider over
his head, or smashing the vehicle to pieces
with his heels-when be will neither run
away nor stand still, in spite of his owner's
will ;~when, in a word, he is subdued, gem
tie and free from vice, and when he has ac-
quired certain facility of going along, at
the regular PAGES Of walk, trot, canter or
gallop, with some indistinct sort Of reference
to the wishes of the person who directs him,
but without the slightest reference, to,,his
mode of carrying himself, whether; with his
nose in the air, or thrust obstinately out be-,
fore him, in a. straight line with his body,
like runaway pig; Or, naturally and grace
fully in its place, with the neck curved, the
line of the face perpendicular to the surface
|of the earth, the chin in towards the chest,
the. mouth playing gently with the Bit and,
yielding to every touch of the bridle-withl
out the, slightest reference to his mode of
going whether with his fore quarters boring
and weighing on the hand, and with his
hind quarters lobbing along, just as. it may
happen, all abroad under no control of the
rider, and in no concert or connection with
the action OF movements Of the fore-hand
and fore-legs; or. with his whole frame in
perfect equilibrium and concert, whether
going united or disunited, his fore-hand all
grace, ightness, and ease, as if on springs,
| his headquarters well under him, and the,
centre Of the whole animals and riders.
gravity exactly where it ought to be, in the
centre of the horses body, and under the
centre of the horseman's seat which if true
and truly kept. in all possible circumstances
and conditions Of position and motion, on
fthe part ef the animal swheth her ge;n q at a.
regular pace, rearing, plunging, kicking
fleaping, or even falling should be such that
the mans trunk shall always be perpendicu-.
lar to the natural or true plane of the hori-
without, lastly, the slightest reference,
ito the manner Of his entering upon, chang
ing Or regulating his PAGES, whether at his
OWE willor at the pleasure of the rider;
whether merely from slower to faster, be-
cause urged to increased speed or at a given
and recognized signal, at once from the walk,
ito the trot, or to the canter, as the horse
man directs by hand and heel; whether stop
ping at once, and again proceeding, at
touch Of the bride, Or merely hauled down
by main force from gallop to a trot, and
from a trot to a walk.
'Now a horse IS, in reality, just as far
from being broke, when he will go along
peaceably in his own. natural way and at
his own natural PAGES, under the guidance
of his own untaught will, either carrying
his head just as his own obstinate humor or
physical malformation predisposes him to
do, or having it dragged into its place, and
kept there, by that disgrace to horseman-
ship-a martingale- AS a rider is far from
being a horseman when he can just contrive
to stick upon horse by the aid of hanging,
on by means Of his hands and Of his bride,
/ by dead pull on the beasts mouth. which
in order to steady himself in his seat, he
renders as hard, as insensible and as un-
yielding to the bit as if il were a piece Of
lsole-leather or a, stone WALL; @..7sz, s1li
7- "SuNDAY Corn An American infdel
boasting in published letter that he has