Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-08-06


can gradually accustom him to your weight,
so as not to brighten him by having him Ell
it all at once. And. in the third place, the
block elevates you SO that you will not have
to make spring in order to get on the horses
back, but from it you can gradually raise
yourself into the saddle.
SUBSEQUENT EDUCATIONAL LESSONS N HORSE
TAMTSG-How TO sUBDUE KICKING HoRsE.
A kicking horse is the worst kind of a horse
to undertake to subdue. aud more dreaded by
man than any other; indeed. it would not be
too much to say that they are more dreaded
than all the other bad and vicious horses put
together. You often hear the expression,
even from horse jockeys themselves, II don't
care what he does so he doesn't kick Now,
a kicking horse can be broken from kicking
in harness, and effcctually broken, too. though
II will require some time to manage him safe
ly: but perseverance and patience by this rule
will do it effectually. When You go to har-
ness horse that you know nothing about, if
you want to find out whether he is a kicking
horse or not, you can ascertain that fact by
stroking him in the flank where the hair lies
upward which you can discover easily on any
horse: just stroke him down with the ends of
yonr fingers, and if he does not switch bis
tail. and shake his head, and lay back his
ears. or some of these, you need not fear bis
kicking; if he does any or all of these, set
him down for kicking horse, and watch him
closely.
When you harness a kicking horse, have a
strap about three feet long. with buckle on
one end; have several holes punched in the
strap; wrap it once around his leg just above
the hoof; lift up his foot touching his body !;
put the strap around the arm of his leg. and
buckle it; then you can go behind him. and
pull back on the traces; you must not fear
his kicking while his foot is up. for 1t is i'm
possible for him to do it. Practice him in this
way awhile. and he will soon learn to walk
on three legs. You should not hitch him up
until you have practiced him with his leg up
two or three times, pulling on the traces and
walking him along. After you have practiced
him few times in this way, take up his foot
as directed; hitch him to something, and
cause him to pull it short distance; then
take him out; caress him every time you work
with him.
You will find it more convenient to fasten
up his left fore loot, because this is the side
you are on. After you have had him hitched
up once or twice, you should get long strap;
put it around his foot as before directed (above
the hoof and below the paStern- joint; put it
through ring in your harness; take hold of
it in your hand; hitch him up gently, and if
he makes motion to kick. you can pull up
his feet and prevent it. You should use this
strap until you have broken him from kick
hitch kicking horse by himself; you can
manage him better in this way than to hitch
him by the side of another horse.
HOW TO BREAK HORSE FROM SOARING.
1t is an established rule in philosophy, that
there is not an effect without cause, and if
so, there must be some cause for the soaring
of horse. The horse scares either from i'm
aginatiOn or from pain. Now, it is IA law of
his nature, that if you will convince him that
any object will not hurt him, there is no dan
ger of bis soaring at it, no matter how fright
full it may be in appearance. To eXemplity
this, take a horse that is very easily scared at
an umbrella; take that horse INTO Il tight stable
where you can have his attention, take him by
the bride, and hold the umbrella in your
hand; when he first looks at il he will be IL
frald of it. and il he could be- would soon be
out of its reach; but hold it III your hand, let
him look at it aud feel it with his nose few
minutes. and then you can open and shut it
as you please, occasionally letting him feel it
with his nose, aud soon he will care nothing
about it,
In the same manner you can break any horse
from soaring at things that may look frightful
to him, logs, stumps by the roadside, or any
thing that you may wish to carry on him. If
you wish to make a trial of this theory, just
take a horse into the stable, and let him ex-
anime the frightful object few moments af-
ter his mode of examining things, and you
will be perfectly satisfied We have tried
horses that would not suffer you to take an
umbrella on them Shnt. and in fifteen minutes
could open and shut it at pleasure, and they
will pay no attention to it, There is some
thing peculiar in the horse Though it is be-
cause he has not the faculty of reasoning).
You can take an object that he is afraid of.
take il only on one side, let him examine il
on that side only; do not let the other eye see
l.. III =. l..
as the other eye GebOlds it, will be afraid nm
I'll he looks at il and touches it with his nose;
then he will be broken on both sides.
HOW TO TEACH HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU.
Take him into large stable or shed, take
hold of the bride or halter with your left
hand. have long switch or whip in your
right, after caressing him little put your
right hand over his shoulder with the whip
extending back so that you can touch him up
with the whip applied gently around his hind
legs. Start up little, give him gentle tap
with the whip, walking him ,rUund the stable.
saying TO him, Come along boy" or call him
by his name. taking him around the stable a
few times. holding him by the bride. After
you have taken him around in this way few
times you can let go of his bride, saying,
Come along boy" and il he stop, tap him up
with the whip gently, and in a short time he
will learn that you want him TO follow you;
then gradually get before him, have him to
follow you around the stable in this way few
minutes, then he will understand what you
want him to do.
Att you have taught him to follow you in
the stable take him into the stable lot, learn
him to follow you in that in few minutes;
then you can take him into the public road or
street, aud he will follow you there, and in a
short time he will follow you wherever you
want HIM to. You should often pat him and
caress him, and give him to understand you
do not intend to hurt him, aud he will soon
like to follow you. Men often get their horses
afraid of them and keep them so, and it is their
nature to keep out of danger when they appre
bend it, after their manner of arriving ut con-
illusions. The way horses arrive at conclu-
sions is generally from experience.
HOW To TEACH A HORSE TO STAND WITHOUT
HITcHING.
After Won have taught your horse to follow
You. stand him in the centre of the stable, be-
gin at his head to gentle him, gradually work
ing backward. II he moves give him a g,ntle
cut with the whip. and put him back in the
same spot from which he started. If he stands
eaPess him as before aud continue gentling
him in this way until you can get around him
without making him move. Keep walking "a
round him, increasing your pace, and only
touch him occasionally. Every time he moves
put him back into the same place; 20 still far
Their from him, il he moves give him cut with
your whip. place him back in the same place.
If he stands go to him frequently and caress
him. Do not let him stand too long. but make
him follow you around in the stable. Then
stand him in another place and proceed as
before. After you have him SO he will stand
in the stable, take him out in the lot aud
place him anywhere without hitching. You
should not practice him longer than half an
hour at a time.
on Baking.
If you have balky horses, it is your fault
and not the horses; for if they do not pull