Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-08-03

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who has never been handled. He will allow
YOU to walk up to him and stand by his side
without soaring at you, because you have won't
ed him to that position, but if you get down on
your hands and knees and crawl towards him,
he will be very much frightened; and upon the
same principle, he would frighteu at your new
position If you had the power 10 hold yourself
over his back without touching him. Then,
the first great advantage OF the block is to grad-
u ally accustOm HIM to that new position in
which he will see you when you ride him
/ Secondly, by the process of leaning your
weight in the stirrups and on your hand, you
can gradually aecusiOm him to your weight, so
as not 10 frighten him by having him feel it all
at once. And, in the third place, the block el-
I evates you so that you viii nat have to make a
spring in order TO get on the horses back, but
from it you can gradually raise yourself into the
saddle.
SUBSEQUENT EDUCATIONAL LESSONS IN HoRsE-TA-
NING-HOw TO sUBDUE A KICKING HORSE.
A kicking horse is the worst kind Of a horse
to undertake to subdue, and 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 togeth-
er. You often hear the expression, even from
horse e-jOckeys themselves, 81 don't care wha.
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horse can be broken from kicking in harness,
and effeetually broken, too, though it will re-
quire some time to manage him safely; but per-
severance and patience by this rule will do it
efiectually. When you go to harness horse
that you know nothing about, if you want TO find
out whether he Is a kicking horse OF not, you can
ascertain that fact by stroking him on the flank
where the hair lies upward which you can dis
cover easily on any horse; just stroke him down
with the ends Of your fingers, and If he does not
switch his tail, and shake his head, and lay back
his ears, OF some Of these, yOU need not fear his
kicking; if he does any or all of these, set him
down for kicking horse, and watch him closely
When you harness kicking horse, have a
strap about three feet long, with a buckle on
one end; ; have several holes punched in the
strap; wrap it once around his leg just above the
hoOi lift up his foot touching his body; put the
strap around the arm Of his leg, and buckle it;
then you can go behiud him, and pull back on
the traces; you must not fear his kicking while
his foot is up, tor it is impossible 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 prae
tieed him with his leg up two or three times,
pulling on the traees, and walking him along.
After you have prscticed him a 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; earess him
every time you work with him You will find
it more convenient TO fasten up his left fore
foot, because that 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 (aboEe the ho0f and be-
low the pastern-jOiut); put It through ring in
your harness; take hold Of it IN your hand
hitch him up gently, and if he makes 4 motion
to kick, you can pull up his foot and prevent il.
You should use this strap until you have him
broken from kicking, which win not take very
long You should 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 A HORSE FROM scARINo.
It is an established rule in philosophy, that
there is not an effect without a cause, and if
so, there must be some cause for the gearing of
= horse. The horse scares either from imagi-
nation or from pain Now, It is a law Of ais
nature, that if you viii convince him that any
object will not hurt him, there is no danger Of
his soaring at it, no matter how frightful It may
be in appearance. To exemplify this, take horse
that is very easily scared at an umbrella; take
that horse into a tight stable where you can
have his. .attentiOn, take him by the bride, and
hold the umbrella in your hand; when he first
ooks at it he viii be afraid of it, and if he could
he would soon be out Of its reach, but hold it in
your hand, let him look at it and 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, and soon he will care
nothing about it.
In the same manner you can break any horse
from soaring at things that may look fnghtful
to him, logs, stumps by the roadside, OF any
thing that you may wish to carry on him. If
you wish TO make trial of this theory, lust
take horse into the stable, and let him exam
Inc the frightful object few minutes after his
mode of examining things, and you will be per-
iectly satisfied We have tried horses that
would not suffer you to take an umbrella on them
shut, and in nfteen minutes could open and
shut IT at pleasure, and they will pay no atten-
ton to it. There is something peculiar in the
horse Though it is because he has not the fac
ulty Of reasOning). You can take an object
that be is afraid Of take it only on one side, let
hun examine it on that side only; do not let the
other eye see it; he will be broken on one side,
and, as soon as the other eye beholds it, will be
afraid until he looks at It and touches it with
his nose; then he will be broken on both sides.
HOW To LEARN A 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
earessing him a little put your night hand over
his shoulder with the whip extending back so
that you can touch him up with the whip ap-
piled gently around his hind legs. Start him
up a little, give him gentle tap with the whip,
walking him around the stable, saying TO him,
"COne along. boy" OF call him by his name,
taking him around the stable a few times, hold
ing him by the bride After you have taken
him around this way a few times, you can let
90 of his bride, saying, HCome along, b0y,' and
II he stops, tap him up with the whip gently,
and in 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 under
stand what you want him to do After you
have taught him to follow in the stable, take
him into the stable lot, learn him to follow YOU
in that few minutes; then you can lake him
into the public road or street, and he will fol-
low you there, and in a short time he viii fol-
low you wherever you want him to. You should
often pat him, and caTess him, and give him to
understand you do not intend TO hurt him, and
he will soon like 10 follow you. Men often pet
their horses afraid of them and keep them 50,
and 1t Is their nature to keep out Of danger when
they apprehend It, after their manner Of arriving
at conclusions The way horses arrive at con-
clusions is generally from experience.
HOW TO TEACH a HORSE Ts STAND WITHOUT
HITCHING-
After you have taught your horse to follow
you, stand him in the center of the stable, begin
At his head to gentle him, gradually working
backward. If he moves give him a gentle cut
with the whip. and put him back in the same
spot from which he started If he stands, ca
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in this way until you can get around him with
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