The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1858-08-17
SEVENTH yOLUME---NUMBER s22.

him. there is no danger Of his soaring at IT. no mat
ter how frightful it may be in appearance 10 eX-
cmplify this take horse that is very easily scared
at an umbrella; take that horse into tlSht stable
where you can have his attention, take him by the
bride, and hold the umbrella in your hand; when
he first looks a. it he will 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 rs you please, occasionally letting hlm iee
it with his nose, and soon he will scare nothing
about it.
In the same manner you can break any horse
from soaring at things that may look inShttnl to
him, logs, stumls by the road side, or anything
that YOU may wish to carry on linn. If you wish
to make trial of this theory just take horse into
the stable, and let him examine the frghtiul object
a few minutes after his mode of examining things,
and YOU will be perfectly satisfied We have tried
horses that would not suffer you to take IN unbrcl-
| Ia on them shut and in fifteen minutes could open
and shut 1t at pleasure, and they will pay atten-
ton to it. There is something peculiar III the
horse (thOugh it is because he has not the faculty
Of rcasoning) You take an object that nc is
afraid of, take it only Oh one side let him exam
inc 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 bcholds 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 HALTER, SADDLE, AND Birdie y COLT
! In breaking a colt We should first endeavor tC
make him conscious Of what is required of him.
! lettering him with IL halter for the first time
placing the saddle upon his back, fastening the
| yirths arc all matters OF paramount Importance
demanding the ercatcst degree Of PATIENCE pcrse
verancc, and ntuitiyc knowledge Of his idlosyn
crac:es. Before putting halter upon colt, he
must be rendered familiar with 1t by carcSsng hln
| and permitting him to examine the article with his
nose Then place q portion Of it over his head oc
cassionally giving Ii a slight pull, and IN a 1e"
minute she will be accustomed to these llbcrtlcS ant
then the halter may be fastened OH properly. Tt
! teach him to lead is another difficulty. Stand
little one side rub his nose and forehead take holC
Of the strap and pull gently, and at the same time
touch him very lightly with the end Of long whip
across his hind legs. This will make HIM star
and advance a few steps. Repeat the operation
several times, and he will soon learn to follow yot
by simply pulling the halter
The process of saddling and brdng is similar
The mouth of the colt should be frequent.
handled, after which introduce plain staffle be
tween his teeth and hold it there with one hand
and caress him with the other. After time he
will allow the bride to be placed upon him. Th
saddle can now be brought i'll and rubbed agains
his nose his neck and his legs; next hang the Stir
rup strap across his back, and gradually nslnuat
the saddle into its place. The girth should not b
fastened until he becomes acquainted with the sac
die The first time the gilths is buckled it shou
be done so loosely not to attract his attention
subsequently it can be frightened without lnspIrln
him with fear, which if fastened immediately /
would most certainly do. In this manner tn
widest colt can be cffcctually subjugated by sue
mperceptible degrees that he gives tacit obcdienc
before he is aware of his altered condition.