The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1858-09-09
From the London Pamphlet.
Rareyss Great Secret.

First, that he-the horse-is so constituted
by nature that he will not offer resistance to
any demand made Of him which he fully COM
prehends, il made in way consistent with
the laws Of his nature.
Second, that he has no consciousness Of bis
strength, beyond his experience. and can be
handled according to our will without force.
Third. that we can, in compliance with the
laws of his nature by which he examines all
things new to him, take any object, however
frightful. around, over, or on him, that does
not inflict pain, without causing him to fear.
The horse though possessed Of some facul-
ties superior to mans, being deficient in reas-
onine powers, has no knowledge of right or
wrong, Of free will and independent govern
ment, and knows not OF any imposition prac-
ticed upon him, however unreasonable these
impositions may be. Consequently, he can
not come TO any decision as to what he should
or should not do, because he has not the reas-
oning faculties Of man to argue the Justice Of
the thing demanded Of him. If he hau taken
into consideration his superior strength, he
wonid be useless to man as a servant.
Every one that has paid anv attention to
the horse has noticcL his natural inclination
to smell everything which TO him looks new
and frightful This is his strange mode of ex-
aiming everything. And, when he is fright.
ened at anything, he l,oks at It sharply, and
seems to have no confidence in his optical ex.
animation alone, but must touch it with his
nose before he is entirely satisfied and as
soon as this is done, all is right.
We might very naturally suppose, from the
fact OF the horse applying his nose to every-
thing new to him, that he always does so for
the purpose OF smelling objects. BIT be-
lieve that it is as much or more for the pur.
pose OF feeling, and that he makes no use Of
his nose.-or muzzle as it is sometimes
caiied-as we would OF our hands because
it is The only organ by which he can touch or
feel ANYTHING with much susceptibility.
We know. from experience. that il . horse
sees or smells a robe a short distance from
him, he is very much frightened-unless he is
used to il unless he touches or feels it with
his nose, which is positive proof that feel
ing is the controlling sense in this case.
1t is prevailing opinion among horsemen
generally that the sense OF smell is the govern
ing sense Of the horse; and Faucher as well
as others, has, with that view, got mp receipts
for strong smelling oils, etc., to tame the horse
sometimes using the chestnut Of hls legs,
which they dry, grind into powder, and blow
into.his nostrils, sometimes using the oil Of
rhodium, origanum, etc., that are noted Tor
their strong smell and sometimes they seen,
the hand with the sweat from under the arm
or blow their bre tn into his nostrils, SC !,
&c.,; all Of which, a. far as the scent goes.
have no effect whatever in gentling the horse,
or conveying any idea to his mind though the
acts that accompany these edorts--handing
him, touching him about the nose & head, and
pattihg him as they direct you should, after
administering the articles, may have great
effect, which they mistake Tor the fleet Of the
ingredients rsed.
Now, reader, can you or any one else, give
one single reason how scent can convey an
dea to the horse's mind Of what we want him
to do? II not, then Of course st snr scents Of
any kind are Of no avail in tanning the unbro.
ken horse.
In order to obtain perfect obedience from
any horse, we mus. have him fear us; for our
motto, is, Fear, love and obey, ard we must
have the fulhllment of the two first before we
can expect the latter; for IT is by our philos-
ophy OF creating fear, love and confidence, that
we govern to our will every kind Of horse
whatever. Ishould not want, for myself,
more than half or three-quarters Of an hour to
handle any colt and have him running about In
the stable after me; though would advise a
new beginner to take more time, and not BE- in
too much Of hurry. When you have entered