Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1858-08-28
From the New York Tribune.
TIE A1EaICAy Art 0F rAIlIi HIRES.
ORIGINALLY sYsTEMATxfED Il PRACrIcEp BY
JOHN 5. RAgEy.
CON cLuDED.)
HOW TO BREAK HORSE FROM scARlxo.

and if SO, there must be some cause for
The soaring of IA horse. The horse scares eli
Their from imagination or from fear. Nuw it
is a law OF hi. nature, that if you will con-
vince him that any object will not hurt
him, there is no danger of his soaring at it,
no matter how frighliuI it may be in APP
peaiance. To exsmplify this, take Il
horse that is very easily scared at An UNI
brella take the horse into tight stable
where YOU can have his attention, take
him by the bride, and hold the umbrella
in your hand; when he frs, looks At it he
will be afraid of it, and if he could he
wond soon be out of its reach, but hold il
in your hand, let him look at il and feel il
with his nose few minutes, and then
! you can open and shu, it as You please
occasionally ls,tins him ie-l it with his
hose, and aeon he will care nothing about
| it.
In the sane manner you can break any
horse from soaring at things that may
look frighlful to him, logs stumps by the
road side, or anything that you may wish
10 carry Oh him. If You wish to make =
trial Of this theory, just take Il horse into
the stable, and let him examine III. fright
fu object few minutes after this IL ,ie OF
examining things, and you will he perfect
ly satisfied. have tried horses that
would not suffer you to take An umbrella
on them shut. and in fifteen inmates coil,l
open and shut i, al pleasure, aud they viii
pay no attention 10 it. There is some.
.hing peculiar in The horse Though it j.
BECAUSE he has not t he faculty Of reason
ingl. You eau take All object that he II
afraid of, take it only on Que aide, let hln
rxsmine it on that slc only; do not lei
| the other eve see it; he will pe broken on
one side, aud, AS soon as the other side be
holds it, will be afraid until he looks nj Ii
and touches it with hi nose; then he will
lie broken on both sides.
now TO LEARN A HORSE TO FOLLOW You
| Take him into large stable or shed
,ak. huld uf the bride or halter with 70 ,
! left hand, have long switch or whip il,
Your right, afie, caressing him a little PM
your right hand over his shoulder wish The
wtil. .xtt ntiine BARK 50 that You can touch
him ny wish whip apple gently abound
mis- tn,i legs. Start hlm upa little. give
him gentle tap with the ~Lp, walking
Jim around The stable, saving 10 him
come along boy, or call hin. BY his name,
taking him around the stable ii f's times,
holding him bv the bride. After YOU
haze taken bi,n arunnl in this way u f'1
ti,nrs, you can LIT 20 tie bride, saying
! come along boy" and if he top, tap hm
! up with HE whip g"utly, AMI III short
time he will learn that YOU want him to
| Follow yon; then gradually get hef're him
! have him to follow YOU around the stable
| in this way few minutes, then he vii
understand what yon want him TO do
After YOU have Taught him 10 follow you
III the stable, take him into the stable lot
learn him to follow you in that few mi
ntes; then YOU can take him into the pub
| lie roal or street. an,! he will follow 20,
| hero, and in 81 ort time he will follow
YOU VIII rever YOU want him to. for
hould often pat him, and careSs him, an,
give him to nncer-tan'l you do rot Intend
TO hurt him, and he Will soon like To fol
low YOU Men often get their h rses afrai'
Of them and keep them SO, and it is tiei
mature to keep out of danger when they
apprehend it, after their manner OF arrlv
ing At conclusions. The way horses ar
rivessat conclusions is generally from expe
rience.
HOW TO TEACH HORSE TO STAND WITH
OUT HITCHING.
After you have laugh, your horse &c
follow YOU, stand him in he centre of the
stable, begin at his head to gentle him
gradually working backward. If he moves
give him gentle cut with the whip, ant
put him back in the same spot from which
he started. If he stands caress him as be
fore. and continue gentling him in thi'
way until YOU can get around him withou
making him move. Keep walking aroma
him increasing yoar pace, and only touch
ING him occasionally. Every time b.
moves put him back in the same place. |
he stands go TO him. Frequently and ca
ress him. De not let him stand too long
hut make him follow you around in TIN
stable. Then stand him IN another plac'
and proceed rs before. After you hav,
him so that he will stand in the stable
! take HIM out in the lot and place hin
/ there, and in short time You can place
/ him anywhere without hi;ching. Yol
should hot practice him longer than bal
an hour at time.
/ on Baking.
If YOU have balky horses, it is you
faul, and not the horses; for if they d.
not pull true, there is some cause for l, aud
if you will remove the cause the effect vii
cease.
/ When your horse balks, he is excited
and does not know what you want him L
do. When he gets little exclt-d, stol
him five or ten minutes; let him becoms
lcaIm: g, to the balky horse, pat him, AM
speak gently TO him; and as soon As be Is
over his excitement, he will. nine case
out of ten, pull at the word; whipping
and slashing only make the matter worse
After You have soothed him awhile, ano
his excitement has cooled down, take HIN