The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-08-14

to that new position in which he will see you
when you will ride him. Secondly, by the
process of leaning your weight SO as not to
friShtea him by having him feel 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 IN HORSE
TAMING-How TO sUBDUE A KICKING HORSE.
kicking horse is the worst kind of 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
together. You often hear the expressions,
even from horse. jockeys themselves. Il don't
care what he does, so he doesn't kick" Now,
kicking horse can be broken from kicking
IN harness, and efIectually broken too, though
1t will require some time to manage him safe
ly; but perseverance and patience by this rule
will do it etiectually. When you 90 to har-
ness horse that you know nothing about. if
you want to iiud out whether he is kick ing
horse or not, you can ascertain that fact by
stroklng 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
your fingers, and ifhe does not switch his tail
and shake his head, and lay back his car or
some OF these, you need not fear his kicking {:
II he does any or all of these, set him down
for q kicking horse, and watch him closely.
When you ha,ncss 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 60 behind him, and
pull pack on the traces you must not fear his
kicking while his foot is up, for it is impos
sble for him to do it. Practice him in this
way while. and he will soon learn to walk on
thu ee legs. You should not hitch him ~
until you have practced him with his leg up
two or three times. pulling on the traces, and
walking him along. After you have practiced
HIM n few times in this way, take up his foot
as directed; hitch him to something. and cause
him to pull it a short distance; then take him
out: caiess 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 1t around his foot as before directed
(above the hoof and below the pasterjoint):
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 foot and prevent it. You should
use this strap until you have BIN broken
from kicking, which will not take very long.
You should hitch kicking horse by him self;
you can manage him better in this way
than to hitch HIM by the side Of another horse
! now TO BREAK A 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 ,or the soaring
OF horse. The horse scares either from ina
sihatlon or from pain. Now it is law of his
nature; that if you will convince him that any
object will not hurt him, there is no danger
OF his soaring at it, no matter how frghtful it
may be IN appearance. 10 exempllfy this,
take horse that is very easily scared at an
umbrella take that horse into light stable.
where you can have his attention take him
by the bride, ard hold the umbrella in your
hand; when he first looks at il he will be
afraid oft, and, if he could, would be out
of its reach; but hold it in your hand, let
him at it and feel it with his nose a few
minutes and then you can open and shut it
as you please, occasionally letting him feel it
with his nose, and soon lie will care nothing
about it.
In the same manner you can break any
horse from soaring at things that look fright
tul TO him, logs, stumps by the roadside, or
anything that you may wish to carry on him.
II yo1 wish to make a trial of this theory,
just take horse into the stable, and let him
examine the frightful object few minutes,
alter 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 shut, and in fifteen minutes
could open and shut it Mt pleasure. and they
would pay no attention to 1t. There is some.
thing peculiar in the horse, Though it is be-
cause he has not the faculty of reasoning. j.
You can take an object that he is afraid Of
take it only on one side-let him examine it
on that side only do not let the other eye see
it, he " i'll be broken on one side, and as soon
as the other eye beholds it, will be afraid, I'm.
til he looks at it and touches it with his nose;
then ne vii! be broken on both sides.
HOW TO LEARN HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU.
Take him into larger stable OF 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 him little. give him a gentle tap
with the whip, walking around the stable
saying to him, g Come along toy;" or call him
by his name. taking him around the stable a
few times, holding him by the bride, saying
"Come along, boy" and if he stop. 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
follow you around the stable in this way a
few minutes, then he will understand what
you want him to do. After you have taught
him to follow in the stable, take him into the
stable lot, learn bin to follow you in that a
few minutes then you can take him into the
public road or street, and he VIII follow you
there. and in short time he will follow you
wherever you want him to. You should often
pat him, and caress him, and give him TO un
derstand you do not intend to hurt him, and
he will sooE like to follow you. Men often &c,
their horses afraid Of them and keep them SO
and it is their nature to keep out Of danger
when they apprehend it, after their mannel
of arriving at conclusions. The way horses
arrive at such conclusions is generally iIou
experience.
HOW TO TEACH HORSE TO STAND WITHOUT
HITCHING.
After YOU have taught your horse to follow
you. stand him in the centre of the stable
begin at his head to gentle him, gradual,