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

around the stable Then stand him in another
place and proceed as before. After you have
him so that he will stard in the stable, take
him out in the lot and place him there, AID
in short time you can place him anywhere
without hitching. You should not practice
him longer than half an hour at a timc.j
ON Baking.
If you have balky horse, It Is your fault,
and not the horses; for, if he does not pull
true, there is some cause for it. and if you re-
move the cause the effect will cease.
When your horse balks, he is excited, and
does not know what you want him to do
When he gets little excited. stop him five or
ten minutes ; let him become calm go to the
talky horse; pat him, and speak gently to him
and as soon as he is over his excitement he
will, nine cases out of ten, pull at the word !;
whipping AID sIashing, and swearing, only
make tie matter worse. After you have sooth.
ed him awhile. and his excitement has cooled
down, take him by the bits turn him eack
way as far as you can pull out the tongue !;
soothe him little; unrcgn him. then step be-
fore the balky horse, and let the other start
first; then you can take him anywhere you
wish. balky horse is always high spirited,
and starts quick has his pull out before the
other starts by standing before, him, the
other starts too. BY close application of
If a horse has been badly spoiled, you
should hitch him to the empty wagon, and pull
around awhile on level ground then put on
little load, and increase it gradually, caress.
ing as before, and in short time you will
have good horse, that will work without
troubling you.
THE PRACTICE OF HORSE TANNING.
The one principle which you must establish
firmly in your mind and which is so very
essential in horse. tanning that it is almost the
corn er-stone Of the theory, is the law of kind
ness. Next to kindness you must have pa.
thence, and next to patience, indomitable per-
severance. With these qualities in us, and
not possessing fear or anger, we undertake to
tame horses with perfect assurance of success
if we use the proper means. The horse re.
ceves instruction in and by the use of. four
of his ssnses-namely, seeing, hearing, smell
ling and feeling. You must remember that
the horse is dumb brute, has not the faculty
of reasoning on experiments that you make on
him, but is governed by instinct. In a nat
ural state he is afraid of man, and never until
you teach him that you do not intend to hurt
him, will that fear ceaSe-we mean that wild
natural fear-for you must have him fear you
as well as love you, before you can absorb his
attention as much as isneressary to break him
to your liking. 1t is principle in the nature,
OF horse not to offer resistance to our wishes
if made known IN a way that he understands
and in accordance with the laws ofhsn nature
In subjugating the horse, we must make u
powerful appeal to his intelligence; this can
only be done by physical operation. 1t is
an undsputed fact, that the battles of all
animals except such as are garnished with
horns) are fought by seizing each other by
the throat. A dog that has been thus held
by his antagonist for few minutes, on being
released, is often so thoroughly cowed that
no human article can induce him to again
resume the unequal contest. This is the
principle upon which horse tanning is founded
Choking horse is the first process in tam
ing and is but the beginning Of his education.
By its operation a horse becomes docilc, and
will thereafter receive any instruction which
he can be made to understand. Teaching the
animal to lie down at our bidding, tends to
keep him permanently cured, as it is per-
pctua reminder of his subdued condition
1t requires good deal of practice to tame
a horse successfully ; also nice judgment to
know when he is choked sufficiently, as there
is bare possibility that he might get more
than would be good for him. We advise per-
sons familiar with horse, to resort rather
to the strapping and throwing down process,
unless he is very vicious,) described below !;
this, in ordinary cases, will prove successful.
1t is the fault of most people who have
owned horse, to imagine that they are ex-
perts in his management while on the con-
trary, many professional horsemen are the
very worst parties to attempt his subjugation.
Unless man have a good disposition he peed
not attempt horse-taming.
In practicing the choking method, retire
with the animal to be operated upon into a
close STABLE with plenty Of litter upon the
floor (tanbark or sawdust is preferable). In
the first place fasten up the first fore-leg
with the arm strap, in such manner that it
will be permanently secured. Then take a
broad strap and pass it around the neck just
back Of the jaw bone. Draw the strap as
tight as possible, SO tight as to almost arrest
the horses breathing. The strap must not
be buckled, but held in this position to pre-
vent slipping back. The animal will struggle
for few minutes, when he will become per-
fectly quiet, overpowered by sense Of suffo-
cation the veins in his head will swell his
eyes lose their fire his knees totter and be-
come weak slight vertigo will ensue, and
growing gradually exhausted, by backing him
around the stable he will come down on his
knees, in which position it is an easy matter
to push him on his side, when his throat
should be released. Now pat and rub him gent
ly for about twenty minutes. when, in many in
stances, he will be subdued it is only in ex
IRENE cases necessary TO repeat the operation
of choking. The next lesson is to teach hin
to lie down, which is described below in the
second method of tanning. No horse can eff
fectualy resist the terrible effects of being
chokcd.
1t must be constantly borne in mind that
the operator must be boisterous or violent
and that the greatest possible degree of kind
ness is absolutely essential When the horse
is PROSTATE he should be soothed until his
eyes show that he has become perfectly tran
quill.
, ANOTHER METHOD.
: This plan is very simple though not as ex
peditious as the previous one. Buckle or draw
t strap tight around the neck: lift fore lee
and fasten around the opposite end Of tn,
strap; the shorter the better. 1t will be seer
that in this plan the horse is made the instru
! ment by which the punishment is inflicted
When he attempts to put his foot down hi'
head goes with it, and he thus chokes him
self, care should be taken that he does no
pitch on his head, and thus epdanger hi
neck.
TANNING HORSES WITHOUT RESORT TO STRAPS
; Secure the horse with stout halter to tn
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