Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1858-08-14

" COmpTtueuu. inlS subsequent CuuOhtiuhH'
course is necessary in order to render the refor'
nation permanent.
SUBSEQUENT EDUCATIONAL LESSONS IN
HORSE TAMlNG-HOw TO SUBDUE
A KICKING HORSE.
A kicking horse is tho worst kind Of a 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 9TH
or bad and vicious horses put together. You often
hear the expression, even FROM nurse jockeys
themselves. 81 don't care what he does SO he
doesn't kick" Now a kicking horse can be bro
Ken from kicking in harness, and etFectually bro
ken, too, though it will require some time 10 man
age him safely but perseverance and patience By
this rule will do it etfectually. When you 20 to
harness a horse that you know nothing about, IL
you want to know whether he is a kicking horse
or not, you can ascertain that fact by stroking him
on 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 it he
does not switch his tail, and shake his head, an
lay back his ears, or some of these, you need not
fear his kicking. If be does any or all OF these,
set him down for q kicking horse, and watch him
closely.
When you harness q kicking horse, have a strap
about three feet long, with n buckle on the end,
have several holes punched in tho 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 go behind him,
and pull back on the traces; you must not fear his
kicking while his foot is up, for it is Impossible for
him to do it. Practice him ia this way awhile,
and he will soon learn to walk on three legs. You
should not hitch him up until you have practiced
him with his leg up two or three times, pulling on
the traces, and walking him along. After you
have practiccd him a few times in this way, take
up his foot as directed; hitch him to something.
and cause him to pull at a short distance then
| taka him cuf CaraSa him avery time you work
with him.
You will find it moro convenient to fasten up his
left fore foot, because this is the side you are on.
After you have had him hitched up once or twice,
you should get a long strap; put it around his foot
as before directed (aboye the hoof and below the
pasternjoint J put it through a ring in your bar
ness take hold of it in your hand; hitch him up
gently, and if he makes a motion to kick, you can
pull up his foot and prevent it. You should use
this strap until you have him broken from kicking,
which will not take long. You should hitch n
kicking horse by himself; 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 a cause. and if so, there
must be some cause for the soaring of a horse
The horse scares either from Imagination or from
pain. Now, it is a 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 %frightful it may be in appearance. To
~exenpliIy this, take a horse that is very easily
scared at an umbrella; take that horse into q tight
stable, where you can have his attention take
him by the bride, and hold the umbrella in your
hand when he first locks at 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 n few minutes. and then
you can open and shut it as you please, occasion.
ally letting him feel it with his nose, and soon he
will care nothing about it.
In the same manner you can break any horse
from soaring at things that may look ~frightful to
him, logs, stumps by the roadside, or anything
that you may wish to carry on him. If you wish
to make o trial Of this theory. Just take a horse
into the stable, and let him examine the frighttul
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
an umbrella on them shut, and in fifteen minutes
you could open and shut it at pleasure, and they,
will pay no attention to it. There is something
peculiar in the Lorse Though it is because he has
not the faculty of reasoning.} 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 il; he will be broken on one side,
and. as soon as the other eye beholds 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 TEACH A HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU.
Take him into a large stable or shed, take hold
of the bride or halter with your left hand, have
a long switch or whip in your right after caress'
ing him a little put your right had over his shou..
der with the whip extending back SO that you can
touch him up With the whip applied gently around
his hind legs. Start up a little, give him a gentle
tap with the whip, walking him around the stable,
saying to him. "COme along Goy;" or call him by
his name, taking him around the stable q few
times. holding him by the bride. After you have
taken him around in this way a few times, you
can let go of his bride, saying, Come along boy
and If he stop tap him with the whip gently, and
in a short time he will learn that you want him to
follow you; then gradually get before him, have
him to follow around the stable in this way a fes
minutes, then he will understand what you want
MIN to do.
After you have taught him to follow in the sta.
BILE take him into the stable lot, learn him to tol.
low ycu in that a few minutes, then you can take
him into the public road or street, and be will fol.
low you there, and in a short time he will follow
you wherever you want him to-. You should Of
ten pat him, and caress him, and give him to un.
derstand that you do not intend to hurt him, and
he will soon like to follow you. Men often get
their horses afraid of them and keep so. and il is
their nature to keep cut of danger when they ap-
preEend it, after their manner of arriving at com
clusions. Tho way horses arrive at conclusions is
generally from experience.
HOW TO TEACH A HORSE TO STAND WITHOUT
ulGCulNG.
After you have taught your horse 10 follow you,
stand him 10 the centre Of the stable, begia at his
head to gentle him, gradually working backward.
If he moves give him a gentle cut with the whip,
and put him back ia the same spot from which he
started. III he stands caress him as before, and
continue g%entiing him liz this way, until you can
get around him without making him move. Keep
walking around him. increasing your pace, and
only touch him occasionally. Every time be
moves paE him back into the same place, 90 still
farther from him, if he moves give him a cut with
your whip, place hisn back in the same place. IL
he stands GO to him frequently and earess him.-
Do not let him stand too long, but make hin fol.
low you around in the stable. Then stand him in
another place and proceed as before, After you
have him SO that he will stand ia the stable, take
him cut ia the lot and place him there, and ia a
short time you ean place him saywhere without.
~hitching. You shOald not practice him longer than
half an hosr at a time
on Baking.
If you lave balky horses, it ID your fault AMI
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