American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-10-08

obey, he does not comprehend what
his master desires Of him. In all
these cases, therefore, he maintains
that the whip and the loud angry voice
are entirely out Of place, and only make
bad worse. r..." .Fs
IF tho horse balky he is excited
The first thing, is to go his head, speak
to him kindly, pat and smooth him, and
thus get him quoted down. The whip
must not be shown at all. When he
is Gained you can start your team. 1t
is not sudden jerk against the collar
which moves the load, but a steady
pressure. All kinds of violence, there
fore, tend to the wrong course. .
The object is to start the horses
oven; and as the balky horse generally
plungcs first, you arc to keep him back
gently till they can both take the strain
together. A quick way to accomplish
this.-but not the surest way Mr.. Rarey
says-is one l have myself seen prac-
ticed in Ohio. This is to lift one fore
foot Of the balky horse, and start the
team. AS he presses forward you let
him have his foot, when he will almost
always take the strain with his mate.
A better way, according to Mr.. Rarey,
is to let the lines hang quite slack, get
the horses Gained down, then stand in
front of them, and turn them gently to
tho right without letting them bring a
strain upon the traces. From this
turn them as gently to the left. BY
this time they will be moving in unison,
and, as you turn them again to the
right, steady them in the collar, and
they will go off together easily.
lie advises to take half day for
curing horse that has habit of balk-
ing. You must put your balky horse
beside steady one, have check lines
upon them, tie up all the parts of
the harness the Gathering Of which
might excite them, let them have
their heads loose, and walk them up
and down, stopping frequently and
carcssing the balky animal. When he
starts and stops as you tell him, which
will be very soon, you hitch the team
to an empty wagon which is placed in
favorable position for starting
Shorten in the stay.chain of the steady
horse little, to let him get the first
strain, then start ahead. You must
watch your balky horse closely, and as
soon he appears at all excited stop and
caress him. Always stop him before
he motions to stop of his own accord.
When they go along well drive them
over a small hill, then over larger
one, and aftcrward add load. If you
are patient and careful you can make
any horse pull true in this way, says
MIR. Rarcy.
l believe the above account includes
all the blundcrs that q horse makes
naturally or through the stupidity of
his driver. 1t is well to bear in mind
that the horse will not do well if his
driver is a greater brute than himself.
lie wants his master to be his superior,
and the main reason why Mr.. Rarey is
so astonishingly successful in subduing
even the most refractory brutes, is
because he knows how to show them
his superiority. should add that he
masters horse generally in from two
to four hours (Powell, ibis most illustrious
predecessor in horsc-taming, allowed
himself sixteen hours and that he re-
quires not moro than half or three
quarters of an hour to handle any colt,
wild from his native pastures, have it
running about the stable after him.
OF course his pupils require longer time,
having to proceed with more care and
less confidence. But am firmly con-
WINGED that any one who has more cour-
age and common sense than his horse
can do any thing with him that Mr..
Rarey does.