Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-08-25

III position very near ihe same as hheD
you are on his back.
As soon as he will bear this without
alarm, unite The stirrup-s;rap next to you,
and pun your lef: foo; into the s;;rrup, and
stand sqaaTe over It, holding your knee
against The horse, and your Toe our, 50 as
not to touch him under the shoulder with
the toe Of your boat. Place your right
hand or the front of the saddle, aud on
the opposite side Of you. taking hold of a
/ portion Of the name and reins, as they
hang loosely over the neck, with your
/ L # hand; thea YOU gradually bear your
weight on The stirrup, and Oh your right
hand, unlil the horse feels your whole
weight en- tie saddle. Rcpea, this sew
er4l times, each lime raising yourself
Little higher from the block, until he will
ALLOW you 10 raise your leg over his Group
aud psc, yourself in the saddle.
There are three great advantages in
having 4 block 10 mount from. First.
sudden ci.ange Of position is very apt 10
!rigii;en d Young horse who has never
been handled. He will allow ycu to walk
up TO him and stand By lis side without
soaring al YOU, because you have w6nled
him to iaa. position, bu, il you get down
CT your hands and knees and crawl 10,
wards hin, lie Will DC very much fright
cned; and upon the same principle, he
would frighten at your new position if
You had the power to hold yourself over
his back without touching him. Then.
the first great advantage oftha block is to
gradually accus:om hirn to that new po-
sition in which he viii see you when you
ride him.
Secondly, by the process Of leaning
your weight in the stirrups ard on your
hand, yea can gradually accustom him
G. your weight, so as not to frighien him
BY having him feel it all at oncc. And
in the ;Ii.sJ pace, The bl6ck elevaies you
50 thai you will not have 10 make spring
in order to get on the horse's back, but
from il you can gradually raise yourself
into the saddle.
SUBSEQUENT EDUCATIONAL LESSONS IN
HORSE TANIYG-How TO sUBDUE KICK
ING HoESE.
4 kicking horse is the worst kind of a
horse 10 undertake 10 subdue, and more
dreaded by man Than any other; indeed,
il would moi be too much TO say that they
are more dreaded than all the other bad
and vicious horses put together. You Of
ten hear The expression, even from horse
Jockeys themselves, Il don't care what he
does, 50 he doesn't kick" Now, kick
ing horse can be broken froEn kicking in
harness, and o:.ciually broken, 100,
though il viii require some time to man
age him safely; but perseverance, and pa
tience by this rule will Do it eiiectullly.
When you 90 TO harness a horse that you
know nothing about, if you want 10 :ind
out whether he is i kicking horse or not,
you can ascertain that fact by stroaing
hini on the flank where the hair lies up
ward, which you can discover easily on .
any horse; just stroke him down with The .
ends of your fingers, and if he does not
switch his tail, and shake his head, and
lay back his ears, or some Of these, you
need not fear his kicking; if he does any .
or all of these, set him down for kicking
horse and watch lin closely.
When you harness a kicking horse.
have strap abou, three feet long, with
buckle on one cad; lave several holes
punched in the strap, wrap ii once around .
his leg just above the Aoof. lih up his foot
touching hi body, pa, ihe strap around
the arr of his leg, and buckle il; thea
You eau 60 behind i.im, and pull baci; On
the traces, you .aus: ROT fear lis k:ckiHg
while his loot is un, for it is imPossibIe
for him 10 TO it, Practice him Ia i.is
way awhile, aud he will so2n learn 10
walk OF three legs, You shoull not hitch
him up until you have rracticed him will!
his leg up two or three times, Pnlling on
Ihe traces, and walking him along. AZ
ter you have practiccd him a few times
in this way, take up lis foot as directed;
hitch him 10 something, and cause him TO
pull it short distance, then take him out
caress him every time you work with him.
You will find il more convenient 10 flstcn
up his left fore foot, because that is the
side you are on. After you have had
lim hitched up once or twice. you should
get long strap; put it around his foot as
before directed (above the hoof and below |
he pasiern- joint,) put i, through a ring
n your harness, take hold Of it in your
,and, hitch him up gently, and if he
makes molten to kick, you can pull up
lis foot and prevent it. You should use
his strap until you have him broken
rom kicking, which will not take very
oug. You should hitch kicking horse
" himself, you can manage him better I
n this way than 10 hitch him by the side l
# another horse. a
low TO BREAK HoRss FROM SOARING. '
Ii is an established rule in philosophy,
hat there is not an effect without cause, 4