New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-07-30

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him Up; hvipg everything safe, 'es %" ''''' VIC
buggy empty, AID pun thst st fret IN 'nss way,
then &c. in, and let hin take it allow, sod be WI
not be pear 80 apt to ,cnce, aud BY degrees you
will be making good work. BEST
If you want 20 have horse ths: vii be rue ID
pull, and tia: thinks he could pull noan.Aa'
pever hitch linn 70 anything that be c.noot pl"b
and after be 10 used 10 pulling, be just ta1As IoA.
be can pull anything, because be always has, snd
he does not know anything about Lis strength De-
yord bis experience.
TIE KIND or BIT, AND HOW 10 ACQUISITION
COLT To 1T.
You sboud are large, sm Doth, sa.fie oit, so So
lot 10 hur. DIS mouth, with 8 bar on each SIDE 70
prevent the BIZ. from pulling through either way.
This You should attach TO the hesd-sial OF your
bride snd put il on your col. without any feln' %
il, and let him run loose 10 large stable or shed
some time until be becomes little used 70 the BIZ,
ard will bear it without trying to get It out OF ais
mouth. 1t would be well if convenient, 70 repeat
this ,eseral times before you do anything mere With
the colt; as coon ss be will bear the bit attsch
single rein 70 il, without auy mastinsale, You
should al,o have halter on your colt, or bride
made sfter the fashion Of halter, with strap 10
Il. so that you can hold or sd him shout without
pulling on the bit much. He is Tow ready for the
saddle.
HOW TO MOUNT THE COLT
Flint sootbe him well on both sides, about the
saddle, and all over, until be will stand sl without
holding, and lie not afraid to zee you anywhere
abou. him.
As coon as you have him thus gentled, get ia
small block, shout ore foot or eighteen inches IN
hight and set II down BY the side Of him, about
where you want TO stand to mount him; step up
on this, raising your.el very gently; horses notice
every change of position very closely, and if you
we're TO step suddenly on the block, it would be
very opt TO sc.re him; but by raising yourself
gradually on ii, be will see you without being
frightened, in position very nesrthe same IS when
you are on his back.
As coon as be will bear this without alarm, unite
the sirup strap next to you and put your LEFT foot
into the stlrrup, and stand ,quare over il, holding
Your knee against the horse aud your toe out so as
not to touch him under the shoulder with the zoe
Of your boot Place your right hard on the
front Of the saddle, aud on the opposite aide OF
you, taking hold of portion of the msne and re ne,
as they hang loosely over the neck with your left
hand; then gradually bear your weight on the stir
rup ard on your right hand, until the horse feels
your whole weight on the saddle. Repeat this
several times, each time raising yourself little
biaher from the block, until he will allow you to
raise your leg over bis Group and place yourself in
the saddle.
There are three great advantages in having
block TO mount from. First, sudden change Of
position is very apt to frigbten young horse who
has never been handled. He will allow you to walk
up to him and stand by his side without soaring at
you, because you have wOnted him to that position,
but if you get down on your hands and knees and
crawl toward him, he will be very much frightened;
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 of the block is to gradual
iy accustem him to that new position 10 which he
will see you when you ride him.
Secondly, BY the process of leaning your weigh.
in the stirrups and on your hand, you can gradually
sceustom him to your weight, so as not to frighten
him by having him feel it all at once. AMI in the
third place. the block eevstes you that you will
not have to make spring in order to get on the
horses back, but from it you can gradually raise
your,elf into the saddle.
SUBSEQUENT EDUCATIONAL LESSONS IN HORSE
TAsIING-IIOw TO sUBDUEA KICKING HORSE.
A kicking horse is the worst kind of horse TO
undertake TO subdue, and more dreaded by msu
than any other; indeed it would not be too much
10 cay that they are more dreaded than all tho other
bad and vicious horses put together. You often
hear the expression, from horse jockeys them
selves Il don't care what he does, 30 be doesn't
kick" Now, kicking horse can be broken from
kicking ia harness, and efectually broken too,
though it will require some time to manage him
safely; but perseverance, and patience BY this rule
will do it eAectually. When you 60 to harness a
horse that you know nothing about, if you want to
End out whether he is kicking horse or not you
can ascertain that fact by strokir him in the fMk
where the hair lies upward, which you can discover
easily on ally horse; just stroke bin down with the
ends of your fingers and il be does not switch bis
tail, ana sbaie his head and lay back his ears or
some Of these, you need net fear his kicking; if be
does sny or all Of these set him down for kicking
horse, and watch BIN closely.
When you harness kicking horse, have 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; lfkup his
foot touching bis body; put the strap around the
arm of bis leg, ard buckle it; then you can 90 be-
hind him, and pull back On the traces you must not
fear bis kicking while bis foot is up, for it is impos-
sib'e for him 10 do it. Practice him in this way
awhile and be will soon learn to walk on three
lees You should not hitch him UP until you have