The Hillsdale standard. [volume] (Hillsdale, Mich.) 1851-1909, 1858-08-31
NO. 6I9

certain that fact by stroking him in Abe
Y fank.wlicrc the. hair lies upward, which
you can discover easily any horse; Just
stroke him down with the ends Of your fin
gers, and it he does not switch his tail,
and SHAKE his head aud lay back his ears
or some of these, you need not fear his kick
ing; il he does any or all Of these, set him
down for kicking horse, and watch him
closely.
Whom YOU harness a kicking horse, havc
a strap about three feet long, with buck
le on one end; and several holes punched
in the strap; wrap it onco around hi, leg
just above the hoof; lift up his foot touch
ing his body; put the strap around The
arm Of bis leg, and buckle il; then YOU
can go behind him, and pall back on tho
traces; you must not fear his kicking while
his foot is up, for it is impossible for him
TO do 1t. Practice him in this way for
while and he will soon learn TO walk on
three legs. You should not hitch him
up until you have, praciiced him with his
leg up two or three times, patting on
the traces and walking him along. After
you have prac' ICED him few times in
this way, take up bis foot rs directed;
hitch him TO something, and cause him
to pull it a short distance; then take him
out; caress him every time you work with
! him. You will find it more convenient
to fasten up his left foro-foot, because
that is the side you are on. After you
have had him hitched up oncc or twice.,
you should get long strap; put it around
his foot as before directed (above the hoof
and below the pastcrn joint; J put it through
a ring in your harness; take hold of it with
your hand; hitch him up gently, AMI il
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 tako very
long. You should hitch kicking horse
| by himself; you can manage him better
| in this way than to hitch him by the side
OF another horse.
HOW TO BREAK \ 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
soaring horse. Tho horse scares either
from inauguration or pain. Now, it is
law Of his nature that il you will convince
him that any object will not hurt him,
there is no danger of his soaring at il, no
matter ho@ frightful it may be in appear
ance. To cxcmplify this, take horse
that is very easily scared at an umbrella;
take tha: horse into tight stable whore
you can have his attention, take him by
the bride, and hold the umbrella in your
hand; when he first looks at it he will be
afraid of it, and if he could ho would soon
be out Of its reach, but hold it in your
hand, let him look at it and feel Of it with
his nose o few minutes, and thcn YOU can
open and shut il as you please, occasional
ly letting HIM feel it with his nose, and
soon he will care nothing about it.
In tho same manner YOU can break any
horse from soaring at things that may look
frghtful TO him, logs, stumps by the road
side, or any thing that you may wish to
carry on him. II you wish to make q tri-
al Of this theory, just take horse into tho
stable and let him examine The frightful
object few minutes, after his mode Of cx-
amining 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 could opon
and shut il at pleasure, aud they wouli
pay no attention to it. There is some.
thing peculiar TO the horse (tlIough it is
because he has not the facility of reason.
ing) You can take an object that he is
afraid Of, take it only on one side, let
him examine it on one side only; do not
let he other eye sec il; he will be broken
on one side. and as soon rs the other eye
beholds it, will be afraid until he looks at
it and touches it with Lis nose then he
will be broken on 10th sides.
now TO TEACH \ HORSE TO FOLLOW YOU.
Take him into a large stable or shed,
take hold of the bride or halter with your
left hand, have long switch or whip in
your right, after caTessing him little put
your right hand over his shou' der with the
whip extending back SO that you can touch
him up with the whip applied gently a.
round his hind legs. Start him up little.
give him gentle tap with the whip, walk
ing him around the stable, saying to him
"Cnaoe along, Joy;;' or call him by his
name, taking him arouud the stable few
times, holding him by the bride. After
you have taken him around tho stable
few times, you can let go Of his bride,
saying - Come along 6oy,;' and if he stop,
tap him up with your whip gently, and in
a short time he will learn that you want
him to follow you; then gradually get be-
fore him, have him to follow you around
the stable in this way few minutes then
he will understand what you want him to
do. After you have taught him to follow
in the stable take him into the stable loty
learn him to How you in that a few min
utes then you can take him in the public
road or sreet, and he will follow you there,
aud in a short time he will follow yor
wherever you want him to. You should
often pat him, and caress him, and givo
him to understand you do not intend to
burt him, and he will soon like TO follow
you. Men often get thcir horses afraid Of
them and keep them so, and il Is their
nature TO keep out of danger when they
approach it, after their manner Of arriving
ut conclusions. Tho way ahorscs arrive at
conclusions is generally from experience.
HOW TO TEACH HORSE TO STAND WITH
our InTclnSG.
After you have taught your horse TO fol-
Io,,, ,,o,, stond him in tho contro of fbe