Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1860-07-09

the road at sixteen or eighteen miles, now
plodding, along at six or seven, and OF two
pairs Of horses driven the same distance,
after the two different methods, that
which is driven evenly will, at the end Of
the day, be comparatively fresh and comfort
able, while the other will be jaded and worn
out.
In regard TO punishment the less that is
administered the better. A sluggish OF lazy
horse must, it is true, be kept up to his
collar and made to do his share of the work,
or the free-goer will be worn out before the
day is half done; and for this the whip must
be occasionally used. Even good and free
going horses will occasionally be seized with
fits of Incidence, at moments, induced per-
haps BY the weather, and IL may be necessary
to stimulate them in such cases. Again, at
times when the road is bad, when time
presses and certain distances must be ac-
complished within certain times, recourse
must be had to punishment; as il must oc-
casionally, also, in cases where the animals
are vicious or refractory, and where the
master must show himself the master.
Still as general rule, punishment should
be the last resort. 1t should never be at
tempted with tired, jaded, or an eI-
hausted horse; for to apply it in such cases il
an utter barbarity little or no immediate
advantage is gained TO the driver, while il
may probably result in the loss of an ex-
| cellent animal. 1t is common TO see horses
punished for Stumbling punished for starting
and whenever q new horse, which one may
chance be trying, starts off into gallop after
| committing either of these offenses, one may
be sure that he is an habitual starter Oi
stumbler, and that he has frequently under.
gone chastisement for them and undergone
it in vain. II is altogether an error tC
punish for either starting or stumbling; the
one is the effect of fear, which can not be
cured by the whip, the other, in most cases
of malformation or tenderness in the foot
which certainly can not be treated success
| fully by chastisement, which, in fact, aggra-
Yates and confirms, instead of alleviating ol
F, curing
In speaking of driving at an equal pace, we
| would not of course, be understood to mean
that horses should be driven at the same gait
and speed over all roads, and over grounds OF
all natures. Far from it. good driver
will while going, always, at the rate of ten
miles--we will say-an hour, never, perhaps,
have his horses going at exactly the same rate
| for any two consecutive twenty minutes
Over dead level, the hardest of all things
except long continuous ascent of miles, he
1 will spare his horses. Over rolling road he
| will hold them hard in hand as he crosses the
| top and descends the first steep pitch of a
| descent, will swing them down the remainder
| at a pace which will jump them half way up
the succeeding hill; and will catch them in
hand again and hold them hard over the top
as we have shown before.
Horses in work should be watercd about
once, with not to exceed two quarts, after
every ten miles, or every hour, if one be
travelling fast; and if travelling far, they
should be well fed once in the middle Of their
journey This point, however, has been
discussed already under the head of feeding.
In closing, we would say, always remem-
ber, in using a horse, that it can not be done
with too much coolness, too much gentleness,
too much discretion, or too much Kindness
There is no better beast in the world than
a horse, nor any one which, though often
most cruelty misused by man, so well deserves
and so amply, by his services, repays the best
usage.