Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-01-23
An Exhibition Of Horse TrnIning-An I'm.
trniued Horse Driven In Harness With
Icss ihnn nm Hour,A E~ducntIon.

An Exhibition of Horse Tra!ning-An YIN.
trained Horse Driven In Harncss With
Less fhnn nm Hours Education.
Professor Wallace gave on exhibition
Of his peculiar theory OF horse training
at tho Dexter Stables, On Bush street
ut ono o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Those present were members of
"class," who are first sworn not to d.
vulgc or teach the system for five years
without the consent Of the exhibitors,
Professors Wallace and Wilson.) A
tame horse was used by the lecturer for
the illustration Of the system for con-
qucring u horse, for throwing, prevcn-
ton Of kicking, banking, shying, crib
bling or bucking, and then IN unframed
horse, belonging to Mr.. Robert G. Page,
was brought in for the demonstration Of
the theory. The horse is u powerful
bay, probably ten years old, but here
tofore considered Of too high life for use
in harness, and in fact had not been cd
ucated at all-did not know anything
about harness or buggy, or driving, as
was apparent as o o as the experiment
commenced. The class was composed
of owners of horses, who knew the
peculiaritics of Mr.. Pages horse, and
though all were satisfied with the
theory, they were ready to accept q
triumph over this horse rs conclusive
evidence Of its practical value. The
Professor first commenced by making
the horse understand that he must do
as he was hidden; that is, 60 forward
or halt, and then he was taught that
the operator was the superior animal by
a very convincing method, which caused
q good deal Of laughter. Tho horse
readily accepted the situation, and fol-
lowed the Professor around the stable,
hating ut command.
Then the harness was shown to him
and thrown on his back and allowed to
slide off down to his heels when har-
messed he was taught the use of the
reins, and here there was q severe
struggle tho intelligence of the animal
made tho earlier part of tho labor easy,
but here it was q matter of education,
and it required some little time to toach
,him -tL"t ito must also 80 ahead, or
pet up, US heIi ho W ioiioh ~ tbS
direction of tho Professor; but it camc
at last, and then the horse was hitched
to the buggy, which he had been allowed
to inspect and become familiar with by
having it run against his legs. He was
driven around the stable several times
without difficulty, to the entire satisfac-
ton OF the spectators and the owner,
who announced his intention of driving
out during the afternoon, though his
horse had never before been in harness,
and all the stablemen had been afraid
to hitch him up. It was nearly four
o'clock when the exhibition came to a
close, and announcement was made
that the explanations would be con-
tinued every afternoon and evening at
Wilson's stables, opposite the Pioneer
Hall, oE Montgomery street, free at all
times to members Of the class.
Tho system exhibited differs from that
of Rarcy, though of course there must
be similarity occasionally, rs the Pro-
fessor freely admits, but he accomplishes
his object in IN intelligent, satisfactory
and original manner.-S. +. Alta.