, 1870-03-20

~ ID et1y kHAl41AoQ VllAllDu lA2L NQSoCQy
with Ittls practice can drive horse. This ia
generally tue, becsnse u good family horse,
used to tho road. will almost drive himself,
aud many animals will turn out Of their OWL
accod when thsy meet 4 vehicle, or will 10
through gateway quite ~ veil, II not better,
than the maioIity Of people can guide them.
the horse, but to control him Here is where
tho great failacy OF tho common belief
becomes cvitleut. Instead Of nearly anybody
being able to control home, it Is IN
undouhted fact TINT without the consent
thoV Vand-are able to do it. There may be
giants hsse md heze. but ne seldom 500 them
driving. The horse, whils he ia the most do
Gle and tzacahla Of all cur domestic animals
not ona e1cspted-ia ut the samo time the
most tmid, foolish, and, sometimes, the most
dangerous. To no other Animal do We 30 Of
ten unss our liEes and happiness and oyer
moment OF danger. When ! horse ID fright
ened, his first impulse Is 70 run, and
when he does that 10 has everything his
own way. A strong man tugging 1t
the mouth of runaway horse Is compara-
lively Like child. In strength At DO time
does our physical power appear 50 t1iding, 80
huniliAted. The gre1t reAson why, in = CON
test between man and horsa, the latter IL
30 frequently victorious, ia because the man
chooses to fight tho horse wich the horse'a
weapons, neglecting those which arn peculiar
terful strength Of muscle The nan With yi8or
Of btain but We seldom see tha mans brain
brought To bear against the horses muscle
And set, II it were done, We be1ieve That, in the
majority Of cases, the muscle would have to
sucsanb; That il is not done, is greatly
to the shame and injury OF the man. As
TO the meshoda Of bringing the human brain
into play in such casea, they arc simple
enough. We may, eone OF us, remember the
snecdote Of the sAilor who WIS sent TO =
country blacksu1iih's chop with an anchor in /
cart. The sAilor was not used to driving, and
he did it 30 wildly that the horse ran on. Un-
able to stop him BY the most vigorous COM
mAnds and the most energetic pulls at the
animals tackle, the sailor made fast 4 rope to
the anchor, tied that 10 the tail-boad, and
hrneed himself against the gunwa1e Of the
cart In about seven seconds the horse came
to the most sudden stop he ever experienced
waved his tarpaulin victotious1y. It would
be rather inconvenient for MS to always
car1y an anchor in the vehicle when We went
out riding, but II there wAs no other way OF
stopping runaway horse, it would be better
to employ this. But there are other ways.
hArd-mouthed or frightened horses by applt.
anoes which have been patented, and which
working On the pulley principle, have beer
proved valuahlc- Az \ rule, it would be yerJ
good thing fot al horseS, gentle or spirited, te
be haInessed, whenever driven, with the besi
/ Of these brides md lipee, which put it in the
| power Of the driver to exercise An immense
| power upon the bit whenever it may he neces-
sary, and when 1t il going to be necessary no
| body knows. But II these things Are too ex.
peneiro or difficult to obtain we might Ill haz-
| ness oGr horses much mora sensih1y than VT
do. Instead OF bt1cklng the driving lnea t<
the ring Of the bit, 1e should pass ~theu
through it, bring them back and fasten then
to SOME part Of The bArness, say the check
! rein hook. This vii, At leaet, double our pow
I er over the animal, and the lines viii gcner
ally .e1ip easily enough through ots1inar.
bit-ringa without pu1ieys such as the paten
b1id1es are fu1nished with II horse Is yer,
hard-nonthed or vicious, double pul1e.
would eive = giants powe. over him bu
| whether this would interfere with existing
patents do not know. Ii, IN the way pro
1,o4ed for persons using the ordinary hAlnesa
tha lines are buckled together before bein
ra4eed under the check-rein hool
tha possible breaking Of the latte
Vii net cause the diver to lose con
troa Of The horse. A little eoaping whe1
thar run through the bit, and proper aHange
ments for avoiding too much contact Of th
two portions Of the line when driving gent.
win Of course, add to the effectiveness Of Ii
Arrangement All this is Gmpls enough, N
not = new thing. Why, then, cannot they
whom the pl1n looks reasonable general
! adort IL md make their liyes and limbs con
paratiyely safe when driving p HeoT7h on
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