, 1870-03-21

sens4sr}y ,hus, bacaass . good family horne,
used to thu spsd, win a1,noes d1ive hhnaell,
md many 8nf1nAls win turn out Of their own
accord when they nnee + vehicle: or VII 60
through gateway quite - woll, II nos oes.er,
than The majority 81 people ran guide them.
B1t the usa Of ! driver Ia not only to guide
The hnxne, but 10 control him Hero il wheEn
The great fa1lAcy Of tho common neaat
bccnme - evident Instead Of nearly anybody |
uudonbted fact Inst without the conscnt |
OF the animtl, few perBons-aa,ont one IN
thousand-x1e ah1e to do it There .u1J ps I
gianls hare and there, but We seldom 500 Mem
driving. The horse, while he is tho most 90
not one e1septed-ia At tia sarae time tho
most tmid, foolish, aud, sonptincs, the most
daugerpus. To no other animal do we 80 Of
ten trust cur lives and happiness, and oror
none other have NC 20 Little influence IN the
moment Of danger. When horsa is fright.
ened, his first impulse is . to run, and
when hc does that he has everything bis
own way. A strong man tugEing ut
tho mouth Of runaway horse IS cdmpara-
lively Ike child In strength At no time
hutnfbatel. The great reason Why. in con-
test between u man and horse, the latter ia
20 frequently victoEioue, Ia because the man
chooses to fight tho horse Wich the 1orsoa
weapons, naglecting those which arc peculiar
TO- sn 81 Hosss VII nj
Ct brsin but We seldom eco the mans brain
brought to bear against tbs horses muscle.
Ard yet, il it were done, we believe that, in the
majority OF cases, the muscle would haro to
succumb: ThAt it is not done, is greatly
to the rnethods Of bringing tie human brain
into play in such CAGES. they are simple
CROUCH. We may, Bomo Of us, remember the
anecdote of the sailor who was sent to q
country blaeksmith'a shop with an anchor in
cart The Baifor WIS not uscd to driving, and
lie did it 20 wildly that the horse Ian on, Un-
able to stop him by tho most vigorous com-
mands md the most energetic pulls at the
animals tackle, the sailor mado fast . rope TO
the anchor, tied that to the tail-b -boad, aud
Traced himself against the gunwaie Of the
cart In about seven seconds the horse came
to the most sudden stop he ever experienced
in his lie, and the sailor with brainsl
waved his 'ta,paulin victonous1y. It would
bo rather inconyehient for US to always
carEy an anchor in the vehicle when We went
out riding, but II there was no other TAy OF
to employ this. But there are other ways.
There sfa several methods of controlling
A4rd-mouthed or frightened horsea by applf-
anees which have been p:tented' md md which, haa
proved valuable. As ! rule, it would BE- very
good thing for Ill horses, gentle Or spirited, TO
Be tlaTnessed, whenever driven, with the best
OF theee brides and lines, which put it IN the,
pUWGT OF tho dt1tef 70 e1efG1bA an lu11RGuS8
power upon the bit whenever 1t may be neces-
srzy, and when it Is going to be necessary no
body knows. But il these things are too e1-
3,cnsiye or difficult to obtain We might al h4r-
ness our horaes much more sensib1y than We
do. Instead OF buckling the driving lines TO
the ring OF the bit, we should pass them
through it, bring them back and fasten them
! to come paxt Of the harness, say the check
\ rein hook. This VIII at least, doubls our pow
/ IT over The ani1nAl, md the Gnca VII Ecoct-
al}s slip easily enough through. ordinary
Git-9ings without pnlleys such % the patent
iuidles are furnished with. II horse is vozy
hard.morthed or vicious, 4 double pulley
wou1d gi7e giants power over him; but
whether this would interfere with existing
patents do not know. Il, IN tho Eay pro
posed for persons using the ordinary harness,
the lines re tuckled together befo1e being
raseel under tho check-rein hook
The possible breaking Of the latte1
will not cause the driver TO lose CON
;fol of the horse A little soaping Ebert
they run through the bit, and proper arrange
mcnts for avoiding too much contact OF tht
two portions Of the line when driving gently
/ will, Of course, add to the effectiveness Of tn
Arrangement. Al this is simple enough, AMI
rot new thing. Why, then, cannot they +
I whom tho pl1n looks reasonable general
) y adopt it, and mako their lives and limbs com
} l raratively safe when drising?- Hearth an
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