The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-08-13
From the Ohio Farmer.
Teaching n Horse to Stop.

YOUR readers about the horse Let me
say beforehand, that am not horse
jockey in any sense Of the wori. |
never owned or drove fast horse, and
never expect to. ! never made the
noble animal a study or pursuit, and
might be cheated almost any day in
buying: but not in tradi ng, for | never
trade horses. So what ! have to offer,
is about the only thing special that |
know about horses and it is all the
more valuable to me, and your readers
shall judge if it he OF any value to them.
When | get new horse, aud that is
not very often, I make it my first bust
ness to teach that horse to stop sudden
", when say whoa, 10y gentle jerking
upon the lines, the horse soon begins TO
understand Won. He should be first
taught to stop while walking; then
stopped on a gentle trot. and when
finally driven rapidly. There isn't a
horse in the world that cannot be
taught in days time to stop, by short
whoa, without drawing on the lines
And they should learn to do this just as
quick as they can Presently, no mat
ter how badly frightened the horse is,
he will stop when he hears the word.
Many horses become unmanageable
when they &c; their tails over the lines :;
go if anything touches their heels, away
they 90. To horse properly taught,
the word of the driver should be a
potent a. the stoutcst lines.
Let me illustrate the value of my
suggestions. by relating what | have
saved in this way. Not long since, |
purchased spirited young horse, and
the first lesson gave him was TO stop
when spoke TO him. Soon after, |
hi;ched him into the buggy. and got
into it with all my family. dare not
say how many there were, lest some
OF Your readers should envy me.
Enough, that with what | had at my
side, and on my lap, ! could scarcely
see the horse.
An unlucky whisk of the horse 5 tail,
brought the line under it, and quicker
that can tell YOU, the horse made two
sudden bounds, aud would have ran
away, but my timely whoa brought
everything mp standing; and | found
the line, as fast under the tail a. though
it were in Lice. The united strength
of nv whole family could hardly have
pulled il out After standing moment
it came out itself Then the whole
family breathed easier, and the repor-
tiers OF the daily press lost good item.
One day. my horse and buggy were
standing in front Of my horse and a
needless expressman, drove up with Il
top wagon. and fairly ran on 10 my
establishment. The fluttering of the
cxpreSsmans curtains, and the rafting
Of his riGkety wagon. frightened my
horse 80 badly. that he flew back, tore
the bits out of his mouth, broke his
hitchinc strap and started on a run.
Looking ont OF the window, saw
with most indignant eyes the whole
transaction. lsprang to the door and
spoke a loud sharp whoa. And
though was some five or six rods from
the horse, he stopped as though he had
me; a stone wall in his road. ]
breathed easier again for | had saved
fhy dollars or seventy.fve, the amount
OF the threatened smash up
Another day, my horse standing
hitched and kicking flies, got his feet
entagled and fell down. While strug.
Cling TO rise, the rein strap broke, and
feeling himself loose, he sprang TO his
I feet and started on a lively run, with the
buggy in the rear. An old farmer gen.
tleman just passing. instinctively cried
I out whoa. MY gracious, mister,
said he, Il never saw the like Of that,
why if had hit that horse over head
with a club, he wouldn't have stopped
and quicker. Fine horse, well broken
been one OF nv horses, sir, your wife
would have had plenty of kindline
wood. Never stopped horse that way
before