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Teaching a Horse to Stop.

2 A,correspondcnt says: Wien Tget 4
new horse, and that is not very often, 7
make 1t my first busmess to$tea ch that
horse Ito stop sudderily, whait i say
'w'hoa,n by gently jerking on the lines.
The horse soon begins to understand
you. He should first be taught to stop
while walking; :; then stoppedpn gentle,
'trot, and finally when driven rapidly
There isn't 4 horse in TIM world that
cannot be taught ina. days time to stop
by q short, sharp "whoa" without drag
Sing On! thehlines.J And they should
learn to do this just rs quick as they can.
Presently, no matter how badly fright
ened. the Horse is,.. he. Will stop when be
hears the word. Many horses become
Iunnanageablc When they get Their tails
over the lines; so if anything touches
their heels, away. they CO.. To q horse
properly taught, the word Of the driver
should he as potent % the stontest lines.
| Let ME illustrate the value of my sug-
,gestions by relating what have saved
IN this way. Not longsincel i purchased
! a spirited young horse, and the first
lesson I gave him was to stop when
spoke to him. Soon after hitching him
into the buggy. and got into it with ali
! my family. / dare not say how many o:
us there were, lest some Of your readers
should envy me-. -1Gnough tthat. with
whatI had atmy side and on my lap,s]
could scarcely see the horse.
I An unlucky wl1isk of the horses tai
brought the line under it, and -quicke,
than can tell YOU. the horse made twe
bounds, and would have run away, ,buj
my timely whoan brought everything
Eup standing; andsI found the line aE
I last unEer'thc tail as though it were in ;
wise, The uniud strength Of my family
fconld hardly have pulled. it, out. After
star. ding q moment it came out itself.T
Then itheywhole family breathed easier
and thereporters to- the daily press LOST
a good item.
r One day horse and buggy were
1staudfng5iu front of my Office, and a
needless exprcssnan drove up with Q
ftop wagon, ,,and. fairly ran on my estab-
tlishment. Ihefluttering.ofthe express
| mans curtains, and the rafting of the
rickety wagon, frightened my horse so
badly that lie flew back, tore the bits out
of his mouth, broke his hitchAg~strap,
| and startedon arun.t rs
Leaning out Of the window, saw
with most indignant eyes the whole
transaction, I sprang to the door and
spoke a loud, sharp WHOM !Aid al
! though I was some fiveor six rods from
| the horse; he stopped as though! he had !
Eiiet stoiewall in hisroad. brcatned
easier again for I had saved fifty dollars
or sevcnty-five, the amount Of the
Threatened smasil-up.-= --.-.-----=
Another day, NY horse - Standing
hitched and kiclsillg EAiesH got gliis feet
3entangled and fell down.&: w Whilesstrheg-
Cling TO rise, the rnwp strap broke, ,and Z
feeling HIMSELF loose hegsprangf to his
| iset and started on q livek run, with the
buggy in the Tehr IAN Old farmer gen
tleman Just passing instinctigey acrietl
|out t.wfoanh ...''SIy gracious. mister5'
said he, II never saw the. like OF. thai ;
why if T hid hit the horse over the Head
with club he wouldn't@ have stopped
any quicker Fine horse we'll broken;
been one of my horses, sirl your wife
would have had plenty Of kindling wood.
Never stoppeda Q horse that way betfore.','