The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1873-11-14
How to Drive.

There is another point of Importance in
driving any horse, but especially young
one; it is the way you handle the reins.
Most drivers over. drive. They attempt too
much, and in doing so, distract or hamper
the horse with such vicious gait, that his
speed is got from him in the most artificial
process; but such horses are fortunately
rare, and hence the style management re-
quired cannot become general. The true
way is to let the horse drive himself the
driver doing little but directing him, and
giving him that confidence which horse
alone gets in himself when he feels that a
guide and friend is back of him. The most
vicious and inexcusable style of driving
is that which so many drivers adopt, viz
Wrapping the lines around either hand
and pulling the horse backward with all
their might and main, so the horse, in point
of fact, pulls the weight back of him with
his mouth, and not with his breast or
shoulders. This they do under the impress
sion that such dead pull is needed in or
der to "stea,iy" the horse. This method of
driving regard as radically and superlativc-
ly wrong. 1t would tax the ingenuity of
hundred fools to invent Il worse one. Th"
fact is, with rare exceptions, there shou d.
never be any pull upon the horse Of assffl
steady pressure is allowable, probably
advisable; but anything beyond it has no
justification in nature or reason; for nature
suggests the utmost possible freedom of
action of head, body and limbs, i'll order
that the animal may attain the highest rate
Of speed; and reason certainly forbids the
supposition that by the bits and not by
the breast collar, the horse is to draw the
weight attached to it. In speeding my
horse very seldom grasp the lines with
both hands when the road is straight and
clear from distractions. The lines are
rarely steadily taut, but held in easy plan
cy, and used chiefly to shift the bit in the
animals mouth and by this motion COM
municate courage and confidence to him.
| find that by this method my horses
break less and go much faster than when
driven by men who put the old fashioned
,teady pull upon them.-Iesp. Mr.. Murray.
CHICKEN CHoLERA,-The symptoms of
this disease, which has during the last few
years become quite prevalent j n our poul-
try yards during the hot months, are by
no means uniform, and in the several in
stances do not present clear choler-
aic character. 1t is, therefore ofimportancc
for the breeder to thoroughly understand
the symptoms, so that if his fowls be at
tackled, he will be able to apply the prop
er remedy. During the last few years i'll
the United States, whole yards have been
devastated by this disease, and we see sew
eral complaints in poultry journals of sim
liar occurrences this year. When attacked
by cholera the bird is seized with sud-
den and violent thirst, accession of thirst
accompanied with diarrGa at first the
droppings are of greenish character, and
| by degrees become thin and whitish, much
resembling similar discharges in the hui
man subject. Great weakness also mani
tests itself, and in some cases cramps super
vene. The disease runs its course rapidly,
death resulting in most cases in from
twelve to thirty-sx hours; if not, there
fore, taken Immediately, the treatment is
generally too late. If the folio wing re-
cope be administered at an early stage of
the disease, every three hours, Il large per-
certage ofthose affected may be cured:
Rhubarb, five grains; cayenne pepper, two
grains, and laudanum, ten Drops Exchange.