, 1877-07-04
BAllNU11.
a Visit to tho Stables Of the Black
Stations.
Their Trainers Opinion Of The Stupidity .
Eorses--Ilow Thty lre Elufattd

AhlW 4i1tHeA 'ft"'"n W AAN %'f'-s
Earse,..rIow Thtr lre Edutattd.
~
Tho wonderful performances Of the trained
stnl,lous which accompany Barnum's Circus,
s~, NsI,. h.~o ,ttrsct.,1 ~ much attention In
ana Hhicn nave as'tASseu ~ "aut 49,. 1"',i,
No" fofx a'a osne' I@s.etn e'ts t"..,sa - s .hc
70 prove tbs o.t 70 .s e,s s"dt' .eares ca as
scem. su nns.ihie tl,at tho force Of education
SEEM po"s.os ,",.s stss sx,h"+ ,h,n NJ O*rar ha,
Could NC ea'nea 'ut'ISs .an ..as.,. ~ ,,r,"s. .n.
sno"n u "lth us s'1 n1nis ,s. s.t, =. .an TbsIr
readiness Mt ttg vord OF command, hn1 the MIL
u.yv nrcrt.ion with which they obey tue slight
'ss' .ss.s ..ns.s -, .tot~ t,etncr. nntt In
20. , 'oos'y" -, ~ ,,,"s ~ ,o lnl,x onnrcrtate5
A reporter Yesterday took
roun ruRouou TnD STABLES
.,..uhu,, -, ,ts o,.o-,. mn, NO. ,fror,cd An on
at,ne". ~ s"s ,s.,a .nn.. r,,,tcd nn,-
postunny OF viewing u'esd "e,''ms''"s'v "a, ~, ~"
mats at leisure. NJ Oscar, who broke them 1T
and trained them, and who nprcars with ihcn
In tho eawdubt ring, WIS on hand to furnish III.
formation as to lis pets. Tie stud consists 0f
eight yoa,-b1nck stnflions. NIL In splendid cond-
tien, six of tlieec are from the famous FrAkenc
stable. whirh Is situated near koniCsbcrE.' In
tcnsIuu ID given to the breeding u t'orses. which
ia under the close supervision Of tue
Government. Depo.s dr0 established In ttIiter-
ent parts Of the Empire. anil each of thrse u
QpCf tie C0nLfni u . aAlt ]aIAA S%!htA nl4A@A"s
The nix Frakcnc horses aIc nli Eycar@0lds atit7
wcFc trained entirely by II. Oscar, "llo cxhib-
tied them In France and England for one sea.
son. They wrvr acquired e'y 13arntlin At a cost
NJ 1000 r,ncs, md will remain with his circus
during it, Weatern tour.
The two Anrses wIics, Miss Jenny Louisa
Ilcnglcr exhibits In the ring arc almost unique.
They were bred at ce'e Il H., tue xe1;.Rnamn Mne"Sn
breed which was almost destroyed In
| the war Of 1870. At that tinle the eontendln9
rattons {Austsln and Prussia alike "requisi.
~ III easss!' ess %as ofsss @ sf ss @
aud these wcrs held at propostionateiy hfEh iit-
urcs. The tost of the pair uae.t " ~ Allss llGng
II. OSCAR
proved 70 be Of conversational tupt,, and vii.
ioi.v years ago, he acquired ths mastery Of !a,,-
ily ii nine different tongues. Like gil Of tint
country, he received military c1ucutton, and III
| cor,i,,on with Thousands Of others he bevante
concerned In one Ut thc abosttvo insurrcenots
tile country a an carly ngc. For several years
he devoted his attention To breaking aud trim.
ing horses for private use. AMI flt'ally, lHfsed
thc circus business Us nsna u.Poses
esss shSa hsys Isss s5s aud
stant: tabor win serve where training lsorsca Is
| III
training was commenced
NTle lorses which you sec herc.f sail N.
Oscar, t.are sons Of one sire aud arc years
| old Nhc Frakclc etalliohs being rctarrel to).
| hcran to train them ut 1 years old, aud 1t Ia
my experience that It y mistake to begin With
| them earlier. would rather take them cTcu
at tnore advanced ago"
| Hi1ow loug did 1t take you to bring them
| under sublectionl"
With these six. six months; the two Han
overians, nine months. It Is more difficult 70
train a nurse for tue mnnege tian for
tie liberty or trick buatntss. Thu FTar
keno hnrses hnyU been tral'lcd tg
callop In, ami on tho word of command
turn again, prouetse. trot gallup. ala walk again
oil In order. Miss lfcngiur rllca ono horse aH.l
drives tandem. The animals 70 through oil
kinds OF marching. waltziug, Kaloptng, and tho
"The training wa doubtless difficult opera
uopfn
"You arc right, It was;
%Mowl i sai the rrportcr; s'thcro ID ron.
liz, iisunt npasasS pa'in.al."
sAh, NV little friend, 'you are greatly mis-
taken. 4 horsu IL TIC most stupid Iea.t In tho
world. Ho knows ln effect, ,notll!ng; h9 h9, 4.
IL oil In thu training"
"Tacn low lo you got thcJu to 20 through
these wonderful tricksi"
"Jtlst l,y constant repetition. It Is no use te
taku u l,orse until llo is fully formed. Ihcn
when wilet, he 10 i or ) years old, teaeti hin,
You car llaya ITO idea of tho difficulty of teach
lug Nurse even the sinple trick of picking "
handkerchief. In elephant ur lion can t..
trn.nci In one-!,af ttio titne that llurso calt
l A1iSIf IF