The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1878-12-20
m AIMING TRICK HORSES.



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Trieket Fne DIferenee Rieod Makes
In ffs saigenee OF Horses
New York sun.
Beiof AsW York is cut of bed, the
circu zt Gilmore's Garden is in
lively fste Of agitation. Stations,
straight lyeed and fiery-eyed, make the
saw dlIsS in their rapid evolutions
round ti{e ring. In the center stands
Carl Asfjx the famous trainer. He
guides q movements and c0rrects
their pesa He Is breaking stud to
add to se a4ds5me and valuable horses
that da1 night delight hundreds OF
young d and g children of a.larger
growth
a aa visited the ring yesterday
mornid e English clown, minus his
war. pa S q herched on rail, railing
at ever sh his best jokes. Aero
bats K. e s H25Etsi the ring from ctrs
less n :. -. is ssszs, aud many
idiefs, atffseted by the novelty OF the
scene. bad gathered to watch. Antony
put the horses through their PAGES. Signor
Sebastian, trick equestrian, wore his
tights, as if there was q matinee, but 1t
was simply to give him freedom of mo-
tion whie riding the spirited steeds.
Antons brought out fine charger that
he has hid in hand only few days. 1t
was handsomely marked. 1t carried its
head like Prince, and was frightened at
the gay ,anners and large white balloons
under which it had to run In going
round The ring the course Is usually
toward the left. Few riders can keep
their feet in the bareback style in the
opposite direction. Ring tradition more
than phyicaI laws makes the course
toward the left, although a few skilled
riders, lil1 Sebastian, for instance, have
learned toriGe in both directions. When
a horse new to the ring is to be broken
in he musi be taught to put his left foot
first every time. In that way only can
be preserved that nice equilibrium nee
essary for the rider The horses back
is well reined, so that the equestrian's
feet will not slip from the moist skin OF
the animal, for a steady foothold is re-
quired fG those extraordinary acts of
horsemanships seen at Barnum's Circus.
Antony walked round the ring, never
taking his eye from the horses FOR an
instant, and swapping his long whip, that
carried obedience with every snap. a
young fellow rode q stallion, bare back,
several times round, but banner fright
ened the animal and he broke from his
even gait. The rider fell heavily on the
wooden guard about the saw dust, and
was severely bruised. Pluck conquered,
however, aud in few moments he was
at it agsin.
During an interval in the lesson An
tony INDUCED in bits of talk about his
profession. He is handsome fellow with
a dainty black mOustache, which he is
fond OF twirling. He spoke con Gm0re
| must try horse first" he said,
g before can tell you what can be got
out OF MIN. Horses are like men; some
are more intelligent than others And
there are many grades of intelligence,
too. | have little Kentucky thorough
bred that knows everything, or would
know if h4d time to teach him. as it
is he shas'picked up all have wished to
impress upon his wicked little soul. Oh,
he's a Md one, l can assure you" and
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American Aorses learn quicker than
any other sock but they also forget
easier. To day / may have no difficulty
in getting anidea into their heads. and
tomorrow they will forget it. This is
their training After a while they be-
| come accustomed to their newly-acquired
skill and forma valuable portion OF your
stud. Russisn and Hungarian horses, on
the contrary, are more difficult to teach,
but when thy do learn anything they
hang TO it like grim death.
" The Trakne stations that I intro
| duce day and night came from the En-
Peror Wi lian's stables III Prussia. /
hroke' them myself, and as they have
never known halter or stable, OF course
they were pretty lively specimens. They
were broken in 1874, and have per-
| formed in Germany, France, England
aud Italy. They are more intelligent
| than any other horses | ever saw, simply
| because they ae better bred. They have
more blood than other animals. I claim
! that Mameluke and Pasha, the HuBga-
| Tian horses, are unexcslled for this rea-
| sou. A horsebreeder, fresh from Paris,
dropped in here last evening He said
he had failed 10 find in LA Belle France
animals 50 human in INTEL genee.
{" / could tell you interesting things in
| the matter of training trick horses, but
| it is with us, as with doctors, what we
know is our fortune. Kindness, / find
accomplishes more than the whip, al
though horse must have wholesome
dread of the latter. Yeu might think
] that the most difficult thing was to make
horses stand On their hind legs and wall
! around the ring. It's really one of the
easiest. | can make any horse OF gooC
shape do it in two days. But usually
teach it last When you teach it first ;
horse wants to do it all the time ht
likes the fun. Now what can you d
with hore piroquetting on hind leg
when you want him to play dead o
hunt the handkerchief
My father gave me the passion | hav
for educating horses. He is one of tn
biggest breakers in Europe. Since
was seven years old have been, in som
way, in the horse business. At that earl
age my work was confined TO ridin
horses at bresk-neck speed. At fifteen
went to the Imperial School at Berlin
where l learned great deal about horses
and passed examinations successfully
Then | posted to the stables of the En-
peror OF Russia, and enjoyed the PRIV
| iege of breaking for him magniticer
stud. Aferward | was employed in th
well-known stables of RentZ CARR
Salamanschi. | am in love with m
work, which | am pleased to call hig
art, whether the books dub it that Wa
or not.
" If you ever go into the art" sai
Antony in conclusion, remember tn;
stations always make better trick hors
than geldings. They are more INTEL
gent, and hence easier to train, and {
l ,of c,af weary sO aoou Won oap hoo
to train for tricks when an animal
two or three years old, and if you tai
care of him he ought to be good for
, quarter OF century.
Here another stallion forged into Il
) ling, and Antony was again deep in Il
mystery OF nanege act. 1t is a Piles
ant stroll through the stables of Ba
. NUNS Circus TO see the twenty-five st:
lions in their stalls. Any one who b
sny leaning whatever toward an equi
weakness can there crafty it.
The Trakene stations are, of cour
,, the attraction. Over their stalls 3
printed in bold type these imposi
names: Rinaldo, Gadir, Sultan, Asls
Nero. Sixtus. Next come the Hung
e rian horses, Oriole, Mameluke, Pasha a
e Faust The lsst-named horse plays 1
"dead" business to loud applause, a
b can gracefully 60 through kissing aft
q with Oriole. The Russian stallion, III
i Plaisir, is waltzer, and the Itali
:. horse Sankissof, leaps over horses a
y high hurdles. Then come more Russi
. steeds, and anumber of Tartary tri
j horses. There is, too, Bonny Scotlai
the beautiful animal ridden by N