Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-04-11

! ber this, that as yor do
thing with a horse when yo
teach him, exactly SO you mus
. do afterward. Never lie to hin
BY that | mean never make
false gesture or use the wron
word, for if you do you wi
confuse him and destroy his con
fidence both in you and in him
self.
The first thing to teach hin
is to come to you at the cracl
Of the whip. To do that l hol,
him by the halter and touch hi
rump lightly with a very Ions
lashed whip, just enough Il
make him feel it, and drive hin
up to me away from it. In ;
short time he will march righ
up to me when he hears tht
whip, without having to feel il
or have me pull on the halter
Say come here as you do that
and in a little while he will as
sociatc in his mind the words
and motion; will know what the
words mean. Be uniform in
your movements and speech to
him, and he will very soon know
what you mean by every accus-
toned word or phrase.
"Now you want him to kneel
down. Strap up his near fore
foot tightly, so that he will
stand Oh three legs. Then put
a long strap on the other fore
foot, hold the end Of it in your
hand, get him TO move a step
and trip him down to his knees
by pulling the long strap, at
the same time saying skneel,'
and very lightly touching
his knees with the whip, not TO
hurt him, bat simply to call his
attention TO the touch as a sig
nal for future use. BE gentle
with him. Go slowly if it
frightens HIM, Never be impa-
lient. Govern yourself. and you
will soon have him doing all he
can to please you. Let him
kneel a little bit, then push him
over easily, saying 'lie down.
and he will soon add that to his
list of accomplishments, and
obey the words whenever he
hears thena. To teach him to
Jake hold of a handkerchief or
of that sort put it in
his mouth and close his teeth on
t. If he goes to drop it, draw
lis attention to it by pressing
lis jaws together with your
hands and speaking to him. 1t
will not take long for him to
earn what hold and give
mean. To make him take hold |
If it at any particular place-as
he mare does when she fires the |
pistol attached to her--you hold f!
he handkerchief at the desired !
pot and then using the word
7ou purpose using in the trick,
ouch him with the point of Il .
,in, so that he will think it is a
ly and put his nose around to
,ite the spot. When be reaches
ound you put the handkerchief
II his mouth--that is all there
5 oft. Before long, it is fire
'ou have said when you prick
d him with the pin, he will
each around for a nip every
;me he hears the word. When
on have taught him what take .
leans, and to kncel, you have
My to combine the two things
o get him 10 pick up any OBJ
ect you may familiarize him
7ith, from the ground. IF you
each him 'getthc handkerchief,
e will get you anything white
hat he finds in the ring, for his
leas between a handkerchief
nd a piece of paper are not
lear. To move him toward the
bject you use gesticulations
nd touches of the whip, which
e by this time understands and |
Tatches intently. That is the {
ecret of the apparent selections
f colors by one of the horses. :
[e doesn't know the flags apart,
ut he does know just what my /
hip means, and it is enough to j
ay about that trick that if there I
a mistake in doing it the fault
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