Weekly Trinity journal., 1878-05-11
QUEER PUPILS.

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horse to forget trick that he has once
thoroughly learned. but / M sure he will
not forget in three years, because have
had occasion To- test that. Some may
have better memories than Others, jost rs
some have quicker comprehension- -
There 10 that horse "Nettle," our leader
! dont think he would ever forget any
thing. He is not broncbo bu: an
American horse, with a strain of Arabian
"a splendid horse, but vicious. He came
near killing groom the other day. Now
''Nettle" observes a great deal. reasons,
thinks and has ideas of his own about
things. He used 20 jump over six horses,
but in Cincinnati one of them shied and
he got hurt. Since then he will not jump
more than four. He knows he can make
the leap over six with little more effort
than over four. but he will not take the
chances OF one OF the mum her moving out
Of plscs. SO he always counts them be-
fore taking q start for leap, aud il we
try to ring in 6ve on him he refuses to
attempt il. -Four 10 his limit.
II punishment is ever required. it must
come instantly upon the offense fer which
It's given. never give more than three
blows, and then not severe ones. II a
horse loses condolences in him self don't
whip him, but call him up and reason
with him. Whom you see hs Is tired give
him rest. Treat him a. friend, and
be viii do friend, part by you. Some
trainers give horse lumps of .ugsr when
be does we'll. do not. The only re-
ward give is letting him stop and rest
when hs does hi work rightly. Ge. him
used 10 sugar, and he will be looking for
that instead Of paving attention TO what
you want him TO do.
In training dogs find that they under
stand words much more readily than
horses de. The greatest trouble with
them is to keep them spirited and ami
mated when doing their work. You
must excite them by na,e or encourage
ment or in whatever way you find suits
best your individual dog, or else he will
20 about his tricks with his tail down he
tween his legs in u sneaking. shame faced
hang dog--no allusion 10 the little drama
my dogs plsy-sort Of n way. II WAS no
sssy job TO train my troop Of dogs for
shat drama. Each had To be taught his
part carefully and patiently then all
had to be trained together. The first
thing was to teach them to picl; up any
thing and hold it or place it where they
we're told. Then their labor was dvidrd.
One was taught to slip off his collar.
another to steal it /: another To arrest the
thief, two TO pick up wooden bar and
put it on supports to make n gallows; e.
Rally, one to play executioner. Now
they all enjoy it seemingly. especially the
little fellow who ia TO he hanged. II
doesn't hurt hi n Al ALL To make dog
waltz you frst make him stand on his
hind legs, then get him TO follow the mo.
tions Of the whip a. y0n move 1t about.
and say "waltz." Some .ensitives dogs
should never be struck. and punishment
should never be severe.
Goats are dull, sulky brutes TO train,
with strong deposition to get away
from you, and no yearning for education.
They are trained To obey the whip, as
horses and dogs are, bu! they never learn
much. UthA8
have also trained elephants. One
that trained is now with w. W. Coles
Sbow. bad but one struggle with him,
and /: took nearly four hours Of steady
hammering with hig hickory club. to
bring him 10 reason and make him squeal
rs . token of submission. But he re-
membered the incident. That was in
May. performed him all Summer, and
left him out in Illinois in Novsm ber -
When / went back the next April, ml-
slough was dressed MS he had never seen
me before, and wore my beard differently,
he recognized me bundled yard away.
and began yelling At the top of his voice.
It was his way of saying what Crockett's
coor did: II know you Don't shoot /!
III come down." An elephant is q cum
ming. cowardly and trea, herous rufiah by
nature. You can never trust him All inch,
and he will never give up attempting to
trespass. For instance. supposing you
bavs trained an elephant to do certain
trick at precise spot In the ring. One
nigh: he will move yard or two further
around. II You Go not check him and
make him 90 back, the next night he will
20 little further. and the next further
yet. Before long he will have gone clear
around the ring, and will have gained
confidence in himself. You viii have lost
your mastery over him, and you can not |
regain it without battle. He may enly |
advance toward that result one or two
feet every night, but he will certainly he I
trying tor it all the while. You can only
control him by fear, and when he loses
fear Of you, he is bound to attack you.-
The common talk about the gratitude and
docility OF the elephant Is all bosh. |
When an elephant goes on rampage,
you have either To conquer him by any
punishment that will make him squeHl or
else kill him; for II you don't, you NAV
bet your life he will kill you as soon as he
gets . chance.
generally use a sharp spear in dealing
with an elephant. There WAS one WINTER
ing on Mabio's farm in Wisconsin some
years ago, terrible krute--we called him
Canada. but he was billed ss Romeo
who got loose. He WAS a mankiler, and
when he got out OF his stable people left
ths farm without waiting 10 mention
where they were going. His keeper,