The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-12-19

lively state OF oRlto0O0. 0to1uOuos
straieht-linbed and fiery-eyed. make
the caw-dust fly in their rapid evoluhons
round the course. In the center stands
Carl Antony, the famous trainer. dc
guides their movements and correcta
their PAGES. He 10 breaking Q stud to
add TO the handsome and valuable horses
that day and night delight hundreds Of
young children and sschildren Of larger
growth"
A reporter visited the ring yesterday
morning. The English clown, minus
bis war-paint was psrched on. rail,
railing 1t everybody with his BEST jokes
Acrobsts looked down on the ring from
. celestial height on the trsPeze. and
many idlers, attracted by the novelty Of
the scene, had gathered 70 watch Antony
put tho horses through their PAGES
Signor Sebastion, trick equestrian. wore
his tights - if there was . matinee, but
il WAS simply to give linn freedom Of
motion while riding the spirited stssds
Antony brought out . 6ns charger
that he has had In hand only . few days
1t was handsomely marked. II carried
its head like . prince, and was frightened
1t the gay banners and large, white bal
looms under which il had 70 run. In
going round the ring the course 10 usual
~ toward the left. Few riders can keep
their feet in the bareback style in the
opposite direction. Ring tradition more
than physical laws make the course to.
ward the left, although few skilled
riders like Sebastian, for instance, have
learned to ride in both directions,
When horse new to the ring 10 to b
broken in, be must be taught to pat his
left foot first every time. In that way
only can be preserved that nioe equali.
brium necessary tor the rlder. The
horses back is we'll rosined, 90 that the
equestrian's feet will not slip from the
moist skin of the animal, for . steady
foothold is required for those extraordi-
nary acts of horssmanship seen in Bar
nuns circus.
Antony walked round the ring, never
taking his eye from the horses for IN
instant, ADD swapping his long whip, that
carried obedience u every crack. A
young fellew rode . stallion, bare. back,
several times round, but banner fright
ened tho animal and he broke from bis
even gait. The rider fell heavily on the
wooded guard above tho saw dust and
was severely bruised. Pluck conquered,
however, and in . moment he WAS at il
again.
During IN interval in the lesson, An.
tony INDUCED IN bits Of talk about bis
profession. He 10 . handsome fellow
with dainty black mustache, which be
is fond of twirling. He spoke con
amore.
81 must try . horse first" he said,
'before l can tell you what can be got
out OF him. Horses are like men some
are more intelligent than others. And
there arc many grades Of intelligence,
too. have little Kentucky thorough
bred that knows everything. or would
know il had time to teach him. A. il
is, he has picked up oil have wished
to impress upon his wicked little soul.
Oh, he's wild one, can assure you"
and Antony laughed with . peculiar
chuckel. "American horses learn quick
or than any other stock; but they also for
get easier. To-day I may have no Difficult
" in getting an idea in their heads, and
tomorrow they will forget it. This 10
true, however, only in the 6rst days of
training. After awhile they become &C.
customed to their newly acquired skill
and form . valuable portion Of our stud.
Russian aud Hungarian horses, on the
contrary, are moro difficult to teach,
but when they do learn anything they
hold on to it like grim death. "The
Trakene stations that introduce day
and Night, came from the emperor Will
liam's stables in Prussia. l broke them
myself, and ~ they had never known
halter or stable, Of course they were
pretty lively specimens. They were
broken in 1874, and have performed in
Germany, France. England and Italy.
They are moro intelligent than any 9TH
or horses I ever saw, simply because
they are better bred. They have moro
blood than any other animals. I claim
that "Mameluks" and "Pasha," the
Hungarian horses, are anexoelled for
this reason. A horse breeder, fresh
from Paris, dropped in here last eve
ming. He said be had failed to 6nd in
La Belle France animals 90 human in in.
telligence.
81 could toll you interesting things In
the matter Of training trick horses, but
it is with us, - with doctors, what we
know 10 our fortune. Kindness, I hnd,
moro than the whip, A.
though the horse must have . whole.
some dread of the latter. You might
think that the most difficult thing Was
to make horses stand on their hind legs
and walk round the ring. It's really
ono of the easiest l can mako horse
Of good shape do il in two days. But
usually teach il last. When you teach
1t first, . horse wants to do il Ill the
time-hs likes the fan. Now what can
you do with horse pirouetiog on bind
legs when you vaat him 70 play dead
or hunt tho handkerchief!
any father gave me the passion have
for educating horsss. He 10 ono Of the
biggest 'breakers' in Esrops. Sisos I
Vas seven years old I have been, in some
way, in the horse busansss. Al the
early age my work was confined 70 rid
ing horses q bresk-nsck spesd. ~ e.
tnoa I vent 10 the Imperial school at