The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1878-12-26
TRAINING TRICK HORSES.
what IA Trainer Says About ia Chat
with Carl Antony About Breeds and
Tricks-The Difference Blood Makes
In the Iutelligence OF Horses.

Tricks-The Difference Blood Makes
In the Intelligence or Horses.
. New York Sun.
Before New York is out of bed, the
circus.rng at Gilmore's Garden is in a
lively state Of agitation. Stations,
traight-limbed and iery-eyed, make the
saw. dust fly in their rapid evolutions
round the ring. In the center stands
Carl Antony, the famous trainer. lie
guides their movements and cOrrects
their PAGES. He is breaking stud to
add to the handsome and valuable horses
that day and night delight hundreds of
young children and "children of larger
growth"
A reporter visited the ring yesterday
morning. The English clown, minus his
war-paint, was perched on rail, railing
at everybody with his best jokes. Aero
bats looked down on the ring from CO.
lestial height on the trapese, and many
iders, attracted by the novelty of the
scene had gathered to watch. Antony
put the horses through their PAGES. Signor
Sebastian, trick equestrian, wore his
tights, as if there was matinee, but it
was simply to give him freedom of mos
ton while riding the spirited steeds.
Antony brought out fine charger that
he has bad in hand only few days. 1t
Was handsomely marked. 1t carried its
head like Prince, and was frightened at
the gay banners and large white balloons
under which it had to un 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 physical laws makes the course
toward the left, although few skilled
riders, like Sebastian, for instance, have
learned to rice in both directions. When
horse new to the ring is to be broken
in he must be taught to put his lett foot
first every time. In that way only can
be preserved that nice equilibrium nee
essary for the rider. The horses back
is well rosined, so that the equestrian's
feet will not slip from the moist skin OF
the animal, for steady f0othold is re-
quired for those extraordinary acts Of
horsemanshipseen at Barnum's Circus
Antony walked round the ring, never
taking his eye from the horses for ar
= instant, and swapping his long whip, thai
e carried obedience with every snap. A
: young fellow rode stallion, bareback
i several times round, but banner fright
ened the animal and he broke from hi
e even gait. The rider fell heavily on tn
s wooden quad about the saw'dust, ant
was severely bruised. Pluck conquered
y however, aud in few moments he wa
i, at it again.
r During an interval in the lesson An
r. tony INDUCED in bits of talk about hi
II profession. He is handsome fellow wit
n a dainty black moustache, which he
II fond of twirling He spoke con amor,
v 81 must try horse first" he sale
r "betore can tell you what can be &c
o out of him. Horses are like men; som
! are more intelligent than others. An
y there are many grades of intelligence
n too. | have little Kentucky thorough
q bred that knows everything, or woul
a. know if had time to teach him. As
v is he 'has'picked up all ! have wished
impress upon his wicked little soul. Ol
he's wild one, can assure you,' an
Antony laughed with peculiar chuck
American horses learn quicker tina
any other stock but they also forg'
$, easier. To day l may have no difficult
i. in getting an idea into their heads, an
i. ot-morrow they will forget it. This
3. true, however, only in the first days I
u their training. After while they b
AZ come accustomed to their newly-acquire
g, skill and form valuable portion OF vol
v. stud. Russian and Hungarian horses
ct the contrary, are more difficult to teacl
ID but when they do learn anything the
m hang to it like grim death.
In "The Trakene stations that ! intr
=. duce day and night came from the En-
~ peror Wi liam's stables in Prussia.
lie broke them myself, and as they hay
es never known halter or stable, of cour
he they were pretty lively specimens The
were broken in 1874, and have pc
formed in Germany, France, Englar
I'D and Italy. They are more inteliige
m than any other horses | ever saw, simp
", because they are better bred. They ha
he more blood than other animals. clai
nv that Mameluke and Pasha, the Hung
ed rian horses, are unexcelled for this rt
ay SOD. A horse-breeder, fresh from Par
re. dropped in here last evening. He 81
nv, be had failed ~ find in La Belle FraI
lry animals 80 human in intelligence.
BY / could tell you interesting things
.c., the matter of training trick horses, |
as it is with us, as with doctors, what
is know is our fortune. Kindness, | Fl
ks. accomplishes more than the whip,
ted though horse must have wholesc
hey dread of the latter. Yeu might tn
that the most difficult thing was to m