The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-24
Training Trick Horses.
What y Trainer Says About 1.-THE Din
erencc Blood Makes In the Intelligence
Of Horses.

circus ring at Gilmore's Gardens is in a
lively state Of agitation. Stations,
straight. limbed and fiery eyed, make the
sawdust fly in their rapid evoutions
around the course. In the centre stands
Carl Antony. the famous trainer He
guides their movements and cerrects their
PAGES. He is breaking stud of horses.
and 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 a rail,
railing at everybody with his best jokes
Acrobats looked on the ring from a &C.
lestial height on the trapeze, and many
iders, attracted by the novelty of the
scene, had gathered to watch Antony put
the horses through their PAGES. Signor
Sebastian, trick equestrienne. wore his
tights, as if there was matinee, but it
was simply to give him freedom of
J motion while he rode the very spirited
steeds.
Antony brought out fine charger that
he had in hand only a day or two. 1t
was handsomely marked, and carried its
head like Prince. 1t was frightened at
the large banners and white balloons IN
der which it had to run. In going around
the ring, the course is usually TO the lef:.
Few riders can keep their feet in the
bareback style going in the opposite d.
rection Ring tradition more than phys
ical laws makes the course to the ett,
although a few skllful riders, like Sebas-
tan, for instance, have learned to ride in
both directions. When horse new to
the ring is to be broken in he must be
taught to put his left foot first every time
In that way only can be preserved that
nice equilibrium necessary for the rider,
The horses back is we'll rosined. so that
the eques,ians feet will not slip from the
moist skin OF the animal for a steady
foothod IS required for those extraordi-
nary acts OF Workmanship seen at Bar
mum S circus.
Antony walked around the ring, never
taking his eye from the horse for an in
slant and swapping his long whip, that
carried obedience with every crack. A
4 Young fellow rode a stallion, bareback
; round several times; but banner
frightened The animal and he broke from
his even gait The rider fell heavily on
the wooden guard about the sawdust, and
WIS severely bru scd. Pluck conquered,
hasaver. and IN moment he was al it
again
During an interval in the lesson An
tonv INDUCED in bits OF talk about his
profession He is a handsome fellow
with dainty black moustache, which he
is fond of lwiring about. He spoke
CO.. Gnve
al must Try horse FIRST he said,
before ! NEIL what can be got out Of
hin Horses are like men; some are
more intelligent than Others And there
are rsanv grades OF Intelligence, too.
have little Ksnlucky thoroughbred who
knows everything. or would know it if |
had time to teach him. As il is, he has
picked up all have wished to impress
upon his wicked iltle soul. Oh, he's a
wild one, can assure you and Antony
IduSiCu Will tSNuiid' ShuSNiS.
American horses learn quicker than
any Other stock; but they also forget
easier. To-day may have no trouble
in getting an idea into their heads, and
tomorrow they will forget it This is
true, however. only in the first days Of
their training. After while they be-
come accustomed to their newly acquired
! : skill and form valuable portion Of your
stud. Russian and Hungary horses, on
the contrary are more difficult to teach.
but when they do learn they hold on to
it like grim death.
"The Trakene stations that intro.
duce day and night came from Emperor
Williams stables m Prussia. | broke
them myself, and as they had never
known ha ter or stables, Of course they
were pretty bad specimens. They were
broken in 1874, and have performed in
Germany. France, England and Italy.
They are more intelligent than any other
horses ! ever saw, simply because ther
are better bred. They have more blood
than other animals. l claim that Marine
duke and Pasha. The Hungarian horses,
are unexcelled for this reason. a horse