The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-10-17
WINDING UP A HORSE.

The Rev. Dr. Chamberlain. in a letter
to the American Missionary - from
Mudnapiily. India, gives the following
singular experience he had with q balky
horse:
Nineteen years ago. says the venerable
divine l bought in Madras a peculiar kind
of horse. He had 10 be wound up TO make
him 60. 1t was not machine, but a yerita-
bic live horse.
When breaking him to 90 in the carriage
he had been injured. An accident occurred
in starting him the first time, and he was
thrown and hurt and frightened Ii made
him timid afraid 20 start After he had
once started he would never baIlz, taken out
OF the carriage. He would start and stop
and go on as many times as YOU pleased. but
it was very difficult to get him started at
first each time be was haTnessed TO the car
riage.
He was all right under the saddle an ey-
cellent riding horse, and would carry me
long distances in my district work so that
1 did not wish to dispose Of him but I could
not afford TO keep two: whatever I had
must 90 IN carriage rs well as ride, and /
determined that l would conquer.
How / have worked over that horse At
first II sometimes took me an hour to get
him started from my door. At last after
trying everything had ever heard of, / hit
upon an eXpedieut that worked.
l took a strong bamboo stick two feet long
and over an inch thick. 4 stout cord loop
was passed through hole two inches from
its end. This loop We would slip over his
left ear down to the roots, and turn the stick
round and round and twist il up.
1t Is said that horse can retain but one
idea at time In its small BRAIN soon the
twisting would begin TO hurt. His attention
would be distracted to the pain in his ear.
He would forget all about carriage being
hitched TO him, bend down his head. and
walk of as quiet as lamb. When he had
gone rod Che hor5e-boy would begin to su-
twist, soon of would come the cord, and the
horse would be all right for the day The
remedy never failed.
After having il on two or three times he
objected 10 the operation. and would spring
about and rear and twitch and back. any
thing but start ahead. TO keep ir from being
applied. We would have. two OF US 10 be-
gin to pat and rub about his neck and head.
He would not know which had the KEY. All
at once it would be ON his ear and winding
up. The moment il began to tighten he
would be quiet stand and bear it as long as
he could, and then of he would 60. IL
never took thirty seconds to get him of with
the key. It would take an hour without.
After a little he ceased obiectinC to have it
put on. He seemed to say To himself. 4
have got TO give in, and may rs wei do II at
once but he would not start without the
key. In q few months Ire got SO that. as
soon as we got into the carriage, he would
bend down his head to have the key put on.
and one or two turns of tine key would be
enough.
Then the key became unnecessary. lie
would bend down his head. tipping his left
ear 10 the horse boy. who would take il i'm
his hand and twist lt. and OF he would 20.
Ny native neiELDuTs said, THAT horse
must be wound up or be cannot run" And
il did seem To DE So.
When he got SO that the winding up''
was nothing but q form, tried tohreak him
of that. but could not succeed 7 would uat
him and talk to him and give him little salt
or sugar or bread and then step quietly into
the carriage and tell him to 20. No
Coax him. NO" Whip him. t.No'. Legs
bTaced, every muscle tense Tor resistance.
\ genuine baik. stop and keep quiet for an
instant, and he would hold down his head
bend over his ear. and look around for the
horse boy appea.iHEly. saEinETgTy earnestly
by his actions, DO please wind me mp. /
can't 90 without, but I'll go gladly if yOU
will The moment his ear was touched.
and one twist given. of Le would 90 as hap
by Authenticated as ever horse could he.
Many hearty laughs have We and our
friends had over Che wiUding mp of the horse
If / We're out 0u q tour for month or two
and he was not Litched 10 the carriage. or if
he stood i'm the stable with no work for
week OF two during the monsoon, % real
winding up had To take place the first time
he was put i'm. WeEept him six years. The
last week I owned him ] had tH wind him
up. l sold the patent 90 the man THAT bought
the horse and learned from him that Le had
To use il rs long as the horse lived.