The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1879-04-17
Training Trick Horses,
what a Trainer Says About 1.-THE Diff
erence Blood Makes In the Intelligence
Of Horses.

erence Blood Makes in the Intelligence
Of Horses.
Before New York is out Of bed, the
circus ring at Gilmore'S Gardens is in
lively state of agitation. Stations,
straight .limbed and fiery eyed, make the
sawdust fly in their rapid evolutions
around the course. In the centre stands
Carl Antony. the famous trainer. .He
guides their movements and corrects 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 pcrched on rail,
railing at everybody with his best jokes
Acrobats looked on the ring from &C.
lestial height on the trapeze, and many
idlers, 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 a matinee, but it
was simply to give him freedom of
motion while he rode the very spirited
steeds.
Antony brought out fine charger that
he had in hand only day or two. 1t
was handsomely marked, and carried its
head like Prince. 1t was frightened at
the large banners and white balloons I'M
der which it had to run. In going around
the ring, the course is usually TO the left.
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 left,
although few sk,llful 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 equesttian's ieet will not slip from the
moist skin OF the animal, for steady
foothold is required for those extraordi-
nary acts OF horsemanship seen at Bar
NUNS 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
young fellow rode stallion. bareback,
round several times; but a banner
frightened the animal and he broke from
his even gait. The rider fell heavily on
the wooden guard about the sawdus,, and
vas severely bruised. Pluck conquered.
hevaver. and IN a moment he was at il,
sYsiu.
Daring an interval in the lesson An.
tony INDUCED in bits Of talk aoou, his
profession. He i, handsome fellow
with dainty black moustachc, which he
is fond Of lwir'ing about. He spoke
CO. 11~t.
II mus, try horse first he said,
"6o(ose can tell what can be got out Of
~. Horses are like men; some are
0oso intelligent than others. And there
~ many grades of intelligence, too. l
Aavo little kentucky thoroughbred who
knoWs everything, or would know it If l
I'D time to teach him. As is is, he has
picked up all l have wished to impress
upon his wicked little soul. Oh. he's a
wild one. can assure you" and Antony
laughed with peculiar chuckle.
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 a 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.
bat 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 in Prussia. broke
them myself. and as they had never
known halter or stables. Of course they
were pretty bad specimens. They we're
broken in 1874, and have performed in
Germany, France, England and Italy.
They are more intelligent than any other
horses l ever saw, simply because thev