Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1879-10-17
Windin. up a IIor-e.

Rev. DR.. Chamberlain, III o. letter to the
American Missionary, from Mudnapilly. Iu-
dia gives the following singular experience
he had with a balky horse:
Nineteen years ago, ] bought in Madras q
peculiar kind Of horse H had 10 be wound
ny to make him 20. II was not a machine
but veritable live horse
When breaking him TO 60 in the carriage
he had been injured. An accident occurred
il starting him thu first time. and he was
thrown and hurt and frightened Il made
him timid afraid to start. After he had
once started he would never halk. until taken
out of the carriage H would start and stop
and 60 on as many times rs you pleased. but
it was very difficult 10 get him started AT first
each time he was harnessed to the carriage.
He was al right under the saddle az excel
lent riding horse, and would carry me long
distances IL my district work. so that did
not wish to dispose Of him but ! could not
afford to keep two whatever l had must 20
Ill carriage rs well as ride and I determined
that I would conquer.
How I have worked over that horse At
first it sometimes took M an hour to get him
started from my door. At last. after trying
everything l had ever heard Of I hit upon M
eXpedleut that worked
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 W. would slip over his
left ear down to the roots. and turn the stick
round and round and twist il up
It i, said that horse can retain but one
ideu al time il Its small brain. Soon the
twisting woald begin to hurt His attention
would be distracted TO the pain IL mis- ear
He would forget all about a carriage being
hitched TO him. bend down his head and walk
~ ue laFpl, he hgI d,
rod the horse boy would begin TO untwist.
soon would come off the cord. and the horse
would be all right for the day The remedy
never failed.
After having It on two or three times he Oh
lected to the operation. and would spring
about and rear ana twitcu and back ANYTHING
but start ahead 10 keep 1t from being ap-
piled. We would have two Of us to begin
to pat and rub about his neck and head He
would not know which had the key All at
once II would he Oh his ear and winding up.
The moment that il began to tighten he
would be quiet, stand and bear it a. long as
lie could, and then OF he would 90. II uCy-
er took thirty seconds to get him of with the
key. It would taxi an hour without After
a little he ceased oblectiug 10 have il put on
He seemed 10 say 10 himself Il have got 10
give il, and may a well do II at once but
he would not start without the key IL
lew months he got 30 that a. 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 the key would be enough
Then the key became unnecessary lie
would bend down his head. tipping his left
ear TO the horse boy, who would take il in his
hand and twist it, and Of he would 90
Ny native ueighbors said That horse
must Be wound W or he cannot run And
it did seem 50.
When he got so that the winding VI" was
nothing but a form. ! tried 70 break him Of
that. but could not succeed l would pat
him and talk To him. and give him d Htti,
salt or sugar or bread, and then step quietly
into the carriage and tell him to 60 No"
Coax him. No Whip him No" Legs
braced. every muscle tersr for resistance A
genuine balk. Stop and keep quiet for al
instant, and he would hold down his head
bend over his ear, and look around for the
horse boy appealingly. saying very earnestly
10y his actions, DO please wind me up.
can't 60 without, but I'll 60 gladly if you
viii. The moment his ear was touched, and
one twist given, Of lie would 60 Ia happy aud
contented as ever horse could be
Many hearty laughs have We and our friends
had over the winding up of that horse. If
were out on Il long tour for a month or two.
aud he were not hitched TO the carriage or if
he stood IN the stable with no work for a
week or two during the monsoon, q real wind
ing up had to take place the first time he was
put IL. We kept him six years The last
week ! owned him l had 10 wind him up
sold the patent TO the man who bought the
horse and learned from him that he had to
use II as long a. the horse lived