Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-09-25
Winding Up a Horse.


| the Americaa AssfbEary. from Mudnapilly
! India. gives the foiio~ing singular cxpc-
/ rienc- he had with n haiky horse;
Nineteen years ago, says the venerable
\ divine. bought In Madras a peculiar Kind
1 Of horse. lie had TO bc wouad up - maxi
| him go. L. was not machine, but a
! veritsble live horse.
( When breaking hin TO go 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 madr
| him tlmj; afraid 10 start. Alter he had
! once started he would never balk. until
! taken out OF the carriage. lie would start
and stop and 20 on a. many times as YOU
J pleased. but 1t was very difficult to get
/ him started At first zach time hs was har-
! messed 10 the carriage.
| He was all right under the saddle, an
| excellent riding horse, aud would carry
me long distances in my district work. 20
J that did not ,h 10 dispose OF him but
J ! cnuId not AFFORD to keep two whatever
! had must 20 IN carriage as well a. ride
aud determined that would conquer.
How have worked over that hur.r! Al
| hrt II sometimes took me aH hour 10 get
him started IRON my door. AZ last. after
trying everything | had ever heard OF.
hit uron expcdlent that worked.
took strong bamboo suck ,so feet
iouS aud o'CI an toch thi-A- = ~sUIt tuTl
loop was passed through hole tsn iuchr.
from It's end This loop se would Zip
over his lett ear dOsn 70 the roots, anal
tDrn the sick round and round and ia.st
1t up.
Il Is said that horse can retain bat one
idea al time In It's small brain. Soon the
twisting woald begin 10 hurt HIS aticI.-
riou would be- ab,iracted to the PAIN Ia h,
ear. He would forget all abogl carriage
being hitcheJ to him. bend down his head
and SAlA OF as quiet as IA lamb. When he
had gone q rod the horse BOY would BEGIN
To untwist. soon of would come the cord.
and the horse would be all right for the
day. The remedy never failed.
After having II on two or three times he
objected TO the operation, and woud
sp.in1 about and rear and jtwitch aud back,
anything bat start ahead. 10 keep Il from
being applied. We would have. two or
US, TO begla TO pat and rub about his neck
aud head. He would not know which had
the key. All at once 1t would be On his
ear AID winding up The moment that il
began 10 tighten be would be quiet, stand
and bear Il as long as he could. and then
on he would 90. II never took thirty sec
onds TO get him or with the key. II would
take an hour without. Alter lil;le he
ceased obJeci!ng TO have Il put on. He
seemed 10 say 10 himself. II have got to
give 10. and may as well do IL at once.
but he would DOT start without the key. IN
few months he got SO that. as soon a. We
got into the carriage, he ,coEld bend i0rn
his head 10 hare tie ksy pnt on. and one or
two turns Of the key would be enough.
. Then the key became unnecessary lie
would bend down bis head, tipping his left
ear to the horse boy, who would take Il in
his hand and twist il, and Off he would 90
My native neigh5ors said That horse
must be wound up or he cannot run" Aud
II did seem 10 be so.
When he got SO that the winding up"
was nothing but a form, | tried TO break
him of that, but could not succeed.
would pa, him and talk 10 him and give
him n little salt or sugar or bread. aud then
step quietly into the carriage aud tell him
To 20. NO Coax him. No" Whip
him. NO" Legs braeed, every muscle
tense Tor resistance. A genuine balk. 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 ap-
peaiingly, saying very earnestly By bis
actions, "Do please wind me up. / can't
20 without, but IN go gladly II you will ="
The moment his ear was touched, and one
twist given, oh he would go as happy and
cOnte nted a. ever horse could be.
Many hearty laughs have We and our
friends had over the winning up OF that
horse. III were out on tour for a month
or two and he were not htched 10 the car
| Viage, or II he stood in the stable with no
work for week or two during the mon
soon. real winding up had TO take place
the first time he was put 10. We kept him
| six years. The last week owned him
had TO wind him up. sold the pa,en, 10
the man thai bought the horse, and learn
ed from him that he had TO use ii as long
IS the horse lived.