The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1880-05-27

confidence. IT, however, the breaker
wants to do the work as fast as posi- -
BILE, he will, as sOoRsas- he can rub the
horse on the head draw the blinds down,
over the eyes, and proceed to saddle up.ilka
1t is not usual TO puto a bride at first, -----
as horse cannot be pulled mp by q bit p
until he has learned that it is meant to
stop him, but hacomore is used instead. " %
This consists of a plated rawhide ring 80.
! that encircles the nose, being fixed on to
q headstall of the same material A
short hair rope is used for reius, the
ends being tied on to the ring under -.
the Jaws; the ring is placed so far down
the NOSE that when pulled upon it will
shut of the horses wind and then he 81
can be stopped.
Everything being adjusted, the rider
mounts aud pulls up the. blinds ard
startsthe horse up with his quFt He
usually begins bucking at once and - :
breakers prefer to let him have good
spell at it and to quiet him well mean
while and then in many eases he will
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must be thrown well back in the saddle
and the back as loose as possible, while
the saddle is gripped tight.
1t is usual to have an assistant on
gentle horse to give the unbroken one
lead, and to head him off from any tim
Der or dangerous ground that he may
try to run into, for. knowing nothing of
the use of the reins, he can only be
guided by pulling his head round by
main force. After being ridden two or
three times the colt will travel well with
another horse, and soon become bridle- .-.
WISE through hisnose' being made sore
by the hacomore ring, and then bride
is put on as well as the hacomOre BRING
and both reins used at once, @After
few lessons at this the hacomore is dis
pensed with and the bride used alone.
A colt will very soon learn to drive in
a band of horses, but at first he will try
to run into the band instead of round , 81
them. He can be made very useful for ~ Il;
driving horses within week of being 2
taken up, but it takes longer before he
will be of much use for cattle In ten i
days to three weeks he will be so gen
tie that any fairly good rider can man
age him, though he will be liable to
buck for some time when anything goes
wrong. If at first he does not succeed
in getting rid of his rider he will give
up trying to do SO, but if he once man BID.
ages it he is encouraged to attempt it ...
whenever he can take the rider at dis
advantage. .. ,....... ...t.s
A breaker will have several horses in
hand at once; he will keep them on
picket rope or in the stable for some ..f
time at first, teaching them to let him
walk up to them in the corral.
When horse is badly handled at
first, and allowed to get loose with
rope on, and to throw his rider, and so
to have his own way, he is frequently
Z" spoilt,'' and in many cases never be-
comes thoroughly broken. He has found
out that he is stronger than man and q &
that he can have his own way if he takes e
advantage of his opportunities.
A breaker viii undertake to break
horses at from s. to $40 a head. He
will gentle them so that any ordinary Ia
rider can take them to put to work, but
he cannot at that price make them thor
oughly bridlewise, nor break them in
every particular They viii need care
full handling and watching for some.--
time, and cannot be trusted like an old.
gentle horse. ." f'' ~
1t is important to see that the horse is
broken on both Chicago Inter .
Ocean.