Morning journal and courier., 1883-09-25
Price Three Cents

any woman but my wife drive a horse of mine if ever wanted to use him again My wife was as bad as any of them at first but l gave her regular lessons, till now she can handle any of my best horses with perfect ease and comfort and she's light, small woman, too. What will unfit a horse the quickest for driving is this continual jerking up on the bit that the ladies practice. The reason they do is because, not knowing how to handle the lines properly, they don't dare use the whip, but try to keep the horse going by chirping to him, as if he were a sick baby, or saving his mouth with the bit horse in such hands for 8 month becomes dull and stupid and soon loses his spirit. I'd rather have horse of mine driven by a little boy scarcely strong enough to hold the whip than place him in the hands of such women. Boys seem to have an aptitude for driving properly and take hold of reins in the right way the first time. You know a boys first ambition is to ride beside some driver and 1t comes even before his yearning for boots."
 "Is this ignorance common to this country alone?'
 ''No, it is universal. In England, fox hunting has still such hold upon the people that girl is taught to ride almost before she learns anything else, and in France the pleas ure of individual driving has never worked it's way into the French woman's mind. In this country there is change coming, but the improvement is only making progress at the eastern seaside resorts, where 8 few of the leading ladies have become quite noted as horsewomen during this summer. You know Mrs Vanderbilt enjoys almost as much dis ttnction as a queen, simply because she knows how to dispense with the services of coach- man and tone up her system by manipulating the ribbons over trotter's back as she flies along the ocean drives. Here in Chicago un- rivalled for fine roads, good drivers among the fair sex are as rare ss elsewhere"
 "How IS It between city and country ?'' Ia Ac iz a young city lady who has been taught grace all her hfe-in fact, not to say her prayers if she couldn't hold her hands gracefully-is as awkward on holding the reins over a dash board as the country girl who has only held them over the blow handle. am sure if the ladies knew how awkward a poor driver looks they would try to improve. There's nothing to me more rediculous than a oman with her arms stretched away out in fl ont of her pushing on the ines,' especially if short sleeves reveal scrawny, bony development. On the other hand, there is no more pleasing sight than to see pretty girl, sitting erect, with hands close to her slender waist, the rein curling cutely over her delicate thumb. and the whip grasped firmly, srching over the horses back, thread her way without nervousness or fear through narrow, crowded streets or on board avenues leave her timed friends behind"
 ACure for Rowling Dogs.
 From the London Morning Post
 Many wearied and wakeful persons find in the bowling of dogs by night a persistent widespread and most annoying form of irri- tation. The owners of dogs given to spend the hours of darkness in assiduous bowling appear generally to regard with serene per- sonal imperturbability the noisy nuisance which makes night hideous for their neigh bors. Nevertheless, those who keep dogs, especially those who do so in popular places, n h0nnd n cautions which alone are necessary to prevent a troublesome form of vexation, which is really serious source of inconvenience and loss of rest and possibly of health to very many people. To the honest bark of a watch dog giving warning tongue upon suita- ble occasion no one would object, but the purposeless and amending bowling of the chained CUTS which are especially prevalent in tho suburbs of towns is simply intolerable. It is not necessary to extermlnate dogs to put an end to the annoyance in question. The nuisance is perfectly preventable by the adoption of few simple and sensible meas ures which, so far from injuring the offend ing animals, tend to give them length of days by conducting to their contentment. Those who have had experience in keeping dogs know that these dogs will not howl at night if they be comfortable If dogs, instead of being cruelty chained up out of doors, in kennels which are often draughty and damp, be allowed to have their liberty by day, and to lie within the house at night, they will generally sleep through the night in perfect quietness. Or, if it be necessary to keep a dog chained by day, he ought to be left loose at night, wISsn it will be found that he will retire quietly to his kennel and abstain from bowling, especially if he be furnished with some fresh hay or clean mat for bed. In warm weather dogs often howl simply be- cause they want water. Many dogs howl at night because they are kept constantly chained both by night and by day. This is common and most reprehensible form of cruelty; dogs SO treated are sure to be rest less and irritable and can scarcely be healthy.