The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-05-16
BREAKING A coLr.
Using Dummy TO Acensfom Him to the
Presence OF "a Rider.

A gentleman who had tried by the Span.
ish, Rarey and other methods to subdue a
wild colt finally tried the Indian way. He
says made a complete dummy" man,
whose long, dangling arms and queer mis-
shappen body, with its stuffed hat instead of
head, caused the little children much
amusement, mingled with establishment,
when grayely informed them that "thie
was the man that was going to break our
eolt for u.s." In vain they piled me with
questions would answer none of them,
and they awaited my further proceedings
with the greatest curiosity. Next morning
the colt was brought ont in good order. 1t
seemed to have entirely recovered from the
excitement of yesterday, and enjoyed the
currying and petting the boys gave it, tax.
ing an apple from the hand of one aud a
lump of sugar and piece of bread from
another. Meanwhile had my dummy"
al ready, aud with the assistance of one Of
the lads, standing on the other side of the
,nimal, lifted 1t lightly on the colts back,
aud before letting it feel the weight of tho
dummy" had the girth, extending from
each leg of the pants, securely fastened be-
meath its belly. We then stood aside, whilst
the boy at the colts head slipped off the
bride and got out of its way. Feeling now,
tor the first time, the burden on its back,
and anticipating REPETITION of yesterdays
performance, the colt dashed off into the lot,
rearing and plunging, and going through a
series of equine gymnastics wonderful to
behold, whilst the old "dummy," held Sc.
curely in its position by the girth around the
horse, pitched forwards or backwards, as
she case might be, with its long arms flung
wildly in the air; now coming down on the
horse's head, now on its launches, then
giving frantic lurch to the right or left
with head downwards and arms dangling
between the colts legs, or recovering itself
wildly, as the terrified animal reared on its
launches, to perform Mazeppa act, as
It threw itself over the horses tail and hung
on by its heels, that would have made the
fortune of any equestrian in the land We
all leaned over the bars, and laughed till the
tears ran down our cheeks, as we watched
the performance Of this free show" for
benefit, happy that we knew the colt could
not harm himself, or anybody else, and free
from care concerning the safety OF the
dummy, whose ludicrous proceedings we
could enjoy to our hearts content. The
maneuyers of the colt to rid itself of its ut
terly reckless rider were wonderful TO
behold Finding that rearing, prancing,
k;ob;no opd ,,lnpu;ns, ala md aooa,,, ,1l;.l a.
object, it rubbed itself against theifence aud
finally laid down and rolled over several
times, but all to no purpose. Dummy still
held on with the tenacity of Sinbad's "Old
Man of the Sea-" At last, however, the
loosened girth slipped around, and Dummy
dismounted from his late proud perch, was
left, dragging and dangling along between
the colts heels who made one last desperate
effort to free himself from 1t, but, as before,
the attempt was vain one, for, though
fallen, Dummy still hung on with the stub
bornness of fate. Perceiying, finally, that no
harm was done to him, the colt finally cooled
down, and at last ,menced eating the
grass as contentedly as II the object of his
late terror were not trailing on the ground
beneath him for, by this time, that colt had
been completely hrokeni That night, when
be was released from his burden he was M
quiet as lamb. Next morning the boys
mounted and rode him where they would,
without the slightest resistance on his part
md never, from that day to this, has he
shown any opposition TO the will of tho
powers that he"-L. u. Cam, Santa
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