Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-06-19
HORSES AND MULES
In Training for Performance in the
Circus Ring.
Itfiity Of lacks In the Education Of
Trick Mule-Apples and
Candy. But No
whipping.
Enquirer Interview. !


"Have you ever noticed that all circus
riders ride around the ring from right to
sfti MOI Well, they do. An Italian by
he name Of Jumarny was the only rider
ever knew who rode from left TO right. This
Kan, by the way, was great horse-broaker
be had a big spotted mule, which stood six
teSn hands high, And was spotted in three
entirely different colors-red, white and
black. 1t was vicious beast, and any one
who approached it had TO have a club in one
hand and whip in the other Wen, sir,
Jumarny took took this mule and taught it
TO waltz, to gallop, TO lie down, to stand
erect on its hind legs, TO pick mp handker-
chief-in fact, To do any tricks that have ever
been taught horse. That was the first mule
ever educated, and the last No other man
has succeeivi in training mule"
Il understood that every circus had q
couple CT trick mules
When You say trick mules suppose you
mean mules that no boy can rides"
Exactly"
And You consider these mules educated.
do youi Why, that act almost comes natural
TO them. When say the world has seen but
one educated mule, mean but one mule that
has been taught fcats of any Importance.
Mules that do the old tirnwing-off act are
dead; 10 respectable circus will have them
this season, they are too common. OF course
some years ago they were a big card with us,
but that day has passed.
IN the season OF 1850 | hit on the best
means of breaking mule to do
the throwing-oT act that haze ever known
OF. Newore on cur WY from one stand t.
Ggother down in the western part of Illinois,
aboat the LIST 81 August in that year. Every
thing Of course, had % DO transferred by
WAGON, ana Gil RobnsJn-quite a little chap
ti.an-was driving team f mules. lie man
az to drive IL ~ into "a swamp, and one OF
tie mules WAS drowned before ne could ge.
him cut
AS it happened, this aninal was one Of
our trick mnles, and as the country people
woull not tie satisfied without their favori.e
act Mr.. Robinson said 70 me:
Marks, | viii give you So if you viii
teach one Of these draft mules to do the
throwing oif act in time to show at the next
stand.
It's co. sad |, and / went to work NJ
once. got piece Of leather about foot
square, and, laying it on the grass, ham
nIerea into Il "a quantity Of short tacks. or
course, when The heather was taken up, the
points Of The tac..s were found uninjured pro-
iectiDg from tao ether side. ] had this piece
Of leather stitched 10 the lat Of boys
trousers, il such way that he fairly bristled
with tacks Thea pvt the trousers ON a boy
and put tie boy on tl2 mules bare back
Wien he came down neither the boy nor the
ninle wanted 70 try ii over again.
However, with a half dollar an a soft
place 30 fall on, | persuaded him to 60
through the programme a few more tines, I
and when the tent was put up at cur next /
stand that mule was lester perfect-uo mon !
key could ride him.
But now to coae back to our work ia /
band. After this stallion had learned.to 90
around the ring WHEN commanded. started /
in 10 teach BIN to come 10 me at Il motion Of 1
tie whip. / have reached that stage now. /
You can see for yourself how l 20 about It . /
He cracked the whip and the beautiful I
horse set or on lope only 10 stop short when /
the whip was cracked again.
Come" said the trainer, pulling gently on
the lunse cord and motiouing with the whip |
handle There was a seconds pause and then |
tie steady strain of the cord told the animal .
what was wanted, and he walked slowly I
toward bis master. When le had reached |
the desired point an apple and a cares were I
given Linn and then the entire act was re-
featcd.
"Wth plenty of apples and candy the right
L NJ OF horse can be laugh: avy thing. No.
The, neither need nor get any whipping at
al. while their education is in progress. They
may be iapred occasionally with the whip
handle, or brushed with the lash, but the
ma n use of the whip is TO tell them when t.
move by its cracking, and 10 tel them how
10 move 10y its motions The principal sig
nails to horse are made with the whip
handle. when the ycicl Is used it is done more
- beguile the audience than to cniighten the
horse. For instance. when ! say Come
move nay whip IN = certain manner. aud the /
horse comes without the motion Of the
whip he would not understand me- while
without The word come my wants would be
perfectly Gear 20 hian, ans he would ob,y b.
tie sEip alone.
"!pau R;ce nai one Of the very few horses
.hs.; have been broken 90 the voice. and that
happened only 10y accident. When Dan be
gan with him the nag had perfectly good
'yc,, and was broken 10 the motion OF the
,ship, but while the training was in progress
L went stone bind. Il was such n beautiful
irl intelligent creature that Mr. Rice did
lct want 20 giveit up aal, reasoning that if
4 cart horsa can be taught 30 gee aud 'EaW'
by unt his horse could be taught other
.ainss IN the same way, he went to work and
broke the animal over again 10 tie voice
to,. the act done by this blind horse aud its
nate Dan Rice used 90 gDt 81 900 every wco,.
.tat he exhibited them. The figures are Mot
.&ag2erutel. ! know this to be a fact