The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-04
KINDNESS AND APPLES
&c . Coed Way Toward Teaching C1reus
Horses Carious Tricks.
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A short, black-moustachedg gentleman. with
long whip in bis hand. was standing In the
lion. The animal stood. fully sixteen hsn'is
high. was powerfully. built as q Flemish
a f. the ns s.aaass n
cut and graceful as e swans. -. So.
he and the nssE
while i whinnied softly and paved the sawdust
Mrk s ON With Jim shoW
and this was his school OF horses.
mn 'sst giving hs saOn he o;
advanced n. the. First Readsr. we may say. /
advanced him from the Primer last week.
shs aess e %us abs 81
ate him n as rs n No H., trick horse When he
g bear the girth and the bit. / satls-
ned myself that he was beauty and had .
certain degree 81 intsiliesnoe before began to
cate an pngainy horse or one that Il not OK
ceedinsy bright. lput . eirth on. him. slipped
head fastened the and aide lines To
his grth. and led him into the ring. The ring a.
yon see. Is regular circus ring. with raised
their be was ready TO take his first lesson a ""
the h@ e q r. rannns
ins hin with Tie whip. kssp him from the
cord hold him from going too far and CLIMB.
ing the enbankment. In tho course OF week
10 ops tssy r her.. sssa
way. as commanded. Have you ever noticed
fasg' sSsF' wis., sa Ss1 d. the Tk ..
by the name OF Jumarny was the only rider /
ever knew who rode from left to right
the sss whs s sc1n nS a
him 10 come 70 mo at u motion Of the whip. /
have y REACHED that stage nov. You can see for
He cracked the whip and the beautiful horse
SCI on on oGe 9ny to stop short when the
GONE me- SAID tbs Ss Trainer pulling e.n,,, on
handle There was q seconds pause, and Then
what was wanted. and he walked Slowly S coward coward
MIS- master. When he had reached the desired
p0i POI tan an apple and a carsss were given him.
Kind Kind OF horse can be taught ANYTHING. No,
while. their education Is in progress. They
may DO tanned occcasionally with the whip
lis motions. The prime PAL signals to a horse
is used it is done more to bcsuile the sndisnee
than to enligIten the horse. For Instance.
t when say n% move So..s whip W GER
the motion Of the whip he would not under
stand me- while without the word come my
Dan Rice had one OF the very few horses
that have IS s broken to tho woes ard that
gan with him tho mug had perfectly good eyes.
and was broken to the motion of the whip. but
Sns Int was ash ssa
creature that Mr. Rice did not want to give IL
f Sn; ana IL reasoning that cart horse can BE-
could DO taugh. other things in the anne way.
he went 70 work and broke the animal over
Sna ae nH SGs RSs 5as s done nsa y a
$1,000 every week that he exhibited them. Tho
figures nre not exaggerated. know this to BE-
- You 70 say that With apples the right horse
bors Mhy II ~ al caaF When sSy the right
that moves quickly. that keeps his eye con-
sMt sly on YOU. and understands your motions.
and dull Of perception-what is called int-wit.
such nag eould hardly teach to run around
entire education to an alert and Intelligent nni-
NAL Then there is another kind Of horse that
suit mo. and that is vicious beast.
Some wears ago among the bes,.known
AMERICAN S 4 eqnsstripns was Mr.. Levi North.
State now. He was bre"ting a cream .w tT
stallion in the ring ono morning while was
70 sUs {: bsys Ts s@M and sss
md Quick enough, but it was ms vicious. a. u
nvcpt; ana mat morning something had die
turbed II In the stable. so thar when II danced
into the ring its little black ewes giittered
Ike a snhKo's. l expected trouble hut
North knew his, business. aud the rest
OF US contented ourselves with looking
on. l had turned my head TO say some
hing 70 one Of tho boys when heard a shrek.
! wheeled around. and there was North whiri-
Ing around TINT stations head Us Il boy with Is
u basket. The beast had caught him with its
teeth 10y one wrist. and after n couple OF whirs
II sent NJ crushing through the ropes on the
other side OF the ring His wrist was broken.
anu liz H. crippled 10 this day. No thank
You: no vicious stallion for me.
Now IN teaching M animal to pick up u
handkerchief. for instance. let me show You
how the apple works. That act Is prstty we'll
the Sixth Reader say but my begin.
The trainer broke small russell apple In
two pieces. and wrApned one o. the pieces in
his handkerchief. This he placed to the horses
nose long enough for 1t to get the scent Of the
apple. and then. walking to the other side Of
tue ring. he placed tho handkerchief and apple
together on the gawdust there. The alert ami.
NAL watched him like y cat. and no sooner was
the handkerchief on the ground than no trotted
TO 1t. picked 1t up. and shook IL until the ample
disenRaged from It's folds.
ri. Horses re are taught 70 tre = pistol in pre-
me end OF line attached to q pistols trigger.
The animal tugs at the line to get the apple.
mo mrs. the charge. In the course OF time the