Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-07-01

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II II very dark. ooserve the same rule
when pnhitohlng from the carriage, or 10
removing the harness, standing him In The
same place aud position a. when You pu,
the harness on
"Aner you have your horse 80 trained
that be thoroughly understands IN mesn-
log or the wort who's. snd IT, various
uses, 80 that he will stauj when be- hears
u. under ell circumstances, and especially
wlthoat hitchiug, you are all right The
late COl0uel ColsmsH, OF NewbuyPpft,
used a. say. u wss easier 10 teach seus-
lblc horse D. stand without hltchlng, than
II Va. 10 teach him a. stand with the tie
rio. and much NOR. safe; Tor " your
horse breaks the ue-rein, by accident OF
othsrwiss, he l. sure 10 Iun. becsusc he
i alarmed Al what he has done, and sf,'r
he las run once. there i 20 therein that
will bold him. Under thv ssm" ffuvrca-
ton
After giving iasiruc ioas ior s'oPp.ng
and s,arting. he gives 'he follosing sen
,ibls advice for teaching ihc poser ~ he
bit:
Tbs 10. or -huad lrr. v,fS delicate
operation In our uplnion, more young
hofs,s ar spoil-i ~ the cfu,l and 80 me-
Times dsstardly as uf the bit, than IN auy
Other Ny n you do lot 81, the polui,
lust piscg bar ct cul' iron iu yea own
mouth. some coid -~iat'r morning. aod
then let some .guorsmu.. shn pfidcs hin'
III ou his superior muscle, ,Nperlmf
nt,lc ilms. 10 ,uuing your head cr moving
your body. aud Sou will have some appfe-
citation of tbc ssnsib.iiy of the horses
mouth The hlt shouh be- adjusted 10 your
horses mouth 20 A. Co hang ss ,asliy tnd
naturally a. possible. n your autmal
shoui obi ct 90 receiving 10 into bis
mouth At af.i. don't strike him over the
head. nor poll him forolbiy around. Dor
even soold him f,f bis seeming disooedi-
encc. Take the bio 10 your hand. show u
20 him. convince him that u i harmless,
aud the mosi obstinate colt will yield 10
your demand. u Kindly treated, add take
the biz a. kindly a. "a ear Of corr.
4" The Kind % biz 10 be- used. We'll, We
prefer The straight plain bar, covered with
/ leather OF rubber The sofi, easy BIZ i
the best We look upon Oh forms Of curb
or buck.eycd hits a. simply - many meth
ods of tortuic % a young horse tndouhi'
/ edly there are Oh horses that have been
spoiled BY abuse. tha, need - be- restrained
b. me use Of the curb bit n 80. they are
entirely uuai f5r family use hat with al
the horses that We have haudled. We have
never fouud one tha, woald no, behave
better without the curb than with It,"
Then observe hi. method o. teaching a
horse 10 stand a, depot All Who have
observed the force q habit IN the hor.s.
and noticed now readily every thing l.
learned II the same order is observed cy-
cry time in all our dealings with him. will
appreciate ,hi. 1, has been well aid
thA, "man i. bu, a bundle o. habits.
This il also true Of al the higher All
mails
I'VE want The family horse 10 70 'rhrrr
We desire him 10. a. well a. s.sa Nc va nj
him 81. Some horses have dread OF 20
Ing Into an uufrsguentod street, OF object
10 approaching or passing uncommon OBJ
iects. sach a. load Of hay OF furniture,
and become almost unmanagcAblc 10 ihe.f
presence. Some horses have perfect
dread Of The cars or a smoking engine, md
yet. while this l. true, al horses can be 20
trained a. not % care fJr either of these
I objects. with some, 10 l. \ short process,
while with Others 10 Is longer process,
bot Il can b. accomplished, n We persist
10 the use Of a mild. bat systematic treat
ment our rule l., 70 never Try expert.
ments with our horse. neither 30 see what
ne will DO nor % show a gaping crowd of
men and boys what our horse will DO.
We always endcayer - show our horse
TIA, We have some useful object - gain,
something TIA, must be done, no, merely
- torture OF 10 train him, bui 70 serve Us.
To illustrate our point. We give an eN'
ample
five wish D. teach our horse % 20 10
the depot. aud 10 stand safely ln bis posi-
ton until the engine has cone AMI gone,
We show him that there i something TO
70 Tor. n be Is very FESTIVE aud unmAr-
ageablc. We take him 10 the station when
the engine q. out We accession him 10
The track, by crossing AMI fecfosslng the
rails. going around the depot several times
then We drive directly up % the plat
fornf. aud with The word whoa, We bring
him 10 a quick halt. and before be has tine
20 realize his situation, We step out OF the
carriage, taking out = box or trunk, that
was placed there Tor the purpose, placing
IL on the platform 10 plain sight Of the
horse, keeping one hand on the rein all The
time, the horse watching our movements,
will not attempt 20 move until We are In
the carriage again. Then We quickly give
the word 10 90 on, and drive away, The
whole performance not occupying more
than three minutes, and making 10 sure
that the horse stops, and moves o. At
the word sAoa, and ", not OF his own ae-
cord.
"Ia short time, aud before the horse
forge,s bis first lesson. We return for our
trunk that we left on the platform. driving
over the same route - before, and hsl,ing
In the same place, At the platform. We
halt him a. before, and step out As before
and taking the trunk We place u In the
carriage. This time, We occupy more
than i've minutes In the operation. The
horse becomes more interested la the load
ing and reloading OF the trunk, than before,
stands longer. waiting for Us 10 get Into
the carriage he take. the word go" aud
moves proudly away, as II conscious OF
having performed valuable service for
his master. whom he loves, and al the
same time receiving a most valuable les