The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-12-17
HORSE AND:HORSEMAN.

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Maud S. has trotted four races
against other horses and eighteen
against time, says the Chicago
Horseman, and won twenty-four
heats in 2.3O and better. The fast
est three heats she has trotted in
a race were 2:l54, 2:164, 2:I63.
Hunger will tame any animal,
and at :tmes may be employed to
bring a vicious horse to a realiza-
ton of the uses he is intended; but
perhaps loss Of sleep, if it can be
attained, viii be more efficacious in
subduing the most untractabIe
member of the equine family.
It is not good for the driver Of the
animal to trust young horse too
far, no matter how quiet it may be
OF dinarily. Many accidents, in fact
the.greater proportion of.them, come
from risking a supposed safe horse
further than its5dispOsitiOn justifies.
This is presumably the case with
ladies and inexperienced horsemen,
as they will, in many instances,
trust to the inherent gentleness of
| their equine friend, when an expert
enced horseman would hold a tight
rein.
Now is the time to make the
young colts grow into valuable
horses or so stunt their growth that
their value, in comparison with
their cost, will be almost nominal
The colt, if properly cared for now
and through the winter, will grow
right along and come Ouc in the
spring in the condition to make rap
id sheadway in development. On
the other hand, if it is not properly
fed and cared for at this season Of
its existence it will soon become
"pOt-bellied" and stunted, and if it
does not die before will at least
never grow into as valuable a horse
as it otherwise would. Nothing on
the farm, in. fact, pays in cash re-
turns better than so treating the
IyOung colts that they will develop
into the most valuable animals that
their peculiar conformation will al
low of.
l A really good pair of mules are
not to be despised on the farm. A
| good, well trained mule will do
more work on the farm than a
horse, will eat less, is much less af-
fected by the weather, eau endure
greater extremes of heat and cold
much better, and is much more in
different to exposure. In fact the
mule has many redeeming qualities
to recommend him TO the farmers
consideration. One of these is its
| proverbial and ponderous tough
ness. AS a writer says, it is as
tough as a boarding house beef
steak, the rebound of which, when
an attempt IS made to masticate, is
liable to dislocate jaw. The pow
ers Of endurance are great A long,
steady days work may be compile
ted, and yet when the harness is re-
moved for a few minutes rest and
the customary roll, the nimble and
vigorous animal seems to be as
| fresh as when started to work in
the morning. The mule is not only
more hardy, but is much less sub
Iject to disease, much less particular
about it's food, and is a great deal
less expensive to feed than The
horse, and besides.usualIy lives about
twice its age. These are qualities
of marked. Importance in max
ing up the cheap and durable farm
team.
A son Of the famous English
trainer and breaker, Seffart, says: l
remember seeing a horse lie down
with my father in the road. He
only said, "Oh, my poor fellow,
what pity you give yourself so
much trouble. You'll have to get
up with me again" And SO he did.
He never hit him, but just waited,
and the horse got up with him at
last. My father was very patient
in breaking them, though that is
wrong term; they don't want to be
broken; but to be taught what you
want them to. at the same time
my father was determined they
should do what he required of
them, and when they did it, always
rewarded them with a piece of SUI
gar or carrot or something that
they liked, and he never asked
them to repeat anything so as to
sicken them of it. When he was
certainsthat they knew what he
wanted of them and would not do
it, he would give them one smart,
sharp blow across the neck with a
cane or whip. He said, ''if you do
hit them make them feel it,"
and thought a blow around the
neck had more effect than Sanything
else, as it startled them more.
Whips and spurs are bad things;
they do more harm than good =
There are as many tounches on a
horses mouth as there ARE notes on
a pinafOrte; but is no use if you
haven't the head to use them at the
right time, and don't know now to
apply them.
During the summer months the
average farmer needs several good,
strong teams, but in winter there is
scarcely enough work ito keep one
team in exercise. The expenses of
keeping those teams is quite an
item, and often eats up much of
the profits. The great question,
then, is how to winter them with
out too great expense, and where !
this solved, one of the chief Difficult
ties in the road of profitable |
farming would be removed. One |
place where too much expense is
generally incurred is in feeding
the horses that are not work
ing more grain than is really neces
sary to keep them in thrifty condi-
ton, and often more than for their
well-being. Many times the hay is
too ripe and dry when cat, has lost
much of it's nutritious qualities,
and much more of it is required to
answer feeding purposes. The II