The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-10-30

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drinks from the same part Of the
I tank.
One Of the stables contained eighty
stalls, forty ON either side. When re-
turning from the tank. horse never
mistakes his own stall. though the
stalls are all built and fitted in ex.
actly the same manner. The old and
experienced horses. however. always
look into every empty stall which
they may pass. in the chance Of find
ing some provender in tho manger.
One Of these old horses was pointed
out Is being of original character. He
had for some years constituted HIM
self an amateur policeman, never al
lowing man. horse, or dog to enter the
yard except upon business. II .
stranger should walk in. and address
any Of the men. or If he shosld go
straight to one Of the many officds, the
horse would take no notice of Inn.
But it . strange man were to saunNy
into tho yard. and lounge about witha
no fixed object. the horse would fy
at him with open mouth. make all
the clatter he could, and drive away
the intruder.
All the horses are of gigantic dimen.
sions. One of them-not the largest
measured six feet and one inch in
height at the withers. They are never
put to work until they are six years
old. and are carefully tested in every
way before admission. the resident
veterinary surgeon examining them as
closely - , regimental surgeon tests
recruits.
The men look like race of Anakim.
and are selected and trained with the
greatest care.
The keepers Of these great stables
seldom take . man who Is more than
twenty. They pick up the finest and
strongest lads that can be found. pre-
ferring those who have not reached
their full growth. who have . good
character. and who give promise Of fu-
ture massiveness. IS well as height II
accepted. they are put into the yard as
''0dd men," and are BY degrees pro-
NOTED to general stable-work. then to
grooming the horses. and lastly to the
0nerous task of draywork.
During the whole period OF probation
they are closely watched. and are
taught Us much by-example as precept
that gentle kindness is the ruling pow
or Of the establishment The very At
m0sphere of the place tells uncon.
sciously upon them. and they soon be-
gin to feel that . coarse or even .
rough expression would be out Of
place.
In their preliminary duties Of s.odd
men. they arc Intentionally kept from
any personal contact with the horses.
But they have perpetually before them
The examples Of their seniors, and by
the time when they are allowed to
sweep out stable, they have learned
that horses are never to be addressed
except in gentle. caressing tones, and
hat the least display Of bad temper or
roughness will throw them back to
odd men. or forfeit their place alto
gether.
Az for striking OF kicking . horse.
inch . crime-f0r it 10 . crime in that
Establishments unknown. Now and
hen. now conner manages to conceal
his native ruffianism for . time. but
Dooner or later it asserts itself. /
Bawling ct . horse Is form Of ruff
Ranism which Is sternly and swiftly
punished. The delinquent is at once
reported ct headquarters, for the men
ne most jealous OF the honor Of their |
order. The case is investigated. and If |
he accusation should be proved, the |
man ID paid his wages up to the day, is |
given . weeks wages wherewith to |
Keep himself for . time, and il con-
lucted out Of the gates, never again to |
inter them
Forgiveness is never accorded, nor |
Under any pretext will the man be al |
owed % take Employ ment 6ven of the /
most mental kind. in that establish
nent Such were the conditions un- |
Ter which every man enters the service
4 the firm. and he knows that they /
viii b rigidly enforced
may also add that the keepers u
hose stables never permit their auis
malls to be tortured and hampered by
he check-rein. which. independent OF
t. cruelty, deprives the horse Of its
,owor of exerting its full strength, and
% prevents the owner from getting
he full amount Of work out Of the AMI
nal
Neither do they permit the use OF
'sAssSs0Ae W. ouoA0E9y, WuaCo 8I0 008Ts I
= as absurd - the check-rein. though
hey do mol cause 20 much actual suf-
ering TO the animal.
There seems to be haxy sort Of idea
hat the binder y beneficial to the
lorse By shutting out sights which
night frighten II But even with the
argest and closest binders, the animal
} permitted to - objects in front OF Il,
md 10 just o likely to be frightened by
hem = By objects at the side or b.
lind To b consistent therefore, the
lorse ought to b completely. instead
{ partially. blinded. and den there
vo0ld b no possibility q it seeing .
tArtling object.
But in fact horse Ii afraid not Of
|ojects which Il 49,, but OF objects
vhich il does not SO at I'll. or which Il
MY partially sees- Why should We
mploy the binder In harness, and not
vhsn We ride the horsel Tho nature q
he horae = not changed because he
- rider q bic back. instead Of .
river behind him. and 10 = inst . |
|kaly 70 y frightened II the ono ease
= & tie other.
The eye q the horse naturally pro-
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