The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-12-11
weLL.TRAINEp HORSES.
How to Inspire Colts with Confidence and
RESPECT for Man.

Respect for Man.
There should he no "brcaking" in the
management of horses, unless the ami
mails are so extremely vicious that they
must be reduced to subsection by o
thorough scipline and breaking down
of their spirit and will. Training by
easy degrees from the early lilo of the
colt and kind and winning treatment
will do all that is needed and will pre-
serve the natural spirit and action Of
the horse, and at the same time make 1t
obed cnt and anxious to do rs the owner
desires. Kindness isnever thrown away
upon sagac Gus animal like horse.
A whip is q dangerous thing in the
hands of any person who is not able to
control himself in spite of annoyance
and opposit on. 1t is the means of
spelling many horses and of arousing u
spirit of ill-tcmper and opposition in
them. No wonder, when we think Of
the unreasonable pcrvcrsity, stubborn
ness. ill.nature and revengeful cru ,lty
so often inflicted upon young horse,
which has no idea whatever of what is
required OF it, and is wholly confused
by the contrad ctory and unintel-
ligble orders shouted out to it in n
threaten ng and angry manner, and in
tersperscd with spitcful lashes of cruel
whip All this spoils the nmal and
teaches him precisely what is not
wanted, and is m schievous is
to oppose the will of h s master.
1t takes time for man 10 learn all
he should know and to b. brought un-
der the proper discipline which makes
him useful member of society. How
much patience then should be exercised
in the training of a young horse, which
cannot be considered complete until he
is we'll advanced in years. 1t is only a
small part of the education of horse
to teach him to submit to the control of
a halter, to wear harness, to draw
load, and exert all his strength patient
ly and quietly, to understand our Ian
guage and obey orders spoken. There
are many m stakes to sct right, and
tn ngs that are forgotten to be relearn.
ed. and the most important thing of all
is to remove from the memory of the
animal the III stakes of his owner, and
to unteach him what he should never
have learned. 10 remove from the
animal the instructive fear which often
leads it into mistakes or dangers is also
part of its education which is only
slowly acquired because it is so often
neutrali2ed by unforeseen acc dents or
unthought of rcumstances.
Hence Il young horse is never sure,
and can never be driven W th safety un-
less tho eye and the hand of the owner
are always ready to take instant meas
urcs to correct what'may happen to go
wrong at any moment on account OF
this imperfect and unfinished educat on.
1t is fer this reason that good Judgment.
Kindness and tact are always needed IN
the management of young horses. Such
an animal is not much unlike n young
man who for want of exper ence will
make many IN stakes, until long train
ing makes him familiar with much OF
the common occurrences, of daily LIE,
and ripens his Judgment, so that he can
take advantage of circumstances or be
warned in time to guard himself against
dangers. No horse can be completely
ira ned and educated until 1t is n.ne or
ten years old. At that age, if it has
been well used, it has learned to depend
wholly upon the masters Judgment and
control, and is not alarmed at any thing
that may happen, if the voice of the
owner is heard and his hand is felt to
be still i'm control. A young horse
driven for the first time close
to q locomotive, Kissing and snort
ing, and perhaps blow.n the
whistle and dashing past the animal,
can scarcely be held by the utmost force
of the owner standing Mt h S heal, but
may dash over HIM and escape and
break everyth ng to matchwood. But
an old horse which has completed its
education and has learned to feel inn
plicit confidence in his driver will stand
w.tho t any effort to break away. al
though every muscle may be trembling
with instructive dread of the unwonted
and terrible appar ton, and it will do
tn s W thout be ng held. if the owner
Will stand at its head and encourage 1t
with kind words and command to stand
still. This may be often seen, and Is q
very usual thing with horses which
have been trained carefully by thought
full and judiciou, owners. Such Il horse
will stand with per ect quietness if an
axle or wheel should break, or the
preeching should give way and a car
riane should come into his hind quar-
lcTS gong OOWu uiii, tiio w ia oAeSh Wv
this of Il s own accord, understanding
that it is the owners business to attend
to this and having learned that the
owner will set all this right if he will
only stand still.
There is great comfort in working or
driving horse OF this kind. and it is
nothing more than the result of a rea-
sonable and successful education CON-
pletcd by sufficient experience. The
ira ming necessary is only the result OF
a systematic course of treatment be-
ginning with the weaned colt. The
young animal learns great deal by
going with the dam in its regular work
in the field and on tine road, and being
used. with it, in tho stable, to the regu-
lar handling. Our colts have always
been used to regular brushing with
, the dam, and to 90 wherever she goes
about the farm. After having been
weaned. we think it an excellent plan
to put the colt in stall near another
mare, or with horse, old and steady
and good-naturcd. and lot the two run
together in u small lot or pasture. This
gives the young colt confidence, and
with perfect quietness and kindness tc
it it loses, or never acquires, the fear o.
its owner, which is SO apt to produce
what We are apt to call vice and ugli-
ness. M Y. Times.
.-One OF the legal luminaries in thi
city has sweet tooth OF pronounced
type Not long ago he was taking din