The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-25

auainted with halter and bride, first being al
lowed to see and smell them with both eyes and
| nostrils.
/ The pin was removed and then rope was put
about the horses body, slipped up between the
fore legs and through the bridle and one end
| was tied to post. Then the whip was shaken
and snapped in his face, and when the horse
tried to kick the ropes prevented him from doing
| SO. and that trick was pronounced wiped out OF
| his existence After each lesson the horse was
| petted, and followed Gleason without any effort
| to break away.
| Then was introduced the bit, which Gleason
says Is the most effective weapon in the world
| A slight rope with slip moose was passed about
| the neck, the end was wound around the lower
| jaw thus far being like the old Yankee bride
that Rarey, Hamilton and Rockwell used. But
Gleason carries it up around the head
Just back of the ears and putting
nd the it e
about the neck With this on the horses, after
. few sharp snaps from the single end of the
| Bride are conquered Tt was shown when Glea-
son leaped on the stations back, rode him about
| the ring, and made him lie down in the sawdust
as meek as a lamb, but this latter not ac-
c0mphshed until after man and horse had strug-
gled vigorously and viciously for the mastery for
| five minutes.
| Once prostrate, Gleason sat on the stallion,
stood on him and taught him to have no fear by
firing about him perfect fusilade of whip cracks
| and thrashing the sawdust on all sides A hid
eous din, made up of changing tin pans rafting
slegh-bells and banging bass drum were kept
| up about him, and he lay perfectly passive after
few preliminary struggles. After this the
/ thoroughly subdued animal was taught the fact
| that whoa" meant whoa" by vigorous treat
ment, and few lessons against kicking were adj
ministered.
| To accomplish this three tin pans strung to-
gether were fastened just at the crupper that
| they fell down over his tail That startled the
animal, and he must have thought that an ava
| lanche had struck him when Gleason's assistant
shook then rapidly against his tanks and set him
jumping in every direction Before Gleason got
| through with this performance the animal con-
| sidered the whole thing joke and rather en-
| joyed 1t. Then, harnessed to side bar buggy.
the stallion was sent about the ring band
played loudly tin pans ratified, sleigh bells rang.
pistol was fred, and though the racket at first
crazed the no rse, before Gleason got through he
drove him up to interview the drum the tin
pans and the bells, and the cowed animal stood
quietly before them while Gleason hred
volver over him six times and let him go, be-
wildered, subdued, but still beautiful stallion.
"A handsome chestnut stallion, who refused to
let biacksmiths come him. taught to
| lift both fore and hind foot at word of command
when Gleason had worked at him for ten min
utes. Then came the star performance of the
| evening A handsome dark bay stallion of six
teen and a half hands and 100 pounds, a broth
/ or OF the famous trotter Clingstone. was beaten
| for the first time since he was bred in Ontario
A week ago Sunday he chewed and kicked his
keeper to death, and short time before chewed
another mans hand off. He was brought here
| from Montreal on Sunday, and his owner came
into the ring and stated that Gleason had never
seen him until last night In one minute, by
the use of whip and pistol, the latter fred to
/ brighten the animal, Gleason was able to APP
| proach him and caress him.
| Then the little bride was put on shackles
were attached to his front feet. and ropes
stretched from them through ring in a stout
girth With this apparatus Gleason intended to
| teach him to lie down. The rope arrangement
brought him to his knees, but for fifteen min
| utes he refused to yield to all efforts to make
him lie down The animal kicked, reared ana
plunged, and for that time the air was full Of
| Gleason, his assistant and the horse, flying in
| all directions. The audience began to rum
| away.
| Keep your seats" shouted Gleason. HE
won't get away" and he did not Finally he
was on his back, and after kicking and strug-
| Cling for five minutes longer. Gleason had him
| mastered-sat on him as he lay in the dust,
cracked his whip ratified the pans and bells
about him, and fired the revolver over him. He
| had yielded. and to night Gleason will try to
break him to wagon.