News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1886-06-17
POINTS ABOUT THE HORSE
ATAMER OF EQUINE STEEDS TELLS
HOW TO HANDLE THEM.
Treatment of the Unbroken Colt
How bad Horses are Made

Treatment of the Unbroken Colt
How bad Horses are Made
Horses that Kick and Bite.
With regard to educating and break
ing horses, Professor Gleason, the noted
horse tanner, said TO a New York Null
and EIpress reporter:
''We will start at the beginning and
commence with the unbroken colt. The
first thing to do is to give HIM the whip
training; that makes him understand
that if he does wrong he will be punished,
and if he does right nothing will hurt
him. To do this, place the colt in an in
closure about thirty feet square, and
turn him loose. Directly he gets into
the enclosure crack your whip, and he
will Immediately run into the corner,
placing his heels towards you, ready to
defend himself Then strike his hind
legs and he will turn right about. Di-
rectly he faces you call him, ard if he
comes caress him. By this
that if he runs away he gets the
whip and if he comes to you he gets
caress. Next show him the bride and
of smell the same as man does that of
touch. Always let your horse smell and
look at everything you use, so that he
will get use to it. Horses and colts
especially must be educated not to fear
anything The next thing to teach him
is to back, and to stop at the word whoa.
To do this | use what is called the
Bonaparte bride. 1t consists simply of
a piece of rope; at one end of it make a
small stationary loop Just large enough
to slip over the lower jaw After placing
it in the lower jaw bring it over the mid
die of the neck from the off side, pass it
downward through the loop on the near
SIDE, then bring it up to the lower
corner of the cheekbone on the near
side; hold it there with the right thumb,
pass the slack under the upper lip and
over the upper jaw from the near side;
brlng 1t over the neck Just behind the
ears from the off side, then through the
loop held by the thumb, but don't fasten.
| with this on you can teach the horse
anything. To break kicking horse this
brldIe Is also used by taking the end back
into the wagon, and when the horse at
tempts to kick, give it sudden Jerk, and
at the same time say "Take carel"
| After having somewhat tanned your
colt, the next thing to do is to train him
| 10 answer the lines. For this use a
simple straight bar bit; put on part of
| the harness and the back strans. and
bring the lines along each side of the
animal to make them rub against him.
You want to teach him to stop first To
do this call out whoa to him, at the same
time giving the lines a sudden Jerk.
After few lessons he will stop at the
word. After having accustomed him to
the lines and harness, hitch him to q
light skeleton wagon-it should never
weigh more than fifty to seventy pounds
at first, and, if possible, should be
placed on slight incline, so that it will
almost run along of its own accord.
After having pulled the light wagon, you
can gradually increase the weight.
''The majority of balky horses are
caused by giving them when young too
heavy load to start with, which causes
them to loose all spirit. Five years old
is good age to break horses for work,
but they should have first been broken
as yearlings. A horse has a good mem
ory and never forgets lesson.n
''IIow about the bad horse Profess
sorl'
THE horse l claim is made bad
through bad management and to cure
them l use what is called the double
safety rope Many people for a bad
tempered horse use some of these fancy
bits, such as the double pointed, the four
rings or the curb and many others that
only torture the horse. 1t should not be
the bit, but the word that controls the
horse. | learned this in Pennsylvania,
where | saw Germans driving six horses
with one lead line. For the double safety
Il. . L r
Of the barrel a surcingle Fasten around
each forefoot between the hoof barrel and
fetlock joint, harness strap with rings
in it. Take piece of rope about twenty
feet long, fasten one end of it through the
ring in the strap on the near foot, pass
the end through the surcingle under the
barrel from the front, then through the
ring in the strap of the off foot from the
inside, then again through the surcingle
from the front. This strap is used in the
wagon, and when the horse attempts to
plunge or bolt, by pulling it he can be
brought down. With regard to check
reins, do not believe in them, except in
some very few cases. And then never
check the horses head higher than ma
ture designed it to go. think the check
reins as they are used and the curb bits 3.
are some of the greltest cruelties that can
be inflicted on a horse, aud would like
to see Mr.. Bergh paying attention to the
savage bits that are used"
elbow long does it take to break q
kicking horse?"
From two to ten days, according to
the disposition of the horse and the
three main things required to cure him
are patience, common sense and good
Judgment. A bulky horse is usually
nervous, excitable horse and often his
baking is caused by the driver hesitat-
ing with him. Many people will pat
horse when baking; that is like petting
child for doing wrong. He should be
punished not by whip or bride, but by
a DAYS lesson in a field Biting cannot
be cured, but horse can be so handled
and trained that the groom can handle
him in safety, and he may go for months
without attempting to bite any one, but
he is always uncertain.
'Here are one or two little points that
are good to all interested in the horse:
To stop a horse paving in his stall and so
annoying you in the night, take a piece
of t. ace chain about seven inches long,
tie to one end block of wood about two
inches in diameter and six inches long,
strap the other end of this chain to the
front of the leg Just above the knee. When
the horse paws, the block will rub his
shin and he will soon stop. To stop
horse kicking in his stable, take piece
of elastic and sew button on it, buckle
this not too tight above the knee joint
over the leader on the hind leg. When
the horse draws up his leg TO kick this
will cause an unpleasant pressure on the
leader and he will stop. This will tell
you how to purchase a horse: If a horse
has a large neck, ears hairy inside, small
flat eyes sunk into his head, small thick
nostrils, and if he is narrow between the
ears and between the eyes and very broad
from the eyes to the jowl, he is horse
of no sense and can be taught nothing.
On the contrary, when a horse has small
thin pointed ears, furry inside, large
round full eyes, standing out well from.
the head, large, thin nostrils, and is
broad between his eyes and between his
ears and narrow from his eyes to his
jowl, such horse has intelligence, will