Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-09-23
WINNIE noHsE uAPERs.
Bsisal and isis FrlcRsaeF NaHs-A
repsF1Hre From tho Osd wetnGd of
Training.

family two months aso, TO the gray marc
Mnttie, which has followed her master
and his fortunes for dozen yrar,'. II
is au interesting group. Seen ns a re-
resentatiye OF the GAZETTE saw thom
after tho stage performance was over,
they present the aspect of thoroughly
domestic gathering. Their eyes show in
tolhsenee. and their notions betray friend
liness confidence i'll their master md in
themselves Professor Bristol insists
Tint this is one of ths direct ro-
suits Of education; that horse as
we'll nj man may be tangit highor
responsibilities and hieher sense of
duty than, in comparatively savage
state, he could appreciate. For many
years he haR spent his life in the care of
horses aud mules. He began az broaker
0nd lrnlaer for practical usta He re-
lantu tite old and hemi-hnrsHrotts method
p'urowin9 down and otheT'tise torturing
a refractory animal. lie pni a us 3f his
own oontriyance into the horse's month =
humane devise htted SO as 70 p!sy upon
tEe htth set Of nerves IN the npii,' tw--
and with a whip and pair nj lines,
undertook TO reduce any tour t1nted
thing 10 dpciIity As an aluaSl lnvari-
able rnie he succeeded; aud from 'rain-
ing animals 70 drive proceeded TO the
ednoation OF trick animals Tor show pur-
poses.
Although Professor BristoFs method
WIS n departure from those OF Rockwell,
Manager, tnnchef ana others ni the "old
school he did not wholly rejaet punish
ment.
kindness is ail right, he said, last
night, ''hut IL may be nlsapplIed. III Won
doubt IT, get out of your buggy sone day
and try TO coax q balky or kicking horse.
Aou pat him on the neck and say, SO,
SO good boy What does shat mean !:
Why, simply that the horse is u good
boy for Kicking over the traces. The
next time he feels like IT he viii kick
again for he feels that he has yoBi en-
eouragemeut to do so. What you should
do is To whip him---not severely perhaps
but at ee-sp soon after the misbehaViOr
that ho cannot fail to know What he is
being punished for. always see to that;
and to day, evon on the stage, if ! catch
one q my horses biting or cutting mp, l
give him q touch Of tho whip right oil.
Ihoy have iearned what this MEANS, and
don't have 70 whip nearly as much l
did.
During tins practical DISCOURSE ono
member Of TIE family walked mp TO the
epehker, thrust its nose into the profts'
sor's coat tails and began an open at-
tempt at pocket picking.
That's Denver" sad tine professor,
and be wants sugar generally keep
It abont mo Us u sort of a reward OF merit
when It IS deserved. hewards, ilkt
punlSuments, ahouiu ne pestowea ~ sool
tllnV Ylrp earned "
FMS little Denver Is ftotehsor bristol 4
trump card. Less than Two year3 ago ht
wRa plug ftrm mule the pfnperi9
ana sole c2nsolation OF ~ lnaiann spin
sier' VINO used 70 fide nm enont het
farm. " evenings tho Mrhd heip'
would drive him to town. Iherh the
Town was NTraflt,ef--Nf. BfRioi s1w Inn.
and was attracted by his peculrd bHiid
ami rostiyee eye nenVer--then unnamed :
IL piOcRty-bniit moFscl OF morse iiefll
and nnuetEl2ad. he ms hne balr, Is tan
noso nad HANKS, and Is tan hnoul the eyes.
The spinster liked mules better than men,
and money better than mules. She parted
] with Denver for $lU, and that unctfiti
waited genius became the property OF his
| present owner Professor Bristol tool
| the mnio into barn and informed It tha
| heneefurwnrd he was to he known aS
| Denver. At the sound of the name ant
| the sight Of n whip which chaccOmpanind it
the mule jumped through wooden doc
| and spod mp the street nj the best gait h,
| hnd evfr struck. II took MI honr Il
catch him; Int when lie was brougll
lael, lie wis moi five minutes in learning
whNt WINS wanted Of him. From TINT dn,
| to this he has entered fully into tho apiri
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