The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1886-06-30
POINTS ABOUT THE HORSE.
ATAMER OF EQUINE sTEEDs TELLS
HOW TO HANDLE THEM.
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 New York Mail
and Brpress reporter:
1--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
means you can soon teach him
that if he runs away he gets the
whip and if he comes to you he gets a
caress. Next show him the bride and
let him smell it. A horse uses his sense
of smell the same as a 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 I use what is called the
Bonaparte bride 1t consists simply of
piece of rope; at one end of it make
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;
bring it 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
bride is also used by taking the end back
into the wagon, and when the horse at
tempts to kick, give it a 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
to answer the lines. For this use a
simple straight bar bit; put on part of
the harness and the back straps, 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 sudden Jerk
After few lessons he will stop at the
word. After having accustomed him to
the lines and harness, hitch him to a
light skeleton wagon-it should never
weigh more than fifty to seventy pounds
at first, and, if possible, should be
placed on a 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"
''How about the bad horse, Profes-
sor2"
''The horse I claim is made bad
through bad management, and to cure
them | 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
rope put around the horses body, in front
of the barrel a surcingle Fasten around
each forefoot between the hoof barrel and
fetlock joint, harness strap with rings
lit. 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 60. think the check
iOAuo ac tIlt1 diO uoCd anu ING cuTD DlUS
are some Of the greatest cruelties that can
be inflicted on horse, and would like
to see Mr.. Bergh paying attention to the
savage bits that are used"
"How long does it take to break
kicking horse7n
''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 bilky horse is usually a
nervous, excitable horse, and often his
baking is caused by the driver hesitat-
ing with him. Many people will pat a
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