The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1886-06-02
How to Handle Horses, by Man Who has
Handled 5000 Of Them.
Orchard Work in June-DOes Thoroughbred
Poultry NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Curing ClOver-Cheviot Sheep
Ducks-HousehOld Hints and
Farm Notes.
How To Handle Horses.

thing to do is to give him the whip training;
that makes him understand that il he does
wrong he will be punished, and that If he
does right nothing will hurt him. To do
this, place the colt in an Enclosure about
thirty feet square, and turn him loose. Di-
rectly he gets into the Enclosure crack your
whip, and he will Immediately run into the
corner, placing his heels toward you, ready
to defend himself. Then strike his hind
legs and he will turn right about Directly
he faces you, call HIM, and if he comes ca
ress him. BY this means you can soon teach
him that if be runs away he gets the whip,
and if he comes to you he gets a caress
Next show him the bri die and let him smell
it. A horse uses his sense 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 used to it. Horses, and
colts especially, must be educated not to fear
anything. The next thing to teach him is to
back and stop at the word whoa. To do this
l use what Is called the BOnaparte bride. 1t
consists simply of piece of rope; at one end
of it make a small stationary loop Just large
enough to slip over the lower Jaw. After
placing il in the lower jaw bring it over the
middle of the neck from the other side pass
il downward through the loop on the near
side then bring it up 10 the lower corner of
the cheekbOIe 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 be
hind the ears from the off side, then through
the loop held by the thumb, but dom fas5en.
This on YOU can teach the horse anything.
To break a kicking horse this bride is also
used by taking the end back into the wagon,
and when the house attempts To kick give it
a sudden jerk, and at the same time say
Take care"
After having somewhat tanned your colt,
the next thing to do is 70 train him D an
swer the lines For this | use A ample
straight-Oar bit; put or part OF the irness
and the back straps, and bring tn lines
alongside OF the animal to make them rub
against him. You want 10 teach him 10 top
first. To do this call out whoa to him. az the
same time giving the lines a sudden Jerk.
After few lessons he will stop at the wor1.
After having accustomed him to the lines
and harness. hitch him to a light skeleton
wegon-it should never weigh more than
fifty TO seventy pounds at frs, and if posi-
bic, should be placed on slight incline, so
that IL will almost run of its own accord.
After having pulled the light wagon, you
can gradually increase the weight.
The majority of balky horses are caused
load to start with, which causes them 70 lose
ell spirit Five years old is a good age to
break horses for work, but they should first
have been broken as yearlings. a horse has
good memory and never forgets a lesson"
How about the bad horse. Professor
The horse, / claim, is made bad through
management and to cure them / use what is
called the double-safety rope. Many people,
for 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 sur
cingle. Fasten around each forefoOt between
the hOof barrel and fetlock joint, a harness
strap with rings in 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 surcin-
| g.e 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 nature
| intended it to go. | think the check-reins
as they are used and the curb-b bits 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
| 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 balky
horse is usually nervous. excitable horse,
| and often his baking is caused by the driver
hesitating with him. Many people will pat
herse when baking; that is like petting a
child for doing wrong. He should be pun
! ished; not by whip or bride, but by day s
lesson in the field. Biting can not be cured,
| but a horse can be handled and trained that
| the groom can handle him with safety aud
| he may go for months without attempting
to bite anyone, but be is always uncertain.
| The habit of biting is caused by teasing
the horse and often by the rub6ing such
horses as trotters receive. Their skin gets
tender and they snap at the cloth. In Cali
| foIn'a there is horse that is great bitter,
and they use an electric bit with him. When
he attempts TO bite any one a button is
| pressed which charges the bit and so gives
his mouth shock. l would Just like to
say word about those who say use cruelty
| In my methods. i do not. / have handled
| over Z 500 horses, and never injured one. ]
have no secrets, and am travelling TO educate
the people: any knowledge | have of the
| horse am willing to give TO any one. But
in doing so | am spelling the trade Of num-
Der Of men who charge s. lesson for what
| do. These are they who say use cruelty,
and it is simply jealousy on their part thai
prompts them to say 50. Again ii has been
said that can not teach a strange horse
tricks in a certain time. will teach a horse
10 nod yes or no, 10 see. saw on a plank, pick
up pocket handkerchief. go lame, come to
me from fifty feet, stop at the word, get uI
on pedestal, and stop and start by whip
without speaking, in fifteen hours.
| Here are one or two little points that are
good to all interested in the horse. To stoI
a horse paving in his stall and 20 annoying
you in the night, take piece of trace chain
about seven inches long, tie to one end of &
block of wood about two inches in diameter
and six inches long, strap the end OF thil
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 slOI
horse kicking in his stable, take piece o
elastic and sew a button on it, buckle thi.
not too tight above the kneejoint over thu
leader on the hind leg When the horse
draws up his leg to kick this Will cause ar
unpleasant pressure on the leader and he viii
stop. This will tell you how to purchase