Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1886-06-25
TRAINING HORSES.
Tho Method of Professor Gleason, tn
Noted and Successful Trainer.

Noted and successful Trainer.
1--WE will start at the beginning and
commence with tho mbroken colt. Tho
first thing to do is to give him the
whip-training, that makes him under
stand that If ho does wrong he will be
punished, and that IL he does right
nothing will hurt him, TO do this,
place tho colt in an inclosure about
thirty feet square and turn him loose.
Directly he gets into the inclosure
crack your whip, and he will imme-
diatcly run into the corner, placing his
heels towards 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
carcss 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 caress. Next show him the
bride and let him smell it. A horse
uses his sense of smell the same as II
man does that of touch. Always let
your horse smell and look at every
thing you use, so he will get used TO it.
Horses and colts especially must he
educated not to fear any thing. The
next thing to teach him is to back, and
stop at the word whoa. To do this l
use what is call the Bonaparto bride.
1t consists simply of n piece of rope; Mt
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 middle of
the neck from the off side, pass it
downward through the loop on the near
side, then bring il up to the lower cor
ner of the cheek bone on the near side;
hold il there with the right thumb, pass
the slack under the upper lip and over
the upper jaw from the near side;
bring it over tho neck Just behind the
ears from the of side, then through the
loop held by the thumb, but don t
fasten. With this on you can teach
the young horse any thing. To break
II kicking horse this bride is also used
by taking the end back into the wagon,
and when tho horse attempts TO kick,
give it sudden jerk, and at the same
time say Take caren
after having somewhat tanned your
colt, the next thing to do is to train
him to answer the lines. For this l
use 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 a
sudden jerk. After few lessons he
will stop at the word. After having
accustomed him to tho lines and har-
ness, hitch him to 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 gradu-
ally increase the weight.
"The majority of balky horses are
caused by giving them, w hen, young, n
too heavy load to start with, which
causes them to lose all spir it, Five
years old is good age to brea k horses
for work, but they should first have
been broken as yearlings. a horse has
a good memory and never for gets q
lesson.
"Here are one or two little poin Is
That are good to all interested in the
horse. To stop horse paving in his
stall and so annoying you in the night,
take piece of trace-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 lust
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 horse: If
horse has large deck, ears hairy inside,
small flat eyes sunk into his head,
small thick nostrils, and if he is mar
row 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 con-
trary, when a horse has 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 iowl, such horse
has intelligence, will learn quickly and
remember wcll.-Prot Gleason, IN N.
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