Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-07-09

attention Of the horse being occupied
with the penalty Of the check
Interfering and overreachlng are as
frequently caused by the check as by the
shoes and, surely, to have = horse strike
sore ankle andgo for distance on three
legs does potadd to his appearance; nelther
Is the click, click OF the shoes agreeable
music. Also the many sigus Of torture
detract very much from the appearance
OF the horse--such as tossing up the
head, swinging head from one side to the
other, running tongue out Of mouth,
drooiing, backing and stepping forward
when hitched, and others forbear to
mention Now, all these detract from
the style Of horse. II It be natural for
horse to carry his head horizontally
with the body, with the nose thrown out,
perhaps such horse will appear more
seemly driven thus than TO draw up his
head
The spinal column is often weakened
and quite frequently becomes diseased by
unnatural checking. The kidneys are af-
fected, which weakene the back In their
region. As symptom OF this defect q
horse will frequently and suddenly let
down behind as though he had sprained
an ankle, especially In descending hill.
Serious injury TO the brain is another
evil, especially where the overdraw check
(direcD is used. The top of the head and
trife back OF the ears Is very sensitive.
BY continual pressure IL becomes tender,
often intiamed, frequently causing blind
staggers and most universally lmpairing
the eyesight, causing shyness. The
brain thus affected win cause the tossing
Of the head, Jerking back frequently when
one approaches to put on headstall or
makes any motion towards the head.
Once observing very ine-movlng
three-year.old running in the yard,
bought, broke and commenced to drive,
using then tight check-tne overdraw
! / was never more disappointed. He
seemed awkward In motion, with no style
TO head and neck, bearing heavily In the
check. | could not account for IL, hi.
build seeming to warrant better style. Al
last as an experiment threw the check
aside, and occasionally giving shori
jerk with the reins, speaking sharply a.
the same time, he would elevate his heat
and soon became very handsome anC
easy appearer. Some horses, naturally
stylish, may become careless and need ,
word or spat with the line, when the,
VIII soon learn promputude. Witt
proper control of the mouth this de
meanor may be secured without check, o
not at all.
1t is gratifying to pride T.
drive horse without chez
when he carries an elevated hea,
with q slight curve, accompanied by al
elastic step Such horse will attrac
attention always. But this result canno
be obtained at cruel cost of physical i'm
psirment. To sum up What is gaine
by checking2 Nothing. On the othe
hand, stumbling, interfering, tossing 0
head, drooling, and ungainly appearance
in general, with serious injury TO spina
column, kidneys, brain, eye; also create
tax upon the constitution. To this adj
untold torture. Let me say to our man
friends: Is II style you admireP The
have it, but buy 1t, or breed 1t, as yo
cannot In this respect very material
change nature. II you do, you have onl
, lost in style Though 1t may be wlthot
! effect, let me add "a merciful man
merciIul to his beast" NJ.