Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-14
HORSE TANNING.
4 SPLENDID EXHIBITION GIVEN By PROV.
O.. r. GLEASON.
He Takes Al the Shyness and Kicking Qualities Oa!
Of Several Hlgh-STurg Animals IL a
Most Thorough haEuer.

Prot. {. r. Gleason, the king Of horse
tanners, as he is styled, commenced a
weeks engagement at the Capitol Rink
last evening. and a good sized crowd was
present 10 witness nus feats, which proved
10 be exceedingly interesting, and all that
was claimed for them. The way the Professor
broprht vicious horses, with MI sorts OF i'll
dispositions, to time was Il wonder, and
brought forth cheers Of applause at
numerous times.
Prot. Gleason gives a iirst-class exhi-
hilton and his felts have been witnessed
by the very best class Of people wherever
he has yet appeared. His performance Is
AZ interesting to ladies ~ to gentlemen,
and his lectures on horse IamlngaE are very
instructive.
The first horse brought out into the ring
last evening was a powerful sorrei, which
was accused Of being % ahyer and halter
puller, and he no doubt was. 1t was not
long. however, before Piot Gleason made
the animal understand that he was his
master and the beast followed
the Professor around Ike a
dog would with no trace 81 his halter
pulling procIivltiss remaining. lie then
demonstrated how he could conquer a
horse by throwing him upon the iloor
This was done only alJer the greatest et-
fort. aud niisr the horse had fought nOhly
70 win Tin pans and bells were then
iinclrG ub0ut the animals ears aud q base
drum was bea.cu over hts head. but appar-
emily he didn't care Ii cent for such q
racket
The Professor next broke him Of shyiDg
in q very ehfectual way, teaching him 10
! stop still at the command whoa The
animal was haTncssed &c Il light buggy and
driven past music, ~iaGglimg pans aud bells
and through half II dozen lltgs waved over
his head, but he didn't shy worth 4 cent.
He had il ali taken out Of him.
4 vicious looking litJle mare, which
appeared to he very nervous,
and whose faults were shying
and kicking, was next brought out. She
WAS soon broken Of the former itnlt as was
the ~sorrel, and then the Professor tackled
her on her kicking pcOcliyitle5. \ string
of tin pans were tied 80 they would hang
down near her hind heels and then the
animal was stirred up by IN assistant with
a long pole. The beast fully demOnstrd'
ted that she was a kicker from away back,
aud the people sitting around the ring
soon vacated aud got III safer quarters. 1t
-n1- I--I.-l = q. 81. ts,t.. ~ a. ID, V..t ma
bound to be left full Of holes, bat the Pro-
lessor soon had his apparatus to work, and
in five minutes the tin pans and bells were
tangled, the amin al hind legs we're t!cklrG
with the pole, AID ether bcl's and q bass
drum made a raCkc, about her head, but
she stood still, with1u, q band on her Or
anyone holding her, while al The noise
went on. She was tucu hItlh,d IN n baggy
ard bundles a. pdi"r tlToWn IN Net
face, llgs waved over her head, and
she passed them without, It may be SAID,
scarcely noticing then. Several packs oi
fire crackers were SIT Of Immediately
under the animal, but she seemed to think
it was fun aud pnid little attention 10
them, never moving uut III her tracks.
This is the S~cyercst test that could be given
q horse aud it showed that she had been
thoroughly conquered. The Professor
stood up in the buggy and fired a gun
several times over her head, but sue never
even stirred aud was not more startled
than any man in the rink.
The next aniiGal was a s%urrel, owned
by "a well-knowr gentleman in The city, !
who was in danger OF his life il ne hitched
the animal up in a single buggy to take .
ride. He was a most vicious kIgker-thAt
is the hOrSc-and the Professor had a good
deal Of trouble to convince the beast that
he must stop having fun in that way, and
before he got through with the
animal he wouldn't kick al
anything, although everything was
done, a. IN the previous case, that would
be most likely to make the horse shy or
kick. The victory WAS a most complete
one, and those who knew the horse fully
realized this fact
The Professor stated that he had never
seen any Of the animals before, which
his ieits all the more remarkable.
Tonight It vicious animal Owned by Chas.
Hoffman, OF Fulton, which is Il bitter,
boiler and kicker, and has the reputation
Of being 80 vicious that II takes three men
to harness him, Is bad sbyer and runaway,
a mustang and two bad kiCkeTs will he
conquered. rfoi, Gleason is a genial
gentleman and conduc,s his entertain
meut ina strictly iirst.class mdrmer.