Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1888-08-03

purposes CAV" ihe following hlut~ ln re-
cent lecture. They will certainly be u
strurtivc and interesting to all who have
the management of horses.
RALKINESS
Bnlklncs- i, the hardest of equine wee.
to cure II seems to hc Inherent M some uh
stinato natures and if allowed To bee prac
ticed from to time until the brute hccomc,
Old, will cost rs much work, time and trou
hle to eradicate as the animal is worth
The most practical step to he taken with am
old hulky horse is to-tradc him un to
somcnodv else When You cannot du That
there are various thing, 90 Doe tried 900 hum
outside of real crupt, -,umr one of
which may convince HIM that baking is lu-
furious and likely to bring unpleasant
consequences to himself Very often
horse baking when 10 double team can hr
started readily by putting Slip moose rope
around his loiu- and making it fast t1 the
collar of the true horse Generally indeed
that pressure will start him Sometimes il
is very effective treatment to stand before
hun aud lash his iurrlegs sharply with "a
ha kSnakc whip,nut auLrly or very severe
ly, hut prrSI,teutlN. patiently, for an hour
If necessary, though fifteen minute, are
generally enough until he makes up his
mind there is mo- comfort i'm STAYING there
In extreme cases il is not a bad idea to nut
a slip-noosed rope about his neck, hitch
team Ia it, and start them. When he finds
that his head Is going he j, apt to hasten
his body along with it, Not mfrcquently "A
dose of that rough treatment will give him
"a horror of baking forever after If YOU
are working baking horse in n team and
cannot get rid of him, it would be better
To kill him than let him go on baking for
.l.. M.
domnralizr the true horse, and YOU will
have halky team on your hands So YOU
must if You keep him break him of halk
ing Still would not advise the Western
trick of hulldmg "A straw fire under him
Sometimes IA handful of road dirt thrown
IA "a halky horses mouth, or bunch of
roughly broken twigs under his tail, will
start him simply by giving something else
tn think of than the maintenance of his dc.
termincd obStinacy, but such measures are
likely To have only temporary effect
A DANGEROUS TRICk
Rearing IL one of the most dangerous
vices that horse can have, either for "a
rider or driver, for the rearing brute j.,
most liable 10 topple over backward, and
either crush rider or break the shafts if
me Is i'm single harness IL is vice that is
m most Instances caused Toy hanging the
horse over the head with "a club. or even %
hammer, as j, often done hy black smiths
when horse Is nervous about the hand
ling of his feet in ohopiug If You are
about 10 mount "a horse given to roaring tie
"a strong rope about his body Just back of
the saddle, SD tightly that he cannot rN
paud his body, which he must de- To rear
Make the fastening knot so that YOU can bv
"A pull loosen 1t and take it OH when Won
a.
well started and not likely To attempt rear.
ing any more at that time 1t will be well.
however, until the horse Is thoroughly
broken of the habit, 10 keep your toes in
the strrup, In such way that YOU can
readily throw your feet ont and spring free
of him il he goes up and threatens tu go
over The habit may be broken by using
the double safety rope 10 trip the horse and
"a guy rope tu the bride that will keep him
from going clear up, and hold him so
that when hc rears there viii necessarily bee
great and painful strain ON his hind legs
aud when he comes down it will bee upon
his knees 4 few lessons of that sort will
discourage him with rearing ! have heard
Of a horse being broken of rearing by
breaking bottles of soda water ON the ton
of his head while he was going up, hut
have never tried IT, ] should think that
the Soda water hzzlug I'm his ears aud eye,
would surprise him and give him something
else than rearing o. think of
You can easily stop horse or COW from
jumping fences when out at pasture, ia thi.
way Put strap. with Il ring ON it, around
the near foreleg, above the knee. and "A
,urcinglc or belt, with ring, around tn,
body Then, 10y "A short strap or piece OF
rope, attach the two rings so as 10 make d
harmless yet perfectly effective hohble
Halter pulling In the stall may be- effect
ually and easily broken Put slip-noosct
rope around the body lead the end of il
between the animal iorelegs up through
the halter aud make II fast 20 the manger
Then go up Iu the loft and throw down
lot of gathering IAN pan, into the Manager
When the horse jumps back the rope vii
catch him and hring him forward II vii
not be- long before you cannot make him
jump back
To srur STALL STAMPING.
To cure % horse of stamping In the stall
hang hit of Vuoi only moderated,