St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-04

The horse is an intelligent animal, and
when treated intelligently good results
will attend. Mr.. Curryer talks very
forcibly and eloquently, and during his
discourse frequently spoke in pathetic
vein when referring to the noble III
stincts of the horse. His talk demon
trated that he was master OF his suDJect.
Continuing DR.. Curryer said that the
important part this noble animal
takes in our welfare, Improvement and
commercial interests, entitled him to
better care, handling and education
than he usually receives at the hands OF
the masses. He said: II prefer to
treat him as an
INTELLIGENT ANIMAL,
induce him to believe l am his friend
instead of an enemy-demonstrate 10
him that / am stronger than ne, though
the means used are without severe pam
or injury to him; that whatever trouble
or entanglementS he has L relieve MN
in kind and careful manner. making
our association a pleasure rather than
the opposite.
II am not here at your first Dakota
institute TO try TO impress upon your in
telligent farmers that we in Minnesota
know far more about the business than
YOU probably do, but am glad to meet
Won in SO commendable work as the lm-
provement of methods in the agricult-
iral field. know from experience that
from the exchange of ideas, and more
particularly your experiences and prdc-
tice, YOU all will be benefited. But L
must return. Iprefer to commence the
education of the horse with the firstday
of his life-at time when | am stronger
than he. will give you the method l
pursue: Tie up the dam and make her
feel contented by kind treatment and
possibly some food. Then / approach
the young colt carefully. put one
hand under his neck aud the other
behind and under the ham or hind quar-
ter. Ry this catch | can hold him, In
fact o. lift him off the ground Gf not
too heavy. 1 hold him one or two
minutes until he becomes somewhat
quiet. | then rub little powdered sugar
i'm his mouth or between his lips; this
being as sweet as his DAMS milk induces
him to feel that
HE IS ALL RIGHT,
and he looks around as much as to ask
for more. and he is very soon content to
stand quiet and let me handle every
two weeks old is the best time to make
him acquainted with the legitimate use
of the halter. Adjust nice-titting hal
ter to his head, also piece of rope
around his body (say the size OF a
clothes line) eight or ten feet long.
This should be tied in slip moose at
the loin, so that the slip will be under
the body just in front of the hind legs,
extending along between the fore legs
and up under the nose band of the hal
ter. | then take the head rein in one
hand and the rope in the other, step in
front of him and pull slightly on the
head rein, and when he feels the pres
sure on his head he will go back. When
pull suddenly OH the rope it surprises
him so at the rear that he will spring
toward me, when l caresS him and
assure him he has done just right.
l repeat the operation until he
associates the pull on the head with
that of the body and he will follow
readily, when tie him up by passing
the rope through the hole or ring at the
Manager. and back to the ring in the
halter and tie with about two feet of
length from head to manager, remove
the lead rein and the colt is securely
tied, and the pull is equally on head
and body. and he will very ION be sat
isfed with his position. Being educa-
ted to the halter, he knows better than
to pull back" =,
The doctor continued his discourse
with the means of handling full-grown
and vicious horses, and illustrated his
remarks with numerous drawings about
half life size, showing the applications
for controlling all classes of horses
without danger to the trainer or injury
to the animal.