Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1890-07-10

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,, BREAKING IN A BUNCH-GRASSEI
For week past a large band {
the famous Oregon bunch-gras
horses have been corralled in Salem
Our citizens and farmers have bee
making selections from the lot fo
farm, driving and riding horse,
These wild horses when broken ar
the most durable and serviceabl
animals in use on both sides of tn
mountains and they comprise prob
ably nine-tentbs of the horse stool
, in use in the state.
Among Others to purchase thI,
week was the Rev. Frederick H
Post Of the Episcopal church. He
selected a high-bred gelding of many
beautiful points and great intelh
/ gence and, as is the common custom
turned hlm over to some horse
| breakers to be converted from 4
wild, unbridled and unbroken horse
into a docile, tractable beast. The
horse proved TO have a great deal OF
spirit and as the horse-breakers be.
lieved that this had to be broken,
they had n pretty hard time with
Frank" as the horse had been
named.
For two days they dragged him
up aud down at the end of lasso
trying to teach him to lead. His
persistent refusal to be taught to be
led lii that way caused them to take
harsh measures. \ hitch was taken
about the animals lower jaw and
then about his upper, and then a
chnie-knoI about his throttle, and
yet Frank refused to be led even by
those seductive influences. The
wild frte-born child of the bunch
grass plateau resented more and
more this kind of barbarous train
ing method and presently he was
icrkcd right off his feet.
One OF the trainers had taken
ahnuI one hundred feet uf lariut and
it tn the pommel of lis
saddle rode in the opposite dirrc ion
to the way Frank stood facing.
This ierked his head right around to
his flank and threw him with great
violence on the hard street, 10 SAY
nothing about almost breaking his
neck. This was then repeated at
full gallop by the man on the tran I'd
cayuse in the opposite direction and
Frank was again floored. and This
was kept up until Frank was more
dead than alive and his jaw WAS
almost dislocated and blood was
pouring out Of his mouth. He VAS
rescued by Rev. Post, who had not
up TO this time become aware of tile
harsh treatment that was supposed
TO be required to convert wild
horse into tame one.
Rev. Post took Frank out of the
trainers hands and has since been
nursing him into live horse again. /
Whether it was the hard treatment /
,r not that had anything to do with .
t, Frank has certainly improved .
lnder kind treatment. After the .
Iecond day he got the swelling at
lis throat down so that he could .
wallow a little water. Yesterday :
,vening he was able to Dibble lit
le grass, and had partaken of II di-
uted bran mash. Rev. Post had
brown strap over Franks back
nd led HIM about, by the applica-
ion OF little kindness and coax
ng ai"i pctting. Next II piece of
'aggime Mas thrown over his back
nd thcu he allowed it To be
trapped around him. Before the
lay was over, Frank went about
With saddle aud surcingle. We
'elieve it is a mistaken idea that
hese wild horses cannot be broken
xcept by brute force and almost
reaking Of their necks.
We are not writing this 10 reflect
n the gentlemen who undertook 10
rain this wild horse the way they
lid, because they were only follow
ng general custom, tho they may
lavc gone too far and should have
arried on their work out on "A mead
W, rather than on the hard street
# the city. But we desire 10 pro-
est against this cruel method Of
,reaking horses that is 50 commonly
n vogue la the west aud was un-
hs nded down to the
White man by his more barbarous
the Indians. The
lOrses are our most valuable friends
.mong The brute creation and many
veil posted persons say that this
way Of breaking the wild horse
aves him an unreliable animal,
or ever after the process is through
With.
We believe Rev. Post will b. able
% do more with Frank by kindness
han any brutal method would ever
10 with him. We ARE aware that II
> not popular to run against gen
'ral custom, but the laws of kind
hess and the application of human
'eason are just as incumbent ou
very man, no matter " hat the Gus
.Om. The christian people of this
and cannot be awake to the higher
light Of their teachings aud sane