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and becomes generally unruiy. simply be-
cause of fright, and harsh treatment will
not tend to reassure frightened animal.
During August and September / broke
about twenty colts on this farm. Here's
the only whip used during that time.'
1t was still nearly new in appearance, as
though it had not been used score of
times in all. II continue to drive
the colt up and down in har-
ness" Mr.. Moser went on, ''pay-
ing special attention to stopping,
turning and backing, and then. few days
before hitched her to cart, got her
used to the blinds. Sometimes / have
mussed around two weeks with the break
ing harness. On other occasions l can get
through with it in four or I've days. All
that depends, of course, on the colt. I
never attempt to hitch colt to cart I'M
less am absolutely sure there is to be no
kicking. The fault must be cured in adj
vance. The colt you are looking at now
had bit in his mouth for the Lrst time
two weeks ago. | use at nrst, as you see,
harness without check rein. 1t is not
advisable to use check rein at flrst, and
in the biting harness. let me say again,
don't pass the reins through rings on the
top. Pass them through rings on the side
until the colt is we'll broken to the harness
and you will save yourself vast amount
of trouble.
"Now we will put on regular set of
harness with snaff1e bit and check rein,
but let us still leave the halter on the colt.
1t is not yet quite time TO part with that.
Well take her to the cart, but we had bet
ter not hitch her in hurry. Walk her
around the cart and let her smell it and
get used to it. Let her sniff well at the
shafts. They won't appear quite such ter
rible things after q minute inspection.
Nevertheless, be cautious and always
have a kicking strap.
Now we'll put her in the shafts. It's a
slow process. Here, boys, come and act
as if this colt was going into the shafts for
the hrst time," and two assistants sprung
to either side of the colt and patted and
rubbed and soothed her, while the breaker
himself was similarly engaged at her head.
He still held the halter.
Its best, if possible" he continued,
''to have three men at colt when you
first hitch it to a cart. You can then dis
tract her attention and quiet her fears.
Now we get her into the shafts gently and
gradually, patting and talking to her all
the time, while one of us keeps fast hold
of the halter rope to be ready in case of
emergency. Now we have got her in and
we will fasten a strap from the forward
point of one shaft to the forward point of
the other. That will keep the reins from
getting under the shafts. | keep the check
line at hrst very loose.
'.Now comes the first lesson in the
shafts. One man sits in toe cart holding
the reins and two of US lead the colt. We
try to do it very gently and soothingly.
but if force is necessary still have control
of the halter It's bad time now to show
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FIRST LESSONS IN BACKING.

any temper, and patience becomes more of
a requisite virtue than ever before. Now,
as gently as possible-but firmly, always
firmly-turn your colt; now to the right
and now to the left. It's her FIRST lesson
at turning in shafts and she must learn it
thoroughly. Then teach her how to back.
Now ii is safe TO drive her. still keeping
halter rope in your grasp. Let a man lead
her nrst, as you drive her, and soon you
can drive her alone. Don't you think she
has done pretty well in two weeks"
The beautiful little animal seemed to
know that she was on exhibition, and
arched her neck proudly as she promptly
obeyed every motion of rein or halter
Backing alone seemed still TO rutfie her
temper, but even that she did, although
reluctantly and with bad grace. She was
next driven in complete harness and with
out the halter. In short, she was broke.
'In embarrassing, said Mr.. Moser.
s.never let go of your rem. II your colt
should get away from you at this time ev
erything is spoiled. have a stable boy at
one end embarrassing while | am at the
other, and what / can do with one hand
do, but the other hand keeps fast hold of
the rein. You must never under any cir
cumstances let colt turn loose while be-
ing broken to harness. Now, instead OF
unbuckling the crouper leave IL buckied
and slide the harness OF, letting il drop on
the moor around the colts hind feet.
Rather an untidy way, you may think,
but il accustoms the colt TO any kind OF
handling, no matter how unskillful. Sup
pose a novice-a shoemaker, as horsemen
would call him, was TO undertake 10 I'M
harness this colt. If she was used TO only
correct methods Of embarrassing, his
methods would Brighten her. As il is, she
is getting used 70 almost everything. Cots
broken properly don't scare easily.
LET me also say that [ don't believe in
breaking colt double. 4 colt properly
broken single can always be used double,
but a colt broken double must be broken
again TO be used single Do my methods
differ much from those of other breakers?
Yes. in some respects. Many people still
break colts as their grandfathers used 10
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miles below the falls II was the br;dga
you cross TO go from Walla WalIa To Fort
,olviiie. Here were the beli-shaped fences
on the Indians pitched in irregular gro,1ps.
perhaps twenty of them altogether. The
sseietcn poles protruded beyond the old
canvas outsides. and smoke In small pnffs
was gently ascending above them Al the
er1dge was the white man who took the
Meaere toll. living in Yrefched spology
~ mousse The tepees In cleanliness and
order were preferable. He had a moor.
nopeiess-iooking sauaw wife and nuJuer.
Gus half-nreed children, who gazed curl
ousty upon strangers and ran TO cover here
anu anu, mere upon approach Soon white
man, lame minister, made his appear
ance: having come hither from distant
mission; He had been invited to officiate
az wedding. a white man. rather of the
old Georgia Cracker order. poorIv
dressed in old Nclothing, perhaps
,.niIty or thirty-hve Years. of age, was the
The bride had come with her Indian
parents She was 16 or IL years old. had a
neaithfui, handsome countenance. hut a
soiky, downcast look. We who looked on
could but feel that somehow she had been
sold 10 this man. The ceremony began by
tne singing Of Christian airs. like the .old.
pa story, in the Spokane language, l.rst
10 the several tepees and then at the toll
-
brief, il being that of the ordinary Presby-
terrain marriage. The two white men. the
groom and the toit-man, were Americans.
IN AL that upper country they were called
"squaw-men.n They will soon perfart
themselves in the Indian tongue. The en-
tire tribe henceforth will look to them for
explanation of the conduct of other white
men, ana as soon as possible make them
and their wives their Interpreters and their
mediators
Again. referring to ancient Israel. we
notice that certain Levite married a
woman of Bethlehem, Judea, and that.
notwithstanding she was his wife and he
himself named in the records distinctly as
her husband, still our translation calls her
his concubine.
There are several similar interesting in
termarriages between whites and Indians.
For example: An old and distinguished
frontiersman. whose name, should re-
peat It, would at once be recognized, was
married after the Indian ideas of fashion.
The pair had a child, little girl. born to
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HOW TOBREAK ACOLT
Advice From an Expert Who
Disapproves Cruelty.
ROPE HALTER BETTER THAN BIT.
Kindly Firmness Better Than the Lash
The Method Used on a Famous
Stock Farm Described.

How should a colt be broken? That is
question which always demands an intelli-
gent and comprehensive answer, but does
not always receive one. Colt breaking is at
least as old as civilization, but, as in all the
arts of civilization, new methods in colt
breaking are beginning to take the place of
the old ones. The colt breaker of 100 years
ago has still, to-day, his faithful disciples
who follow his instructions in every de-
tail. Nevertheless, new men, with new
ideas, are appearing on the more inn
portant stock farms of the country, and
the modern colt, handled in the modern
way, will be freed from much Of the merci-
less torture and long suffering without
which his ancestors were never considered
thoroughly broken.
For kindness enters now into colt break
ing methods-kindness and plenty of il,
without any relaxation of Lrrnness. Look
ing over the very limited list of successful
and distinguished colt breakers i'm and
around New York city, singled out the
name of Charles g. Moser, of the Parkville,
L. l., stock farm, and to Mr.. Moser l went
with the question: How do you break q
colt2"
"Come to the farm tomorrow was the
reply, anu III give you tne answer, with
illustrations, for I'm breaking a beautiful
yearling now. She's sister of Sudie d.,
and two weeks ago she was absolutely un-
broken"
The invitation was accepted, for Charley
Moser's collaborating methods are not TO
be despised. The Parkville farm, owned
by John H. Shuts, has turned out some of
the best blooded stock ever produced in the
vicinity of New York city. Mr.. Moser,
who has been on the farm since its estab-
lishment four years ago. is there for the
purpose of handling and breaking all the
young colts. He is born New Yorker,
and. when boy, broke dogs and goats in
his native city from pure love of practice.
Before he was Of age he had owned and
broken and bred colts, and naturally found
his way into the livery stable business.
Then he became superintendent of the
New York and Brooklyn Driving Park As
ISOLATION, and when its track and grounds
became absorbed in the Parkville farm he
became manager for John III. Shuts.
I'm the Lrst place" said Mr.. Moser, as
he led the way to the farm stables over the
homestretch of the old mile track, ga man
who wants to break colt must hrst know
how to keep his own temper. The man
who cannot do that will never be sue
cessful colt breaker"
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ear Fort Stevens, Oregon, strong
hg man many years ago settled upon
p. II was before Mr.. Mercer, of Seat
carried a shipload of manageable
hers around Cape Horn, and white wo-
were few and far between. He mar
woman of neighboring Indian
He carried on good trade with the
lson at the fort: was enterprising and
y obtained fat contracts. and so accu-
a'ed q comfortable fortune. His squaw
good, faithful wife. Her love for
ktaused her to study 10 make his home
and more tidy as the years went on,
we mostly kept apart from white wo-
her children learned to dress better
Their mother and gathered in the use
knowledge, social and practical. of
u American youth. The eldest son
already replaced his father in honest
proutahle business, and the daughters
Especially married.
Eastern Oregon there was few years
ssuperh family. The husband was a
asrS-eyed Frenchman. At one time
Isai'e period he was the trusted agent
1ne government. There were three
qhiui daughters. la grace OF figure
- .t4SAAts III SlSEdiltt Oh ATTIRE anu
tae various accomplishment of gifted
men, few could surpass them. The
ah1 mother, however, always kept IN
saeSground. She was really servant
he household. She talked little En-
ana shrank from every social atten-
ehe had advanced far beyond the
asa OF her tribe, but never forgot for
moinent that she was an Indian. so
mere IN this most successful instance
site and Indian marriage il was next
a.posSloie tor the polished French gen.
an' III the estimation of his white
sHoors, to rise above the recognized
k.sioh OF a "squaw-man."
se 9ia 'voyagears, French emigrants
- west from Canada, Who served the
lwesiern fur companies and travelled
Sash the ~ildS Of Oregon, were eneour-
20 settle here and there among the
al ripes. They were naturally led 10
lhuian women. The Hudson Bay
pAhN, II is said. made il 4 policy 10
sdcn marriages. Therefore you and
eFeeds and French descendants of
enterprlSing ''voyageurs" wherever
aaSei IN that dark region. They are
seheraily on a par with cur best bust.
Pie Of the West. though some are
&c 'foni line of progress, yet, for the
part, they are a kind, steady, self
s9sNhg race. Their sires or their
usFeS were the husbands of Indian
u Many of their descendants today
"a the West, as they usually are IN
E. proud OF their Indian blood.
Ms, nnae the writer visited the
AaheS he came with a military escort
= e'esSang OF the Spokane river. many
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do, with diversified chafing bits. / do not,
and the halter upon which | depend so
largely Is, believe. used solely by me. |
have found it so efticacious that would
not part with it for any invention under
the sun. RockwelI's theory, so Largely ac-
cepted by horseinen, is to punish the
mouth. | do not favor it. for I Ind that /
can obtain as prompt obedience by having
control of the head. A slight jar
of the head, caused by a quick jerk
OF the halter. is sufficient punishment
for any colt Don't destroy the delicate
sensibilities in colts mouth. When you
do destroy them you lose forever the best
means of controlling your horse Then,
too. my advice is To be sparing with the
whip. Surprising am driving o horse in
a real hard race 10 close hnish and my
horse becomes tired. If I use the whip
then, the chances are that III be beaten.
But let me rally him by that hne sense of
touch known only to genuine horsemen,
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discipline ended, resume kind and
caresslng methods. You can drive her
now by walking behind her, holding both
the relns and the halter rope She may
KICK and get tangled in the reins. In
that event depend solely on your halter
rope, letting everything go, if necessary,
but thci, and get in front of her head,
wnere you can easily control her
In putting on the saddle, buckle the
glrth at flrst moderately loose, to allow
Tor natural expansion under the excite
ment OF Lrst Harvesting. Buckle the
g1rth, however, hrst SO that the colt cam
not kick out of the harness. Now I slide
my hand UP and down over the tail for a
little before | think of putting on a
crouper. That inspires coincidence and
aiiays excitement, especially If the colt
has already learned to know you and is
used to being handled by you. The
crouper now goes on easily. Come, Puss,
it's all right"
He spoke soothingly and the colt, which
had been growing restless under the long
object lesson, Quilted down again and sub
mltted to continued operations. Now"
said the breaker, illustrating as he spoke,
!" L put on q biting harness. and now | tie
the trace. and the collar, hitching ii into
the breeching just strong enough TO give
the colt a sensation of drawing something.
l run the reins through rings on the side,
not on the top. That gives you more per-
feet control of the colt Now She can be
easily driven. The forward motion seems
natural and is acquired without difficulty.
One of the nrst things to do is to make
your colt stand still. That is of supreme
importance and time and patience spent in
bringing that about will be rewarded in
the long run. Next, teach your colt to
turn and back. Always use the halter,
and, as have said, depend on it entirely
should your reins get entangled. Stopping,
thoroughly taught. The foundation is
made when you can handle your colt in
diligently and get her properly used to
harness
During all this training carry whip,
but be slow to yield to the temptation TO
use it. Some colt breakers use the whip
numerically, but I fail TO see wherein
they accomplish good. A colt kicks, rears
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lnenf VIZ, that the customs OF our
IN tribes and their rough neighbors
4 remind US of the ancient Israelites
heir strange neighbors.
The tribe of Dan, Samson, the SON of
nah. was born about the year II56 be-
Christ. He became giant in strength.
half employed character. seems 70
been set apart for the punishment of
sicked Philistines, who were the un-
Variable neighbors of the Danities.
one occasion he went down to Tin
saw a Philistine woman that de-
he'd his eyes; so Samson said to his
n sect her for me. for she pleaseth
sell He married her, and the re-
d uniting Hebrew and heather was o
i unhappy life for both. By the threat
Burning her and her fathers house
are," the enemies of Israel succeeded
saking her entice and betray her hus-
4 and so there was through this
Ehery terrific war brought on. The
3 Is familiar to every child.
like tale. thoroughly true, repeats it
! In the neighborhood of hundreds of
Indian tribes. On our frontiers, when
hsd frontiers. the white man, whether
niard, Mexican, Frenchman, English
American, who married an Indian
han, was called .squaw-man, and in
instances the ''squaw-man" has been
to suffer betrayal, like Samson of
and then have resulted some of the
Il relentless wars of our time. accom-
Nd with outrage, burnings and
shter. But yet the results have not,
Ne main. been bad. 1t is thought that
putting of q man upon horse adds to
picture of the man and the horse. but
+ it does this, it always takes some
from the dignity of the man to be so
Ented.
e have hardly visited q tribe of In
Is without finding at least one white
married TO an Indian girl or woman.
! wife soon learns from him to live in
puse and to do the work, in rough
+. that women did in the house of his
~. She is raised to higher mode of
~, learns TO dress fairly well and is
friend and companion TO her hus-
d; but be himself usually has shrunk
n into lower life. His personal clean
p suffers, his clothing is shabby and
self-respect is lowered. So in such a
the man has less dignity in his car
while the woman has more than the
IN Of the proudest Indian chieftain, but
pot well stand up and compete with
worthy white sisters in the essentials
prosperous home life. 1t may be well
articularize.
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n TIED TO SQUAWS.
,ral Howard Explains Why
Fhey Cannot Be Happy.
.,lNoToN PIONEER STORIES.
...vmen who Discarded Their
|,..<sfuI wives-southerner Arc
Proud OF Indian Blood.

<nSoR's ISLAND. \. Y, Dec. d.
xdphted, 1880.
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of the writer
of this paper
often remarks
that the Bible
history of the
childreno of
and
their heather
neighbors al
ways remind
one of the
present In
dian Gus
toms. Prob
ably the con-
verse is the
more exact
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Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-09
EXCURSION NOTES

On July 10, Big Rapids and Ba ldwin
people Will "eGcursionaie" TO Ottawa
Beach via. Muskegop.
An excursion from Lacrosse, Indi-
ana. and points this side, comes TO
Grand Rapids and Ottawa Beach, July
26.
An excursion TO Grand Rspids aud
Ottawa Beach. from Traverse City and
Msnistee, Is expected TO take place
July 26.
People who want To 60 10 St Joe
July 80 TO see the emancipation ceiebra-
ton at Benton Harbor, cao do 4 for .
single silver piunk. on a {. 4 w. NJ.
escursso n tram.
The G. 4 W. NJ. gives ap excursion
Sunday 10 Manistee and Traverse City,
st 81 for round trip. Traverse City
passengers get \ two hour troat ride on
the bay thrown IN.
July is and excursion 10 Grand
Ledge and Lansing leaves here wa. D.,
l.. a y, arriving at Lansing at ll;3o,
returning ST s O'Clock. One dollar and
q quarter pays the biIl.
Jolly l9 witnesses q combination en-.
curslon 20 the state encampnent si
Nhstmore lake. One train starts from
huskegon, another from Howard CITY
and one from Big Rapids. They unite
at Grand Ledge. arriving st the camp
at noon. Fare from Grand ksplds,
round trip, sz.4o.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-09

Thurman Getting His Bugle Blast
Ready for Ohio.
He WILL DODGE THE FREE SILyERFAD
And viii Recommend That the Cau
paiEa be Made on Tas,n Issues-
The Party with Cleveland oa
the ssiser 1usstion.

COLUMBUS. o., July s.-Allen w.
Thurman, who will DO temporary
chairman OF the Democratic state Con-
vention. has his key-note speech almost
completed. The parts which haze al.
ready been finished have bco sub
mitted to leading Democrats 8 .sug-
gestions and approval.
II 10 understood that the speech will
recommend that the coming campaign
be fought entirely upon the tariff Psue.
Although Thurman himself ir4 life
long free-coinage man, II 10 70 able
that his speech will advise n0 liver
plank be placed in the PLATFORMS This
will be largely OWING TO criticism which
has followed the endorsing OF free
coinage by Iowa Democrats.
A great majority of the party In Ohio
stand with Cleveland upon the alver
question, and il is thought intcrGDfs of
harmony will be best served BY 1knor-
ing that issue in the platform. Thur
man does not personally favor hndors-
ing the taxation amendment ana will
probably not advise reference TO that
matter IN the resolutions.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-07-09
The WRECKED STEAMER
W As oas Of the oids.s and Bigssst beats
on the ksvsr.

PrrrsRURs. July s.--The Smoky City, +,
wrecked Al Baton Rouge BY the cyclone
Yesterday. Is owned by 5. 5. Crump 4
Co., vi shlseity. She MAS a stern-wheei.
doubse-decked towboat, 1874 feet long,
81 feet wide. q teet deep and 549. 50 tons
burden. Ii was one of the eldest boats
on the river. among the largest aud VAS
formerly owned by j. Z. Rlsner Il Co.
Captain Crump was IN New Orleans
when the storm occurred, and he
started for Baton Rouge at once. He
telegraphed hls son, W. III. crump. At
the local Office that he WAS on his way
there, but he gave no information out
SIDE OF the tact that the boat had been
badly damaged.
&. {. Mcclure is captain, John Mar
tia and George Christ, engineers; Sharp
Packard and George Mcbride, pilots.
both from LouisvIlie; John Mccarthy,
steward. and Frank Hyatt. mate. With
the exception noted, the officers arc
from Pittsburg. Al the Office they had
no record OF the crew, as they are
picked up at various places when
wanted. Mr.. Cr,inp, the son, could
not say now how many were from
P.ttsburg.
As II was estimated that about $50
loaded coal boats. belonging 10 the diff
ferent operators here. were lying in the
river at New Orleans and in the vicIni-
ty OF Baton Rouge, il was feared that \
number of them bad been lost. The
river men were afraid another such
calamity had occurred as the one few
years ago. when they dropped $500. 900
IN the same neighborhood through a
storm. The boats were so badly
rocked that they sank and were q total
loss.
So far as could be learned last even
ing the coal fleets in the harbor es-
capped. John A. Wood said his coal
Was safe. and Walton X Co. and w. IL.
Brown 4 Sons had heard nothing
which was taken AS good news.