New-York tribune., 1891-05-24

repay you a hundred fold Only actual teaching ana
practice will enable you to make horse go to one
side the other-to stand exactly where you want
him-as haiIdly as you can make him advance or re
treat at will but It can be done. horses economy
is divided up into three parasitic forehand, centre
pece and Group. Touch whip to the fore-hand, and
the tendency is to a backward movement; touch whip
TO his Group aanks, and the tendency Is for the
rear portion Of your animal to the resistance
Of HIS foreparts and he advances. Everybody KNOWS
these things but everybody does not know that sitting
perfectly still your horses back, and overcoming
the resistance Of the fOrehand with the brdle you
can, by touching tho animal the hight side OF his
body with your whip, move him almost directly side
ways 10 the left by tickling his left side with your
heel you make him go almost exactly straight
across ring to the right. This principle gives the
appuyer and the traverse. more homely application
can be made by taking advantage OF these tendencies
Of every horse to make yours stand quietly beside the
mounting gboc Most horses, when held by the bride
and cked in the right ribs by their misress's whip
will sidle right up alongside the desired block,
chair, table, fallen tree, though somewhat
averse at first. But animal that has been injured
or frightened in being mounted, will always require
moro or less patience and frmness.
Delcacy and precision in getting into the saddle may
depend very considerably upon your riding master,
escort assistant aided by your practice.
There IS one thing though, that only or two riding
masters teach and that the best and easiest way Of
gathering the relns. Almost all the instructors make
something very complicated ont of this. There is
not one in fifty in the throng of daily riders in
Central Park who doesn't make more or less Of a
botch OF gathering his rens when about 10 mount and
most Of the ladies make from three to ten times as
much trouble about IT, should always gather
his rens before he mounts. The average NewYorll
rider steps TO his horses shoulder and takes from one
to three minutes in separating the curb and snafle
rens; next he lays them the horses neck the curb
rcns about six inches back of the snae eins then he
picks up the snafle reins and mounts In ignoramus
style before gathering the curb takes two
minutes more, by which time every onlooker is weary
and the horse on the verge Of starting off by himself
in hanging the curb rens on the third finger Of his left
hand and pulling them through. Here is the simplest
way for man to gather the bride reins; as lady
doesn't take the reins until after she is in the saddle,
she can modify the directions slightly Grasp the
snanle rein with the left hand half way between the
bit and the horses shoulder, the thumb being toward
the saddle; now, them the inside Of the snaffe rein
being In the palm of the left hand running under the
little finger reach down and the left side Of the
curb rein between the third and fourth fingers and In
sertng the first two fingers Of the right hand In the
slack Of curb and snae slip the right hand back until
the whole is fairly aut, that you can feel both sdes
Of your horses mouth and easily curb from snae
on the other side Place the third or middle finger
between the right curb and snale snafe on top then
throw the ends over; and there you are.
When you are out on the road or In the Park try
never to worry your mount, always be good terms
with your horse. There Is one Iidng club in New
York the members of which very bad terms
with their horses you never see one OF these men out
without noticing that his horse is frettng and foam
ing: YOU can't get the best results from horse In
that state Of mind.
DO not trot. canter gallop up or down any but
very slight lnclinatons in the roadway and the softer
the roadway-not deep sand or heavy mud OF course
the better for the horse that Is ridden. After you
have got what is called good seat" you will rather
like II when your horse shows disposition to rear
and prance Rearing is very snowy for the rider, but
It is very bad for the horse More horses are mado
curby in this way than in almost any other Per-
haps the easiest way to tell how to prevent horse
from shyiug or to get him over this trick Is to tell
how to make him shy. Whenever horse shes at a
bit OF paper or any unusual object, whip him and
prick him. and II possible shout at him. This Will
develop the wretched trick of shyng in the most hope
less cases.
As to the care Of a horse. A warm, or cool. ac-
corling to the season. light wellventLlated and thor
oughv clean stable with about four quarts OF oats
three times daily, not too much hay, proper saung,
nice bran mash about once a week. with new SHOES
once month, reset every fortnight IL worked hard,
and a moderate amount Of clear, cool water. arc the
principal necessities of healthy horse. lie should
never be fed after exercise Till thoroughly cooled out
and ~ he is valuable animal 1t will pay you to have
him scraped and well rubbed down every time you
have warmed him up Be very chary Of giving a
horse water. He should never have 1t when hot or
ont on the road when about 10 stand still; although
slight thrst-quenching on the journey so long as he
is kept going is beneficial rather than otherwise.
There is no place in the world where tips" pay better
than in the stable-even the horse likes tip and
then Of carrots. Of apples or Of sugar.
The horse suffers far more from Ignorance than from
most peoples evil Intentions. strong. healthy rider
does not tire nearly quickly her animal; she
never stops 10 think that her weight a horses back
Is far harder him than good deal more weight
would be II drawn in a wagon or a cart. Twenty
miles day for saddle-horse is pretty good amount
of work Thirty miles every few days. with shorter
taunts thrown in between times would be much
easier on him. II is almost impossible. though. 10
give schedule standard Of work for a saddle horse
that would be anything like fair. some riders take
more out of their animals In FIVE miles than many
others do In twenty-five miles. Let your horse 90
easy: walk him up and down hill, and only gallOp
him on level stretches Of loan or turf.