St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-06-01
AMONG The HORSES.
Some Timely Pointers on
How to Correct Bad
Habits.
An Interesting Chapter on
the Methods Of Tenny'S
Owner
Tournament and Canvass are
Both Laid Up For
Repairs.
A Jockeys Training--Pecul-
lar Freak Of Nature
Turf Notes.

A good deal OF trouble is experienced
by those who handle horses tOany great
extent, by reason of a want of tact or
judgment on the part of those who han
die them. And many horses are diff
cult to manage, and even dangerous,
when a little tact would have made
them kind, safe and reliable.
Some horses are hard to bride, will
grit their teeth together like wise, or
else hold their heads so high in the air
that no one can reach them. There is a
better way to do. Put on the saddle
pant of the harness first, buckle the
girths. then pass the halter lead be-
tween the fOrelegs. draw the head down
gradually to where it should be to bride
easily, and tie. Then carefully and
gently put on the bride. He will try to
raise his head and may rear up little,
if very willful, but he cannot hurt him
self nor do any harm, and is sure to
give it up in a short time and hold his
head down of his own accord.
Some horses have a disagreeable and
dangerous habit of jumping to get out
of the shafts Just as soon and often
little before the ststrap is untaStened,
and it is almost impossible to hold them
when they start to 90 out, while, if per-
chance breeching strap should catch,
something must happen. This is easy
to cureif one only has tact and knows
how. When you stop and arc ready to
take the animal out of the carriage, have
two ropes, one on each side, with one
end fastened to staple in the floor, or
TO stake driven into the ground, if out
of doors, fasten each rope to the breast
collar on each side of the horse before
you unhitch a strap. Then proceed
leisure!y to unhitch the breeding aud
tugs. The horse will try to rush out of
the shafts, of course, but if the ropes
are strong he will find himself stand
ing right there, ard will be surprised.
Don't do anything to excite him, only
just keep him from running back, and
he Will soon get tired Of trying to get
out of the shafts, and will stand quietly
until asked to step out The same
method will teach a FESTIVE horse to
stand still for folks to get into the car
riage.
Rearing up is another bad trick that
many horses are addicted to. About the
Surest and safest way to break a horse
OF rearing is to take a sort of gig. with
shafts that extend as far in the rear of
the carriage as they do in front. Place
rest at the far end of them that will
almost reach the ground, so that if the
horse rearS the least bit they will strike
the ground and make it impossible to
come up, unless he takes up the gig and
Its rider. Have everything strong. and
put load if necessary into the gig, and
the horse will not try to rear after two
or three attempts. When this method
is adopted, and horse doesn't try to
rear, he should be provoked and
plagued until he does, and then until
he can't be made to try it again. An
other etfectual method of stopping this
habit is to make them rear in a stable
with low ceiling, when they will hit
their heads when they come up. This,
however, is attended with some danger,
and is not to be recommended in the
case of valuable animals.
Shylng at objects by the roadside is
another bad habit, and one which is
made worse by harshness. Keep a sharp
lookout and a straight rein. and pull
them to standstiu every time they
Shy, Is as good as any to cure them.
Horses that are afraid of the cars are
douOly dangerous. as no one can travel
at all without coming in contact with
the cars. The way to break horses to
the cars is not to drive them in car
rage as near to them as possible, and
tnen punish them with the whip to
make them stand still, but rather get
them kept week or two right close to
the railroad, where they can see the cars
dozen times a day, and they will get
SO accustomed to them that they can be
driven by the cars with perfect safety.
If horse is a kicker have a strong
overdraW check attached to bit, have
another strong strap fastened to the
check-rein back Ito the rump, pass
through ring, then divide and fasten
TO the shafts on each side. Then get in
and drive. The moment the animal
tries to rise mp behind he tightens the
strap and gives his mouth a tremendous
yank, and III ordinary cases this will
break him.