Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-07-05
nnII1A Ann EnOI-

tisa rarc trrat to hear Robert Hon
usr talk about the truitin. horse -rarr
Ga tie sens, that hc l. most UNIV Hing L.
talk nn thu. NJ. most fsNoritc suhj-Ct,
unlsss b. L. quite SURE hc has an apprc-
cis,l,c listener, aud rarc. ahoy. all Ia
ih,t ia, tall l. IN Itself n literal ciu-
cation ou that subject. lii knoNlclg,
l. made up oi proven facts, the .ci'ntiiic
deductions of the k-cnesi, closest oh
seryatlon. aud What hc know. about hl.
familiar hohby, th. horse. foui, would
D. invaluable 60 the Intelligent trot,lng-
horse msn ~ the country, II h. could bc
lnlucci "a make Nj. knowledge general.
Of the fulness ~ II be- sometime. gives
to favored fricnd., ami know 81 Que
man, One IL the biz siOck-ral..rs Of the
rast, Who says he wouldn't take slO,Hp
for the things he la. learned from VIZ.
bonner. aud I know of another man,
a.. most sucCc.sful the country has
known iu developing aud driving young
tupttcr., who values the counsel aud adj
Vicc Mr.. Bonner has given him even
higher than that, says the Rider aud
Drivers pleasing lady contributor.
Elizabeth \. rompslns.
III horse has tender mouth, sald
b., "thc beet biz to us. |. the easiest hlt, q,
the one that will Induce him Ia of'r Tia.
least resistance. III. same Kind 10 bit
cannot D. ussl on all horses. any more
than ihe same Kind of hat can be worn
by all men. The bit must d. adapted Ia
the mouth. Dexter, for Instance, had q
very tender mouth, ani ouly thu .Oitrst
kiui ~ a bii could H. usc,l on him.
h,i one specially msdc for him, plain
snalils covered With bacon rlnd, that he
alNay. went we'll in. With sunol Use
a leathcr.coyercd bit. Other hor.c.,
again, don't like that sort II bit, aud
20 better In bar bit, ar plain steel bit.
When had Peerless she WAS ALWAYS
u.s,i With = plain bar bit. IIy mistake q
lr,ihcr-CoYrr,d bit was put Into her
mouth one day. didn't know IL. We
took hcr over "a the old Fashion track
Ia .I-,,,i her. aud after working her the
driver came to me aud said: Il don't
know whats the matter with the MARI.
She won't trot hit to-day
II told him Ia give her another mile
aud be- did. but be- came to Tue after IL
was finished aud said: she. not herself
to-day, Mr.. Bonner She made mile
In -. aud a. that was nothing for her
thought I'd drive her myself aud see II
| could fnl cut what wa. the trouble.
did. and could only get her to make Il
Ia 2 81. Something VA. wrong, ! felt
sure. Then the groom called attention
To her mouth. which was bleeding, aud
We discovered .he had a leathcr-co,ered
bit Ia her mouth, aud that was the cause
of her poor work. it didn't suit her aud
.he couldn't trot with IL.
MAUD =. needs quite a severe bit.
When she has severe bit la her mouth
she doesn't catch hold while u shc has
.naiiic .he does"
"Why l. It," ! askci Mr. homer,
''that the same horse will trOt steady
With one driver aud break with anotheri''
"lou',e heard ~ the painter who was
asked how he mixed hi. color.. and
what hl. answer Was; with brains.
Well. that's how a man must dri,e-Nlth
brains. 4 horse. head anl feet must
be uiccly balanced to produce the beet
results, and IL lie. Ia large eN'ent sith
Nboc,er does the shoeing aud the driy-
Ing. Now, even a poor driver couldn't
make Sunol break round turn. Why.
because she Ia. tendency to throw her
OF hind foot out. Maud -. on the con-
trary. sets hers inside the of front foot
Ia striding. Consequently the two
mares need different handling. lou'v,
seen a boat 90 round n turn. A. the
boat swings round II causes the stern to
swing out. The same principle applies
Ia a horse. Now, To balance Sunol per-
fec,ly round turn her head must be-
held out-you must pull on the right
line, aud that throws her Into the correct
trotiing po.ltlon-while with Maud y.
her head must he held in-you must pull
on the left line, and that brings her
square on her feet In the correct trotting
position"
To man who comprehends the won
ierful nicetie. of driving a trotter, aud
the difficulty Of keeping him on hls feet,
this little explanation must needs make
quite riff Ia the clouds Of obscurity
that hover over the sport.
Mr.. bonner, ne everyone Who knows
anything about trotting horses IL aware,
has made a study Of the horses foot,
and when famous trotter IL lame, or
"goes wrong In his feet la any way, hi.
advice 1. more eagerly sought than that
of the most skllful and dlplcm,ed (lf
may coin word) veterinarian who ever
sent In bill. Every work on the
horses foot that be- has ever heard Of he
has read-morc To find out what the
other fellows know, and t0 see for him
self, by experiment and Investigation, II
they are right, than To imbibe their Ideas,
A friend Of hls laughlngly says that u 9
book ON the horses foot was published