The morning call., 1892-08-21

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again. Barney again threw up his head.
Nothing daunted my friend climbed upon a
box and tried again. 81 always have such
time" she ex claimed. Il don't think he was
we'll broken" Suppose you let me try" /
finally suggested. She consented eagerly.
unbuck ed the halter from BarneY's neck.
and taking the top of the bride in my right
hand 1 slipped the check-rein over his head.
Then. still holding the bride, took a firm
hold on his forelock with three fingers of the
right hand. The Birdie thus hung down
over his face, and, taking the bit in my left
hand, l slipped II gently sideways between
his teeth, the horse not Offering the slightest
resistance.
Why exclaimed my friend. There's
a way TO do it, isn't thArrP" l replied that
there was, decidedly, and way not 10 do it
as well. Then / asked her how she pro-
posed TO get the crupper on the horses tail
after she had buckled the saddle on. She
explained that that was easy enough, and
lifting Barney's tail she proceeded TO poke
the end through, and BY dint of much tug
gins and pulling she actually succeeded in
forcing it into the crupper, though thought
at one moment she must have broken Ii.
Barney did not ike 1t. Ee squirmed and
ned and punched his feet together-I
expected to see him kick, but be was too
good to do that. 1t was truly an ordeal
read that woman lesson on harnesSug.
/ showed her again how 10 put on the bride,
and told her that thar always goes on first;
the breaslplate comes next. and then the
saddle IS put on, pretty well back, and the
crupper put over the tail and the breechinz
adjusted before the saddle is drawn up and
buckled. Barney seemed to know what she
was being taught, and did his best TO be
good and help along the lesson.
/ wonder why il Is that women have so
little perception Of the correct way to har-
ness horse, i know many a one who is a
good driver, yet who Is forced 10 stay at
home If by any chance there is no man or
BOY al hand to hitch up" mo woman
should be trusted to drive who cannot har-
ness up." once said to A lady who is an
expert reinswOmRn. Then never should
drive" was her reply, "for l could not
learn TO harness 10 save my life" Forth
with l took her In hand, aud after one or
two lessons she became go expert in har-
Messing as TO need no further coaching
Women who can trim bonnets that Ii would
puzzle old Nick himself TO define the con-
struction OF gaze In awe at the straps and
buck les of horses harness.
1t Is not 10 their discredit, however, that
they do not understand the harness. The
average man does not understand il, either,
the only difference between him and a
woman being that he usually thinks lie
does. Every ten-year-old boy on a farm
thinks he knows how TO harness, single or
double, but to harness horse correctly and
comfortably is something the average horse
man or hostler knows nothing about. |
passed handsome buggy horse on Market
street the other day, the saddle OF whose
harness was so loose IL had slipped around
on his body. throwing the whole harnes, out
OF gear. lie stood such picture of discom-
Tort that l stopped to adjust the saddle,
when passing horseman came to my aid
and put 1t in place. taking up the strap sew
eral holes, with grOwl at 1.-The fool who
had hitched up in such fashion,"
Notice any half-dozen horses along
| the street, and about half of them
will! be so loosely saddled chat the saddle
slips around on their backs, prolific source
OF sore backs and withers. L was driving
up long hill recently when met a lady
and gentleman driving down. They were
In handsome light buggy, drawn by a styl-
ish bay horse, hitched with the outside or
shaft bely-band so loose that the end. of
the shafts pointed upward above the horses
shoulders, even fapplng against his neck as
they swung from side toside with every mo-
ton of his body. For once in my life saw
case where the value Of binders was easy
to be noted. They were all that kept the
shafts from poking into the horses eyes.
Livery-stable men are among the greatest
sinners In the matter OF careless Harvesting
lhey Ike to send out trim, stylish-looking
rigs. aud In nine cases out 10 they get the
traces too long, the breeding too tight and
the check-rein too short. The nearer horse
Is to his load the more easily he can pull It.
provided. Of course, room is left him for
Tree stride. The breechng should never
rub against the legs of a horse when he Ia
travelling on level, yet the average stable
man draws the quarter-strap so tight that
the hair Is usually worn off the animals
limbs just where the breeding comes. III
the shaft-band is tight enough breeching
that hangs loosely on a level, allowing the
horse to stride free will be found tight en- ough
to hold the vehicle back on any hill you
may have to descend. AS for the check
rein there Is but one safe rule to follow il
you wish TO insure that this article Will
never become means of torture to your
horse. Drive the animal no steep hill, OBJ
serve the angle at which he carries his head
and then let cut your check sufficiently
TO permit HIN TO carry it there.
suggested recently that what the breed
ers OF California should do Is 10 abandon
the eheck-reln altogether. and take to rails
ing horses who could be taught to carry
their heads high without checks. This
would not be- so very difficult to do. There
Is no creature In the world so susceptible
10 training as horse, but our modern sys-
tenn OF training Is better calculated to teach
MN 10 nang his head than 10 hold 1t up.
we noid IL up Tor him until the muscles
nature intended for that purpose become
almost useless, and he allows his head to
uroop as soon as 1t misses the support of
the bearing-rein. There are some families
Oh horses that naturally carry their heads
nisn. II We nau not grown SO used to de-
| penulng on the beariHg-rein to keep our
horses heads M, the carriage Of the head
| would be one OF the essential points in con-
| formation, TO be as expressly taken into
| consideration among breeders as are sound
Ieet aud good legs. Is. now, among the
| Arabs. Then, a very little, care ON the
part of the breaker, with the aid Of pair
| OF accessory rens for use when the pupil al
| lows bis head 10 droop, would speedily
teach the colt what is required of hIm. and
once taught, always knowing, Is essentially
true OF horses. They do not forget.
| This very fact OF their excellent M emory
Tor what they once learn is an explanation
OIL why IL Is we have so many badly broken
and tricky horses to-day, and why the