The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-13


especially in the horse line, and there ia
in this fact hint for the farmer and
his help that it will pay them well to
heed during the winter when they have
ample time to give the horses the very
few lessons that arc really necessary to
break them perfectly. The time cannot
DO put to better advantage. The mar
ket for such horses is absolutely unlim.
tied, and tho breaking Of horses so that
they can be driven in cities without
danger q most profitable pursuit for
leisure hours, for tho demand in the
spring for horses OF that sort Is great
everywhere.
A perfectly broken carriage horse
must not only have his temper broken,
but no must know how to mind Mt the
word whoa" in which respect break
ing methods are the most deficient OF
all; how to stand while people are
getting in and out OF q carriage, and TO
remain still until the driver is ready to
start him; how to back; to be driven
with or without binders on the har-
mesa; with or without the cheCk-rein
taut; TO fear neither horse ner steam
cars; to shy at neither bicycle, an
open umbrella, bit OF paper blowing
across the street, nor ut unusual noises,
such as the beat Of q drum or the OK.
plosion OF u pistol; to drive to o wagon
with or without u top; and. above all,
to have the heels broken as well as the
head, so that in case any part OF the
harness should break while one is driv.
ing, the horse will not run away the in-
slant the heels are hit by the broken
harness or bit OF the carriage.
A horse that is broken so that he will
behave woll in all these circumstances
is one that will bring any price in
reason for use rs a family horse, and
the labor OF breaking will repay the
breeder well. The work is Of the
simplest II undertaken when the ami
NAL is first being broken, and once
broken he never forgets what he has
been taught. Only patience is required,
and tho farmer or his boy can be, by
the exercise OF common sense and
patience, as proficient in breaking a
horse as Gun the most expert profes.
sional breaker in the business. There
is no secret about tho business, MS every
horseman knows. The breaker must
simply toach the horso that tho man is
the master, and when the horse once
learns that in his youth all else is easy.
1t would be n good thing ii every
horse breeder in this country could
visit England and SEQ tho way in which
the breeders OF the huckneys break
their horses, for they arc the best brok-
on animals in the world, simply be-
cause thcy are thoroughly broken, and
such thing US q hackney running
away from any ordinary fright is IN i'm
possibility. A similar method pursued
kere would increase the value of the
horses raised by the ordinary farmer
fully 100 per cent without the least
exaggeration.
At tho farm OF Burdett- Coutts, the
most noted OF the hackney farms in
England, the breaking OF the horses Is
made Of tho first Importance, and as
much attention is paid to it as to the
breeding Of the horses. While the
breaking OF the young horses is in pro.
gress the ring of the breaking barn Is
very like that OF q circus. Men run
about in front Of tho youngsters waving
umbrellas and firing revolvers, while
others throw bits Of paper in their
pathway. Each horse is treated to a
regular Wagnerian concert while tho
breaking Is in progress, the assistants
ringing bells, blowing fshhorns, beat.
ing drums and banging tin pans, 80
that tho horses may be accustomed to
all this sort Of thing when they meet II
| the course OF their work.a-day life.
They arc driven about tho ring close to
blazing heaps OF paper or straw, and
forced to learn, that there Is no danger
in seeing these and other strange
things, though there Ia in coming into
contact with them.
The breaking OF the hOels Is as caro-.
fully attended to rs anything else, and
before the horses are sent to the'mar-
ket they have been taught to drive
steadily and also TO stop whom they
have tin pans and bits OF leather bang
ing at their heels, for tho very purpose
Of teaching them to know what to do II
an accident happens TO 8 part OF the
harness or the carriage while they are
being driven on the road. These acci.
dents arc tho most common cause OF
runaways, and yet 1t Is perfectly safe to
say that not one horse In q thousand in
America Is tauVh this, tho most neces.
sary part Of his education how TO con.
troll his heels. Yet 1t ia just as easy to
educate tho hecls ola horse as any othor
| part OF the animal. A kicking bruteis
the most yaluolesa OF all, and thoy exist
solely because tho farmer docs not
think OF tho necessity OF educating that
end OF tho horse that can and does do
the most damage.
Small breeders cannot, Of course,
afford to carry out the scheme Of broak-
Ing horses that 10 putsuOd at tho Coutts
| farm In that elaborate fashion, but thoy
can obtain tho same results by tho tiso
OF tho came methods on a similar scale,
and there Is no reason why itAhould
not be done. II will not break the
spirit Of tho horse, for that should
always DO carefully guarded against, II
simply educatos min TO bio prepared for
any emergency that may arise. II
really takes very little timo 10 break q
hofse thotoughiy, aud though the task
looks formidable II 10 n matter Of iNct
very easy, the only requlrenents being
patience, persistence, and tho absolute
control Of tho temper BY tho man whoiH
doing the breaking.
One Of the most DISQUALIFICATION
horses the Wfltor over saw was broken
BY O young lady who knew what was
reuuired In family horAe, aud WHO
took ns subject TO test her theories q
colt by d WellAbred trottlng stallion ont
OF q halEthoroughbrOd mare. Al.
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