The record-union., 1893-02-06

buggy to force the horse with whip fire.
quently increases the backing instead of
checking, while, if you were holding his
bit, you would be comparatively safe.
During this year there is not so much
change in the quantity OF his frame and
general makeup as there is in the quail
lty; so, also, there should not be so much
change made in the quantity of his train
ing in harness as in the quality. This can
only be done by thoroughly reviewing
what you have previously taught, and
here teaching him TO have perfect faith in
you without fear
For the want of better time and place
IN this paper | shall devote a few lines to
the baking horse. Many men, who claim
TO be professional hOrSemen, are often
provoked to anger by horse of this
kind without knowing its true cause or
remedy. But few horses are naturally
vicious or stubborn, although many, by
their free disposition, are kept in con-
slant strain of nervousness by their
threatening drivers. The degree to which
you have excited the nervous system of
your horse is the true cause OF his balk-
ing, and this cause has been brought
about by the treatment of an eXcitab ble
horse hitched to heavy load. It is evil
dent that many horses have refused to
move loads when, if they were not crazed,
1t would lie no task to them; and it is true
that horses will pull, with steady draw,
at loads which they cannot move; in
most cases they can no more pull the
former than the latter, for the same rea-
son that you cannot readily climb fence
when closely pursued by vicious ami
mai, and the greater the danger and eX-
element the less liable you are to escape.
Why, then, should you be cruelty pun
ished for not carefully and steadily climb
ing the fence? oh, erring horsemen, take
off the fpar and DaaH M fal- ntf tb q
loadl You must make your horse love
you and not fear you. At six years old
your horse is approaching maturity.
before the season of heavy work ap-
proaches the horses strength should be
gradually tempered by proper system
OF diet as well as exercise. The first great
point in feeding is regularity and if your
horse is not fed regularly with a suffi-
cient quantity you need not apply TO a
veterinarian, but correct yourself. The
second great object is to make proper
balance between the grain feed and that
class of material called rough feed.'
The standard grain for the horse, in which
so many commonly make a mistake,
should be oats instead of corn, as the for
mer tends to develop and strengthen
without accumulating much of the en-
cumbering fat, although the latter, as a
winter feed, contains more of the heating
properties, and may be changed for oats
| occasionally with good results, as may be
wheat, bran, roots, ETC., TO regulate the
system. See that the brush is not simply
used to remove external dirt, but that it
be appliedvigorously for the removal of
the scurt and dust which have gathered
on the skin. Much might be said on
things that modify the horses service, but
with the above important subjects we
shall have to forbear.
Again, commencing at the foundation
of the former colts life and following, as
L have directed, until the horse is seven
years old, you have a horse that has not
been broken but one that has received
his education and power OF endurance by
a serious of lessons, each one dependent
upon the other, and as such is one which
L would place at that point i'll mans age
when he enters upon his duties with all
the vigor and energy of life. Having
used, as you see, the horse's former life
for the development OF a good constitu-
ton, a strong muscle, a permanent set of
teeth and a good education, you thus
have horse that L would call graduated,
or, in other words, horse ready to COM
mence a long and profitable life to his
country as well as to his owner"