Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1894-07-10
HOW TO TRAIN A MORSE.
INTERESTING TALK WIN An ExrE-
RiE>cED LONG ISLAND iioRsEMAN.

INTERESTING IALk WITH AN kNTe
MENcEp LONG ISLAND moRsrMAN.
John T.. Reese of Great Neck, Ions
Island, has had q l,ng experience Will
the handling of horses. lie declares
that the large percentage Of runaway
accidents can bc avoided II the driSeI
would have patience and keep . COO
head. awhile the relns hold the driveI
shoald he able to control the horses un
der all circumstances, he says. In COO
yersstion with Tribune reporter Mr
kcese said:
II would like To give you some fact
which may be scrvIcesble To some ol
your readers who may have vicious
horses and do not know how to handle
them. when I Was q boy. twelve year.
old, horse ran away With me, threw
me out of the wagon and ran over me
That vas the first lcsson I had. fdeter
mined To prevent the occurrence Of such
an accident again. aud that WAS the only
runaway ever had.
"ro prevent accidents while driving
one should become thoroughly acqusint
Ell With the horse. n The horses are tim
id and nervous get them gentle by I, ell.
Ing them from the hand, rubbing tbeiI
no-es and heads, while putting on the
harness. Talk to them In q soothing
tone and drive around quietly before
hitchlng them to the wsgon, letting the
harness come In contact with all parts
of their bodies and legs a. much ~ pos
slble without exciting them. 90 that they
may not he so much frightened when be-
Ing driven. Teach them to stop for the
word without . pull aud for pull With.
out the word. when they will do this,
hitch them up and drive around AZ be.
fore until they mind perfectly.
"when the horse, not = colt, disre-
CARDS the bit, and Ia not Inclined to yield
to Il, give q sudden pull or Jerk on one
rein, which, after two or three lessons,
will make him turn his lead one side,
and throw Il up; and this being done
Just as he IL about 90 jump or spring
~ill keep his hind feet down and put
him la q position that gives the driver
full control, With q small amount oi
strength, so that he can neither run,
shy nor kick. even In case of brcakAge
az other accident. n q driver has fslf
amount of experience and keeps hl'
rein. tight aud steady while driving he
will know II hls horse. are about "a
make any demonstration In time to check
u With this sudden pull on Que rein,
then on the other II necessary.
II have sl~sys found that common,
smooth. .lngle-bsr bic IL best, being
most comfortable. All Kinds % curb aud
patent bits. de.lgn-d to control the
horse by hartinx him. tend Ia worry and
excitement. making the animal un-
steady, ottsd hoidins hl. head s~kari-
~, and sometime. sulding BADLY. We
ecca.lenaliy nnd horse that scsm. Ia
has. uo ssn.ltis.bs.s In his mouth. aud
that mind. b~lth.r pull noe jerk. for
such . cs.s Ind = common bar bit ~lih
sire. sni let him weAf u fe~ days Al .
tine tlll ~ t.esrs on the .mcoih biz q.
much aud M a,orr than 1. desired. ln
this ~ay ns.fly al horse. can b. made
o. etsy sliks and drive sell together on
q smash, Easy bt
~rh~ uss ~ tn ship Ia d.msge IA
any Lor.s While hi. spirit and ambition
prsmpt him 81 sufficient actlon, bot Il
has h.en a. long h.ol.,i upon .a safe
guard ln tine "a danger thai u may -
b-ttsf f.f -s.sne. ~hile thy think u u
usxrssary to have obs within r,sch, bot
nst IN hand Zoe tbs natural sfcst of 10.
u.s !. "a sid "a tho sxcli.msnt of Q
horss. ~hlis . pail 90 IN. be u % check
utoa sny srort. snd dos not ,.x or
ffishisn him. bat tiss ~hip ~iil frvluent-
IN a. hoth. N.by r-s.ons sr. given Zoe
n. u... tue pull. up his horse ~bsn h.
.hies and give. . blo~ that make. him
lamp to ~ bsxi time, oac. Cor tear II
xhat D. see- and onc. for lear of the
whlp. Another sad he did not use hl.
~hlp much cxc.pt "a make hls horse
stand .tlll. While getting r-.dy for q
drive. n might have q partial Effect that
ssy. bat he would be more unsafe than
t-for., for u by chance he moved q step
&c tao b. would D. likely to remember
the ~hlp and make worse Jump than
the fir.t. Hut n the horse IL quietly
stopped, u be starts while preparing Ia
~, and Kindly kept there mot held, h.
will soon get the habit aud be- safe I'LL
the r,lns ar, pulled up for start, which
should never be done until he stands
quietly. Another aud more common
reason given for IT. use Ia Ia prevent
running hack when frightened, which
horses are not at all likely to do unless
forced too near that which they are
afraid Of. Give them time % look at Il.
aud they will soon 20 as near as desir-
able by the use of gentle words, with an
assuring voice, and thus Will learn to
put confidence In their driver, even In
case. of sudden fright.
"I,at u the whip and harsh words are
used fear L. Increased aud their ex ite-
ment will be greater with the next oc-
,urrence Of the Kind. The quieting ef-
feet of persons talking Ia colts or young
horse. when frightened Il so we'll known
that many railroad companies r,fuse 10
carry horses without some one To 20
With them till they get over their fright.
I have seen tb. same effect while driv-
Ing, aud have had to stand by the horses
when they we're so badly frightened that
they would put their heads down against
me 10 avoid the sight Of the object which
alarmed them.
..iIorsemen and others generally OBJ
ject To pull or Jerk on one rein, for the
reason that We often see the bad effect
Of the continual jerking Of the reins by
poor drivers 10 start up the horse and "a
turn or stop him, giving some n tender
mouth, so they are la continual fear OF
the bit, while Others grow hard In the
mouth aud unmindful nj = slight pull.
both being made difficult or unpleasant
10 drive. Hut the two methods are alike
only la this, that each IL sure to pro-
duce its legitimate results. One spoils
what might be . good driving horse,
while the other improves what Was bad
one.
II have no theory To ofsr. only
know what has been lesrned from the
training oi hundreds 81 horses as before
without q single failure
(sase . small elias. Ia be- mention
cd later, so ss to make them good,
pleasant driving horses ~ith good
mouths, that Will bear q. stiff q rein, u
steady, as any body wants to hold, guild
ing easily aud quickly. The high-lifed,
high-tempered, frsctious ones always
make the ssfest and mo.t desirable hors-
- when carefully trained. Some Of
these have shed, Kicked and run away
Nth strong active men, yet With driv-
Ing . month more or less) as described,
the horses have become pleasant and
safe for any fair driver, while stlll re
t.iuing their life and spirit. The ex.
cep,ions above referred to are few old
horse. thst have q confirmed habit oi
kieking at anything on all occAsions,
and having pas ,cd through many hands
.nd various methods Of Treatment, have
grow n steadily worse aud are not worth
The time IL would take 20 make them
cafe, although . short time would be
sufficient to teach them not To Try tn run