The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1895-08-30

AtW l0Te C1iTtspOAdfW ~ LoAb uO1e-Dtnlo TaL
The other day happened to DO in a
circle Of men who were all lovers Of
horses, and weTo posted on many pOcu'
liariIiGs Of the equine nature
"DO any OF you gentlemen know a
sure way to cure horse Of kickiugT
said the down easter, addressing tho
others doiorentlally,
"Why," answered the New York horse
dealer, Railways do it by tying part Of
the horses tail to the shaft That
usually fixes him."
YES" remarked the IN an from tho
plains, chats ono way, but know a
better One,"
"EIOld on q minute" interrupted,
~ want TO understand why tying a
horses tail to the shalt will prevent him
from kicking"
That's easy enough" said the New
Yorker. "YoU see. q horse cRn't kick
until he COTS his head down and his
tail up, lent tha. go, gentlemen"
The others all assented,
"But Why can't heP" persisted,
"Simply because no can't. No horSe
ever did. Consequently, when you tic
his tail down you upset his calculations,
My idea is that he got' 30 distracted
studying what's tho matter with his tail
and trying to liz II whom he can't that
he toFgetS to kick"
Every likely" said the down easter.
"Now, what's your way7'
Why" answered tho man from tho
plains, The way We fix n kicking horse
is to tie ono Of his forelegs with q rope
to the hind leg on tho other side, Then,
as soon as he starts to kick he Jerks his
front leg of the ground and coca down
In heap. Two or three doses OF that
treatment will cure the worst case you
can find"
but suppose" l suggested. "yonr
horse kickS with the foot that 10 not
tied7"
That's not the way q bad kicker
acts. Once in u while horse will let
out sideways with one hind foot alone,
but as general thing the ones you
have trouble with kick with both hind
feet at tho same time, and my rope
brinRs 'om down every clip"
BALKY HORSES.
Tho talk ran along for a little while,
and presently came to the best method
oil dealing with balky horse. Various
otd.fashioned ways were suggested, and
finally the down easter went them all
one better with the following system,
which he claimed as his own. Ito pre-.
faced his remarks with little story:
1.-THE last time was down in Boston
happened to see two fine. black horses
standing in front Of store. There
was a private coach behind them. and
a coaChman on the seat who was trying
to start up tho team, bu. he couldn't do
IL. As fast Us one Of the horses would
start ahead the other would pull back.
and thore was no budging them. l
Joined the crowd standing around and
found out that the team had been there
over hall an hour and nobody had been
able to start the balky horse.
II looked on for awhile, and pretty
soon tho owner came along, very mad,
because he was in hurry to 10 some.
where He told tho coachman 10 got
move on those horses pretty blamed
quick or he'd make things lively. The
coachman said he'd done his best aud
didn't know any other way, so lstepped
up and asked the man ii he would like
TO see tho horses go.
"'Would l." he said, very red in tho
face. I'll just mako It worth your
while II you get ON Of.
IAN right. said |, I'll make 'om CO.
So walked up TO the balky horse and
patted his neck little and talked to
him, aud the first thing anybody knew
that team was going down tho street so
fast the Coachman could hardly hold
EN-.
How did you do it7" said !.
That's what the man wanted to know
and all the other people. As far as
they could 500. hadn't done anything,
but had, Just the Same. It's a nice
little trick. You walk up to q horses
head and pretend to fool around a
little, and then, as quick as you can,
run pin through tho tip OF one OF his
ears, and let II stay there. You know
tho ears arc o horses tonderest point;
he can't do anything without his ears;
ho can't think without his oars. VOL,
as soon as the pin goes through his ear
you can mako up your mind that no
knows it, because II hurts. lie proba.
bly, thinks II Is some now kind OF fly
that won't shakO oil, and tho whole
forco Of his mind Is conferred on getting
away from that Hy, so he does tho only
thing thorc is left, that iS, tear away at
full speed. | don't believe that sChcmo
ever failed. There are bulky horses
thal'll let you build d fro under lhom
without moving. but there amt any
that'l stand still and lot you stick a. pin
through ono Of their ears"
"Do you moan to say that there ever
was a balky horse that would stand
still whom there was fro burning
under him ?" | asked incrodulously.
Certainly, do. They won't lot tho
fire burn ON, though they simply kick
1t aWny with their mind legs as lust as
you build itup."
the BITlSG HABIT
What 10 your way Of making a horse
stop biting?' alkod tho Now York man.
"Nhy, iho phil answer thoro just as
vol a. before. when horse Nnaps ht
you catch him by the nosO and run
pin right through bOtwoOn tho nOBtrils,
ian atom hitting fngt Onongh, II hO