The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-09-08

general thing the ones you have trouble
| with kick with both hind feet at the same
time. and my rope brings 'em down every
clip"
The talk ran along for a little while and
| presently came TO the best method Of
| dealing with a balky horse Various old
/ fashioned ways were suggested, and finally
/ the down easter went them all one better
with the following system which he
4 claimed as his own He prefaced mis- re-
marks with a little story.
he last time I was down in Boston I
/ happened % see two fine black horses
standing In front OF a store. There was
a private coach behind them and coach
man on the seat who was trying 10 start
up the team but he couldn't DO IL. AS
fast as one Of the horses would start
ahead the other would pull back, and there
was no Dudging them. / Joined the crowd
standing around and found out that the
team had been there over half an hour
and nobody had been able TO start the
balNy horse.
4 looked on for awhile, and pretty soon
the owner came along. very mad. because
he was in hurry 10 go somewhere He
told the cCachman to get move on those
horses pretty blamed quick or he'd make
things lively The coacnman said he'd
done his best and didn't know any other
II ne would like TO see the horses go.
Would T., ne said, very red in the
face I'll just make it worth your while
If you get EN- on
" All right said I, TN make EN- GO
SO I walked up to the balky horse and
patted his neck little and talked to
him, and the first thing anybody knew
that team was going down the street so
fast the coachman could hardly hold EN-.
How did you do it?" said ].
That's what the man wanted to know
and all the other people As far as they
could see, l hadn't done anything, but 1
had, Just the same. It's nice little trick.
You walk up to a horses head and pre-
tend to fool around little, and then, as
quick as you can, run a pin through the
tip of one of his ears, and let IL stay
there. You know the ears are a horses
tenderest point; he can't think without
his ears. Well, as soon as the pin goes
through his ear you can make up your
mind that he knows it, because it hurts
He probably thinks II is some new kind
of a fly that won't shake off. and the
whole force of his mind is centered on
getting away from that fly, so he does
the only thing there is left, that is, tear
away at fun speed. don't believe that
scheme ever failed. There are balky
horses that'n let you build a fire under
them without moving, but there amt
any thatN stand SIN and let you stick
a pin through one of their ears"
DO you mean to say that there ever
was a balky horse that would stand still
when there was "A fire burning under
him?" l asked incredulously.
Certainly, / do. They won't let the fire
burn 'em though; they simply kick it
away with their hind legs as fast as you
can build 1t up"
What is your way of making a horse
stop biting?" asked the New York man.
ha mir
well as before. When a horse snaps at
you. catch him by the nose and run a pin
right through between the nostrils. He'll
stop biting fast enough. If he begins
again do the same thing once more and
before long you will have him cured for
life. No, II isn't cruel; it's the kindest
way in the long run, because it's the
quickest"
It's funny, what fool horse is about
some things" broke in the man from the
plains. NOW our bronchos out there,
take one that's been bred on the prairies.
II you come in from a ride and get off,
leaving the reins over his neck, ne will
start away on dead run, because he
knows he's not hitched, but If you pull
the reins over his head, and let them
hang down from the bit, why you can
leave him standing all day. and he won't
run, because he thinks he is held by a
lariat He may walk away, slowly, eating
grass, but you couldn't make him run
until you pulled up the bride"
What you were just saying about a
horses ears" spoke up a stableman who
had Joined the group. reminds me of a
trick the circus riders have. 1 heard IL
from one of the performers in the Bar
mum show. He claims that a horse can't
shy or balk or rear until he throws his
ears forward
He can't kick until he throws his ears
back; l know that" said the down east
er.
We'll. / am talking especially about
shying. This circus rider told me that all
the men in the ring. whenever they think
horse is going to shy, just tuck his ears
back under she bride band and then they
know they're all right The horse is so
surprised to find his ears won't come for
ward when he wants to do any deviltry
that he forgets to do it, and Just keeps
thinking about his ears. Queer, amt it?"