The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-09

hurts He probably thinks Il is some new
kind of fly that won't shake on. AID the
whole force Of his mind is conferred in get
ting away from that fly. 50 he does the
only thing there is left-that Is, tears away
at full speed. There are balky horses
dhatn let you build fire under them
without moving, but there amt any that II
stand still and let you stick pin through
one of their ears"
do you mean to say that there ever
was ballSy horse than would stand still
when there was a fire burning under him2'
/ asked incredulously.
Certainly 1 do. They won't let the fire
burn en- though; they simply kick IL
away with their hind legs as rast as you
can build it up"
What is your way for making horse
stop biting?' asked the New York man.
why, the pin'n answer there just as
wel. as before. When horse snaps at
you, catch him by the nose and run q pin
right though between the nostrils. He'n
stop biting fast enough. II he begins
again do the same thing once more, and
before long you Will nave MIN cured lor
way in the long run. because it's the
quickest
ITS funny what fool horse is about
some things" broke in the man from the
plains Now our bronchos ont there,
take one that's been bred on the prairics.
If you come in from a ride and get on
leaving the reins over his neck, he Will
start away on a dead run because he
knows he's not hitched, but If you pull
the reins over his head and let them hams
stand all dag and he won't run, because
he thinks he is held by 4 lariat He may
walk away slowly, eating grass, but you
couldn't make him run until you pulled up
what you were just saying about
| horses ears spoke up stableman who
trick that circus riders have. 4 heard
about il from one of the performers in the
| Barnum show. He claims that a horse
can't shy or baik or rear until he throws
his ears forward"
"He can't kick until he throws his ears
back / know that" said the down-easter.
"Wel, l am talking especially about
shying. This circus rider told me that
all the men in the ring whenever they
think horse is going 10 shy, just tuck
his ears back under his bride band, and
then they know they're all right. The
horse is so surprised 10 find his ears wcn't
come forward when he wants TO do any
deviltry, that he forgets TO do 1t, and just
keeps thinking about his ears. Queer
amt it?'
Speaking of balky horses" said the
New York dealer. II was going TO tell yoj,
/ how a partner of mine fixed one | never
had so much fun watching any thing as
| that day. The horse was a regular devil,
nobody could make him move when he
didn't want to- SO one day my partner
| said he'd make him move. and they ali
/ bet he couldn't do 1t. He said all right.
| and went ahead. First he put the harness
on the horse. traces and all; then he
/ brought out another horse that WASH
| balky and harnessed him up tail to tail
1
| horse. As soon as he began to pull the
| balky horse felt the strain on the traces,
and according to his usual custom, he
| braced himself back just the same as when
| he was baking. My partner he whipped
| up the other horse and the result was
! over went Mr.. Ballky Horse. clean onto
ms BACK. lie was the most surprised
! horse you ever saw. When he got up
/ they tried it again and he didn't pull back
SO hard. but went over just the same.
/ The third time he'd learned his lesson
and before the good horse could give HIS
/ first tug the balky horse had started ahead
as hard as he could go, making the grayel
| fly. Wheew, how he did runl And he
After ahis the talk ran along on various
/ lines, the most interesting thing being o
story told by a stable man about how a
shreWd horse doctor get q valuable thor
oughbred for s25 It seems this thorough
bred had broken his fo.lock in a. race and
! the owner came up with some men to kill
/ him: that is the way they always do, you
! know, to put horses out of their agony.
/ Well, this horse doctor thought he would
| take a little risk and offered S25 for the
| horse the way he was. The owner took the
money and the horse doctor got the horse
onto a car and carried him to his home
! up in Connecticut rugged UP a swinging
/ apparatus that held the horse in the air,
put the injured leg in a plaster case, kept
| the horse tllere for two or three months,
with his foot off the ground, and when
! he took the bandages off he was as sound
as dollar. The stable man claimed that
! hundreds of horses are killed every year
/ that might just as well be saved.
II knew a case said the dOWn-easter,
where a horse got his shoe in car track
and pulled the whole hoof off Some men
w2nted to kill him. but tho owner said
no took care of him in his stables for a
few months and new hoof grew out Just
like the old one. A horses hcof is just like
a mans finger nails, anyway"
These are some of the queer things that
I heard I'm this circle of horse-lo lovers who
knew what they were talking about.