The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-06-28
ABOUT "BREikING" HORSES

The following article from he Lon
don Live Stock Journal, will bear
consideration Oh this side Of the sea:
Can ANYTHING be done to place the
system Of breaking hocses on a more
satisfactory system than that which
now prevails III some parts OF the
country We take every care III the
registration of the various breeds Of
horses, the greatest skill Is brought
to bear on their breeding skill Is
brought to bear on their breeding,
feeding, and Treatment generally, and
vet IN the case of the great bulk OF
oar animals The breaking Of them IS
left to haphazard. IN the hands of
some of the men " no become break
els a large number Of horses are
annually very considerably deteflora'-
ed In value, and from becoming the
friend and living companion OF man,
as they would have become IN proper
" broken, in the hands Incompetent
breakers tn horse becomes Il source
of danger: he has been abused by man
his temper spoilt, and he cannot be
trust-d to serve man, whom lie ms
been led to look At his enemy. Treat
ment such as this does not end With
the one horse or mare, but Is CARR q
onward to their descendants A young
stallion Of PLAYFUL disposition and high
spirits III the hands Of men OF this class
is regarded as being animated by vice
he has. to use their common plrlance
the devil in him, and he must be
beaten until it is subdued. On the
other hand Il sluggish or placid & 5
position is hAld to be iudlca've of
sulen vice, and the remedy is the same
as above mentioned. When "correc-
ton is performed by an in enperate
breaker, need We ask If it will be done
with discretion More likely the
tempers of both will be raised; 1t will
be "A case of endurance on one side,
and of brutality on the part OF the
other, until the horse is spot ed. II Il
voung horse shines at some nneNpect-
ed sight IN the road, how often have
we seen breakers such us We have de
scribed trying by flashing OF whip and
squirting to [ re. the animal up to
the obiec', and he horse becomes an
habitual shycr. On the other hand,
If the rider d.smounts in such cases
caresses the animal to restore lis conf
dence, then leads it gently, he him
sell preceding it, to show there IS
nothing to fear, the horse lis 1t grows
older will face ANYTHING without by
ing. The sins OF the parents are said
to descend to the children uno The
third and fourth generation, and this
is only too true Of the horse; but III
the case of the latter 1t Is the sin OF
the horse-breaker. He will tell how
that sire or that mare was vicious and
what trouble he had to thrash ii out
of them, and so the progeny are already
NAKED out for the SAME faults, and the
procedure Of beating out the devit Is
continued with them.
My object in writin- is to initiate
discussion. and to ask II some process
Of licensing fit and proper men. who
have passed in examination, could no
be adopted in the case OF horse-break-
ers: My own idea is that many Of
the blemishes, ailmen 5, and dl,iigurc-
ments that are now SO very common
amongst horses. to say nothing Of their
behaviors, have tn II foundation lad
bv unnecessary contests b tween man
and horse III the breaking We can
not make incorporate hofse-breakers
sober by legislation, bat 1t might be
means of lncredSin. over the country
the number of breakers Who are
temperate and skltul aud who hay
ing passed quilted eXamlna ion, and
having been provided with a qualltica-
ton license, wou'd wholly supersede
the old race Why is It that SO very
few farmer can place upoa the market
"a well behaved horse, with good man
ners, reliable, and to be trusted:
Simply that because, outside the great
breeding studs, in county places a
breaker cannot be found capable o.
educating such horses, and the farmers,
knowing this, have to sell for what
they can get, whilst others reap the
profit.
1t scarcely necessary TO add that
there are already all over the country
men engaged at the work who are
thoroughly qualified for the duties OF
hors breaking and who are both tenn
perate and skilful Ii is with the view
OF increasing the number of this
capable class that | 4 sire TO draw
attention to the reverse side.