Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1895-06-25

SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE
nRENKING OF HORSES.
The Question of n More satisfactory
systcm Discusscd-Causc OF Aii-
mcrts and BIcmlshcs-Thc o"'i""h'
Successful Sales.

Tho following article from the LONDON
livestock Journal Will bear consideration
on this side OF the sea:
Can anything be done 10 place the sys-
tom OF breaking horses on a more salts
factory system than that which now pre-
walls In some parts Of the country we
take every care in the registration OF inc
various breeds OF horses. the greatest
skill is brought to bear on their breed
ing feeding. and treatment generally, ana
vet I'm the case Of the great bulk OF our
animals the breaking of them is lett 10
haphazard. In the hands OF some OF the
men who become breakers large num-
Der Of horses are annually very CONSIDER
ably dctcrioratcd in value. ana from ne
coming the friend and living companion
OF man. as they would have become n
properly broken, i'm the hands of compe-
ten; breakers. the horse becomes source
OF danger; he has been abused by man
his temper spoilt. and he cannot De
trusted TO serve man, whom he mas
been led 10 look upon as ms enemy.
Treatment such as this does not END
with the one horse or mare. but is car
red onward 70 their descendants. y
Young stallion Of playful disposition and
nigh spirits. in the hands of men OF TINS
class. is regarded as being animated by
vice: he has. 10 use their common par
lance, the devil IN him" and h must
be beaten until IL Is subducd. on the
other hand a sluggish or placid DISPOSE
ton is held 10 be indicative of sullen
vice. and the remedy is tho same as above
mentioned when correction is per
formed by an incorporate breaker. need
We ask II Il vii! be done with discre-
don? More likely the tempers Of both
will be raised. 1t will be a case OF endu-
rance on one side and of brutality or the
part of the other. until the horse Is
snoiled. If a young horse SHES at some
unexpected sight in the road. how often
have We seen breakers such as We have
described trying by lashing OF whip and
squirting to force the animal up 10 the
object, and the horse becomes an habitual
shyer on the other hand. II the rider
dismounts in such cases. clresses the ami
NAL 10 restore his confidence. then leads
IL gently, he himself preceding H. TO
show there is nothing to fear the horse
as il grows older will face anything with
ont shying The sins of the parents are
said to descend to the children unto the
third and fourth generation, and this
~ only too true Of the horse; but. in the
case OF the latter IT 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 it out of them
and 80 the progeny are already marked
out for the same faults. and the pro.
cedure Of heating out the devil is con-
tinued with them.
My object in writing * 10 initiate dis
cussion, and TO ask II some process Of
licensing fit and proper men, who have
pass n an examination, could not b"
adopted in the case Of hor~e-brcakers?
My own idea is that many o. the 6lem-
ishes. ailments. and Qisfgurrmeuts that
are now so very common amongst horses
20 say nothing Of their behavlors. have
,heir foundations laid 10y unnecessary con-
tests between man and horse in the
breaking. We cannot make iutemrerate
horse-breakers sober by legislation. but Il
might be the means Of increasing over
the country the number Of breakers who
are temperate and skilful. and who
having passed a qualified examination
ana having been provided with Il quai'-
hoatiOn license. would wholly supersede
the old race. Why is Il that SO very few
farmers can place upon the market n
well-hehaved horse. with good manners.
reliable, and 10 be trusted? Simply that
because. outside the great breeding studs.
IN country places q breaker cannot be
found capable Of educating such horses.
and the farmers. knowing this. have 10
sell for what they can get. whilst others
reap the proat
II IS scarcely necessary 20 add that
there are already all over the country
men engaged at the work who are tho
roughly qualified for the duties OF horse
breaking and who are both temperate
and skilful II IS with the view Of in
.sfaat Ell I.n -. .f.g
that | desire to draw attention 10 the re-
verse side.