Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1895-12-14
WAYS OF VICIOUS HoRsFs
Veteran Trainer Gives His Plan OF
Breaking a Wicked Beast.

Breaking . Wicked Beast.
J The other day 1 happened to be in a
circle of men who We're all lovers of
Horses and were posted on many pecul-
iaTities of the equine nature.
DO any of you gentlemen know Of a
sure way to cure horse of kicking?"
said the down-easser, addressing the
| others deferentially.
Why" answered ahe New York horse
dealer, E always do it by tying part of
usually fixes him.
Yes remarked tbs man from the
kplains, that's one was, but know a
sbetter one:'
/ Hold on alninute," interrupted. II
want to understand why tying horses
tail to the sh5sft will prevent him kick
ing"
That's easy enough said the New
Yorker. 'You' see, horse can't kick
until he gets his head down.and his tail
up-isn't that So. gentlemen
The others assented.
But why can't %" persisted.
Simply because he can't. no horse
ever did. Consequently, when you tie
y
My idea is that he gets so distracted
studying what's the matter with his
tail and trying to lift it when he can't
that he forgets to kick
Very likely" said the down-easter.
''Now, what's your way?"
Why" answered. the man from the
plains, 1.-The way we fix kicking horse
is to tie one of his forelegs with a. rope
to the hind leg on the other side. Then
as soon as he starts t0,kick he Jerks his
front leg off the ground and goes down
in a heap. Two or three doses of that
treatment will cure the worst case you
can find.''
The talk ran along-fo little while,
and presently camc to the best method
of dealing with balby horse. Various
and finally the down-easter went them
all one better with the following sys-
tenn, which he claimed as his OWN:
It's nice little trick You walk up
to a horses head and pretend to fool
around a little, and then, as quick as you
can, run a pin through the tip of one of
his ears and let it stay right there. You
know, the ears are horses tenderest
point; he can't do anything without
his ears; 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 it is some new kind
of fly that won't shake oil, and the
whole force of his mind is. conferred in
getting away from that fly, he does
the only thing there is left-that is,
tears away at full speed. don't be-
lieve that scheme ever failed. There
are balky horses that will let you build
a fire under them without moving, but
there amt any that'I stand still and let
you stick a pin through one of their
ears"
do you mean to say that there ever
was ballly horse that would stand still
when there was fire burning under
him?' / asked. incredulously.
Certainly l 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 it up
''What is your way for making horse
stop bi5ing?" asked the New York man.
why, the pin'H answer just as well
as before. When horse snaps at you,
catch him by the nose and run the pin
right through between the nostrils.
He'll stop biting fast enough. If he
begins again, do the same thing once
him curedf for life. "-PittsburghL Leader.