Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-01-16
WAYS OF VICIOUS HORSES.
! Veteran Trainer Gives Ills Plan Of
Breaking u Wicked Beast


The other day happened to be in Il
,ircle of men who were all lovers of
horses and were posted on many pecul-
iarities of the equine nature.
"Do any of you gentlemen know of
sure way to cure a horse OF kicking?"
said the down-easter, addressing the
others defcrentially.
why" answered the New York horse
dealer, 81 always do it by tying part of
the horses tail to the shaft. That
usually fixes him"
EYES," remarked the man from the
plains, that's one way, but | know a
better one"
"IIold on n minute" interrupted. II
want to understand why tying n horses
tail to the shaft will prevent him kick
Ing"
That's easy enough" said the New
Yorker. "You see, a horse can't kick
until he gets his head down and his tail
up-isn't that so, gentlemcn?'
The others assented.
"But why can't hep" / persisted.
"Simply because he can't; no horse
ever did. Consequently, when you lie
his tail down you upset his calculations.
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 forgcts to kick"
Every likely said the down-caster.
snow, what's your way?"
why" answered the man from the
| plains, "thc way we fix II kicking horse
is to tie one of his forelegs with II rope
to the hind leg on the other side. Then
as soon as he starts to kick he jerks his
front leg off the ground and goes down
in n heap. Two or three doses of that
| treatment will cure the worst case you
can find"
The talk ran along for little while,
and presently came to the best method
of dealing with a bulky horse. Various
old-fashioned ways were suggested,
and finally the downeaster went them
all one better with the following sys-
TEN, which he claimed as his own:
Its Il nice little trick You walk up
to horses head and pretend to fool
around little, and then, rs quick us you
can, run n pin through the tip of one of
his ears and let it stay right there. You
know, the ears are horses tendcrest
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 a fly that won't shake ofi,and the
whole force of his mind is centcrcd in
getting AWAY from that fly, so he does
the only thing there is lcft-thnt is
tears away at full speed. don't be-
lieve that scheme ever failed. There
are balky horses that will let you build
fire under them without moving, but
there amt any that'll stand still and let
you stick n pin through one of their
ears"
"Do you mean to say that there ever
was balliy horse that would stand still
when there was fire burning under
him?" asked, incrcdulously.
Certainly do. They won't let the
fire burn 'em, though; they simply kicl
it away with their hind legs as fast as
you can build it up"
"What is your way for making horse
stop bising?" asked the New York man
why, the pin'll answer just MS vel
as before. When horse snaps at you
catch him by the nose and run the pii
right through between the nostrils
He'll stop biting fast enough. If h,
begins again, do the same thing once
more, and before long you will have
him cured for c."-Pittsburgh Leader