The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-27

a small auanti,y OF water and a small
| feed aud allow nm TO rest untli he geie
| cool, then give hgm all hc wants TO eat aud
| drink. and rest assured, he VIII not take
too mach. You snould be just as CAREFUL
what Kind OF water your horse has, y
drink as you are for yourself, for he has
| not only hes own living to make. but yours
I also, and If YOU allow him 10 drinK Inn
pure. siagnant water. he will soon be un-
| Some people say. there is no use cur
1 fylnI my morse. II does no good. Wen
pure lax.ness has made many people
| believe ihihss L rectly contrary TO tho.r
| own Interest and that of those entrusted
| to their care. ] do not advocate the use
of the comb myself. for 1t creates SKIN
| SUR brush and coarse cloth Is almost as
! necessary as food itself.
| some people feed their horses OH just
| any kind OF corn. rotten nearly. or any
| thing that comes In their way and then
wonder what made their horse get SEX.
but good sound ears. and good, souni
food of every kind and your horse Will
not be sex so much. Again, some people
say that wcavil eaten corn Is best for
| horses, while others are running around
over the country selling first one thing
and then another TO XIII weavils. Now.
how are the people 10 know what TO do {?
Vt Is somewhat Ike the late election, some
smart men say that Bryan was the nan
while others. fully as. well rersed. say
Mckinney, give us Mckinley. Well. they
have him. for veal or woe, as IT may
prove to be. My advice IL. do as | did.
vote as near for your interest as you
II YOU can get IT..
When yom start to town, do not drive
like some drunken fellow or like You We're
either pursued or pursucr. but drive your
horses right. BE good to them and do not
hat them on the side of the head If they
Try to get IL b';e of grass by the waysCde.
but take them 10 the stable and give them
something TO eat. for you generally eat
when you are hungry. and il is but ut
th .ai.t your horses should have the, same
hf1l \nttI
hard ieel them heavy and when you
work them light do likewise. for we
cat about as much when we do nothilg
as when We work
As have told you how to treat your
horses. | am now going 10 tell You how
they are treated. or at least how m:Sy Of
them are. have seen sncn working horses
with collars on them at least SIX isches
too long, so that they almost had to tie "a
p.ng through, while one trace was foot
longer than the other one, Now. this s
wrong, for II INJURIES your horse. Wen.
they work them hard all day, come home
the bride and say. II am not going to
work you tomorrow 80 | will not feed
est horses generally. drive them the fast
est. Drive reasonably always, unless it
IS q case of emergency, then your horse
VIII be likely TO do you credit. man
comes home with his horses tired and hot
as they can be. lets them drink all they
can hold. gives them al the rotten.
cnt ,e,.er a.' - HaS ny; ~
tben wonaars VIZ ~ .ns AZ "a ~, ", AZ
weu Anntho~ Nm ,,odn ~ o uW i'o st ue
ali ,,,, 49, t,a,f1s eon,a ~ go
frou, ~, odd wi Sv, n, 70 ~
his horse to stand there all day without a
thing TO eat or drink It seems 10 me
that proves what kind of n heart that
man has. DO unto others as Van wotiid
be lone bv'' appl.es 10 how we should
treat our horses as we'll AS how we treat
ourselves. Manv peopIe do nat think Of
proviGlNg a shelter for their horses during
Tho cold bad woather. 1t should ALWAYS
he done, ne, they ought not to he left ONT
in the rain and snow.
Now / shall take IN tho second divlsio,
of my argument which il how 10 break
the colt. and how II is broken Tho first
thing to teach him is thai Won are master
and he can not dictate tn van What shottld
be done. Don't NM n m in The stable and
crawl into the fanggr to nut a rome on
n m. for as soon as vou take him ont he
will run. ana Of course as he is the
strongest he will cot away from, Won ami
that no viii rnvar forpe, o'onfinc hin, In
some way until Won have n m fiyed 70 he
cam do nothing whIcle aver way he turns