The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-07-16
HOW HORSES ARE TAUGHT
TRICKS.


you must manage them exactly as q
woman manages her hushand.' -
That is the way in which Nine
Marantette sums up the horse trainers
art, and Nine. Marantctte probably
knows more about horse training than
any other woman: perhaps more than
any man. She is Michigan woman
and sister of Myrtle Peek, both of
whom claim Mendon as their home.
She has been handling horses ever
since girl of seven and has been a IA
miliar figur>: on race courses, at state
and county fairs. and horse shows.
Last fall she sold her stable Of eNhibi-
ton horses to James \. Bailey, the
circus owner. and she is now handling
horses in that organization as "neNt
best man. to John O'Brien. the
horses that Nine. Marantctte sold to
Mr.. Baily were six in number, the
most valuable being Evergreen, a white
menage horse, which she has taught to
take all the steps of which horse is
capable, but which is exhibited by her
in novel fashion, being driven to har-
ness.
Evergreen has fourteen distinct gaits.
Moonraker, a brown jumper, and File
maker, Jr., q sorrel jumper, are also
ridden by her. Cyclone and Jupiter,
two other jumpers, were sold by her to
Mr.. Bailey, but they are ridden by
boys.
Menage horses are speciality in the
Baily show this season. There are
fourteen, not counting the pyramid of
seventy, nor the madame's stable. The
best is probably Black Eagle, the
"couchec-couchec" horse, which was
put into the ring by O'Bricn in 1889,
and does half dozen different styles
of dancing. Others of these horses
are Oxford. 4 white jumper, which was
formerly the property Of Mayor Grant
of New York city; Sploss, a retriev-
ing horse st. Peter, four-year-old
that has been taught to skip the rope;
Mufti and Romeo, two white Arabs,
which do double menage act and
Grimaldi, Cato, Sultan and Ashland,
four full-blooded black Trachean stall
lions, which do a full drill, with pedes-
tai piroutting.
81 control horses by kindness and
the proper amount of firmness,' said
Nine. Marantette, describing her
method of training. 'If they are good
they get sugar ; if they are stubborn
they get the whip-but little of the
last. Horses are very like men. Some
times they must be humored and made
to think they are having their own
way, when in reality they are doing
what you will they should do. For
instance, if l am handling horse of
high courage that is not thoroughly
broken, and he insists on going one
way and l want him to go another, I
turn him around several times and dis
tract his attention, AMI the chances are
that he will 60 as wish without con-
t"oversy. If he persists ! compromise
by starting him his way and gradually
turning him mine.
''I got my first valuable lesson in
breaking fractious horses some time
after became professional horsewo-
man. My sister was handling 4 vicious,
strong-willed horse and used her whip
vigorously. l suggested that she
fought him too much and she said l
would fight him, too, if had to handle
him. l tried him and we had trouble
at once. l gave him several sharp
cuts, but it did no good, then l lost my
temper and whipped him severely. In
a few minutes | realized that | had
acted foolishly. The horse was SO cx-
cited he was crazy. He didn't know
why whipped bin and was so wrought
up he had no control over himself. |
took him to the stable and let him cool
off. Then | cultivated his acquaint-
ancc. He soon found out that | would
not hurt him, and he put confidence in
me- In a few weeks | had him under
absolute control"
Nine. Marantettc is Il slender, gray
haired woman, with the clear, gray
eyes. She was born in Michigan, and
is proud that she is an American.
"The best horse ever rode said
she, twas old Filemaker. | made the
worlds record for high jumping on
him. Rosemary was killed while try
ing to 90 over fence an inch higher
than the seven feet four inches that
Filemaker cleared with me on him.
''There is Il great difference in jump
ers. Some are good for high jumps,
AMI some for broad. Senator, the
horse | ride now, would make 4
better broad jumper than high. He
rises some distance back. and has a
tremendous forward movement. Old
Filemaker rose close to the barrier.
with his hind feet well up under him,
and went nearly up. Oxford, the gray
jumper, has the same movement, but
he hasn't got Filemakers courage.
He won't take jump that he can't
see over. No horse can he great
unless he has high temper. He should
be at least half Thoroughbred. The
warm racing blood gives them
courage. Chicago Tribune