The Savannah morning news., 1900-09-03
THE WAYS oF THE HORSE.
~ Requires Long, Close study 10 TN
derstand Him Thoroughly.
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From the Denver News.
You can never even begin 20 understand
horses until you have vat he'd them al
grass throughout long summer days, The
understanding is mere y rfect q the
watchiog begins ear.y-say. WHOM the foal
IL trotting after his sleek dam. going all
the eaits. though he may be NJ more than
a week old nipping grass daintily OF nuz-
cling ~ the feed trough on the grounn'
making a pretense 81 eating grain the
same a. his mother n g. only pre-
tense unn ~. raucy fellow month
OLD. He IL foaled with &c IN. but does n't
for while hearn the use OF them
Horses " they have souls no dount
locate them IN the upper l9s II -
wonderfully efficient To soft a. velvet
TO the touch ard sensitive 20 the least
inequality. A horse sweeps the manager
with n almost the instant he begins iced
t-g and N Il touches upon knots or spun
,ers keera ware o. them afterward. he
fore waliowing even the dulleas horse
nuts down his head urtl the upper llp
touctcs TIE ground. and turns slowly
toura ard round, feeling thus al the
space upon which he mcons TO hing him
t.lf down ana rcu with all hts force. II
n
~ lifts hts head and gees IN search 81
another place The up also tells h m when
the ground H. mellow enough - make
u.aiiowfrg a supreme plfnsufe ihon6h
no 50 wsllow IN wet WEATHER, sometimes
coming nm colted with mua they do "
appsrentIy from sense Of duty, Win
none OF the abandon they display. tossing
and tumbling upon iishi, sun-warnie1
earth Often. ind o. they jump from
lei for 4 "a
low exactly 90 their minds The where
fore OF wallowing II still mystery. ~
te,ones 10 the catego-y q involuntary
mesirur. along with stretching ana yawn-
ing. a..
horse will thrust his lip through an open
ing TO reach and bring IN q coveted titpi'.
Thus he gets apples lying just inside q
fence. arst paving a hole IN the ear'h
upon hls side. then half kneeling 70 reach
under MS substitute for fingers. Thus too
~. b,,osa a. mouth lush grass springing
,ip beneath the net Of a dead brier dump
A thrust OF the iip also Hips up gaie
latch when he wishes TO 50 through 80
many thrusts jarrinE up and down, worh
loose the pin that fastens his stan doot'
Draw bars he learns TO take down with
his teeth, catching the bnr fast ana rhhh
ing his head sidewise until one END y
jiggled from the soChrt Sometimes =
experience has taught him that gate u
weak IN either datoh or hinges. he runs
Violently against A. bears it down, and
IL on. Horses in herd have spells when
iumping out or In II necessity. They
NAV b. full fed. have shade and water.
everything. In deed. 10 satisfy reason
able animal, not 70 say weil-bred one
Vet out they 20. Where there + big
ranas-that IL to say. wide commons
they often run for ten miles 10 hard az
they can leg g. then come trotting back
In the most Innocent fashion to their own
proper quarters.
Il Is not only blood horses that race
among themselves, free OF girth or rein.
when a storm threatens. horses Of every
sort grow 80 full OF running they needs
must race and jump Then IN wide pas
tnre YOU may see sights such as no
course can Offer. In every herd there iH
a leader. usually mare As the cloud
mounts and the air grows thick and NE
legs she stops grazing. turns her nose 90
the wind snorts then falls again 20 feed
ing. but only for a minute. Her snort
WAS n sort Of bugle call The rest an
xwer Il. some with low ghiunies she
whlnnies back. flings up her head and
starts on on trot. booking over her Shout
der 10 see n she h followed. The rest
come streaming after. She breaks into
sweeping run. Round. round. faster
faster. always faster. the herd follows
II IL a race for blood, where the bsst horse
always wins. Generally Il is not the lead
or. She may even b. dislanced IN the
second round or the third. Sometimes the
PASTURES circuit Is made twenty times be-
fore stopplng The best horse gains
sometimes a whole round up9n his mates
Il Il h.. VINO ends the heat. When he
has had enough ha Stacks up, turns side
ways. lifts head and tail and whlnnies
shrin triumph But the triumph never
goes 60 his head. After n he il a. sub
miasive AZ ever. coming or going. jump
Ing out or Staying meekly al home, quite
a. the lead mare ordalns.
IN size hardly any other domestic ami
mai Is 20 diverse AZ the horse TIRE
average weight OF a standard Percheroa
il near 1000 pounds a shetland on .--r
other hand, msy weigh less tha. go. But
animals cross bred between the diverse
races are true horses, not hybrids. such az
result from Interviewing % Asiatic ana
south African asses. Thoroughbred stock
al traces back 70 Arabia. Perchcrons e.
che barbs LETT behind by the Moors whom
overthrow IN battle Ouls
the Percheron bulk could have carried the
weight OF knights IN armor. But Il u
that. weight for weight tire
Thoroughbred Is stronger. both IN bone
and muscle. than his big handsome featn-
er-legged compssr.
A Thoroughbred has bone something be-
~ cen ivory and flint FOR hard compact
uess Pcrcheron bone n soft and sponEv
The big beast pulls great loads over
smooth roads, bur 81 mud soon Decomri
leg-wesry A hood cross otherwise e.
thoroughbred one, gives staying power--
endurance-~to any stock and very often
symmetry as well. Pure blood Is prepa.