The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-06-06
TRAINING 4 RIDING UORNT

ltS, Sdil tllt lluil.S Ii.totti,
have TO be horse trainer as well a
a riding master. In fact, | couldn't
very well be the second without being
the first. always have horses in my
school stables here that are sent to me
to train f,r my pupils. One came this
morning, and if You have the time to
spare I will show you how I give the
first lesso~ in obedience
The master then ordered one Of the
men to bring the horse out into the
school, a great oblong space, COW
cred with sawdust and incosed and
roct.u. The horse was fine, spiri ed
animal, with an intelligent and kind
ly eye, and the master said at once
that he would be tractable and
teachable subject, explaining that he
had not yet had chance to ''make
his acquaintance
"Now," sad h., ''you must re-
member that this horse has never seen
me before and that | am, therefore, a
perfect stranger to him, and yet |
think | can establish between him
and myself SO good feeling that in
five minutes time he will follow me
all about the school ut word of COM
mand-perhars without a command.
Let us see''
lie then approached the horse, and
the man stepped away. Speaking a
few words gently be ratted the ami
malls neck and rubbed his hand over
his head. Telling the man to give
him small riding whip, long and
straight, with keen lash, lie placed
himself 18th his right shoulder lose
to the horses head, h lding the bril-
die rein near the bit with his right
hand in his left hand the whip ex-
tended back horizontally SO that the
lash was opposite to the horses flank.
''Now,' said he, ''for cur lesson"
And he began leading the horse
around the school, keeping his shout
der close to the animals head. Pres
emily he took his hand off the bride
and the horse at once began to move
away from his shoulder, but a sharp
turn Of the masters wrist brought
the lash Of the whip against his flank
just hard enough to make a little
sting and at the same time the mas
ter caught hold of the bride and
gently pulled the refractory head close
to his shoulder again.
This was repeated half dozen
times, and then the horse evidently
reasoned out the situation somewhat
in the way:
''As long as keep my head close
to this mans shoulder it's all right,
but the minute take it away some
thing back there jumps up and sticks
me. Therefore III rot take it away
any more.'
That must have been the way he
reasoned, for within the five minutes
time allotted by the riding master the
horse was following him all around
the school Ike big dog, nor did the
b., h. ,,1
THE INT7.NIDA TING WIDOW.
When does the next train that
stops at Montrose leave here: ask
ed the resolute widow ut the booking
office window.
"You'll have to wait five hours,
a'am."
81 don't think So
"Well, perhaps YOU know better
than do?'
eyes, sir. And perhaps you know
better than do whether am ex-
pec:ing to travel by that train my
self, or whether l am inqniring for a
relative that's visiting at my house
And maybe you think it's your bust
ness to stand behind there and try to
instruct people about things they
know as well as you do, if not better.
Ard perhaps you'll learn some day
to give people civil answers when they
ask you civi. questions, young man
but my opinion is yor WON'T
Eyes, ma'am.." gasped the book
inc o1erk