The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-08-21

1t will frequently be hard for even
cool head to choose between one or more
courses to follow with runaway. A
case in point is that of an American who
foupd his horse running away down a
steep hill in Venezuela. Coming UP the
narrow roadway was an old woman, to
the right was Chinaman's shop, to the
F.; left cactus hedge. The driver had to
! decide quickly If he let his horse go
down the hill, the old woman would be
run over. If he turned to the right,
goodbye Chinanan's shop; if to the left,
cacti for the driver
To the left it was The next day the
| American, when he boarded the steamer,
homeward bound. was held together by
| numerous strips of court plaster
Sometimes there is nothing for the
driver TO do but to make the best of an
altogether bad situation. Then let your
common sense act quickly and faithfully
for what you think is best Do that, and
you will have nothing to regret later on.
One word more before going on to
the saddle horse. If your horse, while
standing has a tendency to be FESTIVE,
throw blanket over his loins. He will
think he is in the stable and become as
quiet as a staid old family horse. Cab
horses always stand unhitched by reason
of employment of this little artifice. So,
if you ever have to leave your wife
alone in the runabout for a few minutes,
and don't want to expose her to any pos
sible danger, remember this blanket
trick and put it into practice.
Riding horses run away IN two ways
with the head up and with it down 1t
is a matter of individual opinion as to
which is the more difficult to cope with.
I should say both.
If the horse runs with his head up,
try the swinging pull. AS he reaches
out with his right forefoot, swing him
10 that side, and vice versa. Jockeys
ease up their mounts in this way They
know better than to try the steady pull,
which only makes the wrist give way, as
[ have already said. This swinging pull
not only tends to pull the horse out of
his course and to lessen his speed by
getting him more or less sidewise, but
it also permits of give which
is necessary to a conservation of wrist
strength
Some horsemen believe in swinging,
br rather pulling the horses head so far
around as to throw him at least to his
knees. This may be all right if you are
a good horseman, but it is rather risky
experiment for novice, as he may not
know how to recover his mount and so
come a cropper. The swing will usually
serve the purpose. In executing it, don't
lean backward but we'll forward, the
better to control the bride reins.
If the horse runs with his head down
remember that steady pull only causes
him to curb his head the more. Your
one play is to see-saw furiously in an
effort to make him raise his head to its
normal position.
Formerly the one great fear of the
rider was that he might be dragged
There is little danger of such thing
Women's riding habits are
now purposely made of cloth that will
tear, under the least strain; and if your
stirrup is largs enough your foot cannon !.
possibly become fastened in it. See to it
that the stirrups are amply loose all
around your feet and you need give them
no further thought.
In the case of a riding horse the best
precaution against runaway IS not to