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

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If you are driving get we'll over tn,
horse to pull on the lines-to pit you,
strength and ingenuity against hi,
strength alone. Most persons lean ava,
back the. moment a horse starts running
Don't. You place yourself at a disad
vantage by getting farther away from
/ the horses mouth, the fulcrum. as i
were.
Instead, lean we'll forward, and, brac-
ing your self firmly on your feet, GRASP
! the lines as far over the horses loins as
you can without endangering your bal
ance You will find that you can gel
! well out over the horse and still rur
no risk of being drawn over the dash
/ board The position will give you easy
control of the lines and you will be able
to feed them out ard pull them in quick
! ly at will.
Do not pull steadily on the reins
! Give and take with the horse. A steady
| pull will break down a very strong wrist
/ in very little while. Your object is to
nurse your wrist strength. 1t is all inn
portant to make it last until you have
tired out the horse, or got the better OF
him by some trick of the reins. Try a
steady pull, and you throw away your
strength for it cannot stop horse.
A steady pull soon hardens and numbs
hourse's mouth, just as continuous
pain deadens But a give-and- take pull
IS akin TO the jumping toothache in
effect. Becaus> there is an interval be-
tween jumps, the ache never deadens.
So with the give nd-take pull. Every
other moment or so, the horse. after one
painful sensation in his mouth has pass
ed and given place to quiet, suddenly
feels the bit cutting into the tender flesh
again. And just as dripping water
wears away stone, SO this ever recur-
ring pain will gradually have its effect
will bring the horse back to Its senses
and usually under control.
See-sawing often works wonders.
Many a horse in running away, liter
ally gets the bits in his teeth; hence the
expression A little see-sawing will
compel him to loosen his hold on the
metal. Then, by further vigorous see
saving send the metal cutting viciously
into the flesh. first on one side of the
mouth, then en- the other; and be sure
that you give loose rein on the side
on which you are not supposed to pull.
In this way you also conserve your wrist
strength
Besides tending to stop the horse
through pain, see-sawing jerks him more
or less out of his course by sending his
head suddenly from side to side.
Throwing is trick of last resort and
requires not little strength. 1t is an
etfectual way of stopping a runaway.
TO throw horse, drop one line, CEN
ire all your strength on the other, and,
having grasped it as close to his mouth
as you safely can, givesit a sharp, hard
pulI-your very hardest. And here's
hoping that his head all suddenly comes
back sidewise and next instant he falls
on his knees or completely between the
shafts. During the respite, if no one
runs up to your assistance your wife or
child can clear the buggy with safety
while you are still pulling hard on the
line. Or, if you are alone, all you need
to do IS to leap clear of the standing
vehicle, which. mark you, is far differ
ent proposition than that of jumping
from a moving one.
FOR see-sawlng, throwing-ln fact, fer
the better control of horse at all times
i would advise a Touring snaffle bit.
When the horse behaves himself, the bit
IS comfortable. When he gets ugly, it
can be made an exquisite instrument of
torture
Some horses are known among horse
men as puilers When under control
they tax a strong mans wrists. Run
ming away. they are the despair of
strong men. II you find that you have
a puller, your play is not to pit your
pulling powers against his, but to throw
him.
II your horse is running away on
country road. where you will have
comparatively clear course, | hold that
under ordinary circumstances you should
let him run for II and tire himself out,
which he will eventually. Of course,
you can hasten this eventually by Judi
cious pulling. There will be very little
danger OF the vehicle turning over on
the average country road, for the bends
are not sharp enough
In the city, on the other hand. if you
find that see-sawir'" is of no avail and
you cannot throw him, run the beast in
TO something. Try to make that some
thing heavy, like the rear end of a truck
or stone wall. or sturdy tree The
only thing you will be likely TO hurt is
the horse. Z he truck surely will not be
injured, and you won't. for the horse
VIII get all the force of the compact and
act as buffer for YOU At most, you
may get a jolt
If YOU pursue this policy the chances
OF your horse claiming victims in the
crowded streets will be lessened. for by
running into something you naturally
shorten his career. )