Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-04-25
The Willing Animals Must 30 Shown,
d Not Whipped, and They Readily Re-
spond to the Efforts Of the Trainer.
The Whip and the Apple.

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gait Tor awhile, then bringing him into
q iope. Next he Is given a little spur
always pointless and usually ten cent
piece with the milling worn down 20
that 1t does not cut the skin and the
knees Of the rider are pressed Id grad
ually until the animal comes to canter.
This Is continued patiently and with
many encouraging, words until the
horse gets his right leg out the left
leg out Iii what ii known lib s.faise
gallop The wise trainer acts On the
theory thatftall horses, candidates Tor
the ring; are from the Iron Mountain
State4must be shown, not whipped
and when once the animal gets the Idea
that his trainers motives are 81 tie
kindlisst It 10 surprising how quickly
he responds I'D kind. W ST
After the horse has been broken, into
q proper gaitslarge pieces sof paper are
scattered about the ring sacks thrown
up before his head, dummy figures cast
on and OF his back, pistols fred into
the air and under the feet, drums beat
en- on his back and under ana around
him to accustorn him to all sorts of IN
tmidating noises and sights. 10 q
nervous animal this Is a trying expert
ence, and confld enee In his master, who
continually soothes him with reassur-
ing words, As all that keeps the pupil
from going to pieces. But even then
some are panic stricken, and the train
er's motto is, Take time have pa
thence" He then works the novice
around the ring With an experienced
animal allows him to smell of the sad.
die and other objects used and bite
them IL he wants to. But sometimes,
even after all this, the subject IL found
to be too nervous to stand the strain,
and he Is turned out for a few days,
weeks or months or longer, as may
seem best. IN
Early In his training the horse Is han
died all over until he becomes SO used
to It that he will not finch. After he
has been broken to gait and noises q
dummy rider Is put up Ii such a man
yner that IT viii flop pretty much all
over his back. When he has rot used
ito this al real RI der takes the place OF
the dummy However, even after the
circus horse has been through an these
experiences, he win sometimes sunk.
In that event the trainer gives him
I zone two across the front legs with
"a whip, and there Ii mo more sulking
after that, for the impression of this.
his first real punishmen is a lasting
one. An rs b, all, there!,, usually il
sufficient thereafter to correct him. #
Some horses viii break In two weeks.
but put a new rider up ana the AMI;
mai seems possessed, throwing the
equestrian the moment he essays i
stand, but this generally Is found to be
the fault Of the rider. Some, with feet
at horse, standing In one place too
long, Will get an animal ticklish after
awhile, causing him to Kick and suueal.
thus running an otherwise artistic per-
formance, md theny the rider has to be
requested to move about more on the
horses back. The feet Of an expert,
enced rider. you will observe il You
take notice, are never In one spot for
more than an instant They are, con-
lstantly on the move. working much as
"a ballet dancers do.
To teach him to kneel touch his knees
with the whip and have the groom put
him down gently with trip straps, one
foot at time. The animal should
wear knee caps In this schooling SO as
not to intimidate or make him stub
born. In lying down tactics use the
same two straps, hopping him id q
harness. Tap gently on both knees
with the whip, have the groom pull the
,straps, and down goes the horse on his
knees. ! Next pull down on the reins
ana touch the whip lightly to the hip,
Sometimes the beginner will fop heav-
lily. In this event the trainer does The
faH all over again, both he ana the
groom bracing against the animal Del
ne comes down to show that failing
easily will not hurt him. Such an OBJ
glect lesson ID usually found effective.
Apples and sugar are used freely as d
reward for work well done. Sitt.yg rp
on the launches Is accoInplishel by
Hfting on the reins, coaxing thephors.,
gently SO he does NOT want to damp up
ma run away which lis the natural In
s lg with the beginner. Should he
nave done wrong when he returns to
the stable the trainer says, mo APPLES
Today, sir, at the same time showing
MIN an apple and taking 1t away inter
allowing him to smell of IT. Two or
three 0xnarianoru .,f AZ ~ 4. Il 81 :, II an,