Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-12-10
GIRL TAMES HORSES
Buys lII-Tempered Animals and
Then Cures Them.
Kindness 10 Her Rule, but She Can
Give Lesson When Necessary
Has Her Own Training
Field.


lieved to be the only woman horse
breaker in the world goes quietly
about her daily business Of taking
the temper out of half wild equines.
No one is there to see. but it is show
that has all the exciting features of
a broncho exhibition. with the added
interest that the buster is q slender
little woman.
Miss Betty Brown, the woman
horsebreaker, says she took up the
business because she knew little about
anything but horses. For two years
Miss Brown was q trainer for New
York firm.
Besides taking unbroken horses be-
longing to dealers and training them
for saddle or harness. Miss Brown
buys ill-tempered animals on her own
account and by special treatment
makes them fit for a child to ride.
There is usually a reason for a
horse being vicious" she said. from
her seat, cross-saddle on . splendid
thoroughbred.
Take the case of this mare.
bought her for a song because her
owner could do nothing with her.
traced her history and found she had
been attached to a racing stable where
a lot of half-grown boys used her for
Joy rides around the track. The con-
sequence was that good mare was
almost hopelessly spoiled by lot OF
frolicsome young fellows who would
yank her out of the stable at all hours,
and beat her and ride her with OF
without a saddle at the fastest gait
they could get out of her.
Naturally the mare became pos
sessed of the idea that all men were
born enemies and every chance she
got she tried to protect herself or gel
even with her tormentors. They re
piled in kind, and the last CLEAN Of
good-natured intelligence was soon
beaten out Of her.
THE fact is she is q splendid mare
and II l can but bring back her origi
nal sweetness Of temper and undo the
havoc done by that pack of boys
shall be able to sell her for $1,000
easily. II l cannot do this she will
still be worth more than l gave fc'
her. She is quite untrustworthy now
and it will be long fight to bring hel
around. but think l shall win.
II depend upon kindness and firm
ness rather than the whip to achieve
results. You see, I do not even veal
spurs. A horse responds more read
lily to masterful kindness than to bru
tai i'll treatment.
But sometimes it is necessary II
use drastic measures. The worst cas-
can remember was a horse that per
sistently threw himself. No sooner
would l be in the saddle than this Ill
hammered brute would up in the ali
and flop over.
1T takes skill and agility for ,
rider to avoid Injury when a horse
without warning. throws himself OF
the ground. One has to disengag'
ones self without a seconds della!
or q nasty bump IL likely to result.
well, stood this horses antic
for a few times and then decided tina
sharp lesson was needed. I threw
him and threw him hard. This wa
repeated until he got it firmly int
his head that throwing was a punish
ment and not a pastime. When b.
learned that. he was good horse.
Its interesting work. vary it b,
teaching riding, but like horsebreah
ing best. There is q certain amour
of risk about it, but have never beef
hurt. My natural quickness has save
me at critical times"