The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-06-20

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will outstrip another horse at full
gallop. The giraffe as well as the
Peruvian horse has this peculiar
movement naturally.
In Argentine a horse is valued
less for beauty of form than for
the perfection OF his amble. The
finest trotters are sold at very low
prices and are used mostly as car
riage horses. Trotting horses can
not be taught the ''paso lano." If
a horse when spurred has the habit
of switching its tail it is considered
a serious fault and greatly depreci-
ates the value of the animal. The
Peruvians cure it by making an in
cision in the muscle of the tail, by
which means the horse is disabled
from Topping its tail.
Mares and geldings have the
hair between the ears cut off and
the name arranged in short curls
resembling the horses in ancient
sculpture. Mares are but little
valued, in fact they are used most
ly for work horses. The Peruvian
trainers are generally freeborn
men mot slaves) of color. They
are very strong and understand
their business thoroughly. But
they use their horses very
cruelty and make them shy of APP
proach.
For the first three years colts
roam about at will. After that
they are, with some difficulty, sad
died; in fact it is sometimes inn
possible until the horse is thrown
and its legs tied. The young horse,
under the hands of his trainer, is
taught all sorts of feats. especially
to ''voltear." This means turning
wholly or half round round on the
hind legs with great rapidity and
when at full gallop. The trainer
also teaches the young horse to
stop suddenly and stand perfectly
motionless at a signal from his
rider. He is also taught to go
backward for a considerable dis
lance in straight line. When all
this is accomplished the horse is
regarded as completely broken.
A demonstration of training at
Buenos Ayres included a fast gal
lop to a wall that had been erected
for the occasion. The wall was
five feet high by nine feet broad.
The horse leaped upon the wall,
then was forced to stand upon its
hind feet, turn around, walk to the
edge of the wall so that his front
feet extended over the edge. This
was done several times, and the
trainer did the same with other
horses he had in training. These
horses were trained for the police
department of Buenos Ayres. The
test requires that the neck of the
horse should present a finely curved
outline and that the mouth should
be drawn inward to closely ap-
proach the breast. At every step
they describe a large circle with
their front feet, so that the horse
shoe strikes the lower part of the
stirrup. The motion is exceeding
~ beautiful when combined with
what is called the Spanish pace, in
which the noble form of the horse
and his proud bearing are advan-
tageously displayed.
Not only horses but dogs also
take an important part in the po-
lice department of Buenos Ayres.
These dogs must be thoroughly
trained for service before they are
accepted by the police. The dogs
are a cross between the Great
Dane and the English blood hound.
They are of various colors, short
haired and weigh about seventy
pounds. The trainer must comply
with the following rules:
l.. The dog shall follow at the
heels of his master with and without