OCCASIONAL NOTES.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue I, 1 October 1874, Page 4

OCCASIONAL NOTES.

«m -•w§?l9 a, ri& toJh^ w^nce^pf.jWTer^f f ,\ 1 the. witnesses,; that seeriitftdbave beenabad , Q ofTlu?& of^lorijeat-BaloluthgfTe^ 0 i-r2^HS%^fe^f 'tlfe titrrt^ 4n6? la-n'^iTyto^ 'the Magistrate observed -thai JHheTnadi teeatmenfe of horses? canie rjfreppfintly aridftr his^p^lpersonftl pbserva-l^.tii^i-e'JiiiciaJly?^^^,; 4hey.;,we^ „be|ri& rr The horse- is extrjErinely-amenttble tokuid, r Am l m^tmammfm'' i^x^ct" tun- : J is nirdiy { mimmMtf^lt'brifilly ,^n , .tlie J, J -coTnitry. rnit^what miKbtby jachciou^^ bre&k- T oiijn^'be .tirrfle^otit .«) tractable and docile -: samis^B wiUing7goer in saddle pr^/hartlessi, •;:!«nd ft^tfi^om-tyicp.pf ,aH sorter -TJndoubt-}: , y tempeta^ di^- 0 ( „.nosUion,* and it is necessary to deyote more. A'lW9 arid'6fbublißjtoVthe ; breaHrir of sbriip huTbes ffiatJ'piheM. J , r;thmfc,«-h6W6vel>,|a , * ''fcbrsVK hlMiy 'mtW aocduritabltf fori'badi c i l^ks-- i ;nbbing; kicking^ and- huckipgi and*i I*ll tbe rest of'.iti<-than< ; 8i piecpi.pfi'play is< ,r. aMoWtabXe/or.the form it assumes. iia,tbe. l aliands: ot.tbe pptter;. r^These'; faults are al- . most always $c re'stilt '"of. . iiriprbper hand-. ; ling and- bad'trtotrherit ;The* Biefposiliori "\ of the !r : Prse^8 T c^pi'M- , striff, t 4f'we orily'iari-" ; ,'>dersfendhow'tdmake the btstf.-of iti ■'■ ?t& ''-■p^iyounfgholseiriharneßß^and'vfolentlyi t£ iflog.and- punifth- hirri to make t him pullf oaseems tp;Ds an jatterpi€ce»f absurdity^ jit ; •r .is!likely ;; enpugh to^pnthirp tb.an.extreinity. \ . .of. fright br t apgerV so that. he either kipks J 7.ih^"ti»pio;pieceaV ,e or irijurcai hhrisClf. J %t "a horse wfll riot a touches' of '''^Vwhipi't expect? income •eases-he i ißfould ; '</ not pull if bei were riearly flayed .-withihe bi •whip. \>.Ssk isl probably notpbstmaoj-i.^hlat! t --mdu<)eahun npt to go, bpt jbecause the idea ■ j.l-ia&^iot entered Ins l*o^n.whati3 wapf^d ]of7 „flh^>fp>rpapßV. hecauße .he .is in fear pf moving with ma^hwe at'.histaiL" 1 If Sebpie M wofild take thtftrpuble^tP find tlße^a' ( ut Bndiuse them, there Jj are other ways and •- ■ ' irieariS' 'of 'overcoming ' the /than • < Tesortingitbthe whip, _ but- thfe misfort.arie% is some breakers are j top . willing v to .adopt . ., t*e .!* rough arid ready ,nrocess." ; „ %he whi*g 1 . is a vile instrument tp use in , breaking, ex *7 eept by way of teaching a horse to anstver'itp' it, and a^whlerijurigirig. flourishing it occasionally tokeep him hi order %hen handling. A horse leLvery sngceptible_to the influence 11 of habit, .and. if^ h.e .once^^begin a bad trick; there is considerable danger of his becoming confirmed in it; but the same influence of habit soon reduces him'to accommodate himself to eircumstaPces, and >if care be taken not to hnrry him^ he *will sPon obtain a habit of doing well what' is wanted of him. It may occasionally be ' necessary to j induce him to obey hy other methods than \ coaxing, but- undoubtedly a great deal may be done by persuasion, ingenuity, and tact, and taking care; not to. frighten or exasperate him. v To punish .-and rough ÜBe these' pOor brutes in the way occasionally done, either when breaking them, or when they are broken, is simply, atrocious; Man

is a resporißible being, sand is accountable

for every .misuse of that power which has , been entrusted to him by a Higher Power. Some sorts' of dogs are all the better occasionally for -a sound thrashing, and it is sometimes necessary for their own and their masters' sakes to let them have it : but the disposition of a horse, is^ very different to that of a dog, and violently, and continuously to flog ahorse for any fault whatever, is mostly folly and useless cruelty. Tmust, however, Confess' I- have seen the whip used successfully to a jibber. I was price on an Irish car iri Comemara; when- the horse took it into his head to stand stock still in the middle of the road. The driver forthwith descended' from the car, ; and taking the whip In both hands belaboured the hbree with all his -aright. The horse bore it very quietly for .a short time, when at last it seemed to dawn Upon his intellect that what was wanted of him was; to go ahead, and be stepped: forward, wben the driver quietly resumed. his seat. I .expect, however, the horse might have been prevailed on to movebyxjuieter and probably more efficacious means* bnt however this sort of treatment might . succeed with a confirmed, old. jibber, it would be fojb/ and useless cruelty, to flog a young inexperienced horse in such a way." The more high spirited a horse is the more likely he is to be spoiled by sub-' jectirjghirn to the" rough apd ready" process of breaking.