THE TAHUNA PARK AUTUMN MEETING. , ' -
The EEabuna cPark" -ITiotiing Glub h&va issued their ior Tthe mrhrara meeting, sto be %eid 'Friday *aud Wed-aissday,'-February 121 and 86. -.The 1 -?ou*
f>cin6igkaL events are each, endowed with ' lOOsavs in prifce-money, and are as follows : — Tahuna Cup Handicap (saddle), for horses that can. do .smin 15sec or better, two miles; Higfi-class Handicap (Harness), for horseetfiatcarrdo sminßsec or better, two nailea;. Telegraph Handicap.' (saddle), for horses that can do- sminl2sec- or Better, two miles 1 ;- Telephone Handicap, 6inin'' ssec or better two- miles. There.- are handicaps to-, be decided* over a- mile ~. which carry a ! 50sova prize, and - the" balance of" the pro- j gramme ie.mad© up with" two- pony races,, a Trial Handicap of 50sove, Advance Handicap of 50sovs, two Bracelet Handicaps, and twef- SOsovs- events trotters- only. "In - addition- to" above- tfcre^chib will give a purse: ofj 2{fe6ys and- 8- £5: gold- medal tec a. horse- and driver" tKaif 6in""g,o under/" the ' track" "reoori of 2toin\; 16 2-sseo- Nominal tion»~ar©- du«* oifSfeturdayj^ Eebruarv 1. Handcaps ■ are' due 7 for ~tti&. first day' qn. ;Friday, 7, and "acceptances. For. the firet. day muefe- be»-. declared- on Wed-nesday^-February; 12. . _"-. . THiE MIND OF THE HOBSEr - . .The-iaot: Is. that nervous? instabflify is- a normal' characteristic' of the-" higher animal ' m'indv . whether- of - horse or man; It is' a natural' ooneorrritant of social instinct >nd sympathy and suggestibility." And education ''and r experience_ are; the environments in whichj- .for. bpcthr horsfr, and man, this.natural nerVouSj-lristaßillty: is- progressively held J in check; through _the" developments of the- "power of inhibition^ or seiF-^eonfrdl.' In' man this power of -inhibitiorr develops far &tp tb»-'re«UH of. -reason- and' in -manyinstances, becomes notable^ for its stren^rth. -and value. "But not- after aE. jn-many in.stances jet, when the Whole population, ot the .world 1 , is taEeir into' "account. The. diffScence "Detween the. horse: and- the man. in self-oontrol is only a difference of de- -. -gree,, perh'apa- a consideiabrev diffcrencei- j but only a difference; £q degree, not in kind. We- glnme- ourselves- .too- mucbr. on. our superior psychical qualities 1 (sayff'Erofessor Davenport^ ia.-the American. Horseman). They axe.- superior, but taut'^o. vastly - superior as. we- eometirnea thinlc" . Eurther-' more,- weE^red* Horses tfisfe are broad/ headed and* haver fine:- ..brain, power with: _ high; -si>i£i£. and 1 - courage^ t aren the saresfr under " many trying; andi «xtr.aoidinaEy- oir- . cumstances,^ if: one= Ife^kt -all capable- oLhandiing; on goodi animal. _My- experience is", that mo6if,of- these- "dociie" Borsea jscre.-doltsr-and-y,o«-wilL-do- weJL io- look out for them, in air emergency- " They, cannot,. " think, quickly -enough^ and. go all ta pieces; -in a} .critical' moment; unless, indeed, they "are of- the- sheep- species and; notr real, equines at%lt Of- coureei there are someof this- latter kind that are- eafo and sure and slow:. But they lack something _ of. being horses. ..An opinioa which _ I.. have i recent^-- seen seems to-" me.- as -far astray — namely^ ,&att £he> .development., ofc extreme speed- 1 has? eUaauja^ed docility-! V in. the<.--horsej. has- -brought toother surfapei.all - the=- '" devil-blood " 'in. « -bilfeefto..' timioaffhlyf 'domestioated.'- animal}. •— andi has--, -enthroned in -baainatur^.;feax;'- iosteadi qB fearlesseoess and left him -with a timidity -ot tempsrax . ment which .causest-lnm to thewoods % iJie'sliori^.ioute' wheneyer that "dread-mspmng^ino-nefcer of modern hfe-^ tha automobile— comes' his- way." Gareful scientific- breeders* may »ay • as- muob/ ■ attention* to the- perfection ofr- the- mental, and,- shall I. say moral, qualities of the .horse- as _tb' nis muscles-" aaid : _his nerves. In the, long- run it will- be? found" that the fastest horses have" the finest balance ,of mental as well .as physical" heredity. c , goal of -hifflfcbreedinj? is a horee;. which has apt only:- speed . but reveJiheade^ne^s,, for mental poise, makes- speeiT-faagtaigre 1 effective. - " . ">" S '"-:-- '■ -A.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 62
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617THE TAHUNA PARK AUTUMN MEETING. , ' Otago Witness, Issue 2810, 22 January 1908, Page 62
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