PROFESSOR LICHTWARK'S LECTURE.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume XI, Issue 1341, 11 August 1883, Page 3

PROFESSOR LICHTWARK'S LECTURE.

Professor Lichtwark’s lecture on “ Horse Taming and Training,” was delivered last Thursday night in McFarlane’s Hall. There was a large attendance, the body of the hall being crowded. All throughout the lecture was interesting and instructive. The lecturer clearly showed that to tame and train a horse, it must be properly taught at the beginning, that that was the great secret, and that horses, as a rule, were not taught properly at first, hence their vicious and wild spirit that still existed. He also pointed out several incidents in support of his assets, tions, and which, if true, as they undoubtedly are, prove that the horse is most easily tamed and trained. He said that the memory of the horse was most wonderful. He remembered in England training a horse for a gentleman, and shortly after it had been trained it waa suddenly missed. About eleven months after he saw the same horse, only its left ear, which had a slit in it when first trained, was now nearly cut off, and its tail had also been cut, to make it a “ bobtail.” He saw the person who then had the horse and told him whom the horse belonged to, and that he himself had trained it. The owner disbelieved him, and he said he could prove it, as the horse was sure to remember him, that if he called the horse, it would know him. The owner said he could try it and see. He did so. He called to the horse by name, who only turned and looked at him, he then gave him a cut with a whip, upon which the animal ran towards him, and put its head over his shoulder. He related other incidents of a similar nature. He said the horse should be trained all over at once. He had known horses in the stalls that would allow you to go quietly by them on one side, but on the other, would try and jam you against the wall or else kick out, thus showing that the horse was only thoroughly broken on one side, and not all over, as they should be. With a horse he considered obedience the first law. He had heard it stated that he used drugs in his process, but that was false, he had a certain process of his own, if anybody wanted their horses trained he would do so,*and if the owner was satisfied with the work then he would be paid, but if otherwise, he would, have to go without. After various other remarks he said if persons wished to know the process he would form a class, and he would ask those to come forwaid and sign their names. A great many out of the audience went up and put their name* down. This concluded the meeting.