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kicked aside everything but an anvil, and came near killing himself against 

 that, and finally was brouglit back 1o his stable unshod. This defect was just 

 on the eve of consigning him to the plow, where he might walk barefoot, when 

 an officer in our ser\ace, lately returned from Mexico, took a cord about the siza 

 of a common bed-cord, put it in the mouth of the horse like a bit, and tied it 

 tiglitly on the animal's head, passing his left ear under the string, not painfully 

 tight, but tight enough to keep the ear down and the cord in place. This done, 

 he patted the horse gently on the side of the head and commanded him to follow, 

 and instantly the horse obeyed, perfectly subdued, and as gentle and obedient 

 as a dog, suffering his feet to be lifted with entire impunity, and acting in all 

 respects like an old stager. The gentleman who thus furnished this exceedingly 

 simple means of subduing a very dangerous propensity, intimated that it is 

 practiced in Mexico and South America in the management of wild horses." 



Vicious Horses, Efacient Method of Subduing.— A new and 

 very simple method of subduing or training vicious horses was recently exhib- 

 ited at West Philadelphia, Pa., where the manner in which the very wildest 

 horses were subdued so quickly, caused the Becordof that city, in making the fol- 

 lowing report, to call it "astonishing." It says: "The first trial was that of a 

 kicking or ' bucking ' mare, which her owner said had allowed no rider on her 

 back for a period of at least five years. She became tame in about as many 

 minutes, and allowed herself to be ridden about without a sign of her former 

 wildness. The means by which the result was accomplished was by a piece of 

 light rope which was passed around the front of the jaw of the mare just above 

 the upper teeth, crossed in her mouth, thence secured back of her neck. It 

 was claimed that no horse will kick or jump when thus secured, and that the 

 horse, after receiving the treatment a few times, will abandon his vicious ways 

 forever. 



"Method for STweing.— The method for shoeing was equally simple. It 

 consisted in connecting the animal's head and tail by means of a rope fastened 

 to the tail and then to the bit, and then drawn tightly enough to incline the 

 animal's head to one side. This, it is claimed, makes it absolutely impossible 

 for the horse to kick on the side of the rope. At the same exhibition a horse, 

 which for many years had to be bound on the ground to be shod, suffered the 

 blacksmith to operate on him without attempting to kick, while secured in the 

 manner described." 



Remarks. — Much less trouble than the old Rarey plan; and the more simple 

 the plan the easier it is to use it. If this ever fails, put under an ear, as they 

 do in Mexico. 



White Feet in Horses or Spots on the Forehead — How to 

 Produce a Match. — Take a piece of Osnaburg (coarse linen cloth originally 

 made in Osnaburg, Germany) the size of the white on the corresponding foot; 

 spread it with warm pitch and apply it around the foot, tying it afterward to 

 keep It on in the right position; let it remain on three days, by which time it 

 will bring off the hair clean and make the skin a little tender; then take of 

 elixir of vitriol a small quantity, anoint the parts 2 or 3 times; or use a commou 



