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ALSO A SPECIAL DISCUSSION OF THE TRAINING OF =... TROTTERS: WITH AN APPENDIX GIVEN TO THE Training of Dogs for the Field, AND THE SELECTION AND CARE OF COWS, arY OF CONG 33866 WASHINGTON: AURORA, ILL.: PRESS OF BUNNELL & WARD. 1888. ae) OPYRIGH?T RG THOMAS J. ae JAN & 1889 _| iy & oS Be ~ Entered According to Act of Conerele: 4 in December, 1888, TGR , ig By Tuos. JEFFERSON Murray. In ine Office oe the Librarian of Congress, at MreshimetenT D. e All Rights Reserved. (trie tlorse PRAINER.” THE AUTHOR MAKES HIS BOW. Books upon the horse abound, many of them appar- ently written on horseback. They are of two classes. One is learned, elaborate and expensive; usually writ- ten in technical language, above the range of the people needing the information. ‘The other is pre- pared by men of little scientific knowledge of the horse, or of anything else. ‘The object is to bring out some pet theory, or to champion a medicine, or to sell a book full of talks given first in the street and afterwards ‘published at the request of friends.” The first class has too much learning to be of practical use, and the second, too little. : The people who most need a book on horsemanship are the men who raise two or three colts a year, and who ought to do the “breaking” at home; or men who keep a few horses for their own use. ‘These two classes comprise the bulk of the horse-owners of this country, and I have written chiefly for them. I have shown them, I think, how to give to their horses ad- vanced values by increasing their capabilities and ser- viceableness and by prolonging their life. I commend to the careful reader the results of my own practical studies among horses, during twenty-five years. My experience has been gained in training more than three thousand colts, and in treating over four hundred vicious horses. I believe my conclusions are clear and strong; they are given without pedantry or parade; and I hope the reader will follow my sug- gested lines of inquiry out into deeper studies, over broader fields. INDEX TO ENGRAVINGS. NuMBER. He OARCHING THE Contin A Box STALL... .).. ZR AOEIING Al Cola TO MaNAD A ese ee le sal ae eeceane tas 3 To PREVENT THE COLT FROM BREAKING THE HALTER..... Ape pa bs Malate UN Coa (Ole Wahi. eres sic eaMMGG es sie ee fawaits ae &) kms ondoes ee SOR CINGL AN TOUR OOM SIRUAIPS scl cds ee de ks ie heya Bie coco Cee COND ROLrING COLT WItHSURCINGEE. 0.9. los. e.e.ss es 4 FeO ie HED! EO ME OURS. oe cle Qaie io sls ele baie ee 8 THE PROCESS OF CURING THE TAIL-SWITCHING HABIT... g To PREVENT A HORSE FROM JumPine HENCES.)) 4.’ Wien ianets TOME aE, CE DPSB yi lel ANWAR ee ynlceent Wick eho ls aes oi ng, aioce, sha eiaiele ee TEL IN UIIN OOD S eel Bere sae hey Oo HE he ERIE Gn Pea pe fe ees ELE eV De VOR) RUIN @ ING VU VICUNIU EY EME KS Uv icnatic,.c Gua Pe actow age ccs Malad Wigiet elie ar Z Sg Aeamee a AG ex OTN ger OU en ONS leche ng A Acie oL cal ale eu ki ge Glatataal Soe be ley ThAU YS “TE TEOSS MIDE RSG CON essa eS aa ce a eA me) Pe Ea PAGE. 107 113 139 153 CHAPTER. ri Mig XXI. hy. GG bil: XXIII. XXIV. XXV. COIN EIN ES: Origin of the Horse, Prehistoric, Europe, Arabian.... Horse Education, the Common School, College, Uni- VIEESTIEV ct cote so uiene nic aien tore cue Gas eat ee To Owners of Colts, Better if no Need for Breaking Po Ealter ‘a Colt, Use.of pole, to Lead, toi Vier2 ae To Bir a-Colt, Lines, Quicting Hing. .5./2 4.2 eee The Safety Surcingle, Foot Straps, How to Make... No Hiarnessiand Driveia Colt, in Poles. 322-20 The Fretful Horse, Not His Fault, a Bar Bit...-...- The Kicking Horse, the Tail-Switcher, Hard Kicker fo Prevent Fence-jumping; Suremele:.72-2.. 4 seer Habit of Running Away, Needless Danger.......... How to Ride a Horse, Saddle, Bit, Bucking......... Kicking in the Stall, With One Foot or Two........ The Eclipse Halter, To Make, Win With Gentleness A Balking Horse, Rarely Cured, Balking Colt, Whip The Bolting Horse, in the Cart, With the Ropes..... Gaiting the Horse, Various Gaits, Gait Gives Value Lady Riding, Sitting, Mounting, Attitude, Horse : INCA & 65) Hie old ans 6 sie Sie iinuel eae Se ee Teaching a Horse Tricks, Soon Taught, A Bow, to Say. No; Wie Down, SittU ps tssnr.. 52 a eee Tricks of Jockeys, Cheats, Makes Horse Lame, Balk How to Ruin aColt, Stable, Food, Drive, Cold....... Trotting, Messenger, Hambletonian, Speed, Prices... Practical Trotter Raising, J. C. Callahan’s success.... Art of Training Trotters, Ancestry, Qualities, Speed Age of Training, Feed, Good Care, Groom’s Work PAGE. 17 20 23 27 33 35 40 43 45 50 51 53 55 5% 61 62. 63 66 70 74 76 78 81 82 85 XXXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI, XXXII. XXXII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXX VIII. XXXIX, XE. XUI. XLII. ° XLITI. XLIV. XLV. CONTENTS. Srandanrc nulestas neviseds im) TSSS\e sot eee. EIVClAce, Ol XtreHie Speed O2O—— NOG 7 ona aaah. eres). ow, to Way Outi, irack) a Mile) Hialf-Mile. 3.5... Morals of the Track, Tricks, Honesty, Gamblers, Etc. Structure of Hoof, its Nourishment, New Hoofs, TE @@iimiza CU) Vaceeers SERA nIa Cu cie tae ea a wear ce, To Shoe or Not To Shoe, Modern Origin of the Shoe, the Greeks, Romans, Indians, Hon L. Steward Horses Worse for Shoeing, Normans ai ie tec antares es Shoeing, Cutting Foot, Corns, Rasping, Nails....... Wine AGE Welle! By ne Weil TUES BO ENE aa aan ic Nutwood- Sketehior vAncestry, Character.) 50.525... A Horse Absolutely Perfect, Sketch by W. H. H. Questions and Answers: Best Halter; Fastest Time ; Highest Price ; Crowding in Stall ; Way of the Track ; Messenger Blood; Best Bit ; Clipping ; Open Bridle ; Wild Blood ; Use of Whip; Horse At Cars = Weproduenon: yy SASACILYY Yl. -/. << 26 Health, Food, Shelter, Russian, Norman, Britain, IBKORG, Ave ais eves, cust or ake aaa Ey hear eS eo em a a a Remedies ; Twenty-five Well-Tested Prescriptions.... Miscellaneous Recipes, For Man’s Use and for Beasts MEH Oo ically aly leMmess yin i cralsiaia sislesticc> eieie ene e's eee Dog’s Education, Charge, To Come, To Quarter, To INE EME Ve aoe OMG ormcran Aiieis cohol aisle ejects Shepherd Dog ; Fourteen Lessons, The Watch Dog Trick Dog, To Sit, A Bow, Get Up, Stand Up, Into ay Choate Vlas) ) DiieevovG lS Veh eeu Pome encoun Selecting a Cow, Signs of a Good Cow, Breeding, To cMeliieherNters, CGizen Megas. s ai ete e veg con rie omega Valuable Information, Weights, Measures, Etc....... we wa GOO Dyed NNOLGS Nas eect le toe: Gr ojclys) aralotats ain sie 100 103 105 10g I12 116 123 126 132 138 141 147 149 152 157 161 A FAIR TEST OF MY METHODS. BREAKING UP ANY VICIOUS HABIT. Until I rescind this notice in the Chicago Alorseman, I will go, on call, to any place within 500 miles of Chicago and cure, free of charge, any horse of any vicious habit, on the following conditions: The horse must have his five senses and must be of sound horse mind; the breaking up of the vicious habit in question must have been tried and given up by the local trainers; I must be entertained free of charge while it is necessary for me to remain; no charge will be made ‘for the cure, but half of my traveling expenses must be paid or guaranteed in advance; the other half I will bear myself; if I fail to cure I will pay all the traveling expenses, both ways. Address the Author, THOS. J. MURRANe SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. November 20, 1888. This book will be forwarded, post-paid, to any ad- dress on receipt of price, $1.00. Te [ae TeSspiMoONTALS. Ungovernable—Whirl Round and Run the Wrong Way. SOMONAUK, ILL., Aug. 20, 1888. I had a Stallion in the year 1372, called Somonauk, that was four years old. He had a habit of turning round and starting after any team that he would meet in the road. In this habit he seemed ungovernable. After being in Mr. Murray’s care a short time he was returned perfectly docile and manageable. WRG. igi A Stubborn Kicker and Tail-Switcher—Unmanageable. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 20, 1888. In 1887 I undertook to break a fine mare colt when she was three years old. She proved a stubborn kicker and tail-switcher, so as to be unmanageable by me. After Mr. T. J. Murray had her in training about three weeks she was returned to me a quiet, docile worker, without any bad habits, and so she continues in any kind of work on the farm. CHE nie OMe He Would go Where he Pleased. SANDWICH, ILL, Aug. Io, 1888. Early in 1888 I traded for a three-year-old colt that I supposed was broken, but he was unmanageable in the harness. He would go where he pleased After he had been in Mr. T. J. Murray’s hands about one week he was brought back, fit for the cart or the buggy or any other kind of work, He has never since betrayed any kind of bad habit. AVERY CONE. A Hard Kicker in the Harness. PUANOF Iii.) MUS 120, 18&s. About one year ago I had a three-year-old mare colt of so bad a dis- position, and so apt to kick, that for the breaking I took her to Mr. T. J. Murray. ‘From the first she was a hard kicker in the harness and a tail-switcher. After about a month he brought her back as quiet and . tractable a farm horse as any in this country. I wasso weil pleased that I freely paid double the price asked for the training. | ALFRED DARNELL. I4 TESTIMONIALS. Spirited—Unmanageable—Made Perfectly Gentle. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 20, 1888. I had, in 1883, a spirited mare five years old that had been hitched - up once or twice, but she was so wild as to make it very doubtful whether she could be made manageable at all. Aftershe had been in the hands of Nr ly Murray, of this place, she came back perfectly gentle, so that ever since a lady can drive her anywhere. With this one, and with others, I know that Mr. Murray has had great success. E. A. MANCHESTER Could Never be Made to Work. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 10, 1888. In the year of 1883 Mr. T. J. Murray trained for mea very unpromis- ing three-year-old filly. She was of a mare that could never be made to work, and this was the only one of her progeny that ever submitted to the harness. Mr. Murray returned her to me perfectly docile and tractable, and I sold her soon after for $175, to be used for a buggy horse for fami- ly driving. She has always since been a trustworthy worker, double or single. STEPHEN ROGERS: A Bad Balker—Useless Unless Cured—Fixed in the Bad Habit. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 8, 1888. This is to certify that I took to Mr. T. J. Murray a fine black coit, somewhat broken but only to be made, as it seemed, incurably balky. He was well known as a very bad balker and he was utterly worthless un- less cured. We was firmly fixed in the bad habit. Mr. Murray kept him about six weeks, after which he worked right along and has never given trouble since. Soon after I got himback I sold him to Mr. Edward Thompson, of Sandwich, for a family horse for $185. He was after- wards so!d to Mr. Henry A. Adams, of the Sandwich Manufacturing Company, and used as a fine family horse. GEORGE MASON. , Col. Winchester’s Eight Colts. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 10, 1888. I have been acquainted with Mr. T. J. Murray’s method with colts and vicious horses for twenty-five years, and I was so certain that he would find an animal that was more than a match for him that I have kept an eye on his work. I have put in his training, at various times, eight colts of mine, because I saw that he was the master of his business. Several of them were trotters, and were nervous and hard to manage, \ir. Murray made a complete success with them all. H: F. WINCHES#EER TESTIMONIALS. 15 Runaway Mustang Mules—Become Well Mannered. SANDWICH, ILL, Sep. 20, 1888. Tam now driving a pair of mustang mules that were shipped here from Texas. At first they had to be tied and firmly held while being harnessed or hitched to the wagon, and when let go they would shoot away at full speed for three or five miles before they could be reined up. They were driven by several good drivers but they always had their own way. Finally I put them in Mr. Murray’s hands, and after he had done the harnessing and driving in his own way, for about two weeks, they became good, quiet, tractable, well-mannered mules. P. S. FAIRBANKS. A High Tempered Colt—Trained, and Sold for $1100. Kineston, N. Y., July 30, 1888. To Whom tt may Concern : In 1883-4, Mr. T. J. Murray, of Sandwich, Illinois, broke and train- ed for me two high tempered colts. He was very successful with them and they became quiet, steady horses. After about four weeks handling I sold one of them fora family horse, and the other has since been sold for eleven hundred dollars, fora road horse. I cheerfully and very highly commend Mr. Murray’s methods of handling horses. EDWARD i See: formerly of Chicago, now of Kingston, New York, Unmanageable Stallion—-Kicked Furiously in Harness—Escaped from Keeper—a Biting, Kicking Terror. SANDWICH, ILL., Aug. 14, 1888. I had a stallion, in the year 1878, that had been raised by my son, that was always unmanageable until he was trained by Mr. T. J. Murray of this place. When he wastwo years old my boys could do nothing with him. They could not even take him out of the stable. When he was first put in harness he kicked furiously and broke a man’s leg. When he was three years old he was put in charge of an experienced keeper from whom he escaped and was retaken with difficulty. When Mr. Murray took him he would bite and kick and he was the terror of all who knew him. Mr. Murray had him in hand about three weeks, after which he was perfectly controllable, and he never afterwards gave his keepers any trouble. ENOCH DARNELI.. 16 TESTIMONIALS. SANDWICH, ILL., Sept. 20, 1888. Mr. T. J. Murray and myself have been neighbors from our boy- hood; for many years he has driven his colts in training past my house, and I know his methods well. As the best man for the business, I have ~ put under his management, at various times, six colts, all fine bred, and valuable animals. One was nervous and high tempered, and one was a bad kicker. All of them came out alike; good, quiet, tractable drivers. HH.) BHENNIS: Every Coltish Vice—Wild, Nervous and a Natural Kicker. CHICAGO, Aug. 2, 1888. To Whom itt may Concern : In 1882 Mr. T. J. Murray, of Sandwich, Illinois, trained a colt for me that had almost every coltish vice, which he inherited. Hewas wild, nervous and a natural kicker and exceedingly headstrong. He had never been hitched to any vehicle when Mr. Murray took him. Hewasreturn- ed to me, after three months, a good, quiet, safe driver. I drove him single and double about the city and boulevards for a long time with my family. ‘ I consider Mr. Murray an excellent man to break vicious colts and horses and make them quiet and gentle. He is careful and even temper- ed. IRUS COVE PARE PIS]. WHERE LIVED THE FIRST HORSE? CHAPTER =|. THE ORIGIN OF THE HORSE. he lrorse ~has’ a respectable standing im the scanty records of pre-historic times. A horse with three toes, anda hoof on each toe, walked about in the hardening clay of the Chalk period, ages and ages ago. ‘The present single-hoofed animal cannot be traced, with any certainty, to the three-toed horse whose fossilized feet are found both in Europe and America. As far as any records in the rocks are yet .. known, the horse of three separate toes, with a hoof on each one, went suddenly out of existence. The next record reveals a fossil horse that lived in the time of the mastodon, the exact horse of our own times. Our horse has but one hoof, and yet, as if he worked under a royalty from his three-hoofed and extinct ancestor, he has under the skin, just below the ankle-joint, a little incipient toe. Who will tell us _ whether this budding toe isa record of what our horse once possessed or a prediction that he will some day sprout additional toes? One thing is certain, there are skeletons of the fossil horse that seems to be 18 THE HORSE TRAINER. the direct ancestor of our present horse. Julius Ceesar found in Britain a horse among the natives that was so inferior to the noble animals frid- | den by his cavalry that the native breed was at once improved by crossing. The Romans also carried their fine horses into Spain where the mixed blood, under the fine climate, gained rather thama lest When William of Normandy entered England, in 1066, his splendid horse was of Spanish blood. The Moors also carried into Spain the showy Barbs, and this upon the old Roman stock made the best civil and military horse of Europe. The Turkish horse is directly related to the Arabian. The Germans and French have selected the best bloods of all the old countries, and for military work they are second only to the English. England surpasses Arabia in the quick- ness, speed and endurance of her horses. The Persian horse is a son of Arabia, with finer form, but he is less fleet. This horse came to England in the time of Elizabeth. James I. and Charles I. and IL., all patrons of the turf, imported horses from Arabia, Turkey and. Morocco. From so many fountains have come the beauty and power of the British horse. It is a little remarkable, that while the later geolog- ical formation of both the Americas abounds with the fossil bones of the true modern horse, yet there did not exist on this continent a living horse when Amer- ica was discovered, in 1492. The Mustang of Mexi- co, the wild horse of South America and that of Aus- tralia can all be traced to European introduction. There are also found in Europe bones and rude but graphic outlines, carved on antlers and on stones, THE ORIGIN OF THE HORSE. ge) which depict a smaller horse than ours, of heavy build, with large heads and shaggy manes and tails, much resembling the wild horse of southern Russia. It is not likely that the present horse of Europe has come from anative European ancestry. It is more likely that Asia, which was the cradle of the human race, preserved the horse in his beauty and usefulness from the earliest times. The war horse described by Job, who wrote before the days of Abraham, was quite the equal of Rienzi the charger ridden by Sheridan at Winchester. The light of- civilization, which never was withdrawn from all parts of the earth at the same time, has always revealed the horse as we know him, toiling in the service of man. He probably entered Europe through Greece. He has been a powerful factor inevery form of advanced civilization in all times, in both peace and war. It is due to climate and intelligent selection that in the varieties of horse there are such marked peculiarities as make the differ- ences between the Shetland pony, the modern trotter and the London dray-horse. _ The handsomest horse in the world is the Arabian. No other is so nearly perfect. ‘There is no fine fam- ily of horses now living but that is tinged with Arabi- an blood. ‘The Arabian horse at home is scantily fed and is unstabled, except as he shares the same roof with the family, but his royal blood contributes beauty or speed to every race track of Europe and America. CHAPTER ir HORSE EDUCATION. In some countries to this day the people do not be- lieve in educating boys. Instinct and painful experi- ence they think will give them all the learning that boys need. In like manner many people who educate their children do not believe in the education of colts. If the colt is taught any thing at all it is at the rough hands of the hired man. ‘The horse is notallowed any credit for horse intelligence, for judgment, or sensitive- ness, or gratitude ; and it is an accident if he is not made balky, vicious or a regular runaway, orelse lazy, stupid and uneven in temper and gait. Not every boy will repay the expense ofa fine ed- ucation ; it may only serve to put a label on his in- competency. He may belong to a race of giant minds among whom a dunce is as rare as a cyclone, but you cannot cipher up his good points with a tape measure. His speed and endurance, his strength and docility cannot be guaged tillafter expensive and toilsome years on the race courses of life. But the colt dees @war finish his first year till it islegible all over him, to any one who can read the colt language, exactly in what kind of work for man he can excel and to what school he had better be sent. Some fine colts are equal to only the common school of the plow-horse, others will do credit to the academy for horses and ‘will shine as the general utility horse, useful, gay and dashing, HORSE EDUCATION. OT anywhere. ‘The horse college turns out the trained and intelligent graduate that can do more sharp things than his governor can; he will understand a tone or look, or whatever his master says to him ; he can play tricks on his groom and escape work when he wants to rest. The university horse begins with fine blood. His form and style are not made, but born; his lineage links him to such kings ofhis kind as were carried by the Queen of Sheba to King Solomon. He would pass on five points of examination ; he is of purest blood, of large and lustrous eye, of thin and sensitive nostrils, of faultless form and unconquerable spirit, and of a capa- bility oflearning that has been sharpened by ages of re- fining cultivation. There is no mistaking him. He prances before the imperial carriage, or bears the com- mander-in-chief among bursting shells and whizzing balls ; or he is degraded to draw a beer wagon, but his bearing isso noble, his inherited gentility so evident, as to say, “My education was worthy of my birth and I ‘deserve honor of all who know a well-bred horse when © they see him.” The art of the horse trainer seeks to make the most of the raw material offered him. No one can say that the limit of the improvability of the horse has been reached. ‘The education of a horse in the cav- alry line of service is not undertaken as an object at all, but the horse comes to know his duty and to know the meaning of military music, so that without a rider he will form in line, or make a charge. Professor Bartholomew’s twenty-one performing horses obey five hundred different commands, comprising two thousand different words. The colt is not often left 22 THE HORSE TRAINER. at school long enough to be educated to the top of his capability. Much depends upon the way his owner puts him through his paces for the next year or two after leaving school. CHA ri iit A WORD TO OWNERS OF COLTS. Keep on good terms with your colt; he will feed better; he will have a better character. Do not make him live at the end of a long lash, nor as far away as you can throw a club. Let him increase the num- ber of his human friends as rapidly as possible and attach himself to them, so that he will leave his ani- mal associates to go to them. Do not send a colt to school or to work when he is under the weather. How would it do to take a man out of the hospital and put him on the road? A little care and quiet rest may save a horse’s life and also a veterinary’s bill. Donot wait for him to talk; you can learn that he is sick as easily as he can that you are out of temper. Many a colt is timid by inheritance. It is not a fault, but a misfortune, and it should not be whipped out, but treated out.. It is not in his will but in his over- delicate nerves. You will lose time by becoming angry with him. Anger teaches nothing good to any- body. Suppress your angry tones and cruel strokes. Do not send his hot blood from his heart to his head to deluge his sensitive brain, driving him to frenzy, or blinding him with fear. First make him understand what you want himtodo. Kind words and caressing touches will improve both his mind and temper. You will never fail in this way unless you delay the begin- ning too long. 24 THE HORSE TRAINER. When he tells you that he is afraid of the harness, or of a covered carriage, or an upturned load of hay, depend upon it this is not an affectation, it is a serious business with him. The trouble is in his mind, not in his body. Flogging will not remove it. You must find a way of convincing him that he was mistaken as tothe danger. Unless his mind can be changed about his aversions he will always be an uncertain, if not a dangerous, horse. His old fear, uncorrected; amay sieze him any time. Convince him that he was wrong and then you have him. A colt is always more valuable for not needing to be broken. When he is old enough to set up in busi- ness for himself he ought to know the horse alphabet well. The halter, the bit, the harness, the words that mean “come,” “wo on,” “stop,” “back,” and tie eer ing of pleasure under the owner’s hand, should all be familiar to him from colt-hood up. One whose edu- cation is begun so early will be sure to develop a good character. He will never be balky, or scary; nor will he be a biter, or kicker, a runaway Mer a fence-jumper. Most of what we call vices in the horse-character originate in his instinct of self-defense or self-preserva- tion. When he uses his teeth or his heels, or becomes unmanageable from fright, he is resorting to the only means he knows of for defending himself. As soon as he learns that no harm will come to him while his master is obeyed, and that his efforts to take care of himself only injure him, he will reform. The highest art of the trainer is to preserve all the original spirit of the noble animal and to convince him that his owner is A WORD TO OWNERS OF COLTS. 25 his best friend. He will then be a much better and more valuable horse than that other one that was sub- dued into a broken spirited horse after he had become a strong, full-grown colt. STS Se RR SEvap ma preeiie : eae Se eras MGeee es 5 Sere bY Sh ee ee se No. 1.—CATCHING THE COLT IN A Box SPALL. band SECOND, PRACTICAL HORSE TRAINING. CHAPTER TV. HOW TO.HALTER AND LEAD A. COLT. First drive the colt into a box stall, a paddock, or a small enclosure, being sure that he cannot escape, or hurt himself by getting under, or over,thesides. Pro- cure a blunt pole, eight or ten feet long, and begin by touching slightly, anywhere about his body, his neck and head, until he becomes quite used to it. At first he may appear shy, or even become excited, but by keep- ing at him, and not hurting nor needlessly alarming him, you will soon be able to lay your hand on his neck and head. The great fear a colt has is the touch of a man’s hand ; but the most sensitive will, with the use of the pole, become quiet and will allow the touch of the hand upon the body or on the head or neck. If he is vicious and inclines to kick, use the pole vigorously at the flanks, and when he grows quiet, walk up to him and pat him on the neck and head, speaking kindly to him until he understands that he is not going to be hurt. Then proceed by taking the Eclipse halter in the left hand, letting the colt smell of it, and placing it against him and over him, till it does - ae eas S26 wake NO, 2, ERACHING “A Corr wo LEAD. HOW TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT. 29 not disturb him. ‘Then buckle the strap gently about his neck and slip the rope over his nose. ‘This style of halter has great advantages over the old style war- bridle, asit prevents the tearing of the animal’s mouth. Sometimes.a horse never recovers from the effects of the misuse of his mouth by a mouth-halter of the old style. | ) The colt being haltered, the next step is to teach him to lead. Always.keep your colt as good natured as possible and do not allow him to grow sullen. Step away fromthe colt eight or ten feet, not directly in front of him but at a right angle from him, opposite his shoulder. Never try to lead him ahead till he un- derstands the side pulls. Give him now a slight pullon the rope, saying, “(Come here,” and then allow the rope to fall-slack. If he turns his head towards you pat him on the neck and talk kindly to him, but ifhe draws back or turns away, give a vigorous jerk on the rope. Keep at him on one side until he comes to you, and then try him onthe other side. In fifteen or twenty minutes he will follow you about. This will suffice for this lesson and he may be put in the barn and hitched in the following manner : Take a five-eighths inch rope about twenty feet long and tie one end around his body just back of his shoul- ders. Do not tie the rope so that it can slip, but use a square knot, as the slip knot may prove damaging to a hard puller. Pass the other end of the rope be- tween his front legs, through the chin piece of his halt- er, and tieto the manger. In using this rope a five- ringed halter must be used, instead of the first one put on. ‘YALIVH FHL ONIMVANG WOUA LIOD FHL INTATA OL—'E “ON HOW TO HALTER AND LEAD A COLT. 31 Now that you have him securely fastened, shake something in front of his eyes, or in some way induce him to make the experiment of pulling back. A horse, in pulling back, throws his head high in the air. With this contrivance that is prevented, as it keeps his head on the level with his shoulders and the manger, so that he has no brace for a stong pull. ~ A halter puller, or a bridle breaker, hitched in this way, will soon give up the habit. When pulling on the halter is corrected by making him draw on arope placed under his tail, he is liable to injury and he may be disfigured, and it may make him sensitive for the Best OF his life about the use of the crupper. This method prevents a horse from shaking his head while pulling and by it he cannot bruise his head or injure his eyes. This isthe safest and best way of hitching colts and halter breakers, and from long experience I strongly recommend it for that purpose. 2) sen Par es Siete Sch No. 4.—BITTING THE COLT. CEA iin Vv. HOW TO BIT A COLT. Place upon him a common blind bridle with long lines and lead him into some vacant field where you will have plenty of room. ‘Throw one line on the op- posite side of the colt and step back and draw gently on the inner line until he circles around you. When he will do this satisfactorily throw the inner line over and make him go in the reverse direction. If he tries to jump, or run away, drop one line and draw him to you with the other one. Once ina while a colt will be found that cannot be controlled by any simple meth- od like this. He will want a surcingle and foot ropes. See cut on page 36. Nothing can be done with two lines when he begins to plunge or kick. Quiet the colt and go through the same process until he circles around you nicely, both ways. Now start him straight ahead, teaching him at the word, “Get up,” to start, and to stop at the word, “Whoa.” Drive him up to anything that you think might frighten him and never let him leave anything that he is afraid of until he goes up to it and finds out that it will not harm him. Let him see it on all sides and let him smell of it. Have him understand it till he will remain quietly beside it. Ifhe seems really afraid of it go up to it yourself and let him see you touch it. He will have need to be practiced with the bit in this way for three or four days till he turns readily by the line 34 THE HORSE TRAINER. to the right or left. Do not be ina hurry to ser aim to drawing anything. He will learn more readily in these first lessons than afterwards. While he is learn- ing the use of the bit you will succeed better in get- ing scariness out of him than in any other way. a CHAPTER V1. THE SAFETY SURCINGLE AND FOOT STRAPS. + This surcingle is so important in the controlling ofa colt, otherwise unmanageable, that its description 1s | placed here. It is necessary in controlling any colt that is fretful, vicious, a kicker,a runaway, or a balk- er. If there is any thing else that comes of willfulness or stubbornness this instrument is the simplest thing with which to secure obedience ; and it is at the same time the most direct, and the least harmful to the ani- mal. This surcingle is made of a strap of heavy leather, six and a half feet in length and one and a half inches in width, and it is doubled from the buckle to the third hme. § Wiis is the sizeof surcingle that | use but it may be as much wider as you chose, although I have yet to see the horse that one of these dimensions will not hold. Use an inch and a half buckle, and have holes enough cut in the strap so that it can be readily put on a small or a large horse. Put on it three rings one and a half inches in diameter. Fasten one about eight inches from the buckle, placing it lengthwise with the strap. Place the next one six inches from the first, fixing it crosswise on the strap, and then put the third one, lengthwise, six inches from the second. This is the kind of surcingle always alluded to in connection with the foot straps, described below. It is not excelled by any invention for runaway or kick- % NGLE AND FOOT STRAPS. —SURCI 3 No. THE SAFETY SURCINGLE AND FOOT STRAPS. 37 ing horses, and it should always be used in teaching a horse to become used to strange sights and sounds, such as umbrellas, bicycles, top carriages, loose pa- pers, or discharge of fire arms, and it can always be used to good advantage on a fretful horse. To make the foot straps, take a strap of leather six- teen inches in length and one and a half inches in width, and fasten on it an inch and a half ring, about two in- ches from the buckle, or one inch from theloop. To use this surcingle with the foot straps, first put on the surcingle with the rings underneath and then buckle on the foot straps. Now take twenty-five feet of half-inch cotton rope and pass one end through the belt ring on the sur- cingle down through the ring on the left foot, then through the middle ring on the surcingle, through the ring on the right foot and tie it to the third ring on the surcingle. ‘This is the method if you are driving double and the colt is on the off side, but if the colt is on the near side, commence to put on the rope from the right side, for in any event the rope should come between the horses. No horse, unless he is perfectly gentle, should have his first lessons in the poles without the surcingle and foot straps. This invention is just as useful for controlling cat- tle as for herses. When butchers bring an animal from the country it is very commonly done by two or three men on horseback, racing into every open field and garden; and so heating the blood and maddening the creature as to injure the beef. One mancan, with the farmer’s assistance, put the surcingle and foot straps on the cow or ox and quietly drive the cr where. ; ) ; a No. 6.—CONTROLLING COLT WITH SURCINGLE. CHAPTER Vil: HOW TO HARNESS AND DRIVE A COLT. In harnessing a colt, first see that the harness is per- ~ fectly safe, and see also that it fits well. Many acci- dents have occurred from an insecure or loose-fitting harness. Allow the colt to see it and to smell it freely. Then lay the harness gently on his back. Never be too hasty about throwing it on his back, but do so deliberately. When the harnessis once on take it off again.and put it on, doing so until the colt does not mind it. When first driving a colt with the harness on, do not put the lines through the terret rings, or the thill straps, for if he should turn on you he wonld be liable to run away, as you would have no-way of bringing him to you, because drawing on one line would perhaps tan- gle him up, and you would eventually be obliged to drop the line. Now, after he is accustomed to the harness, and un- derstands when to start and to stop, he is ready to be hitched to the cart or poles. The poles are made of hickory, or any tough wood, nine and a half feet in length and two and a half inches in diameter, at the large ends. Put the small end of the poles through the thill straps, and pass the thill girth through the thill straps; and also through the staples in the poles sixteen inches from the front ends, and buckle tight. If the colt is wild, or nervous, use the safety surcingle. (See cut on opposite page. ) rN No. 7.—CoLT HITCHED TO THE POLES, ears 42 THE HORSE TRAINER. If you wish to drive the colt double, hitch him on the off, or right hand side, as it will be more convenient in getting in and out of the wagon on the side next to the gentle horse. Be sure to make the oldhorse stop when you stop the colt. Have the rope so that it will come between the two horses. In driving single, have the rope in the left hand and the lines in the right. Give the colt a loose rein to start off with, and if he starts to run, or jump, pull the rope carefully. Donot throw him to his knees only as a last resort, and never allow the colt to run before you throw, for if he is. thrown while running on a hard road he might be in- jured. Always, on starting out, drive the colt at a walk, as it will quiet his spirits, and it is no trouble to teach him to trot after you have him ‘in the habit of regular movement. Keep the surcingle on him for three or four times, as it is better to use it once too often than not enough. CEaAr DER VIM: HOW TO HANDLE A FRETFUL HORSE. Fretfulness originates in unusual sensitiveness of nerves, but it is often cultivated by carelessness in first handling. The owner, orthe trainer, has failed to give the time needed for his delicate work, or he has fretted himself and has so started the habit in the colt. If you are cool and patient and give as much time as you ought you may do much to prevent the habit, or you may rescue him from it. If he is already fretful, hitch him on the cart after he has been practic- ed with the surcingle and the ropes, and obeys them well, letting him know that you have perfect® control of his feet. Use a straight bar bit, and be very care- ful not to hurt his mouth. It will not do to let him get angry or excited. Start himslowly and if he be- gins to trot let him go for a short distance and then draw on the rope, at the same time pull on the lines, and steady him with soothing words. Do not take his feet away under any circumstances, unless you are ab- solutely compelled to, as it may make him more excit- ed and wild than ever. When he starts into a trot draw gently on the lines and the ropes, talking to him soothingly till he gets intoa walk. Ifhe will trot again let him for a little and check him up easily and he will soon be as willing to walk as to trot. | After you have slowed him down let him walk again and repeat the process until he will obey the lines 44 THE HORSE TRAINER. without your having to draw up onthe foot ropes. Do not be easily discouraged if the horse does not readily learn. It sometimes takes from three to four weeks to train one of a fretful habit. CEVA PTER EX. HOW TO HANDLE A KICKER. You will find, as arule, that quite a large propor- tion of the mare colts are inclined to kick. This is one of the habits that cannot be coaxed out of a colt, but it usually requires severe treatment for some time. Hitch the kicking animal to the poles, first seeing that the surcingle is secure. After you have taught him that you can perfectly control him by this means, drive the colt ahead, and, at short intervals, turn him quickly to the right, or, so that the pole will strike him on the legs. When he is about to kick, which you can tell by watching his head and ears, throw him to his knees and apply the whip smartly to his hind quarters. As soon as he is thrown, slacken the rope so that he can rise to his feet immediately. Always give him his feet instantly. When he gets used to the touch of the poles, use the hand pole by touching him on the legs and body, to test him thoroughly, and throwing him every time he makes a movement to kick. It will not be long till he will entirely get out of the kicking habit. For single driving, till all sensitiveness is certainly past, use a kicking strap, which passes over the hips and fastens securely to the shafts on each side. Even if the colt seems to have entirely given up the habit of kicking, great care must still be taken till the owner is satisfied that there is no danger of its recurrence. 46 THE HORSE TRAINER. Avoid all causes that may excite the heels. Let no part of the harness or the whiffle-tree come near them. Gradually, in the stable, he can be familiarized with the touch of the hand and of a wisp of straw upon his legs, and then of the harness uponany part of his body. As a general thing a colt that is a kicker is a tail- switcher. This habit can be broken at the same time. Procure a small rope from oneto two feetlong. Fast- en one end of the rope to the end of the horse’s tail and draw the tail over his back and fasten to back band of the harness. Now passa surcingle around his flanks and over the tail, directly forward of the stifle, drawing it tight as possible. Great care must be taken, for, ifhe ever will kick, his heels will be up now. Start him for- ward, using the whip frequently on his hind legs and bring him to his knees as often as he tries to kick. After having the tail in this position for an hour it should bereleased. Care must be taken not to leave it tied in this manner more than an hour, as it will be seen that when the tailis freed it will hang limp and motionless for some time. Three or four lessons of this sort will cure the worst tail-switcher. I have broken up the habit of kicking in a great many horses and I have never yet left one that was not broken entirely of tail- switching. In 1883 Mr. Thomas Canham brought me a young mare that he was unable to hitch double on account of her kicking. He said he wanted her broken if it would not cost more than she was worth. She was a very bad kicker. This was not difficult to cure, but she was a very bad tail-switcher. I tied the tail back to the back band. The wriggling went on all the No. 8.—To PREVENT THE COLT FROM SWITCHING THE TAIL e 48 THE HORSE TRAINER. same. She kicked the box stall to pieces, got out doors and kept on kicking there. Then I unbuckled the straps and put on the surcingle and foot ropes, and then put another surcingle around her as far back as the flanks would allow, holding the tail where it could not move. She was then completely controllable, and soon gave up this unpleasant trick. I returned her cured and quiet in three weeks. When the tail is so tied up, it is indispensable to use the sur- cingle and foot ropes, as otherwise the work is useless. This is a severe method on the animal, but the lesson may be for an hour or so only, and the process is ef- fectual. Repeat the lesson till it is learned. The line falling under the tail, often causes a horse to kick, when danger always follows, and sometimes damage. What begins the trouble is suddenly and sharply pulling the line out from under the tail. 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One who breeds for rare qualities of speed or form should select only from the breeding stock that has demonstrated its power to re- produce its characteristics in the offspring. Nutwood, of which a short sketch is given in chapter xxxmI, is one of the best representatives of the class whose progeny are generally true to the ancestral stock in color, size, form.and speed. In this quality there are I22 THE HORSE TRAINER. great differences among good strains, and good horses. ‘The careful breeder must gather facts for himself on this point. 14. DOHORSES REASON ? Are not animals guided by reason, in a feebler de- gree than in man, but really by reason? ANSWER:—That is a question for a philosopher rather than for a horse trainer. But here is an answer: By common consent we call the mental endowment of - animals by the name of instinct, though some animals really seem to indicate actual reason. An elephant, to which a sixpence had been given, dropped it so near the wall that he could not reach it. He put his trunk against the wall and blew so hard as to throw the money nearer to him, when he picked it up. The South American horse, when sold and carried across the river where it is too wide to swim back has been known to travel up stream perhaps a hundred miles to find a ford, where he crosses and comes back to his old home. Since this book was in manuscript, (August 1888, ) a large farm dog was given by one farmer to another in New Jersey. The dog was taken by rail 140 miles, and in six days after walked into his former master’s house in a starved and worncondition. He had made twenty miles a day, and, if he went by the wagon road probably thirty miles a day. After all, while the exploits of an animal often surprise us, it is sagacity, and not reason. PAKT SsEVEN TH, DISEASES OF THE HORSE AND REMEDIES. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE HEALTH OF THE HORSE. Buffon, the naturalist, writing a little over a hun- dred years ago, laments,that no educated man takes care of the health of horses. Better times for horse flesh are upon us when we have schools and _ hospitals for instruction as to equine diseases. The result is al- ready taat the hfe and -usetulness of the horse are much prolonged. The horse’s natural age is about thirty years and he ought to be in his prime at twelve. Good food and shelter come first as the means of preventing disease. ‘The unsheltered and_halt-fed horses of Iceland and Northern Russia are always under size. It was the great strength of the well-fed Norman horses against the ponies of the Britains that decided the battle of Hastings in 1066, and let in the Normans. ‘The colt that is under-fed and half-starved for his first three years is never half a horse after- wards. If a horse is given free range he will select only healthful food, and he will sagaciously select remedies for his disorders, if the cure is within his reach. On the contrary an ass will eat everything, so that there has grown up a saying, “The best physi- cian is a horse and the best apothecaryian an ass. ” If 124 THE HORSE TRAINER. you will put rock salt and a rock of chalk in his manger, he will relish his food every day with salt as you do yourself, and he will take of the chalk when he has a sour stomach. What would your boarder think of you if you were to give him salt and pepper and sugar only on Sunday mornings, and then mix up in his pancakes enough to last him a week as you do for your horse? - Infrequent and irregular feed and water will make him gluttonous. The camel, that travels for days without water, drinks a barrel when he gets it | The stable should be airy, with windows not always open nor always shut, nor should the cold wind blow on his face or breast. He should not be kept in twi- light, on a filthy floor, in a damp den, for sixteen hours in twenty-four, where foul air invades the lungs, and _ the odor of ammonia inflames the eyes. The air should be dry and sweet and his bedclean. ‘The floor ought to be level, with perfect draining. The stall should be of the box pattern and not a narrow dun- geon. Each horse should have a manger concealed from the eyes and the teeth of the next neighbor so that he can eat without haste or annoyance. A horse that is much out doors is always in motion and the - elasticity of the sole and frog will keep the foot healthy. The horse tied in the stall where he can hardly move his feet will soon have them hard, inflamed and brittle, his legs will be benumbed and stiff, and he will prob- ably be treated for rheumatism or springhalt, and die of old age at eleven. If he hada box stall ina lighted, © clean, ventilated stable with regular food, his years of labor would have been double. THE HEALTH OF THE HORSE. 125 Prevention is better than cure. But accidents will happen. Changes of food and water, over-exertion and exposure of a creature that hasno voice to com- plain, will often make a sound horse sick. CHAPTER XXXVIM: FAVORITE PRESCRIPTIONS. The following prescriptions have been prepared with the greatest care by a very skillful and practical student of the diseases of the horses and their reme- dies. They can be depended on as being the methods of treatment pursued in an extensive and very success- ful practice for the last twenty years. No. 1.—ALTERATIVE AND TFONIC. Fluid Extract Taraxacum - - 2 ounces et a Sanguinaria z o 8 ee ee Hydrastis ~ - Dae “¢ beans 62 Ibs. ; Clover Seed, Go lbs.; Flax Seed, 50) lbs.-) Numethy *Sced, 50 Ibs.; 14 lbs. of ead or fron, maker Stone; 2142 Stone 1 Pig. The Imperial Gallon is 10 lbs. avoirdupois of pure water ; the Pint, 1% Ibs. | ALL KINDS OF MEASURES—QUANTITY. 12 things make 1 dozen, 12 dozen I gross, 12 gross ieereat, Stross, 20 thimgs 1 )score, 196 lbs. flour 1 160 THE HORSE TRAINER. barrel, 200 lbs. beef or pork 1 barrel, 135 lbs. potatoes or apples 1 barrel, 280 lbs. salt 1 barrel, 200 lbs. sugar t barrel, 240 lbs. lime 1 barrel, 200 lbs. fish 1 quintal, 100 lbs. nails 1 keg. ‘To make one box requires 50 Ibs. soap, 20 lbs. raisins, 2 lbs. cigars, 20 lbs. Soda, 40 Ibs. cheese, 25 lbs. tobacco, 62 lbs. tea, 60 lbs. saleratus, 25 lbs. chocolate, 56 lbs. butter 1 firkin, 5 lbs. spices 1 Can, 1100 lbs. rice 1 tierce, 2150.42 cubic imebiessm bushel, 231 cubic inches i bushel, 14 lbss 1jsteme 43560 feet I acre, 100 square feet I square, 5280 feet 1 mile, 2434 cubic feet 1 perch of stone, 128 cubicfeet i Cord. A Kew Good-Gye Words. The object of this book is to enable every horse owner to be the trainer and the doctor of his own colts and horses. Of its success the reader is now the judge. I also hope that the methods used will be less cruel to the animal and more satisfactory in their re- sults, for the suggestions given here. And now, if I were to send an emphasis back through these pages, it would be to urge all who handle horses : 1. Be gentle with the colt that is not wicked but nervous. Perhaps hard treatment has made him sus- picions and timid. Some colts are frightened and will kick when you give thema dry straw bedding. That means that in the process they have sometime been hurt with the pitchfork. Do not think him wicked for he is only nervous, and is on the alert to defend himself. Use the pole described in chapter Iv, un- til he understands that no touches about his body, legs or head, will at allhurt him. Take the pole instead of your hands, because the trainer may be hurt by be- ing too near, before the colt has learned his lesson. If he is afraid of the harness, or of handling in any way, the pole will the most certainly and most speedily quiet his nerves, and teach him he is in no danger. 2. Training acoltis done more easily at the age of two years, than it is ever done afterwards. At that 162. THE HORSE TRAINER. age the colt has not learned many bad habits, he is not headstrong, he is tractable, will more readily give up. Even if the owner does not need the work of the two- year-old, it is better to give him his lessons and once in a while give him exercise in the harness for the next year, and he will bea better horse for it as long as he lives. No need then of surcingle and ropes, or of pulling him to his knees. Ifthe owner raises but two or three colts a year they can be kept as tame and gentle as old horses, from colthood up. 3. I would like to make the personal acquaintance of persons who may be benefitted by this book, es- pecially if there is anything here that needs further explanation. My offer to go anywhere within five hundred miles from Chicago to cure a horse of any vicious habit, almost entirely at my own expense, as I state on page 10, will indicate to the public my con- fidence in my methods, It will be easily guessed out that my confidence is the outgrowth of unfailing suc- cess in that difficult form of horse-training. THOS. JEFF. MURRAY SANDWICH, ILLINOIS. DEMPSEY HOOF PAD, or FOOT CUSHION. Patented July 13, 1886. No. 845,283. (ee ae sezcect | x View of the Bottom of the Foot when Pad and Shoe are Properly Adjusted —IF YOUR HORSE HAS — CORNS, QUARTER CRACK, CONTRACTED TENDER FEET, CORNS, or SAND CRACK, It will pay you to shoe him with the Dempsey Pad. DEMPSEY HORSE SHOE PAD Gas 59 THIRD AVENUE, CHICAGO. The most humane appliance ever invented for the relief of tender feet. This pad is recommended and used by first-class Veterinary Surgeons and owners of fine, high-bred horses, and is easily put on by any good horse-shoer, and is not expensive. Side View of Pad and Bea Mr. Dempsey says his present invention has for its main object to provide an improved foot cushion for use in con- junction with the iron shoes for Horses, whereby the frog ot the foot may be kept in constant and natural action, so that it will preserve the foot in healthy condition. We present the testimonials of several parties, who are familiar with the practical woikings of the invention : From John F. Ryan, Assistant State Veterinary Surgeon, 174 Michigan Avenue, Chicago. CHICAGO, Dec. 24, 1886. My experience with the ‘‘ Dempsey Hoof Pad or Foot Cushion,” on feet treated forcorns, contraction, quittor, quarter-crack, chronic laminitis, etc., has been perfectly satisfactory. It is the best foot appliance that has come under my notice for the resistance of concussion. Yours respectfully, JOHN F. RYAN, V. S. From Gurney Pheton and Cab Company, the Largest Cab Company in the West. CHICAGO, Nov. 1, 1886. Mr. Dempsey: Dear Sir—We have used your Pad or Foot Cush- ion for about two years upon our Horses, and for corns, contracted feet, ender feet of all kinds, it is the best article we have ever seen. It also prevents slipping, and is a protection against the picking up of nails. GURNEY PHA TON AND CAB CO., 45 West Adams Street. From First-Class Blacksmiths. We have used the Dempsey Pad for the last tour months. During that time we have applied them in cases of laminitis, corns, contracted feet, splints, etc., and to prevent concussion and expanded hoof. They have given entire satisfaction. We can recommend them as the most useful and common sense Pad ever introduced. FOGARTY & MULCAHEY, 3161 Cattage Grove Avenue. I have used the Dempsey Rubber Pads for some time, and find that they are not to be surpassed in cases where a horse is troubled with corns, tender feet, etc. © JOSEPH DEVEREUX, Practical Horse Shoer, 448 W. 12th St. The Dempsey Pad is the best thing ever invented for tender feet. GRANT & TAGERTIUS, No. 3 South Wood St. LOWELL, MICH., Jan. 1, 1887. Having had considerable experience with trotting horses, I consider the Dempsey Pad a valuable article to prevent concussion, and to expand the feet, and know positively that it benefits greatly sore footed horses. BURT WOOD. I have used the Dempsey Rubber Pads on a mule whose feet were in bad shape, with good results. JOHN W. THOMAS, Coal Dealer, Cor. Market and Van Buren Sts. This isto certify that I have used a Pair of the Dempsey Hoof Cushions on a Horse driven in Engine Company No. 18, that had been condemned by the Department, and they gave grand satisfaction. I kept them on him, setting the shoe occasionally, until the Pads were worn out. After that he was shod with an ordinary shoe, and has been going sound ever since, and the heels are as fully developed as ever they were. JOHN TWADDLE, Driver on Engine 7. From Drivers in the Fire Department of Chicago. 1 used a pair of the Dempsey Pads on a horse for about four months, © and they gave entire satisfaction, as the horse could travel and perform his work with greater ease with them. A. A. FRITCHIE, Driver of Hose Cart No. 30. From Liverymen. CHICAGO, Jan. 4, 1887. I have used the Dempsey Horse Shoe Pad extensively. I have used them on sore footed horses, and horses suffering from splints, and they expand the hoof and prevent concussion entirely. Ithink they are just what is required. B. RANSOM, 3154 Cottage Grove Avenue. SALE STABLE, Halsted and Taylor Sts., Jan. 22, 1887. I have owned several horses shod with the Dempsey Pad, and con- sider it a No. I appliance to use on tender and contracted feet. S. MONROE, Manager. I have used the Dempsey Hoof Cushion for some time, and they have given me the best satisfaction. I consider them a success not only for lameness, but to prévent slipping, etc. JOHN McCOY, Livery, 3438 and 3440 Cottage Grove Ave. THE Dempsey PAD Co. :—I have used your Pads on a horse suf- fering from corns. Previous to using them I could find no shoe or hoof cushion that was of any use in relieving him, and the animal was use- less. Since using your Pads I have worked him steadily. I consider them the best Pad in existence for corns and other lameness of the foot, and also to prevent slipping. J. T. GILBERT, 114 West Marble Place. We have used the Dempsey Hoof Cushion for some time, with the best results. It not only prevents and destroys concussion, but it gives to the foot a natural bearing which it is impossible to get with any other appliance yet introduced. Horse owners, try it, and derive the benefits arising from its use. DUNN & HILL: Geneva; Nie If you are in doubt as to the size required, put the bare foot of the horse upon a piece of paper and mark the outline witha pencil, and forward the outline to us. These Pads are easily put on by any Horse Shoer. For samples, directions, and prices, address DEMPSEY HORSE SHOE PAD CO., 59 Third Ave., Chicago. q etl uy a ere me ge ee ee IN | 0 002 863 232 0