Rensselaer Republican, Volume 22, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 July 1890 — About Horses. [ARTICLE]

About Horses.

When a horse stops and proposes to turn around, don’t resist the turn, but give him a quiet horizontal pull in the direction he wants to turn, so as to carry him further around than he intended to go, and if possible keep him going around half a dozen times. In most cases this will upset all his calculations, and he will go quietly on without much ado. If six turns will not do give him twenty. In fact, if he will keep on'turning it will certainly confuse him, and leave him at your command. If he will not turn and will back to the rein, keep him going backward in the direction you want to go. He will soon get tired of that and prefer to go with the right end forward; but before you let him go give him decidely more backing than he likes.