Show electricity and balky horses one of the recent extensions e Wen of the use of electricity is in conquering a balky or lazy horsa A western penn sylvania Eyl ETI vania Nania gentleman owned a horse which he said id was vr worm th i 1000 provided ho he could cure him of balking it was vms suggested that ho he try electricity he purchased a three volt storage battery and connected it by wires with the life bit and tho the crupper crup nr N r the battery was wa plated placed in the road cart to which the horse was attached at finst the horse refused to move but stood with ill all four feet braced theu then tho the owner touched the button connected with tho battery when the horse felt the shock ho he snorted jumped and belgan began to move off at a lively pace every day for a week he was w as given tho the same lesson his owner who does not m amro re to sell him declares that now ho never balks bites or kicks the west r 1 alvania vania humane society which investigated tho method wine caine to the conclusion that a small amount amo of electricity used upon a horse was moro more humane than a whip exchange change |