Show steeds for manhattan mounties bounties Mo unties I 1 every year the new york police department buys 28 horses to replace that number retired from the four hundred that make up the cop cayley cavalry these horses are as nearly alike as the buyer can get them age g 4 to 8 3 years geldings of between 1000 and 1250 pounds and between and hands high color must be bay dont ask why these photos made at the remount depot depo t show principal stages in the training of police horses gb ff v T T 4 A t 7 tr SH i i y i ya x y v vi ti x ay s sa 41 ftfe aws fa f S K sergeant gannon cannon and an assistant are putting the rookie horse through a lesson in control here m A taking a high barrier all on his own horses are put ut through their paces to accustom them to obey the spoken command C r i ar sacks of sawdust represent people in a mob at left a rookie h horse orse is being faced into a mob when trained this horse will know how to nudge people out of the way without hurting them right the shrill thrill of a police whistle gives the ordinary y horse a turn but the police horse is taught to disregard it 7 R IV av W A ready for four horsemen this quartet of rookie police horses is near the end of their training grind |