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Show Steeds for Manhattan Mounties Every year the New York police department buys 28 horses to replace that number retired from the jour hundred that make up the "cop cavalry." These horses are as nearly alike as the buyer can get them. Age 4 to 8 years; geldings of between 1,000 and 1,250 pounds and between 15.3 and 16.2 hands high. Color must be bay (don't ask why). These photos, made, at the remount depot, show principal stages in the training of police horses. I f : I ... I"" .... - - iJi - ii If .i Sergeant Gannon and an assistant are putting the rookie horse through a lesson in control here. Taking a high barrier all on his own. Riderless horses are put through their paces to accustom them to obey the spoken command. 'i ; s ' H r -A i I ITS ! f Sacks of sawdust represent people in a mob. At. left a rookie horse 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 horse a turn, but the police horse is taught to disregard it. I f.:" - . V''- l' ' ' ' - J Ready for F our Horsemen, this quartet of rookie police horses is near the end of their training grind. I' ' , - - I .::.; - y . 1 " ' :V ' ' . -. -- -4-. ,- .. , - i ir - - A |
