Restive Horses.

—A beautiful high-spirited horse (says the New York Commercial Advertiser) would never allow a shoe to be put on' his feet, or any person to handle his feet. In an attempt to shoe such a horse recently, he resisted every effort, kicked aside everything but an anvil, and nearly killed himself on that, and finally was brought back to the stable unshod. This defect was just on the eve of consigning him to the plough, where he might work barefoot, when an officer in our service lately returned from Mexico, took a cord about the size of a common bed cord, but it in the mouth of the horse like a bit, tied it tightly on the animal's head, passing his left ear under the string, not painfully tight, but enough to keep the ear down and the cord in its place. This done, he patted the horse gently on the side of the head, and commanded him to follow, and instantly the horse obeyed, perfectly subdued, and as gentle and obedient as a well-trained dog, suffered his feet to be handled with impunity, and acted in all respects like an old stager.