. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . resists strongly before being thrown. horse at the right, have a firm hold of the cord about sevenor eight feet from the shoulder, and pull gently, but will draw the head back to the side, and the body beingthereby thrown out of balance, the horse is forced to fallover with a rolling motion on his side. If during the firsttrial he resists, let him have his own way a little while, andwhen in a good position, pull quickly, and he can be easilyforced off his balance and made to fall over. If a strong- FIEST METHOD. 35 willed, headstrong
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . resists strongly before being thrown. horse at the right, have a firm hold of the cord about sevenor eight feet from the shoulder, and pull gently, but will draw the head back to the side, and the body beingthereby thrown out of balance, the horse is forced to fallover with a rolling motion on his side. If during the firsttrial he resists, let him have his own way a little while, andwhen in a good position, pull quickly, and he can be easilyforced off his balance and made to fall over. If a strong- FIEST METHOD. 35 willed, headstrong fellow, disposed to resist hard, perhapslunging forward, etc., as some horses are liable to do, takea firm hold of the cord and run around in a circle until heis made to follow, hopping steadily (as shown by cut 25),then stop, pull quickly, and he will be easily thrown over•upon his side. (See cuts 27 and 29.) As soon as the cordis slacked he will jump up, but by repeating as before hewill again be thrown. Simply repeat the throwing as long. ■ Fig. 27.—As the Horse will usually fall. as the horse will get up. If he does not attempt to riseafter being once thrown, stand behind him, keeping firmhold of the cord, and strike the belly with the hand ortouch him with the whip, to incite hini to jump up; andon the instant of his doing so, pull quickly upon the cord,which will again roll him back helplessly upon his side. If the horse is sensitive upon the belly, quarters, orthe feet, while down and forced to yield, first touch theparts with a pole until he will submit to it, then with the 36 METHODS OP SUBJECTION. hand until there is no incentive to resistance shown by themuscles becoming relaxed; after which he should be al-
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