. The horse in the stable and the field: his management in health and disease ... with an essay on the American trotting horse, and suggestions on the breeding and training of trotters. Horses. 134 THE nORSE. fore the second strap is called into play, especially if the operator has not acquired great skill in the use of the apparatus. When this is .lone, and the second strap is applied, and slipped through the surcingle, as shown at page 133, taking care to put a stout glove on the right hand, the left rein is taken in the left hand, and gently jerked—using, if necessary, the usual slight stim
. The horse in the stable and the field: his management in health and disease ... with an essay on the American trotting horse, and suggestions on the breeding and training of trotters. Horses. 134 THE nORSE. fore the second strap is called into play, especially if the operator has not acquired great skill in the use of the apparatus. When this is .lone, and the second strap is applied, and slipped through the surcingle, as shown at page 133, taking care to put a stout glove on the right hand, the left rein is taken in the left hand, and gently jerked—using, if necessary, the usual slight stimulus with the wugue, to make the horse move, which he can only do by. TOB HORSE BOUNDING ON HIS HIND tEGS. raising the off fore leg off the ground in the action known as hop- ping. The moment this begins, the right hand firmly draws the off leg up to the surcingle, and keeps it there, when the horse must eilher bound into the air on his hind legs, or he must go down on the ground, supported from falling on his side in the attitude of kneeling. To avoid mischief, therefore, the loose box or yard whore the operation is carried on should be thickly bedded with straw; for no knee-cans are stout enough to protect the joints from injury on hard ground; nor, if they escape being bruised, will tha shock to the body on falling be at all safe. Even straw can hardly be relied on, if the floor beneath is of brick, stone, pebbles, or Lard natural soil; for it is apt to give way during the struggles of. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Walsh, John Henry, 1810-1888. Philadelphia, Porter & Coates
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