The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . f cord to each,and with the aid of a strong manled him out of the barn, wdiensuch a desperate struggle com-menced, he to get away and weto hold him, as was, perhaps, never seen before. The moment he was outside he rushedforward, but being restrained, he lunged into the
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . f cord to each,and with the aid of a strong manled him out of the barn, wdiensuch a desperate struggle com-menced, he to get away and weto hold him, as was, perhaps, never seen before. The moment he was outside he rushedforward, but being restrained, he lunged into the air morethan fifty times, when we were glad to end it by runninghim into the stable as quickly as we could. Explaining tothe class that he could not be successfully treated in a barn,he was mounted and ridden to a field a mile outside thetown, follow^ed by the class. The halter was now put onoutside the bridle, and while still mounted, the rider readyto jump off, the hitching-strap was cautiously tied to histail. When ready, the rider instantly jumped from hisback, when he commenced the most violent struggle to freehimself. As he went round wnth great rapidity, he struckand kicked with intense fury. When entirely helpless, hewas quickly untied, the treatment reversed, and carried tothe fullest extent to make him Fig. 286 —Oxford Horse. 420 SUBJECTION.—ILLUSTRATIVE CASES. The first form of War Bridle was now put on, when, onhis being untied, 1 instantly took him off his feet sidewise,following up so sharply that he could not resist, when hefinally submitted to it. The experiment of mounting himwas now made, but he resisted so violently by wheeling,jumping, and kicking, that the rider barely escaped beingkilled. He was again subjected to general treatment, whichwas carried to the utmost extreme of its power. The pre-caution was now taken to mount him while tied. This wassuccessful, and he was soon made to stand gently to bemounted or dismounted while the head was fre
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