. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ty, or weakness invoice or manner; whatever the feeling of doubt, nothingbut the most perfect confidence and firmness must be always look each other in the eye to see an in-dication of the intended movement, and to be ready to wardoff the attack. In the same manner are the intentions andmovements of the horse in a great measure revealed. Inapproaching a vicious horse in a stall, a fixed, determinedexpression of the eye and manner wiU sometimes so dis-concert him that he will stand undecided what to do untilapproached and made helpl
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ty, or weakness invoice or manner; whatever the feeling of doubt, nothingbut the most perfect confidence and firmness must be always look each other in the eye to see an in-dication of the intended movement, and to be ready to wardoff the attack. In the same manner are the intentions andmovements of the horse in a great measure revealed. Inapproaching a vicious horse in a stall, a fixed, determinedexpression of the eye and manner wiU sometimes so dis-concert him that he will stand undecided what to do untilapproached and made helpless. The usual course to pur-sue is about as follows : When within reach of the horse, APPEOACSmG A STALLION. 801 look him firmly in the eye, and say, Get around ! or anyother word of command, in a way to make him feel yourpower. If his eye quails, approach; if not, stand still. Itmay he a duel of a few minutes to determine which willgive up. Should he yield, approach softly, midway be-tween his head and quarters, so as to keep him, as it Fig. 313.—Method of placing the hand, and bringing it quickly to thehead, in approaching a vicious stallion. undecided and unbalanced. If standing too near his quar-ters, he is liable to kick; if too near his head, to strike orbite. The point is to keep him undecided until the shoul-der is reached, then pass the hand quickly up the neck tothe ear, thence down, grasping the nose-piece of the hal-ter. He is at such a disadvantage now that unless veryviolent he cannot do harm. Should he, however, attempt tostrike or bite, grab the mane at the shoulder with the other 302 STALLIONS. hand, and so keep the head turned straight from you. Butshould he prove too much, the onlj alternative is to get outof the way. Presuming, however, that he is under good con-trol, the point now is to disable him. Have ready a cord,throw the doubled part over the neck and pass over the lowerjaw; bring the other part down through the loop tight, andtie into a sin
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