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 . Fig. 15.—A noted vicious Horse. 26 i\IETH(3r>S OF FiCr. 16.—Sketch of a noted vicious Horse. On the same principle, if a man could catch and hold ahorse, or control him as he wished, so as to completely prevent his struggling andbecoming excited andheate
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 . Fig. 15.—A noted vicious Horse. 26 i\IETH(3r>S OF FiCr. 16.—Sketch of a noted vicious Horse. On the same principle, if a man could catch and hold ahorse, or control him as he wished, so as to completely prevent his struggling andbecoming excited andheated, until the musclesare entirely relaxed andhe becomes submissive,and then win his confi-dence by kind treatment,scratching the mane, giv-ing apples, etc., it wouldbe the most efficient kindof subjection. But asthere is not power to dothis, we must resort tosuch means or methods of management as will come as nearit in princii3le as we can. In doing this, if the horse weregiven such freedom asto encourage his confi-dence to resist, or hisIjad nature were calledout by ignorant, abusivetreatment, in like man-ner he Avould, in the furyof his madness, resistwith the greatest per-severance, regardless ofeven the most severepunishment. Thenagain, the resistance, whatever it may be, is only a symp-tom of the real cause to be overcome, which proceeds froma condition of the brain, or the impr
Size: 1536px × 1626px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookidartofta, booksubjecthorses
