. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. CRUISER T\ITn TUE LEG STRAP AND SUKLINGLK ON. other end is slipped through the surcingle under the belly, and CRUISER IN THE POWER OF HIS MASTER. 13^ entire control of tlie horse is only a work of time. The arrange-ment of these straps is well shown in the engraving, where Crui-ser is sketched ready for the final struggle. Up to this time, almost. CRDISER IN THE POTTER OF HIS MASTER. every horse will be tolerably quiet and unresisting, some squeal-ing when any approach is made to their elbows to tighten the sur-cin
. The horse in the stable and the field : his management in health and disease. CRUISER T\ITn TUE LEG STRAP AND SUKLINGLK ON. other end is slipped through the surcingle under the belly, and CRUISER IN THE POWER OF HIS MASTER. 13^ entire control of tlie horse is only a work of time. The arrange-ment of these straps is well shown in the engraving, where Crui-ser is sketched ready for the final struggle. Up to this time, almost. CRDISER IN THE POTTER OF HIS MASTER. every horse will be tolerably quiet and unresisting, some squeal-ing when any approach is made to their elbows to tighten the sur-cingle, and others when the strap No. 2 is slipped through it. Fewhowever, plunge much ; and if they are made to hop on three legs,they are able to go on for so long a time, without producing the neces-sary amount of fatigue, that the operator would be tired before hispupil. It is at this stage—that is to say, with the use of the leg-strap No. 1—that the predecessors of Mr. Rarey stopped, and theyconsequently failed to gain the absolute control which he has in-variably obtained with the slight, but really important, additionswhich- he has made, and which he uses in the ingenious mannerwhich I shall now describe. It may be observed that, with a vio-lent horse, it is always better to let him feel his want of power fordoing mischief with the near fore leg strapped up, and the slightdegree of fatigue which a few minutes
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