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 . hese conditions, I presenta large number of representative heads, with some refer-ences to aid in determining the treatment to be employed,and which should be studied carefully. An important con-dition also is to guard against possible accidents, becausethis would defea
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 . hese conditions, I presenta large number of representative heads, with some refer-ences to aid in determining the treatment to be employed,and which should be studied carefully. An important con-dition also is to guard against possible accidents, becausethis would defeat the very end for Avhich the treatment isintended. For more particular reference, see part follow-ing Medicine in chapter on Subjection. 30 :methods of subjection. I give three direct methods of subjection, followed byseveral indirect methods. The first is based upon theprinciple of disabling and throwing. So far as we disableany part of the horses body, wc produce to that degree asense of helplessness in him. So when we disable thewhole body, or overmatch the i)ower of the horse wholly,we create in him a powerful impression of our masteryand a corresponding sense of his own helplessness. The method given of throwing a horse, called the First Method of Subjection, Is the simplest and most eifective form based upon this. Fia. 30.—Leatlier Throwing Rig, principle, and is the outgrowth of a great deal of practicalexperimenting. There are two rigs here given; one of leather, and oneof rope. The Leather Rig works well, is not difficult to fit,but is troublesome to make, and expensive, costing fromeight to fifteen dollars. The Rope Rig works equally well,and can be made of any old rope in a few minutes, at amerely nominal cost. For the first, or Leather Rig, the sur- FIEST METHOD OF SUBJECTION. 31 cingle should be made of two thicknesses of good harnessleather, about three inches wide, and about eight or teninches longer than the circumference of the body. Thebuckle should have tw
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