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 . e one hundred and fifty miles to attend my class. He stated that there wasbut one point in whichhe was interested, andif I could help him onthat, it was all he de-sired. The point was,how to force and keepa horse on the trotunder this point he wasvery much
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 . e one hundred and fifty miles to attend my class. He stated that there wasbut one point in whichhe was interested, andif I could help him onthat, it was all he de-sired. The point was,how to force and keepa horse on the trotunder this point he wasvery much interested, for the reason that he made the train-ing of trotters his business, and it was indispensable thathe should be able to do this. Also, because he knew of amare that could trot very fast, but when driven in companywith other horses, or excited in the least, she would break,and could not be made to trot, and on this account was re-garded worthless as a trotter. He could buy her at a verymoderate figure, and could make a big thing on her if hecould break her; but he did not wish to purchase her un-less he felt confident of success in her management. This was a new point to me ; but on the impulse of themoment I advised him to try the Breaking Rig as shownby cut on page 180, at first to work her slowly and gently. Fig. 827.— To change a horses gait. FOECING TO TKOT. 331 until accustomed to it; then gradually push her under ex-citement, cracking the whip, etc., and then driving her withother horses, gradually Avorking up in same manner with-out restraint of rig. I had noticed when driving with this rig that a horsemust either walk or trot; for the instant he struck a run,both legs coming back at the same time shortened the cordso much as to tangle and hurt severely, and consequentlyit must work in this case. He went iiome, bought the mare for $375, made theexperiment, and Avas successful beyond his expectations,soon being able to put her under the whip, and dri^e herund
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