. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). MAKING THE COLT GENTLE. 95 til there is no resistance or fear shown. Some colts will resist very hard when touched, striking and kicking wit
. The art of taming and educating the horse : a system that makes easy and practical the subjection of wild and vicious horses ... : the simplest, most humane and effective in the world : 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 .... Horses; Horses; Horses; CHR 1887; PRO Smith, James Somers, Jr. (donor). MAKING THE COLT GENTLE. 95 til there is no resistance or fear shown. Some colts will resist very hard when touched, striking and kicking with great fury. This need not discourage; simply force up sharply to the point of helplessness, reversing quickly, and repeating until there is entire submission. It is rare that this treatment will not give success in ten or fifteen min- utes. But should the case be one of such extreme vicious- ness as not to submit, then the treatment must be the same. Fig. 90.—PuUiDg the foot, forward, as for other extremely vicious horses. After submitting, if warm and sweaty, keep handling him gently until cool. Next, handle the feet. At this stage there should be no difficulty in doing this. If, however, the colt should show an inclination to resist the foot being taken, and it is not desired to push the general subjection farther (for fre- quently a colt may be entirely gentle as to general hand- ling, and still resist the feet being taken, with much en- ergy), put on the War Bridle. After giving a few quick, energetic jerks right and left with it, let an assistant tie a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Magner, D. (Dennis), b. 1833; Fairman Rogers Collection (University of Pennsylvania) PU. Battle Creek, Mich. : Review & Herald publishing house
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