Jesse Beery's practical system of colt training . lessly; then lay your right armover his neck and press down gradually until his nose is nearly to the ground, all thetime keeping his attention with your left hand by stroking his nose and forehead. Should the Horse be extremely bad, you will have to get him under control byone or more of our methods of subjection. Take him out of the stable, catch hold ofthe tail with your left hand, and the halter with your right, and whirl him aroundeight or ten times. He will usually stand perfectly quiet; the whirling around in acircle will make him so diz
Jesse Beery's practical system of colt training . lessly; then lay your right armover his neck and press down gradually until his nose is nearly to the ground, all thetime keeping his attention with your left hand by stroking his nose and forehead. Should the Horse be extremely bad, you will have to get him under control byone or more of our methods of subjection. Take him out of the stable, catch hold ofthe tail with your left hand, and the halter with your right, and whirl him aroundeight or ten times. He will usually stand perfectly quiet; the whirling around in acircle will make him so dizzy that he will not know how to resist. After you areonce able to put on the bridle without force, repeat for some time, holding his atten-tion by giving him a little corn. He should be bridled with care for some time, toovercome all sensibility. If you can win the Horses confidence by the first plan,and teach him that you are not going to hurt him, it will have just as good an effectupon him as it would have if you would use coercive METHOD OF TEACHING A HOKSE TO ]!E GENTLE TO BRIDLE. 122 JESSE BEERY 8 PRACTICAL SYSTEM OF COLT Blinds are one of the greatest aboniinatious that the Horse has ever been pesteredwith. There is not a man that can give any reason for using blinds on his my experience in handling wild and nervous Horses proves clearly to me thatblinds should never be used, and that the sight of the Horse, for many reasons,should not be interfered with in any way. Horses are only afraid of objects whichthey do not understand; and the eye is one of the principal mediums by which thisunderstanding is brought about. The Horse, on account of his very amiable nature,can be made in the course of time to bear almost any thing in any slmpe; but thereis a ((uicker process of reaching his intelligence than that of wearing it into himthrough his skin and bones. However wild or nervous a Horse may be, he can betaught in a very short time
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