Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . , before hitching the colt, you want to make him familiar witheverything that will be liable to frighten him on the start, such asumbrellas, tin pans, paper, fire-crackers, buffalo robes, blankets, topcarriages, and in fact every object that frightens many of our horseiand makes them run away. In order to control the colt, teach himthat these objects are harmless, m the
Gleason's horse book The only authorized work by America's king of horse tamers, comprising history, breeding, training, breaking, buying, feeding, grooming, shoeing, doctoring, telling age and general care of the horse . , before hitching the colt, you want to make him familiar witheverything that will be liable to frighten him on the start, such asumbrellas, tin pans, paper, fire-crackers, buffalo robes, blankets, topcarriages, and in fact every object that frightens many of our horseiand makes them run away. In order to control the colt, teach himthat these objects are harmless, m the following manner: Buckle an ordinary name around each front limb below thefetlock joint; then take a rope twenty feet long, tie one end of thu — 112- rope into the ring of the nigh front limb; then place the rope overthe ring in the surcingle underneath the horses body; now througha ring on the off front limb, back through the ring in the surcingle;this gives you a double lever purchase on the front limbs; now stepback behind the colt, take the lines in the right hand and the ropein the left hand, give the colt the command to move forward; whenYou wish him to stop use the word whoa^and pull the rope at tut. Vbowloff the Working of Gleasons Doable Safety Hope. ?ame time, which will bring the colt to his knees. Now, after yonhave practiced with the working of this rope, you then have a boytake an umbrella and come up in front of him over his head, rattletin pans, sleigh bells, buffalo robes, and, in fact, introduce him toeverything that is liable to frighten him. If he makes any attemptto get away bring him to his knees and hold him there, and teachhim that he is not going to be hurt. These lessons must not beover one hour, giving two of them per day, and in five days your oolt iBready to drive. -118 — All colts should be broke thoroughly to harness when one year otage, but never put to hard work until they are five years of breaking use as light a vehicle as p
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