. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. wer and effectiveness in thecontrol of vicious horses as practically to leave but little to be de-sired. These methods of treatment have been the outgrowth of agreat deal of practical experimenting, and by them I was able to ef-fect results in the subjection of vicious horses which it is concededhas never been equaled or approached in ancient or modern times ;and they give us the true foundation for the performance of this im-portant duty with entire success. Chapter II. FIRST METHOD OF
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. wer and effectiveness in thecontrol of vicious horses as practically to leave but little to be de-sired. These methods of treatment have been the outgrowth of agreat deal of practical experimenting, and by them I was able to ef-fect results in the subjection of vicious horses which it is concededhas never been equaled or approached in ancient or modern times ;and they give us the true foundation for the performance of this im-portant duty with entire success. Chapter II. FIRST METHOD OF SUBJECTION. AS before explained, disabling an\- part of the horses body willproduce in him a corresponding sense of helplessness ; andwhen we disable the whole body, or overmatch his pow-ers wholly, we create in him a powerful sense of our mastery, anda corresponding sense of his own helplessness. The simplest andmost effective means of doing this is by the method here given. I give two rigs, one of leather and one of rope. The leatherrig works well, is not difficult to fit, but is troublesome to make,. Mustang Ponies. and , costing from eight to fifteen dollars. The roperig works equally well, and can be made of any old rope in a fewminutes, at a mearly nominal cost. I include a description of the leather rig the surcingle should be made of two thicknessesof good harness leather, about three inches wide, and about eight or f52) FinsT METHOD. 53 ten inches longer than the size of the body. The buckle should havetwo tongues, and be made of good wrought iron. When this rig ison and drawn tightly from the part over the backbone, a doublestrap, the length of the back, with a strong crupper, should beattached. Four or five inches on the off sideshould be fastened, at the front edge of thissurcingle, a strong two-inch ring. On the
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