. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 366 The Book of the Horse. a cream-coloured stallion from Her Majesty's stud, that had resisted every effort of the rough- riders of the regiment to make it carry the kettledrums. The horse was in the riding-school. Rarey took one of the drums, placed it before the horse's nose, and by degrees got him to smell it ; then gave it a slight tap wi
. The book of the horse : thorough-bred, half-bred, cart-bred, saddle and harness, British and foreign, with hints on horsemanship; the management of the stable; breeding, breaking and training for the road, the park, and the field. Horses; Horsemanship. 366 The Book of the Horse. a cream-coloured stallion from Her Majesty's stud, that had resisted every effort of the rough- riders of the regiment to make it carry the kettledrums. The horse was in the riding-school. Rarey took one of the drums, placed it before the horse's nose, and by degrees got him to smell it ; then gave it a slight tap with his fingers, on which the horse started, but smelt it again. Repeating this operation again and again louder, and each time with a drumstick, after a series of starts and smells, the horse began to find out that the drum did him no harm. The drum was then placed against his side, and the tapping process repeated; finally, within certainly less than an hour, Rarey mounted his pupil and marched him round the school, beating the drum loudly. From that time forward the cream. EDMOND, BY ORVILLE, THOROUGHBRED HORSE, IN HARNESS.* stallion bore the gorgeously-attired drummer, beating the silver kettledrums, pacing proudly at the head of the regiment. Many horses cannot be broken, especially to harness, without a certain degree of force and punishment, but it should be the aim to create no unnecessary alarm. With the harness on, let the horse be led about, and finally driven about, by a man on foot, until he becomes thoroughly accustomed to it. Some persons recommend having two men to hang on the traces, to teach the horse the feel of the collar; but this takes up the time of three men, which is not always convenient. Where a large empty barn or other covered place, or an empty fold-yard, is available for these prehminaries, and also for putting in harness and driving in a carnage the first time, * Was first hunted. In harness couUl trot sixteen miles an hour. Shot when twenty-four
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