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 . hand, this throws him off his balance and you can very easily takdthe foot from the ground. As your strength is nothing comparedwith the horses strength you must use such means as to overpowerhim and to place him in the position where he cannot get away fromyou in order for you to meet with success. Now, after you have•trapped his front foot up to the surcingle, you thun comp
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 . hand, this throws him off his balance and you can very easily takdthe foot from the ground. As your strength is nothing comparedwith the horses strength you must use such means as to overpowerhim and to place him in the position where he cannot get away fromyou in order for you to meet with success. Now, after you have•trapped his front foot up to the surcingle, you thun compel t&o colt to make four or five steps on three legs. If he is inclined tsbe Trild he -will rear, pitch and plunge in the air, but it is impossi-ble for him to get his foot away; but as soon as he finds out that heis fast he will give up; you can unbuckle the strap and loosen hiffoot and you then have his limb under perfect control. Now this isonly one front limb; the other must be handled the same Question. How would you break a colt to ride? Answer. First put on a riding bridle and an ordinary one man stand on the off side of the colt with his right handon the bridle bit, and another man stand on the nigh side of the coltwith his left hand holding the bridle bit. Then take a boy and lethim mount the colt. The moment he is on the colts back, the manon the off side, with his left hand, takes hold of the boys leg, and theman on the nigh side also takes hold of the boys leg with his righthand. Now, if the colt should plunge, there are two of you to boldKim, and at the §ame time you are holding on to the boy, and it is im- possible for the colt to throw him off. Lead him around for ten o*fifteen minutes in this way. Then you can let go of the boys legs,and one man can lead the colt Be very careful to caution the ridernot to touch his heels to the colts side. Lead him around, say forten or twenty minutes. Let the driver dismount and mount him•gain. Then put
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