. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . e ropes firmly in the left. Give a little jerk on thereins, and say, Get up, sir! When the horse throwsout the forward feet and springs to raise himself on thehind feet, he finds himself unable to complete the effort, onaccount of the hind feet being tied forward under him, andso brings himself in a sitting position. Instantly step for-ward, holding the ropes firmly, rub and caress the head andneck a little for a few seconds, then as you see the effortto keep up becoming tiresome, let loose and say, Get up, 340 TEACHING TEICKS. sir ! By repeatin
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . e ropes firmly in the left. Give a little jerk on thereins, and say, Get up, sir! When the horse throwsout the forward feet and springs to raise himself on thehind feet, he finds himself unable to complete the effort, onaccount of the hind feet being tied forward under him, andso brings himself in a sitting position. Instantly step for-ward, holding the ropes firmly, rub and caress the head andneck a little for a few seconds, then as you see the effortto keep up becoming tiresome, let loose and say, Get up, 340 TEACHING TEICKS. sir ! By repeating in this way a few times, the horse willsoon learn to sit up when commanded, without being tied. To Throw Boys. To teach a horse to throw boys, first make him kickup as before explained. Then have plenty of straw on theground, put a boy on his back, and while holding the haltermake the horse kick up sharply by pricking, or touchinghim with the whip. The instant he kicks up, have the boythrow himself forward over the shoulders, for which give. Fig. 235.—Tommy in his vicious act defending the ring. the horse a caress and a piece of apple. Repeat until hewill, at the motion of the whip, make an effort to get theboy off. When he has done this, put on a larger andstronger boy, so that he must make a greater effort to gethim off. Watch the point carefully, and see that the boycomes off when the horse makes an effort to throw him,otherwise he will soon become discouraged. By persever-ing in the treatment, he will soon learn to throw the mostexpert rider. But it will be noticed that he will make agreater effort sometimes than at others. When he does notseem to work well, put on a poorer rider, and work up againgradually. When the horse makes a particularly good DETAILS OF TEACHING. 341
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