The horse and other live stock . nd will soon find that you do not intend to hurt them,and then they will not care anything more about it. You canthen let down the leg and drive along gently without any furthertrouble. By this new process a bad kicking horse can be taughtto go gentle in harness in a few hours time. How to Make a Horse lie down.—To make a horse liedown, bend his left fore-leg and slip a loop over it, so that hecannot get it down. Then put a surcingle round his body, andfasten one end of a long strap around the other fore-leg, justabove the hoof. Place the other end under the be
The horse and other live stock . nd will soon find that you do not intend to hurt them,and then they will not care anything more about it. You canthen let down the leg and drive along gently without any furthertrouble. By this new process a bad kicking horse can be taughtto go gentle in harness in a few hours time. How to Make a Horse lie down.—To make a horse liedown, bend his left fore-leg and slip a loop over it, so that hecannot get it down. Then put a surcingle round his body, andfasten one end of a long strap around the other fore-leg, justabove the hoof. Place the other end under the before-describedsurcingle, so as to keep the strap in the right direction; takea short hold of it with your right hand; stand on the left sideof the horse, grasp the bit in your left hand, pull steadily on thestrap with your right; bear against his shoulder till you causehim to move. As soon as he lifts his weight, your pulling willraise tke other foot, and he will have to come on his 370 rareys method op taming Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he cannot straightenhis leg if he rises up. Hold him in this position, and turn hishead toward you ; bear against his side withyour shoulder, not hard, but with a steady,equal pressure, and inabout ten minutes hewill lie down. As soonas he lies down, he willbe com pletely con-quered, and you canhandle him as you-please. Take off theTEACHING THE HORSE TO LIE DowTj straps, and Straighten out his legs ; rub him lightly about the face and neck with yourhand the way the hair lies ; handle all his legs, and after he haslain ten or twenty minutes, let him get up again. After rest-ing him a short time, make him lie down as before. Repeatthe operation three or four times, which will be sufficient forone lesson. Give him two lessons a day, and when you havereached four lessons, he will lie down by taking hold of onefoot. As soon as he is well broken to lie down in this way,tap him on the opposite leg with a stick when y
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