. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . this method of subjugation being practiced was by a mannamed who lived in Stanton-le-Vale, Lincolnshire, England. Thisman had quite a local reputation for his power over correspondent of Bells Life, published in London, whogave Bull one guinea to teach him the secret, described hismethod as follows :— First, buckle a surcingle around the body; second, tieup the fore leg by buckling a strap tightly around the footand fore-arm; next, attach a strap to the off fore foot, bringit over the horses back, and grasp it firmly with the righthand.
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . this method of subjugation being practiced was by a mannamed who lived in Stanton-le-Vale, Lincolnshire, England. Thisman had quite a local reputation for his power over correspondent of Bells Life, published in London, whogave Bull one guinea to teach him the secret, described hismethod as follows :— First, buckle a surcingle around the body; second, tieup the fore leg by buckling a strap tightly around the footand fore-arm; next, attach a strap to the off fore foot, bringit over the horses back, and grasp it firmly with the righthand. With the left, catch the near rein of the bridle, andpull the head around toward you. When the horse is madeto step, pull the foot from under him, bringing him on hisknees, when in a short time he will lie down; this was thewhole secret. In the account, the correspondent referredto Bulls control of several horses, making them lie down,get up, etc., at command. S66 SUBJECTION. We also learn that about the year 1800 a man named c^TJ:iy^:E5EI^,. fiG. 256.—The Bridle used to prevent biting. in Yorkshire, England,was quite celebrated forhis power over horses,although he kept hismethod a great following accountshows that his methodwas the same as Bulls.:A correspondent in theVeterinarian, named Cas-tly, in referring to a cer-tain horse given Jumperto break, says that inten days he broughthim home perfectly sub-dued, for he would liedoivn, and rise again, athis command. About the same timea man named Sullivan,better known as who lived in Mallow, in the County of Cork, Ireland, hadquite a local reputation for his power over horses. Hismethod of management was to shut himself up in a build-ing with the horse to be subdued, until he had him undercontrol, when he would open the doors and exhibit the ef-fects of his treatment. While the horse was standingquietly, he would occasionally put his mouth to the horsesear as if whispering something to him; hence the term HISTOEICA
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