. The horse and his diseases;. ecannot 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 the other foot, and he will have to come on his knees-24 310
. The horse and his diseases;. ecannot 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 the other foot, and he will have to come on his knees-24 310 rareys method op taming horses. 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 completely con-quered, and you canhandle him as youplease. Take off thestraps, and straighten. TEACHING THE HORSE TO LIE VOWS 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 you take hold ofhis foot, and in a few days he will lie down from the mere motionof the stick. To Accustom a Horse to Strange Sounds and Sights.—It is an excellent practice to accustom all horses to strangesounds and sights, and of very great importance to younghorses which are to be ridden or driven in large towns, orused as chargers. Although some horses are very much moretimid and nervous than oth
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