. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ould be afraid to undertake tolead him out, for I know I could not hold him. Why, hehas never been harnessed or put in shafts in his life, I THE LIMA STALLION. 221 can see how it might be possible to accomplish this in aday or two, but to do so much in so short a time is whatI cannot understand. I give these remarks because they are simply the ex-pression of what I almost daily heard from those interestedin special cases. It seemed difficult to them because theydid not understand how it could be done. The case wassimply subjected to Second Metho
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . ould be afraid to undertake tolead him out, for I know I could not hold him. Why, hehas never been harnessed or put in shafts in his life, I THE LIMA STALLION. 221 can see how it might be possible to accomplish this in aday or two, but to do so much in so short a time is whatI cannot understand. I give these remarks because they are simply the ex-pression of what I almost daily heard from those interestedin special cases. It seemed difficult to them because theydid not understand how it could be done. The case wassimply subjected to Second Method, to which it yieldedreadily. He was then taught to follow with the WarBridle, after which he was easily driven as promised. a^ eg? CHAPTER V. BAD TO SHOE. Like most other habits to which horses are subject, thatof resisting to have the foot taken up and submitted to re-straint for shoeing, is caused by carelessness, or ignorant,bad treatment. By the use of a httle patience and tact, itis rarely that even very sensitive colts cannot be made to. Fig. —As a vicious horse will sometimes act while being shod. submit the feet to be handled and pounded upon as de-sired ; and once done, unless there is some special causefor disturbance, it can always be done. It is true there isoccasionally a young horse that is naturally so wild andvicious as to resist all ordmary good management in theeffort to take up and handle the feet; but with our presentmethods of treatment, even these cases submit readily tocontrol in a short time, so that the management of eventhe worst of these cases is not at all really difficult. (233) PALLIATIVE TEEATMEIsTT. 223 If a colt of ordinary good character, give a short lessonwith the First Form of War Bridle, when the feet can hetaken up without difficulty. The efficiency of this simplemethod of control, in making colts submit to be rode, led,or handled, is very remarkable; and in no respect is it greaterthan in allowing the feet to be taken up and hand
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