The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ow^ner to bring the horse to the Yui. 15;J.—Most dilliciilt type ofcharacter to break. next place of appointment, byguaranteeing to control and drive him there entirely would excite so much suspicion and doubt in the mindsof the class that they would invaria
The art of taming and educating the horse : with details of management in the subjection of over forty representative vicious horses, and the story of the author's personal experience : together with chapters on feeding, stabling, shoeing, and the practical treatment for sickness, lameness, etc: with a large number of recipes . ow^ner to bring the horse to the Yui. 15;J.—Most dilliciilt type ofcharacter to break. next place of appointment, byguaranteeing to control and drive him there entirely would excite so much suspicion and doubt in the mindsof the class that they would invariably follow to see whatthe result would be. It then became a necessity to suc-ceed, as to fail would l)e sufficient reason for demandina* areturn of their money. But 1 seldom found much troublein making my point,—usually a short, sharp lesson wouldbe sufficient. Good eases illustrative of this principle are the Gal-lopsville Horse, Case No. 2. Subjection; Collins Horse,No. 6, Fear, and the Gates Horse, No. 3, Fear. Whilethe last named could not be driven out of doors prudentlywhen first handled, vet, afterward, when cool, the effect ofthe treatment was so marked that by merely testing a fewmom_ents two weeks afterward, lie proved so gentle as tobe driven without breeching, and down hill, through the 13 178 Fig. 154.—Ideal of bad character. main street of the village, controlled by word of commandalone ^vliile eight or ten rods distant. The Hanky Horse,No. 5, Kicking, was perhaps the most marked case. Thishorse conld not have been driven the first time handled, yet by a short repetition ofthe lesson next day, he wasdriven without difficulty. A great many interestingcases of this character couldbe referred to if important point is not todo too much, yet enough tomake the impression necessaryto be able to force unconditional submission. Anotherpoint: No matter how well a horse may work immediatelyafter being subdued, it should not be accepted as a proo
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