. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . FiG. 29.—Position of the Horse when down. posite side, before he will be entirely submissive; but af-ter being thrown to the extent of making him lie downsubmissively, it will do no good to repeat the treatment. FIEST METHOD. 3*7 If the impression produced is not sufficient to break upthe horses confidence and prevent a repetition of the habit,whatever it is, the treatment is a failure in his case. Forexample, if the horse is a kicker, and persists in kickingafter the full extent of the treatment, it should be aban-doned ; but if the habit is gi
. The art of taming and educating the horse .. . FiG. 29.—Position of the Horse when down. posite side, before he will be entirely submissive; but af-ter being thrown to the extent of making him lie downsubmissively, it will do no good to repeat the treatment. FIEST METHOD. 3*7 If the impression produced is not sufficient to break upthe horses confidence and prevent a repetition of the habit,whatever it is, the treatment is a failure in his case. Forexample, if the horse is a kicker, and persists in kickingafter the full extent of the treatment, it should be aban-doned ; but if the habit is given up after several timesthrowing, and he sbbmits unconditionally, it is the righttreatment for him, and all, in a general way, that is Fig. 30.—Kolling the Horse back when struggling to rise. On the other hand, if the horse drops or lies down submis-sively, refusing to get up when touched or handled, it willfail. It should not be used upon nervous, irritable, un-broken colts, especially those showing a wild, sulky, ormustang nature, as they are liable, as soon as the leg istied up, to lunge, or when pulled upon to throw themselvesrecklessly or suUenly down. For the subjection of suchcases, and all colts, balkers, and horses bad to shoe, har-ness, clean, or ride, it is not so good as the Second is most valuable when used in connection with the othermethods. In some cases of nervous character, if the horse S8 METHODS OP SUBJECTION. can be safely thrown once, rolling him back, as shown above,until there is submission, will have a good effect. Fig. 31.—The Horse subdued. Second Method of Subjection. If one were to turn around rapidly a few times, hewould become dizzy. Were he to suddenly reverse themotion,
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