. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. sually bevery remarkable,a horse that hadperhaps been oneof the most de-termined and vi-olent of fightersbecoming as do-cile and gentle inappearance as ifhe had been al-ways so. While beingsubjected to thistreatment, thecentral point ofobservationshould be the eye. So long as there is fire in it, and the ears are thrown back, nomatter whether the horse kicks or not, it is an evidence that he isfighting hard, and the pressure must be kept on. On the contrary,when there is a general ceasin
. The standard horse book, comprising the taming, controlling and education of unbroken and vicious horses. sually bevery remarkable,a horse that hadperhaps been oneof the most de-termined and vi-olent of fightersbecoming as do-cile and gentle inappearance as ifhe had been al-ways so. While beingsubjected to thistreatment, thecentral point ofobservationshould be the eye. So long as there is fire in it, and the ears are thrown back, nomatter whether the horse kicks or not, it is an evidence that he isfighting hard, and the pressure must be kept on. On the contrary,when there is a general ceasing of resistance, the eye is softenedin its expression as if go-ing to sleep, breathingaccelerated, panting alittle, and especially ifthere is rapid sweating,it is sure evidence ofunconditional submis-sion. No matter if theseindications are shownin even two or threeminutes, the result willbe just as effective as ifit had been left on fact, as soon as these indications are shown, Fig. 104.—As Some Desperately Vicious Horses will the cord must be taken Throw Themselves when Subjected to THIRD METHOD. 77 off at once. To keep on pressure any longer would not only beentirely unnecessary, but abusive. The treatment should now be carried out for driving, as directedfor kicking and other habits, under those heads. If bad to shoe, while the pressure is on attach a rope or strapto the foot, and pull back and forward as in Fig. 108 until the toerests upon the ground, and there is submission. The cord shouldthen be immediately taken off the head, as before explained, andturned into the war bridle, when the leg is to be repeated!} tested.
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