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 . but will contimie to do so afterward; also when the feetare taken up and handled until the operation is submitted to, or such restraintbrought upon themouth as to overcomethe power of resist-ance, there will notonly be submissionfor the time, but, ifdone properly, all i
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 . but will contimie to do so afterward; also when the feetare taken up and handled until the operation is submitted to, or such restraintbrought upon themouth as to overcomethe power of resist-ance, there will notonly be submissionfor the time, but, ifdone properly, all in-clination to resist af-terward will be over-come. The principle isFig. 4.—Sullen treachery. the same in relation to other habits, or in overcoming viciousness. No matterhow wild or vicious the horse may be, if so controlled thatresistance becomesimpossible, and hisfear is overcome bykind treatment,there will not onlybe entire submis-sion without theuse of power or re-straint, but he willremain so afterwardif not abused or ex-cited. Second. We seethat when an ob-ject or cause of unusual sound is brought suddenly or un-. FiG. 5.—Sketch from life of the most viciousMustang Pony the writer ever saw. GENEEAL PEINCIPLES. 23 expectedly to his notice or in contact with his body, it is liable to excite the most intense fear or resistance, and of which he will ever afterward be afraid; whereas if brought slowly and gently to his notice, letting him smell and feel of it, it can soon be brought over or around him without causing the least fear, or attracting his attention. It does not matter whether it is in driving to carriage, letting the crosspiece come across the quarters, raising an umbrella behind, or the noise of a steam-engine, etc., the effect is the same.
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