CORNELL 



IReabinQsCourse tor Jfarmers 



Published Monthly by the New York State College op Agriculture 

 AT Cornell University from November to March, and Entered at 

 Ithaca as Second-Class Matter under Act of Congress July i6, 1894. 

 JL. H. Bailey. Director. Charles H. Tuck, Supervisor. 



SERIES X 

 HORSE PRODUCTION 



11 11 AC A, N. Y. 



FEBRUARY, 1910 



No. 49 

 HORSE TRAINING 



HORSE TRAINING 



M. W. Harper 



The profit and pleasure to be derived from the use of a horse depend on 

 his being subservient to his master's will. The more complete his training 

 the better horse he will be. The problem is, then, so to train the horse as 





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Fig. 33 — Arrangement of self- punishing Itarness 

 to bring him to his ma.ximum usefulness. This is difficult. No rules can 

 be laid down that will apply in their entirety, or in every case. Much 

 depends on attendant conditions. The type or breed, the individuality 

 of the horse, the individuality of the trainer, the object for which the 



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