lt>8 THE REASON WHY . 



He taught men the forth drawynge 



Of bestaile, and eke the makynge 



Of oxen, and of hors the same, 



How men should them ride and tame." GOWER. 



which are well authenticated, of quiet and slow-going horses finding and 

 ueeping the w-iy without any assistance from their riders, and the same applies to 

 horses habitually used in draught.* 



499. Why is the system pursued by Mr. Earey so efficacious 

 in taming vicious horses ? 



Because, without inflicting pain upon the animal, it fixes upon his 

 memory the fact that man is his master. All animals are subdued 

 that once become aware of this ; and they owe their subjection to 

 each other to a similar consciousness. 



jOO. Mr. Rarey's system consists of rendering a horse perfectly helpless not by 

 punishment in the ordinary sense but by depriving him of the use of one of his 

 legs by the simple contrivance of a buckle and strap, which doubles the near fore 

 leg upon the fore arm, and renders the animal helpless without inflicting pain. 

 While in this subdued condition the horse is laid or thrown upon his side, and is 

 then attended, spoken to, caressed, shown different objects which he had hitherto 

 dreaded, and made familiar with sounds that, under other circumstances, would 

 alarm him. In connection with all these trials he is constantly caressed by the 

 operator until he gains assurance, and when at last he is released from subjection 

 by the hand of his attendant, he regards man as not only his master but his friend. 

 The communication of such a lesson demands patience, and an occasional repetition ; 

 but there can be no doubt of its efficiency in subduing, if not in eradicating, the 

 vice of horses. 



The principles of Mr. Rarey's system are embodied in the following 

 propositions: 



1. That any horse may be taught to do anything that a horse can do, if taught in 

 a proper manner. 



2. That a horse is not conscious of his own strength, until he has resisted and 

 conquered a man ; and that man, having the advantage of reasoning powers, can 

 handle a horse in such a manner that he shall not know his superior strength. 



3. That by enabling a horse to examine erery object with which we desire to 

 make him familiar, with organs naturally used for that purpose, viz., seeing, 

 smelling, and feeling, you may take any object around, over, and on him, that does 

 not actually hurt him.+ 



Many animals live in a state of perhaps more close domestication than the horse 

 does ; and the dog especially, being one which in a state of nature requires more 

 art and stratagem for finding his food, is capable of evincing his attachment to his 

 master in a variety of ways. The dog will fight for his master, will fawn upon hia 

 master, and will watch and defend his master's property with a fidelity perhap 



Partington's " Cyclopaedia." + " Art of Taming nnreob." 



