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often more stubborn and fierce than the first, and 

 your object is, to exhaust without hurting him, and 

 to force u]_7on him the conchision that, by your supe- 

 rior strength you have conquered, and can always 

 conquer him. 



When a horse lies down for the second or third 

 time, thoroughly beaten, the time has arrived for 

 teaching him a few more of the practical parts of' 

 horse training. 



If he has been afraid of a saddle or harness, now is 

 the time to place them upon his back, first allowing 

 him to smell them ; now is the time to mount him. 

 If he has heretofore resisted shoeing, now is the time 

 to handle his legs and tap his feet gently with the 

 hand or a hammer. If he has been fidgety about the 

 ears, now is the time to handle them, &c., &c., ac- 

 cording to the object to be accomplished ; always 

 speaking kindly to him when he submits, but with a 

 voice of authority if he resists. 



JS'ext, take all the straps oflf of him, and go through 

 the process of gentling him ; walk slowly around him 

 from head to tail and back to his head ; scrape the 

 sweat ofi" him with a scraper ; rub him down with a 

 wisp ; smooth the hair of his legs, and draw the fore 

 ones out straight ; handle his head, legs and tail, and 

 gentle every part of him, for, being exhausted and 

 powerless he cannot get away from you, and he has 

 time to find out that you mean him no harm. (Vide 

 plate 18.) 



