94 SYSTEM FOE TRAINING CAVALEY HOESES. 



If a horse unstrapped, attempts to rise, you may 

 easily stop liim by taking hold of a fore-leg and 

 doubling it back to the strapped position. If by 

 chance he should be too quick, don't resist ; it is an 

 essential principle, never to enter into a contest with 

 a horse unless you are certain to be victorious. 



In all these operations, you must be cabn, and not 

 in a hurry. 



Thus, under the " Karey system," all indications 

 are so direct, that the horse must understand them. 

 You place him in such a position, and under such re- 

 straint, that he cannot resist any thing that you 

 choose to do to him ; and then you proceed to caress 

 him when he assents, to reprove him wdien he thinks 

 of resisting ; resist with all his legs tied, he cannot. 

 Kepeated lessons end by persuading the most vicious 

 horse that it is useless to try to resist, and that acqui- 

 escence will be followed by the caresses that horses 

 evidently like. 



The average horse may be subdued by the average 

 horseman, and colts usually come within the average ; 

 but a fierce, determined, vicious horse requires a man 

 above the average in temper, courage, and activity. 

 It is seldom necessary to lay a colt down more than 

 twice ; but it must not be supposed, that a man with- 

 out experience can, with these straps, manage any 

 horse. 



