'' TREATMENT. 



'\<> teach a horse to make a bow, first. 

 prick him lightly on the back with a pin, 

 and repeat this until, in his efforts to avoir! 

 the annoyance, he drops his head, | 

 which ( be pricking 



until the head is a^ain dropped, v/h< 



at the caress and give him something 

 of which he is fond, and continue to alter- 

 nate in this way with the pricking, car 

 ing, and rewarding, until at the least motion 

 of the hand toward the back he will drop 

 hish 



each him to kick, simply prick him, 

 on the rump until there is an inclination 

 to kick up, when, as before, caress him, and 

 so repeat until the least motion of the 

 hand toward the rump will induce him to 

 kick up. 



In teaching any kind or number of tricks, 

 the principle is the same, the only differ- 

 ence being that instead of a pin, other 

 means adapted to the requirements of the 

 case must be used. 



t one thing should be taught at ir 

 time, and that slowly and carefully re- 

 peated until thoroughly understood. The 

 duller the horse, and the more complicated 

 or difficult to the understanding the point 

 to be taught, the less can be safely at- 

 tempted, and the more time must neces- 

 sarily l>e taken ; while the more intelligent 

 the horse, and the simpler the thing re- 

 quired to be done, the more can be ac- 

 complished. And each point thus 

 should be made the foundation for the 

 next, until the education is complete. 



Again, to have prompt obedience, 

 the same signal and word given in 

 teaching the trick, or whatever is re- 

 quired to be done, must be repeated 

 .exactly, even to the tone and pitch of 

 the voice; otherwise a horse is liable 



