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handled at all, or have been badly handled. It consists in lay 

 ing the horse flat upon the ground, by simple and easy means, 

 though in extreme cases the terrible process of choking is 

 resorted to. In 1858, the New York Tribune gave a compen 

 dium of it. The nigh fore leg is to be bent at the knee, and 

 the hoof strapped to the leg. A long strap is fastened low on 

 the off fore leg. Thus we have the horse on three legs and 

 under control. After two or three throws he becomes entirely 

 submissive, and no act of kindness is thereafter lost upon him. 

 Affection to his master, personally, is the great result of the 

 Rarey method. This throwing need not injure the animal, 

 since it may be done with some soft material under foot, or the 

 knees be protected by pads; moreover, the posture is one the 

 horse assumes voluntarily whenever he wishes to lie down. In 

 a herd of native horses, social position is determined by the 

 varying degree of muscular force, and if so overcome by man, 

 he will be convinced he is his superior and yield. If you go so 

 far, you have now a pupil which will learn anything. But be 

 patient, even-tempered, not hasty, and never angry. Rarey 

 says anger and fear should not be known to trainers. Ask 

 nothing that you do not want, and then always have it per 

 formed. 



At the close of the lecture, Win. Whittlesey, of New 

 Britain, was called to the chair, and several questions bearing 

 on different points, were asked the lecturer, all of which he 

 answered satisfactorily. 



THE COURSE CLOSED. 



NEW HAVEN, Feb. 25, 1860. 



After Mr. Mason C. Weld's lecture, as I yesterday stated, 

 there followed an address by Professor PORTER, and a sort of 

 discussion upon the success of this plan of agricultural educa 

 tion. Professor Porter has modestly refrained from speech- 

 making from the very commencement, and has stooped to none 



