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HOW TO EDUCATE HORSES. 



back. Nine out of ten will stand perfectly quiet, 

 Why? Because you have rendered him dizzy, and he 

 is almost powerless to jump, being practically intoxi- 

 cated. His ideas have been mixed up in such a man- 

 ner that he does not know what has happened. Ask 

 the colt to start, but don't plank your heels in his 

 flank, or you will land rather quickly in the road. 

 Have a second party lead the colt ten to fifteen feet, 

 until he knows what you want. If he makes any 

 attempt to throw you, take your left hand and pull 

 the nigh line, making that shorter than the other. 

 Pull his head around so that he will go around him- 

 self, and thus he cannot throw his rider. After you 

 have whirled him around five or six times, pull both 

 lines quickly and say "whoa." After two or three 

 lessons, he will ride off correctly. When you find out 

 the colt will not throw you, don't commence to run, 

 but let him off slowly, then gradually faster and 

 faster, until he is confident that you will do him no 

 harm. Don't force him, because, by endeavoring to 

 be too smart with him, you will find yourself very- 

 liable to land over some near-by fence. 



TAKING UP A HORSE'S FRONT FEET. 



How many times I have been in blacksmith shops 

 and livery stables and seen people go at a horse to 

 make him take his feet up by pulling on the fetlock, 

 etc. Now, let me give you an easy plan. If it is the 

 nigh foot that you wish, place your left hand on the 

 shoulder and the right hand on the horse's limb. 

 Press in with the left hand at the shoulder, and 

 quickly his foot will come from the floor! How 

 simple! and yet why have you not done it before ? 



