CURB, SNAFFLE, AND SPUR. 



CHAPTER I. 



HANDLING THE YOUNG HORSE. 



IT must be understood at the outset that in the 

 method of training presented in the following 

 pages the object of the work described is to 

 obtain immediate and exact control over the 

 horse, through a kindly enforced discipline, in 

 which nothing is left to the volition or willing 

 obedience of the animal. The muscular actions 

 which would impulsively follow the applications 

 of the hand and heel are to be cultivated in the 

 proper directions, so that the horse shall instinc- 

 tively answer to the demands of its rider under all 

 circumstances. We are not to depend upon the 

 intelligence or the good-will of the animal, beyond 

 acquiring its confidence to such an extent that 

 its fears are not aroused by any movement the 

 trainer may make ; and neither whip nor spur 



