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Question. How would you educate a horse not to be afraid of 

 fire-arms or gunpowder ? 



Ansiuer. Throw him and hold him down, taking a revolver 

 loaded with blank cartridges, fire it off in the air. If he make? 

 a move to get up make him lie down by pulling the strap ; re 

 peat this and make the lesson thirty or forty minutes. The next 

 day give him another lesson and in three days you have taught 

 your horse so that he will pay no attention to the report of a 

 gun. The theory of this is very simple. All that you have got 

 to do is to convince a horse that you are his friend and he is not 

 going to be harmed. 



Question. How would you educate a horse not to be afraid of 

 buffalo robes, blankets, etc.? 



Anstoer. Take the Gleason Bridle and put on to his head, 

 holding the strap in your right hand ; take the buffalo robe or 

 blanket and hold up to the horse^s nostrils ; let him smell of it ; 

 at first he will make a desperate attempt to get away from you ; 

 as he does, you pull upon the bridle, using the words ^^ stand, 

 sir ;'' then let him smell of them again, and every time that he 

 makes an attempt to get away from it tighten upon the bridle, 

 and always talk to your horse, using the words *' stand still, 

 that will not hurt you,^^ or any other words that you may think 

 proper. Eepeat these lessons three or four times, throwing the 

 robe over his head, making him walk over it, and teach him 

 that you are his friend and protector. In a short time he will 

 gain confidence in you, and whatever you ask him to do he will 

 be williug to perform. 



Question. How would you break a horse from biting in the 

 stall ? 



Answer. Use the Gleason Bridle, having the long strap hang 

 over the side of the stall where you can reach it handy, and 

 when you go in by the side of the horse, if he makes any attempt 

 to kick at you, strike or bite, give him a severe pull upon this 

 strap, at the same time using the words ^'take care, take care, 

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