222 EDUCATING THE HORSE. 



with the mane, and carry the cord through a loop 

 made in the tail by same means, and let your 

 cord lay out behind from ten to fifty feet, as 

 required. Now, when you want your horse, go 

 carefully up behind him and take a firm hold of 

 the cord, and say " Come here," at the same time 

 pulling with all your might.' By giving him 

 three or four lessons of this kind, you may safely 

 take off the cord and go into the field, standing 

 about the same distance as when you last pulled 

 or the cord, and repeat the words "come here;" 

 he will quickly obey your voice, and give you no 

 more trouble in catching him. 



When it is remembered how much time is 

 often lost in catching a horse in the field, it \vill 

 be seen that, in money value, this simple point of 

 horse education will more than repay the cost of 

 this book to the owner of a horse that has hereto- 

 fore been bad to catch ; and the saving of temper 

 as well as time will make the improvement in his 

 habits doubly valuable. Both the man and the 

 horse are made better by it. 



