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lover to know that the whip was entirely excluded from 

 the lessons given to this horse except, of course, the 

 confidence lesson. It took two weeks to bring about 

 the cure, and I am pleased to say it was a permanent 

 one, for my account was not settled until six months 

 after the horse had left my premises. By this time the 

 owner knew it was a certain cure. 



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This objectionable and dangerous habit is invariably 

 the result of bad training and breaking, and is almost 

 always traceable to careless mouthing. The colt should 

 always be taught gently to back without rearing. I 

 have found the long-rein lesson teach the colt to obey 

 the bit, and this lesson is usually enough to cure ordinary 

 cases of bit-jibbing and rearing. Rearing horses are 

 generally of a stubborn disposition. In bad cases I 

 use the master rein as illustrated. 



The method of breaking a wine-bottle over the head 

 of a rearing horse is another absurd tactic employed by 

 brutal horsemen. The master rein is a certain cure ; 

 rearers are soon broken and corrected by this simple, 

 humane method. They soon give up when they drop 

 heavily upon the knees, and prefer to stand safely on 

 four legs. 



