36 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



time to indulge their taste in this respect. It is, 

 however, inapplicable to circumstances under which 

 the number of animals to be broken is out of 

 proportion to the supply of labour ; especially in the 

 case of inexpensive stock. It is, also, besides being 

 tedious, often ineffective in the reduction to obe- 

 dience of " spoiled horses," and of those that have 

 been allowed to run wild for a considerable time 

 before being " taken up " ; the reason being, that it 

 does not supply us with means for enforcing our 

 commands, then and there, on exceptionally unruly 

 animals, which, in order to be rendered docile, must 

 be confirmed in the habit of obedience. 



Breaking by kindness alone. While fully ad- 

 miring the kindness of heart of those enthusiasts 

 who regard a horse as a friend to be won by 

 affection, I must say that the better plan for 

 making him a useful member of society, is to treat 

 him as a servant who has to be taught his work, 

 and from whom implicit obedience has to be 



