38 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



always possible to obtain the services of a rider 



of sufficient pluck and adhesiveness ; that some 



horses, by " throwing themselves over," can get rid 



of any man off their back ; that if the horse wins 



the fight, the victory will have the effect of making 



him much worse than he was before ; that the 



mastery, even if the process be repeated, is, often, 



not permanent, especially with a new rider ; that it 



is apt to spoil the horse's mouth ; and that, in the 



case of nervous or sulky animals, it is liable to 



increase their particular faults. The buckjumping 



style of breaking is, of course, only good as far 



as it goes, and has no just claim to teach the 



manners that make the horse, as assuredly as they 



do the man. 



Summary of the principles of the art of rendering 

 Horses docile may be summed up as follows : 



1. To obtain control over the animal. 



2. To prove to him that he has nothing to fear 

 from us, or from the surroundings in which we place 



