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ments I have described, is not applicable for 

 mounting purposes. 



The plan of gaining command over a horse by 

 tying him head and tail, and allowing or forcing 

 him to revolve round until he falls down, is un- 

 worthy the consideration of educated men. It is 

 based on the wrong assumption that all ailments 

 of temper spring from the same cause ; the 

 supposed remedy is not under the control of the 

 operator ; the effect is physical, rather than 

 moral, and consequently is not lasting ; and the 

 results of the violent twisting of the hocks, and 

 of the fall, if the animal comes down on the side 

 to which his head is turned, as he often does, are 

 apt to injure him. 



Professor Sample gives a thoroughly sound and 

 rational exposition of the head and tail method, 

 which would well repay the attention of all horse- 

 men who have not already seen it. This American 

 gentleman is unrivalled in the marvellous power 

 he possesses of teaching, in a wonderfully short 

 time, horses to perform difficult feats of obedience. 



