228 ILLUSTRATED HORSE-BREAKING. 



the animal several times before taking it for a 

 regular ride. If the horse resolutely sulks, the 

 breaker, to expedite matters, may make it lie 

 down with the proper tackle and hold it down, 

 with its head turned round (see page 158), until 

 it, apparently, gives in ; after which it may get 

 another trial at circling. If it still resists, it 

 should be put down again, and, so on, for three, 

 or four times. This change of discipline is most 

 efficacious for the jibber, who quickly seems to 

 recognise the fact, that the irksome constraint on 

 the ground is a punishment for its misbehaviour. 

 Having failed, after putting forth all its powers 

 of opposition, to resist the one form of coercion, 

 it will have but little energy left to stiffen its 

 neck against the other. By adopting this plan 

 with patience, as well as firmness, and without 

 using the whip, except to crack it, the breaker 

 ought to succeed with almost any jibber in one 

 lesson of a couple of hours' duration. The 

 desired effect can be produced much easier in a 



