RABEY :VND UOCKWELL's TliAINING METHODS. 123 



To teach him for your amusemeut to follow you 

 ■when entirely loose, put on the near fore foot, a loiij; 

 foot strap, and j)laee on him a girth ; and holding 

 the end iu your hand, step away from him ; then step 

 toward him and if, he attempts to step away fiom 

 you, pull up ou the strap and say : " Whoa." If he 

 stops, step up and caress him ; repeat until he will 

 allow you to step up to him without moving away. 

 Now take a short, blunt whip iu your right hand, 

 and the strap in your left, standing by his side, pass 

 your right arm over the withers and gently touch 

 him on the ortside of the head ; if he starts to move, 

 off, pull up ou the strap, and say : "Whoa."' When 

 he turns his head, caress him gi'adually with the 

 ■whip, forcing him to turn his head around toward 

 you. When he will do this, every time you put the 

 whip over, you may remove the foot strap aud prac- 

 tise him in the lesson, until he will come to you, 

 every time you lay the whip across his ueck ; then 

 put on the foot strap again, put your whip in the 

 same position and hit him in the same place quite 

 hard, at the sanu^ time, saying : " Come hfre, Sir." 

 After a little, he will be very prompt ; then place him 

 in a corner and step ofl' at a distance of eight or teu 

 feet, and say : " Co)ne here, Sir." If he comes, ca- 

 ress him ; if he does uot come, hit him gently ou the 

 breast with a loug whip. He will, perhaps, struggle 



