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gradually increase the wei^^ht until he balances himself on the stirrup. 

 If the colt is uneas}^ or fearful, he should be spoken kindly to and pat- 

 ted, or a mouthful of grain be given to him ; but if he offers serious 

 resistance, the lessons must terminate for that day. He may probably 

 be in better humor on the morrow. 



When the rider has balanced himself for a minute or two, he may 

 gently throw his leg over and quietly seat himself in the saddle. The 

 i)reaker will then lead the animal round the ring, the rider sitting per- 

 fectly still. After a few minutes he will take the reins and handle them 

 as gently as possible, and guide the horse by the pressure of them, pat- 

 ting him frequently, and especially when he thinks of dismounting; 

 and, after having dismounted, offering him a little grain or green feed. 

 The use of the rein in checking him, and of the pressure of the leg and 

 the touch of the heel in quickening his pace, will soon be taught, and his 

 education will be nearly completed. 



Riildliess united with Firmness. — The horse having thus far submitted 

 himself to the breaker, these pattings and rewards must be gradually 

 diminished, and implicit obedience mildly but firmly enforced. Sever- 

 ity will not often be necessary. In the great majority of cases it will 

 be altogether uncalled for : but should the animal in a moment of way- 

 wardness dispute the command of the breaker, he must at once be 

 taught that he is the slave of man, and that we have the power, by 

 other means than those of kindness, to bend him to our will. The 

 education of the horse should be that of the child. Pleasure is as 

 much as possible associated v/ith the early lessons, but firmness, or if 

 need be, coercion, must establish the habit of obedience. Tyranny and 

 cruelty will more speedily in the horse than even in the child, provoke 

 the wish to disobey and, on every practicable occasion, the resistance 

 to command. The restive and vicious horse is, in ninety-nine cases out 

 of a hundred, made so by ill-usage and not by nature. Xone but those 

 who will take the trouble to make the experiment are aware how abso- 

 lute a command the due admixture of firmness and kindness will soon 

 give us over any horse. 



THE ART OF HORSE-TAMING, AS PRACTICED BY WILLIAM AND 

 JOHN S. RAREY. 



The great success which has attended the system of training horses, 

 as practiced by the Rarey brothers, induces us to publish their system ; 

 and to illustrate it with appropriate engravings.* Their success is 

 certainly wonderful. The system which they follow is, at once humane, 

 rational and philosophical ; and we earnestly commend its adoption to 

 all who manage horses not only, but all the other domestic animals. 



As evidence of Mr. Ilarey's success in England, we copy the follow- 

 ing instances from the London Review. 



* For the illustrations of the '' Rarey system," we are under obliprations to the 

 Rural New-Yorker, and which it gives us pleasure to commend to tlie attention of 

 our readers, as one of the most valuaVjle faraih' and agricultural journals published 

 in this country. It has a wide circulation and' well deserves it. 



