SUBJECTION. 



CHAPTER 11. 



All vicious habits and vices have been learned and 

 acquired from previous contests. A colt that breaks 

 -its halter^, kicks itself loose, or scares you out by fight- 

 ing, will try it again with increased zeal. He has now 

 learned how. to do it. Do not let him begin, but if he 

 should, take it out of him before you stop. You must 

 conquer him or he will conquer you. There is no part- 

 nership in the matter ; you must be master and yet you 

 must do it by firmness, patience and perseverance. 

 There are no advantages gained by the brutal use of 

 the whip. There are advantages enough to be takeiL 

 of the colt,- which will soon cause him to yield, because 

 he finds himself powerless against you. The first prin- 

 ciples involved in managing unruly or vicious horses 

 are to show them that we are master, and to do this 

 we must use coercive treatment in order to subdue 

 them.* We have several direct methods of subjection. 

 and also a number of indirect . methods. The first 



