SHYING. 



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he will be more afraid of it than he was the first time 

 and will try to get farther away from it. A few 

 repetitions of this kind of treatment will make a first 

 class shyer. Or to allow a horse to go around any 

 object that he is afraid of, without having him examine 

 it, and be convinced that it is harmless, will have 

 almost as bad an effect upon the horse as to punish 

 Avith the whip. This is invarial^ly the way all horses 

 are tauglit to shy. 



Xow, when you have a horse that has been taught 

 to shy, or is confirmed in the habit, it is advisable to 

 lay him down a few times, and introduce to him buffalo ' 

 robes, umbrellas, flags, tin pans, sleigh bells, drums, in 

 fact all the objects and sounds that are liable to 

 frighten horses. After he submits to the treatment 

 while down, then let him on his feet, put on the 

 Double Safety Eope, as described under ^'Subjection,'' 

 and convince him that these objects and sounds that 

 are -liable to frighten him are perfectly harmless. 



Have your assistant hold flags and umbrellas up, 

 and drive the horse under them. Drive him over paper, 

 and right up to the object that he fears most. If he 

 undertakes to shy from them say, AYhoa! pull on the 

 rope and bring him to his knees; hold him there a 

 little while; then let him up^ and draw on the rope 

 just enough to keep his attention, while you rush him 



