30 TRAINING. 



There is no doubt that Mr Rarey's plan of thus 

 overcoming the unruly or vicious beast by mild but 

 effectual means, is the right one to gain the point, as 

 far as it goes; but breaking him in to saddle or draught, 

 improving his paces, or having ability in riding or driv- 

 ing any horse judiciously, must be considered another 

 affair, and only to be acquired through more or less 

 competent instruction, and by practice combined with 

 taste. 



In training, the use of a dumb jockey* will be 

 found most serviceable to get the head into proper 

 position, and to bend the neck. Two hours a- day in 

 this gear, while the horse is either loose in a box or 

 fastened to the pillar-reins if in a stall, will not at all 

 interfere with his regular training, exercise, or work, 

 and will materially aid the former result. 



I greatly advocate the use of the dumb jockey with- 

 out springs, even with formed horses, who, being daily 

 used to it, need no such adjuncts as bearing-reins, but 

 will arch their necks, work nicely on the bit, and ex- 

 hibit an altered show and style in action that is very 

 admirable in a gentleman's equipage. 



Should my reader be much interested in breaking-in 

 rough colts, I recommend him to consult 'Stonehenge,' 

 by J. H. Walsh, F.R.C.S., editor of the ' Field.' 



Training for Draught — Before the first trial in the 

 break- carriage, give your horse from half-an-hour to an 

 hour's quiet ringing in the harness, to which he should 

 have been previously made accustomed by wearing it 

 for a couple of hours the two or three preceding days. 

 The first start should be in a regular break, or strong 



* The old-fashioned pattern, with leather gear, is, after all, the 

 best, as proved by the most practical men of the day. 



