OPERATIONS. 103 



thrown down, may be thus quoted from his own 

 directions : — 



" Everything that we want to teach a horse must be 

 commenced in some way to give him an idea of what 

 you want him to do, and then be repeated till he learns 

 perfectly. 



" To make a horse lie down, bend his left fore-leg and 

 slip a loop over it, so that he cannot get it down. Then 

 put a surcingle round his body, and fasten one end of 

 a long strap around the other fore-leg, just above the 

 hoof. Place the other end under the surcingle so as 

 to keep the strap in the right direction ; take a short 

 hold of it with your right hand ; stand on the left side 

 of the horse ; grasp the bit in your left hand ; pull 

 steadily on the strap with your right ; bear against his 

 shoulder till you cause him to move. As soon as he 

 lifts his weight, your pulling will raise the other foot, 

 and he will have to come on his knees. 



" Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he can- 

 not straighten his leg if he rises up. Hold him in 

 this position, and turn his head towards you ; bear 

 against his side with your shoulder, not hard, but with 

 a steady equal pressure, and in about ten minutes he 

 will be down. As soon as he lies down he will be 

 completely conquered, and you can handle him at your 

 pleasure. 



" Take off the straps and straighten out his legs; rub 

 him lightly about the face and neck with your hand 

 the way the hair lies ; handle all his legs, and after he 

 has lain ten or twenty minutes let him get up again. 

 After resting him a short time make him lie down and 

 get up as before. Repeat the operation three or four 

 times, which will be sufficient for one lesson. 



