34 hAttEY ON HORSE-TAMING. 



raise the ^ther foot, and he will have to come on 

 his knees. Keep the strap tight in your hand, so 

 that he cannot straighten his leg if he rises up. 

 Hold him in this position, and turn his head towards 

 yon ; bear against his side with your shoulder, not 

 hard, but with a steady, equal pressure, and in about 

 ten minutes he will lie down. As soon as he lies 

 down, he will be completely conquered, and you can 

 handle him as you please. 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 as before. Repeat 

 the operation three or four times, which will be suffi- 

 cient for one lesson. Give him two lessons a day, 

 and when you have given liim four lessons, he will 

 lie down by taking hold of one foot. As soon as he 

 is well broken to lie down in this way, tap him on 

 the opposite leg with a stick when you take hold of 

 his foot, and in a few days he will lie down from the 

 mere motion of the stick. 



RECAPITULATION, AND MINUTE DIRECTIONS. 



In practicing the foregoing method upon a colt, he 

 should be first accustomed to be handled, and taught 

 to lead easily. In approaching a spiteful or vicious 

 horse, you had better make your advances with a half- 

 opened door between you and him ; gradually make 

 his acquaintance, and teach him that you do not care 

 for his open mouth ; but a regular biter must be gag- 



