3^54 rarey's method of taming horses. 



or fear of man that he should have, to enable you to handk him 

 quickly and easily ; and it might be well to give him a few sharp 

 cuts with the whip, about the legs, pretty close to the body. It 

 will crack keenly as it plies around his legs, and the crack of 

 the whip will affect him as much as the stroke ; besides, one 

 sharp cut about his legs will affect him more than two or three 

 over his back, the skin on the inner part of his legs or about his 

 flank being thinner, more tender, than on his back. Do not 

 whip him much — -just enough to frighten him ; it is not because 

 we want to hurt the horse that we whip him — we only do it to 

 frighten vice and stubbornness out of him. Whatever you do, 

 do quickly, sharply, and with a good deal of fire, but always 

 without anger. If you are going to frighten him at all, you 

 must do it at once. Never go into a pitched battle with your 

 horse, and whip him until he is mad and will fight you ; it would 

 be better not to touch him at all, for you will establish, instead 

 of fear and respect, feelings of resentment, hatred, and ill-will. 

 If you can succeed in frightening him, you can whip him with- 

 out making him mad ; for fear and anger never exist together 

 in the horse, and as soon as one is visible, the other disappears. 

 After you have frightened him, so that he will stand up straight 

 and pay some attention to you, approach him again, and caress 

 him a good deal more than you whipped him ; then you will 

 excite the two controlling passions of his nature, love and fear, 

 and as soon as he learns what you require, he will obey quickl3\ 

 How TO Halter and Lead a Colt. — As soon as you have 

 tamed the colt a little, take the halter in your left hand, and 

 approach him as before, and on the same side that you have 

 tamed him. If he is very timid about your approaching closely 

 to him, you can get up to him quicker by making tha vhip a 



