366 RAREY'S METHOD OF TAMING HORSES. 



will never know that he can. In a few minutes you can begin 

 to control him with the halter ; then shorten the distance be- 

 tween yourself and the horse by taking up the strap in your 

 band. 



As soon as he will allow you to hold him by a tolerably short 

 strap, and to step up to him without flying back. You can 



begin to give him some 

 idea about leading. 

 But to do this, do not 

 go before and attempt 

 to pull him after you, 

 but commence by pull- 

 ing him very quietly 

 to one side. He has 

 nothing to brace either 

 side of his neck, and 



TAMisw THE HORSE. (See page 368.) 



Will soon yield to a 

 steady, gradual pull of the halter ; and as soon as you have pulled 

 him a step or two to one side, step up to him and caress him, and 

 then pull him again, repeating this operation until you can pull 

 him around in every direction, and walk about the stable with 

 him, which you can do in a few minutes, for he will soon think 

 when you have made him step to the right or left a few times, 

 that he is compelled to follow the pull of the halter, not know- 

 ing that he has the power to resist your pulling ; besides, you 

 have handled him so gently that he is not afraid of you, and 

 you always caress him when he comes up to you, and he likes 

 that, and would just as lief follow you as not. After he has 

 had a few lessons of that kind, if you turn him out in a field, he 

 will come up to you every opportunity he gets. 



