868 rarey's method op taming horses. 



a stall, and if you give liim something to eat to keep him up tc 

 his place for a few minutes at first, there is not one colt in fifiy 

 that will pull on his halter. 



How TO Tame a Horse. — Take up one fore-foot and bend 

 his knee till his hoof is bottom upward, and nearly touching 

 his body; then slip a loop over his knee, and up until it comes 

 above the pastern-joint, to keep it up, being careful to draw the 

 loop together between the hoof and pastern-joint with a second 

 strap of some kind to prevent the loop from slipping down and 

 coming off. This will leave the horse standing on three legs ; 

 you can now handle him as you wish, for it is latterly impossible 

 for him to kick in this position. There is something in this 

 operation of taking up one foot, that conquers a horse quicker 

 and better than anything else you can do to him. There is no 

 process in the world equal to it to break a kicking horse, as 

 there is a principle of this kind in his nature that by conquer- 

 ing one member, you conquer, to a great extent, the whole 

 horse. 



This will conquer him better than anything you could do, 

 and without any possible danger of hurting himself or you 

 either, for you can tie up his foot and sit down and look at him 

 until he gives up. When you find that he is conquered, go to 

 him, let down his foot, rub his leg with your hand, caress him, 

 and let him rest a little ; then put it up again. Repeat this a 

 few times, always putting up the same foot, and he will soon 

 learn to travel on three legs, so that you can drive him some 

 distance. As soon as he gets a little used to this way of tra- 

 veling, put on your harness, and hitch him to a sulky. If he 

 is the worst kicking horse that ever raised a foot, you need not 

 be fearful of his doing any damage while he has one foot up, 



