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RAREY^S METHOD OF TAMING HORSED 



Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he cannot straightes 

 bis leg if he rises up. Hold him in this position, and turn his 

 head toward you ; 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 com pletely con- 

 quered, and you can 

 handle him as you 

 please. Take off the 

 TBACHiNa THE HORSE TO LIE Dowis 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 rest- 

 ing him a short time, make him lie down as before. Repeat 

 the operation three or four times, which will be sufficient for 

 one lesson. Give him two lessons a day, and when you have 

 reached 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. 



To Accustom a Horse to Strange Sounds and Sights. — 

 It is an excellent practice to accustom all horses to strange 

 sounds and sights, and of very great importance to young 

 horses which are to be ridden or driven in large towns, or 

 used as chargers. Although some horses are very much more 

 timid and nervous than , others, the very worst can be very 



