872 RAREY^S METHOD OF TAMING HORSES. 



this practice has been repeated a few times, your horse, how- 

 ever spirited, will rest his nose nnmoved on the big drum, 

 while the most thundering piece is played. 



To teach a Horse to hear an Umhrella- — Go through the 

 same cautious forms, let him see it, and smell it, open it by 

 degrees, gain your point inch by inch, passing it always from 

 his eyes to his neck, and from his neck to his back and tail ; 

 and so with a riding-habit ; in half an hour any horse may 

 be taught that it will not hurt him, and then the difficulty is 

 over. 



To fire off a Horse^s bach. — Begin with caps, and, by de- 

 grees, as with the drum. Instead of lengthening the reins, 

 stretch the bridle hand to the front, and raise it for the car- 

 bine to rest on, with the muzzle clear of the horse's head, a 

 little to one side. Lean the body forward without rising in 

 the stirrups. Avoid interfering ivith the horse^s mouth, or 

 exciting his fears by suddenly closing your legs either be- 

 fore or after firing — be quiet yourself, and your horse 

 will be quiet. The colt can learn to bear a rider on his bare 

 back daring his first lessons, when prostrate and powerless, 

 fast bound by straps. The surcingle has accustomed him to 

 girths, he leads well, and has learned that when the right rein 

 is pulled he must go to the right, and when the left rein to 

 the left. You may now teach him to bear the bit and the 

 SADDLE, if you have not placed it upon his back while on the 

 ground. 



How TO Accustom a Horse to a Bit.— You should use a 

 large, smooth, snaffle bit, so as not to hurt his mouth, with a 

 bar to each side, to prevent the bit from pulling through 

 either way. This you should attach to the head-stall of your 



