RAREY'S METHOD OF TAMING HORSES. 



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on the stirrup, and on your right hand, until the horse feels 

 your whole weight on the saddle ; repeat this several times, 

 each time raising yourself a little higher from the block, until 

 he will allow you to raise your leg over his croup, and place 

 yourself in the saddle. 



There are three great advantages in having a block from 

 which to mount. First, a sudden change of position is very 

 apt to frighten a young horse who has never been handled ; 

 he will allow you to walk up to him, and stand by 

 his side without scaring at you, because you have 

 gentled him to that positi 

 if you get down on 

 your hands and 

 knees and crawl to- 

 ward him, he will 

 be very much fright- 

 ened ; and upon the 

 same principle, he 

 would be frightened at your new position if you had the power 

 to hold yourself over his back without touching him. The 

 first great advantage of the block, then, is to gradually gentle 

 hira to that new position in which he will see you when you 

 ride him. 



Secondly, by the process of leaning your weight in the 

 stirrup, and on your hand, you can gradually accustom hira 

 to your weight, so as not to frighten him by having him feel 

 it all at once. And, in the third place, the block elevates you 

 so that you will not have to make a spring in order to get 

 upon the horse's back, but from it you can gradually raise 

 yourself into the saddle. When you take these precautions, 



SUBMISSION OF THE HORSE. 



