3T8 RAREY^S METHOD OP TAMING HORSES. 



there is no horse so wild but that you can mount him without 

 making him jump. Wlien mounting, your horse should always 

 stand without being held. A horse is never well broken when 

 he has to be held with a tight rein when mounting ; and a colt 

 is never so safe to mount as when you see that assurance of 

 confidence, and absence of fear, which cause him to stand with- 

 out holding. 



An improved plan of mounting is to pass the palm of the 

 right hand on the off-side of the saddle, and as you rise lean 

 your weight on it ; by this means you can mount with the girth 

 loose, or without any girth at all. 



How TO KiDE A Colt. — When you want him to start do 

 not touch him on the side with your heel, or do anything to 

 frighten him and make him jump. But speak to him kindly, 

 and if he does not start pull him a little to the left until he 

 starts, and then let him walk off slowly with the reins loose. 

 Walk him around in the stable a few times until he gets used to 

 the bit, and you can turn him about in every direction and stop 

 him as you please. It would be well to get on and off a good 

 many times until he gets perfectly used to it before you take 

 him out of the stable-. 



After you have trained him in this way, which should not 

 take you more than one or two hours, you can ride him any- 

 where you choose without ever having him jump or make any 

 effort to throw you. 



When you first take him out of the stable be very gentle with 

 him, as he will feel a little more at liberty to jump or run, and 

 be a little easier frightened than he was while in the stable. 

 But after handling him so much in the stable he will be pretty 

 well broken, and you will be able to manage him without trouble 

 or danger. --- --^---r - __ 



