RAREY^S METHOD OP TAMING HORSES. 379 



When you first mount him take a little the shortest hold oa 

 the left rein, so that if anything frightens him you can prevent 

 him from jumping by pulling his head round to you. This 

 operation of pulling a horse's head round against his side will 

 prevent any horse from jumping ahead, rearing up, or running, 

 away. If he is stubborn and will not go, you can make him 

 move by pulling his head round to one side, when whipping 

 would have no effect. And turning him round a few times will 

 make him dizzy, and then by letting him have his head straight, 

 and giving him a little touch with the whip, he will go along 

 without any trouble. 



Never use martingales on a colt when you first ride him ; 

 every movement of the hand should go right to the bits in the 

 direction in which it is applied to the reins, without a martin- 

 gale to change the direction of the force applied. You can 

 guide the colt much better without it, and teach him the use of 

 the bit in much less time. Besides, martingales would prevent 

 you from pulling his head round if he should try to jump. 



After your colt has been ridden until he is gentle and well 

 accustomed to the bit, you may find it an advantage, if he car- 

 ries his head too high or his nose too far out, to put martingales 

 on him. 



You should be careful not to ride your colt so far at first as 

 to heat, worry, or tire him. Get off as soon as you see that he 

 is a little fatigued ; gentle him, and let him rest ; this will make 

 him kind to you, and prevent him from getting stubborn or 

 mad. 



To Break a Horse to Harness.— Take him in a light 

 stable, as you did to ride him; take the harness, and go through 

 the same process that you did with the saddle, until you get him. 



