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RAREY'S METHOD OF TAMING HORSES. 



familiar with it, so that you can put it on him, and rattle it 

 about without his caring for it. As soon as he will bear this, 

 put on the lines, caress him as you draw them over him, and 

 drive him about in the stable till he will bear them over his hips. 

 The lines are a great aggravation to some colts, and often 

 frighten them as much as if you were to raise a whip over them. 

 As soon as he is familiar with the harness and lines, take him 

 out and put him by the side of a gentle horse. Always use a 

 bridle without blinkers when you are breaking a horse to 

 harness. 



Lead him to and around alight gig or phaeton ; let him look 

 at it, touch it with his nose, and stand by it till he does not care 

 for it : then pull the shafts a little to the left, and stand your 

 horse in front of the off- wheel. Let some one stand on the right 

 side of the horse, and hold him by the bit, while you stand on 

 the left side, facing the sulky. This will keep him straight. 

 Run your left hand back, and let it rest on his hip, and lay 



hold of the 

 shafts with 

 your right, 

 bringing 

 them up very 

 gently to the 

 left hand, 

 which still 

 remains sta- 



BKEAKING THE HORSE TO HARNESS. tlOnary. DO 



not let anything but your arm touch his back, and as soon as 

 you have the shafts square over him, let the person on the op- 

 posite side take hold of one of them, and lower them very gently 



