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will lie down. As soon as lie lies down lie will be 

 completely conquered, and you can handle him as 

 you please. Take off the straps, and straighten out 

 his legs ; rub him gently about the face and neck 

 with your hand, the way the hair lies ; handle all 

 his legs, and after he has lain ten or twenty minutes, 

 let him get up. After resting him a short time, lie 

 him down again. Repeat the operation three or foui* 

 times, which will be sufl&cient in most cases, for he 

 is perfectly conquered, and has submitted himself to 

 your will, and can be educated to do almost anything 

 you may require of him. 



By the use of the surcingle, you can place your 

 horse in any position you like, without the assistance 

 of any one. He can be castrated in twenty minutes 

 by one alone — can be educated to know that a Buffa- 

 lo robe, umbrella, piece of paper, or any object, 

 however frightful, is harmless, and after once educa- 

 ted in that manner, you have no further trouble. 



Castrating-. 



The plan usually adopted for throwing and cas- 

 trating the colt, has been attended with more or less 

 danger, time and trouble. Tlie operator has pre- 

 pared a rope about one inch and a half in diameter, 

 and some twenty feet in length ; in the centre is made 

 a loop, which is slipped over his head and neck down 

 to the shoulders, the ends carried back and around 

 the ankles of the hind feet. One man is placed on 

 each side of the colt, holding the ends of said rope ; 



