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unprotected nerves, inside of tlie upper lip, Sucli a ferocious 

 instrument is not to 1^ thought of for any young horse, but 

 offers an ett'ectual means to control any animal tliat may have g'ot 

 beyond ordinary restraints. 



This bridle will make the most vicious and headstrong horse 

 as powerless as a gouty man with his toe in a vice. If added to 

 the bewildering effect of a little circling, and the exhaustion of a 

 struo-o-le, either on his knees or on three legs, it will subdue a 

 " Cruiser" with the exercise of less skill, courage and patience 

 than is demanded to gain the confidence of a nervous unhandled 



colt. 



35g, — The treatment which the horse should receive when 

 on the ground will depend upon the object for which he has been 

 put here, upon what the horse is, and what he is intended to be 

 used for. In case of a young, wild, timid horse, put down for 

 the first time, the first aim must be to give him some little 

 confideuce in man, to lessen his natural paralyzing fear so far as 

 to enable him to give some attention to the objects around him. 

 The first impression that his nature will give him will 

 be that you are going to devour him, or tear him to pieces. 

 This is the first idea that the horse entertains about most 

 strange animals that attempt to approach him or that have 

 succeeded in getting hold of him. It is this fact that causes 

 the wild horse to soften his whole attitude so much to man, after one 

 forcible contact with him, even though that may not have been 

 entirely harmless to him, and to have more confidence in the 

 individual man who repeatedly puts him down and handles him 

 on the ground than he has in any man with whom he has come 

 less closely in contact. 



Your first business therefore is to show him that you have 

 no desire to hurt him, and that he may allow you to stand or 

 sit, or lie on him, and to pull him about in any part without any 

 pain or harm resulting. All his senses must be reconciled to 

 your presence. He must see yoti, hear you, smell you, and feel 

 you, and that not on one side only, but on both sides, and about 

 every part of his body. Only experienced persons can have any 

 idea how completely wild a horse or cow can be left on one side 



