Treatmerit of Young Horses, 25 



soon as it touches its nose to your hand caress it 

 as before directed, always using a very light soft 

 touchj always rubbing the same way the hair lies, 

 so that your hand will pass along as smoothly as 

 possible. As you stand by its side you may find 

 it more convenient to rub its neck or the side of 

 its head, which will answer the same purpose as 

 rubbing its forehead. Favour every inclination 

 of the horse to smell or touch you with his nose, 

 always following each touch or communication of 

 this kind with the most tender and affectionate 

 caresses, accompanied with a kind look and plea- 

 sant word of some sort, constantly repeating the 

 same words, with the same kind, steady, tone of 

 voice, as the horse soon learns to read the ex- 

 pression of the face and voice, and will know as 

 well when fear, love, or anger prevails, as you 

 know your own feelings. Earey's mode of treat- 

 ment if the horse is of a stubborn disposition : — 

 " If your horse instead of being wild seems to be 

 of a stubborn or mulish disposition, if he lays 

 back his ears as you approach him or turns his 

 heels to kick you, he has not that regard or fear 

 of man that he should have to enable you to 

 handle him quickly and easily, and it might be 

 well to give him a few sharp cuts with the whip 

 against the legs close to the body. It will crack 

 keenly as it plies round the legs, and the crack of 

 the whip will affect him more than two or three 

 cuts over the back, the skin on the inner part of 

 the legs or about the flank being thinner and 

 more tender than on his back. Do not whip him 

 much — ^just enough to scare him. It is not 



