81) THE ART OF TAMING HOUSES. 



■when you think he is quite beaten ; but, at any rate, 

 at length he slides over, and lies down, panting and ex- 

 hausted, on his side. If he is full of corn and well 

 bred, take advantage of the moment to tie up the off 

 fore-leg to the surcingle, as securely as the other, in a 

 slip loop knot. 



Now let your horse recover his wind, and then en- 

 courage him to make a second fight. It will often be 

 more stubborn and more fierce than the first. The object 

 of this tying-up operation is, that he shall thoroughly 

 exhaust without hurting himself, and that he shall come 

 to the conclusion that it is you who, by your superior 

 strength, have conquered him, and that you are always 

 able to conquer him. 



Under the old rough-riding system, the most vicious 

 horses w^ere occasionally conquered by daring men with 

 Ih'm seats and strong arms, who rode and Jflogged them 

 into subjection ; but these conquests were temporary, 

 and usually personal; wdth every stranger, the animal 

 w^ould begin his game again. 



One advantage of this Earey system is, that the 

 horse is allowed to exhaust himself under circum- 

 stances that render it impossible for him to struggle 

 long enough to do himself any harm. It has been 

 suggested that a blood-vessel would be likely to be 

 broken, or apoplexy produced by the exertion of leaping 

 from the hind legs ; but, up to the present time, no 

 accident of any kind has been reported. 



When the horse lies down for the second or third 

 time thoroughly beaten, the time has arrived for teach- 

 ing him a few more of the practical parts of horse- 

 training. 



AVhen you have done all you desire to the horse tied 

 up, — smoothed his ears, if fidgety about the ears— the 



