&^ J HE ART OF T.OEING HORSKS. 



spend an hour, in handling his legs, tapping the hoofs 

 with your hand or hammer — all this to be done in a 

 firm, measured, soothing manner ; only now and then, 

 if he resist, cryhig, as you paralyze him with the ropes, 

 " Wo ho ! " in a determined manner. It is by this con- 

 tinual soothing and handling that you establish con- 

 lidence between the horse and yourself. Pattmg him 

 as much as you deem needful, say for ten minutes or 

 a quarter of an hour, you may encourage him to rise. 

 Some horses will require a good deal of helping, and 

 their fore-legs drawing out before them. 



It may be as well to remark, that the handling the 

 limbs, of colts particularly, requires caution. A cart 

 colt, tormented by flies, will kick forward nearly up to 

 the fore -legs. 



If a horse, unstrapped, attempts to rise, you may 

 easily stop him by taking hold of a fore-leg and 

 doubling it back to the strapped position. If by chance 

 he should be too quick, don't resist ; it is an essential 

 principle in the Karey system, never to enter into a 

 contest with a horse unless you are certain to be 

 victorious. 



In all these operations, you must be calm, and not in 

 a hurry. 



Thus, under the Earey system, all indications are so 

 direct, that the horse must understand them. You 

 place him in a position, and under such restraint, that 

 he cannot resist anything that you chose to do to him ; 

 and then you proceed to caress him when he assents, to 

 reprove him when he thinks of resisting — resist, with 

 all his legs tied, he cannot — repeated lessons end by 

 persuading the most vicious horse that it is useless to 

 try to resist, and that acquiescence will be followed by 

 the caresses that horses evidently like. 



