70 TAMING HORSES. 



TO TEACH A HORSE, SO THAT HE WILL NOT 

 LET A PERSON DRESSED IN A CERTAIN 

 MANNER COME NIGH HIM. 



If you would not wish to have a person, for ex- 

 ample, wearmg a white hat, come nigh your horse, 

 put on a white hat, go into the stable where your 

 horse is, and take a whip in your hand : go up to 

 him, and give him a few good lashes with it. Re- 

 tire and change your hat for one of another color : 

 leave your whip, come in again without it ; stroke 

 your horse, pat him, talk to him and feed him. 

 Go out again, and put on your white hat : come in 

 and whip him soundly. Then retire, put on ano-r 

 ther hat, and come in and handle him gently. 

 Repeat the same for a few days, and your horse 

 would as lief see the devil as a man with a white 

 hat, and will not let such a one come near him; 

 and thus it will happen with any other clothing. 



I will relate a little anecdote, which took place 

 in Mexico, a few years before I left there. One 

 of my friends had a horse extremely gentle, and 

 of such an easy, agreeable gait, that he took the 

 greatest care of him, and held him at a great price. 



