124 TAMING HORSES. 



tlie means of receipts for articles to smell at, or 

 medicine to give him, of any kind whatever. 



The only science that has ever existed in the 

 world, relative to the breaking of horses, that has 

 been of any value, is that true method which takes 

 them in their native state, and improves their in- 

 telligence. 



POWEL'S SYSTEM OF APPROACHING THE 



COLT. 



But, before we go further, I will give you Willis 

 J. Powel's system of approaching a wild colt, as 

 given by him in a work on the " Art of Taming 

 Wild Horses." He says, " A horse is gentled by 

 my secret in from two to sixteen hours." The time 

 I have most commonly employed has been from 

 four to six hours. He goes on to say, (see page 

 35, of this work). 



REMARKS ON POWEL'S TREATMENT.— HOW 

 TO GOVERN HORSES OF ANY KIND. 



These instructions are very good, but not quite 

 sufficient for horses of all kinds, and for haltering 

 and leading the colt; but I have inserted them 

 here because they give some of the true jDhilosophy 

 of approaching the horse, and of establishing con- 



