Methods of Horse Training 13 



taking their names from the men who first introduced 

 them into practice. In either method the object 

 is to impress the horse that we are superior and that 

 he must do as commanded. Both methods are very 

 simple. Rarey used harness for laying the horse 

 down (Fig. 66), while Galvayne tied the animal's head 

 to his tail in such a way that he was compelled to 

 go round and round until stupefied (Fig. 71). Both 

 methods have been extensively used, particularly 

 on semi-wild horses and on animals that have been 

 spoiled or have contracted some whim, fault or vice. 

 While either method is fairly efficient, one must not 

 make the mistake of thinking it to be infallible. 

 This is an error frequently made by the professional 

 ^^ horse trainer.'' At best bad habits are often diffi- 

 cult to overcome, and when the horse gets back into 

 his former condition the old tricks also are likely to 

 return. This is especially true of horses that have 

 been spoiled by bad tempered and irritable men who 

 have not the patience to handle a horse. Horses 

 thus spoiled may be cured by changing drivers. 



Rapid methods permanently effective. — Some per- 

 sons have objected to the rapid method of training on 

 the ground that because it takes only one tenth of 

 the time of the slow method, it is not so permanent 

 in its effect. Such is not the case. As has been 

 pointed out, there are two ways of fixing events in 

 the horse's mind ; one is by intensity of impression, 

 the other by repetition, of which the former is the mor^ 



