CHAPTER VI 



TRAINING WILD AND SUBDUING 

 VICIOUS HORSES 



The training of stubborn, refractory and wild 

 horses, or the subduing of vicious horses often calls 

 for more strenuous methods than have hitherto 

 been suggested. Before deciding upon the method 

 to be employed, one should make a careful study of 

 the horse to determine, if possible, the cause of his 

 obstinacy. One source of indifference is improper 

 training while young. The colt has probably had 

 his nerves deadened by severe bits or some similar 

 treatment. Accidents are a second source of indif- 

 ference. The horse may have been well trained and 

 under excellent control, but in an accident may 

 have become frightened and perhaps injured, thus 

 leaving a bad impression upon his mind, and under 

 similar circumstances he becomes unmanageable. In 

 such cases, absolute subjection by either the Rarey 

 or Galvayne method will serve to bring the horse 

 back under control, as he learns that man is his su- 

 perior, and that if he does as commanded no injury 

 is to come to him. 



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