236 Training Wild and Subduing Vicious Horses 



time of hitching, so as to be prepared to meet any 

 emergency that may arise. If one has a training 

 cart provided with long shafts and the appUance 

 properly arranged, he is prepared to offset anything 

 the horse may attempt. If he rears, bucks or runs 

 either forward or backward, pull him to his knees; 

 if he balks, have the assistant jerk him forward; if 

 he attempts to kick, the kicking appliance will re- 

 strain him, and if he lies down, the shafts are so long 

 that no injury is likely to result. 



If the horse is very game and fights incessantly, 

 unhitch, remove the harness, then attach the tail- 

 rope and let him go round and round. If this ap- 

 pliance has been applied about two times previous 

 to this, keep him going round and round until he 

 drops. Now begin over again, taking the same pre- 

 caution as before. If he insists on lying down, at- 

 tach the throwing harness (p. 212) instead of tha 

 tail-rope and give him several severe falls. Then 

 continue as before. Such treatment will bring the 

 most incorrigible animal under subjection. He 

 will understand soon that it is useless to resist, as 

 you are using his own strength to steady him. It 

 is only in very rare cases that two or three such 

 lessQns at most will not serve to subdue the horse. 



This work should be continued daily for some 

 months, even though the horse does seem perfectly 

 obedient. It is necessary to teach these lessons 

 very thoroughly. The horse has been running wild 



