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bad horses sprung upon me without warning. In fact, it 

 was on account of being caught in this way a great many 

 times that I was compelled to become observant, and when 

 able to point out what a horse would do, and the treatment 

 necessary for his subjection, and then prove it, it became 

 a great point in my favor. 



To give some idea of these peculiarities, I include a 

 great variety of heads. But it will be understood that it 

 is impossible, with the greatest nicety of artistic skill, to 

 illustrate the changing expression of even the eye. In the 

 human eye, anger, fear, or affection is clearly marked. 

 Now the horse shows the same peculiarity of changing ex- 

 pression in his eye, and will require the same amount oi 

 study to determine his intentions. 



The methods given in this chapter are proved to be the 

 most powerful, comprehensive, and humane for the subjec- 

 tion of horses that have ever yet been discovered. They 

 give power to control the whole or any part of the body, 

 so that with reasonable care it becomes a very easy and 

 simple matter to perform astonishing feats of mastery over 

 the most vicious horses. When his intelligence and better 

 nature cannot be reached by kindness, force becomes nec- 

 essary until a foundation is laid which will allow an appeal 

 to the better nature by kindness. Under treatment by 

 these methods the horse is taken at such a disadvantage at 

 every point that there is but one alternative, — submission. 

 It is science against strength, — man using his ingenuity to 

 neutralize and master brute force. 



Now it is seen that the most valuable machine may be 

 rendered useless by bad management ; that its usefulness 

 and value depend upon the skill with which it is managed. 

 So the advantages of these methods depend upon the man- 

 ner in which they are applied. A more detailed explana- 

 tion of these methods, with a history of the methods here- 

 tofore practiced, etc., will be found in the chapter on " Sub- 

 jection," which should be read in connection with this. 



