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SUBJECTION. 



or until the constitution was so seriously injured as to ruin 

 them. 



Any method of lowering the vitality will make a horse 

 gentle, such as physicking, bleeding, tying down, depriving 

 of water, food, sleep, subjecting to intense pain, etc., which 

 can be carried to any extent desired ; but the trouble is 

 that when the horse regains his strength, or recovers from the 



Fig. 254. — The horse ready to l.e thrown. 



effects of the pain, he is liable to become as bad as be- 

 fore. 



By disabling any part of the body, there will be pro- 

 duced a corresponding sense of helplessness and submission. 

 For example, tying one ear down or twisting it is regarded 

 by many as quite a secret to make a horse stand to be shod. 

 It is quite a trick among many jockeys, in driving a kicker, 

 to tie the tail to the crosspiece, or forward by a string to 

 the belly-band, having discovered that a horse will not kick 

 if the tail is disabled or cannot be raised. It is on this 



