BREAKING AND TRAINING HORSES 



CHAPTER I 

 General Principles of Horse Breaking 



In treating of any subject, there are always certain 

 general principles which should be clearly enunciated 

 before we go any further. For instance, the subject 

 which we are now taking in hand is horse breaking, and 

 I shall begin by asking, and attempting to answer, the 

 broad question : What is the object of horse breaking ? 

 In other words, what is the aim we have in view in 

 training a horse, or in sending him to the trainer ? 



Well, first of all, we wish to teach the animal to be 

 docile whilst in the stable and, in addition, he must 

 be educated to respond to our actions, or actions and 



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