32 thp: horsf: : its taming, 



their halters or hanfjinc;; back in the stables. I have 

 cured some of the most confirmed halter breakers, in 

 this manner (see plate No. 3). 



Then again, it is also useful in teaching horses to 

 take steam, i.e., not to be afraid of it. Just tie your 

 horse up to a fence alongside the railway, exactly as 

 you tie up the colt the first time ; but put a box of 

 corn, or a net of hay on the fence, so as to induce him 

 to eat, then wait a little distance off, and watch results. 

 You will see him quietly feeding out of the box, and 

 suddenly the train puts in an appearance, he will give a 

 fearful bound backwards, but he will be met with some- 

 thing behind him ; that punishes him, and makes him 

 take a similar bound forward. The following train may 

 fidget him a little, but he won't dare to try and get 

 away from it. As an instance of this cure, and it is 

 only one of many hundreds, I might mention that a 

 gentlemen at Falkirk gave seventy-five guineas for a 

 cob, but owing to its extreme nervousness and fear of 

 railway trains, it was dangerous to drive or ride, in 

 fact it had run away twice and smashed the vehicle 

 driven in, and the owner was compelled to sell it for 

 seventeen pounds. An omnibus proprietor purchased 

 it and put it into the 'bus, beside a steady strong 

 horse ; but, when the train came up, after doing all in 

 its power to get away, it lay down on the ground 

 trembling with fear. In two days I had this 

 cob so quiet and fearless of trains, that it would 



