THE MODERN ART 



OF 



TAMING WILD HORSES. 



INTRODUCTION. 



THE first domestication of the horse, one of the 

 greatest achievements of man in the animal king- 

 dom, was not the work of a day ; but like all other 

 great accomplishments was brought about by a 

 gradual process of discoveries and experiments. He 

 first subdued the more subordinate animals, on 

 account of their being easily caught and tamed ; and 

 used for many years the mere drudges, the ox, the 

 ass, and the camel, instead of the fleet and elegant 

 horse. This noble animal was the last brought into 

 subjection, owing, perhaps, to man's limited and 

 inaccurate knowledge of his nature, and his conse- 

 quent inability to control him. This fact alone is suffi- 

 cient evidence of his superiority over all other 

 animals. 



Man, in all his inventions and discoveries, has 

 almost invariably commenced with some simple 

 principle, and gradually developed it from one degree 



