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they should be made to fear their master ; for, in order 

 to obtain perfect obedience from any horse, we must 

 first have him fear us, for our motto is, Fear, love, and 

 obey ; and we must have the fulfillment of the first 

 two, before we can expect the latter, and it is by our 

 philosophy of creating fear, love and confidence, that 

 we govern to our will every kind of horse whatever. 



Then, in order to take horses as we find them, of all 

 kinds, and to train them to our liking, we will alwasy 

 take with us when we go into a stable to train a colt, 

 a long switch whip, (whalebone buggy whips are the 

 best, (with a good silk cracker, so as to cut keen and 

 make a sharp report, which, if handled with dexterity, 

 and rightly applied, accompanied with a sharp, fierce 

 word, will be sufficient to enliven the spirits of any horse. 



With this whip hi your right hand, with the lash 

 opinting backward, enter the stable alone. It is a 



eat disadvantage in training a horse, to have any 

 one in the stable with you; you should be entirely 

 alone, so as to have, nothing but yourself to attract his 

 attention. If he is wild, you will soon see him in the 

 opposite side of the stable from you ; and now is the 

 time to use a little judgment. I would not want, for 

 myself, more than half or three-quarters of an hour 

 to handle any kind of a colt, and have him running 

 about hi the stable after me ; though I would advise a 

 new beginner to take more time, and not be in too 

 much of a hurry. If you have but one colt to gentle, 

 and are not particular about the length of time you 

 spend, and have not had any experience in handling 

 colts, I would advise you to take Mr. Powel's method at 

 first, till you gentle him, which, he says, takes from two 

 &o six hours. 



