Make a Horse Lie Down. 87 



HOW TO MAKE A HOKSE LIE DOWN. 



Every thing that we want to learn the horse must 

 be commenced in some way to give him an idea of what 

 you want him to do, and then be repeated till he learns 

 it perfectly. To make a horse lie down, bend his left 

 fore leg, and slip a loop over it, so that he cannot get 

 it down. Then put a cirsingle around his body, and 

 fasten one end of a long strap around the other fore 

 leg, just above the hoof. Place the other end under 

 the cirsingle, so as to keep the strap in the right direc- 

 tion ; take a short hold of it with your right hand ; 

 stand on the left side of the horse ; grasp the bit in your 

 left hand, pull steadily on the strap with your right ; 

 boar against his shoulder till you cause him to move. 

 As soon as he lifts his weight, your pulling will raise 

 the other foot, and he mil have to come on his other 

 knee. Keep the strap tight in your hand, so that he 

 cannot straighten his leg if he raises up. Held him in 

 this position, and turn his head towards you ; bear 

 against his side with your shoulder, not hard, but with 

 a steady, equal pressure, and in about ten minutes he 

 will lie down. As soon as he lays down, he will be 

 completely conquered, and you can handle him as you 

 please. Take off the straps, and straighten out his legs ; 

 rub him lightly about the face and neck with your 

 hand, the way the hair lays ; handle all his legs, and 

 after he has lain ten or twenty minutes, let him get up 

 again. After resting him for a short time, make him 

 lie down as before. Repeat the operation three or four 

 times, which will be sufficient for one lesson. Give 

 him two lessons a day, and when you have given him 

 four lessons, he will lie down by taking hold of one 



