Taming Vicious Horses. 



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ever frightful in appearance, in which there is no harm. Take a 

 boy that has been frightened with a false face, or any other object 

 that he could not comprehend at once, but let him take that face 

 or object in his hands, and examine it, and he will not care 

 anything more about it. This is a demonstration of the same 

 principle. 



With this introduction to the principles of my theory, I shall 

 next attempt to teach you how to put it into practice, and what- 

 ever instructions may follow, you can rely on as having been 

 proven practically by my own experiments. And knowing from 

 experience j.ust what obstacles I have met with in handling bad 

 horses, I shall try to anticipate them for you, and assist you in 

 surmounting them. 



TAMING VICIOUS HOESES. 



The horse should be 

 led into a close stable, the 

 operator should be pre - 

 viously provided with a 

 stout leather halter : a 

 looped strap to slip over 

 the horse's knee; a strong 

 ci rsingle, and a long and 

 short strap — the first 

 to fasten round the fore- 

 foot which is at liberty 

 and the second to per- 

 mantely secure the leg 

 which is looped up. 



The application of the 

 straps will be better un- 

 derstood by reference to 

 the engraving. Fig. i. Firet position. 



In the first place, if the horse be a biter, muzzle him ; then lift 

 and bend his left fore leg, and slip a loop over it. Fig. 1. Next 

 put on a cirsingle, and fasten the long strap around the right foot, 

 just above the hoof, and pass the end through a loop attached to 

 the cirsingle. Fig. 2. Then fasten on vX couple of knee-pads; (these 

 can be put on in the first place if convienent :) the pads will pre- 

 vent the horse injuring or abrading his knees as he falls. When 

 this portion of the business is complete you are ready for active 

 operations. Take a short hold of the long strap with your right 

 hand standing on the left side of the horse, and grasp the bit in 

 the left hand. 



