30 The Hoese Farrier. 



making him lift up his foot. 'Hold u]3 your foot' — at 

 the same time lift his foot with your left hand. He 

 soon becomes famiUar with the sounds, and will hold 

 up his foot at command. Then j^roceed to the hind 

 feet, and go on in the same manner ; and in a short 

 time the horse will let you lift them and even take 

 them in your arms. 



" All this operation is no magnetism, no galvanism ; 

 it is merely taking away the fear a horse generally has 

 of a man, and familiarizing the animal with his master ; 

 as the horse doubtless experiences a certain pleasure 

 from this handhng, he will soon become gentle under 

 it, and show a very marked attachment to his keeper." 



REMARKS ON POWEL'S TREATMEXT HOW TO GOVERN 



HORSES OP Airr KES^D. 



These instructions are very good, but not quite suf- 

 ficient for horses of all kinds, and for haltering and 

 leading the colt; but I have inserted it here because 

 it gives some of the true j^hilosophy of approachmg 

 the horse, and of establishing confidence between man 

 and horse. He speaks only of the kind that fear man. 



To those who miderstand the philosophy of horse- 

 manship, these are the easiest trained ; for when we 

 have a horse that is wild and lively, we can train him 

 to our will in a very short time ; for they are generally 

 quick to learn, and always ready to obey. But there 

 is another kind that are of a stubborn or vicious dis- 

 position, and although they are not wild, and do not 

 require tamhig, in the sense it is generally understood, 

 they are just as ignorant as a wild horse, if not more 

 80, and need to be learned just as much ; and in order 

 to have them obey quickly, it is very necessary that 



