LESSOlfS WITH THE STRAPS. 



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can handle liim 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 lies ; handle all his legs, and after he has 

 lain ten or twenty minutes, let him get up again. After resting 

 him a short time, make him lie down as before. Repeat the 

 operation thre-e 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 on your taking hold of one foot. 

 As soon as he is well broken to lie down in this way, tap him 

 on the opposite leg with a whip when you take hold of his foot, 

 and in a few days he will lie down from the mere motion of the 

 whip. 



Use great gentleness during the operation. Compel the horse 

 to comply with your wishes, but do not frighten or excite him. 



BRINGING THK HORSE TO HIS KNEES. 



PREPARING TO LIE DOWN. 



