is ART OF TRAINING AXIiiAJLg. 



your ox knows more than you, is j^our master^ then you are 

 not the one to manage him, and you should resign in favor of 

 one who is superior to child, horse, or ox^ A \Yeak man Wi 

 intellect may indeed be outwitted by a sagacious child or horsr. 



There is no disguising the fact that viciousness is innate wit?) 

 some horses. But far more so with some, nay, most, men, 

 from whom they get it. It is no doubt sometimes hereditary, 

 and follows some of the best strains of blood we have. That 

 viciousness should accompany a highly nervous organization i?* 

 not to be wondered at. Hence it causes no surprise when we 

 find such dispositions amiong the finely organized thoroughbreds 

 — animals of a most sensitive and nervous organization — from 

 which the common expression "thin skinned," as applied to a 

 too sensitive man, is obviously derived. The treatment horses 

 receive, and the moral atmosphere in which they are thrown, 

 have a much greater influence than most horsemen are generally 

 inclined to admit. The pinching, tickling, rough, boisterous 

 stable boy who annoys a spirited horse for the sake of enjoying 

 his futile, though almost frantic kicks and leers, is affecting the 

 disposition of the horse and his descendants for generations to 

 come, besides putting in jeopardy the lives and limbs of those 

 who arc brought in contact with the horse so tampered with. 

 A horse is surely influenced by the character of the m.en with 

 whom he associates. 



Sometimes, however, it is necessary to conquer a bad tempered 

 horse, and if possible to secure a radical conversion or change 

 of character which shall be lasting. Ko timorous man need 

 undertake this taskj he will only make matters -^orse. A 

 I.orse tamer should be calm, cool, brave, and fearless — the horse 

 will know it j he should be quiet, for then the horse will be put 

 off his guard j he should be firm and give the brute no advan- 

 tage, but crowd him up to doing something, and that, invariably, 

 what the tamer wants him to do. Thus any ordinary hcrse 

 will soon give up and own man his master. The kindest treat- 

 ment and even pcttmg must always follow yielding; and if 

 possible to help it, the horse should never be frightened by any 

 treatment, and above all things he should never be angered by 

 petty torture. His cwu contrariness should appear to him to 

 be the cause of all his trouble, and man his best friend. This 

 principle is at the foundation of Rarey's successful practice. 



POWELL'S MANAGEMENT OF WILD HORSES. 



Place your hcrso in a small yard, or in a stable or room. 

 If in a stable or room, it ought to be large, in order to give him 

 .some exercise with the halter before you lead him out. If tlie 



