52 MANAGEMENT OF THE HORSE. 



By way of illustration : a horse will follow a top-buggy on the 

 road or street without becoming frightened,, but should the same 

 buggy approach him or come up behind hini, he will become 

 frightened, thereby obeying his natural instinct in attempt- 

 ing to get away from an object he does not understand. A 

 couple of gentlemen, who took lessons from me some years ago, 

 while I was illustrating this point, one said : 



" That's so." 



He went on to state to the class : " When myself and com- 

 panion were travelling out West, we came up with a band of wild 

 horses, and they followed us at a distance for two days ; some- 

 times we would turn our horses around and start toward the 

 band to get a good look at them, and they would invariably turn 

 and move from us, but when we resumed our journey the wild 

 horses would again follow us, always keeping off at a safe 

 distance." 



So, in accustoming a colt or horse to any object that would be 

 inconvenient to use in the training-lot, proceed as directed above. 

 In fact, to break a horse of any bad habit, such as shying on the 

 road, refusing to stand quietly while being hitched or unhitched ; 

 being restless while you are getting in or out of the buggy, 

 rearing up, running backwards, jumping over things in the road, 

 or, in fact, any bad habit that the horse is subject to, can be 

 thoroughly eradicated by putting him through a thorough course 

 of training, as directed in the handling of the colt, thus getting 

 him under your control. 



Never go into partnership with your horse, or compromise 

 with him when he disobeys, but let him know that you are 

 what you were intended to be — his master, and he your ser- 

 vant. 



After giving your horse a thorough course of training, if you 

 ever have got into the miserable and uncalled-for habit of trying 

 to make the horse go by jerking on the lines, as most ladies and 



