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or twenty times, according to the necessities of the case, until 

 he becomes submissive and tractable. AVhenever during his 

 education he shows a disposition to fight or resist, tiirow him 

 down, and by repeatedly raising his head to his shoulder and 

 laying it back upon the ground, remove all his sti(T-neckedness. 



If he be particularly sensitive in any part of his l)ody liandle 

 that [)art until he is quiet. Thus if inclined to kick handle his 

 legs and move them about until perfectly supple and peaceable, 

 and rub him on the flanks and inside of the legs, always lightly 

 and Avilh the hair until no nervousness remains. If he be 

 frightened when he gets his tail over the rein, handle his tail, 

 putting a strap under it and drawhig it back and forth till he 

 is accustomed to it. 



If inclined to bite, open and shut his jaws snapping his teeth 

 together until his inclination to use them improperly is gone ; 

 or use a gag-bit an inch and a half in diameter and made of 

 hard wood, and he will learn that it is impossible to bite. 





The com])lcte apparatus used by Mr. Rarey in taming the 

 most vicious horse is represented in the accompanying cut of 

 the zebra, which was subdued by him while in London. Upon 



