CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 

 Mental Qualities of the Horse. 



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Mind — Consciousness, ideas, memory, habit, and instinct — Intelligence 



and reason- —Special instincts and senses — Vice . . - i -32 



CHAPTER n. 



Theory of Horse-Control. 



Objects and scope of liorse-breaking — Requirements in the breaker — De- 

 sirability of early training — Gaining the horse's attention — Accustom- 

 ing a horse to his surroundings — Making a horse understand our 

 orders — Punishment and reward — Effect of the voice — Emulation and 

 imitation —Fatigue — Necessity for enacting implicit obedience from 

 the horse — Safety in breaking — Rapid methods of breaking — On the 

 possibility of overcoming any form of vice — Personal influence in 

 breaking — Advisability of possessing various methods of breaking — 

 Selection of breaking methods — Permanency in the effect of breaking 

 — Summary of the principle of making horses docile . , 33-63 



CHAPTER III. 



Theory of Mouthing. 



"Mouth" and "aids" — Respective action of the aids — S uitability of the 

 horse to the application of the aids — Making a horse obey the aids — 

 Combined action of fore and hind legs, and distribution of weight on 

 them — Carriage and action of the head and neck of the horse when he 

 is in motion — ' ' Collecting " the horse — Requirements of a good 

 mouth — Combined action of the aids in forming the mouth — Respective 

 action of the snaffle and curb — Direction of the pull of the reins — 

 Turning, circling and lunging the horse — Reining back — The standing 

 martingale — Bearing rein>5, running reins, side reins, and nosebands — 

 "Tying horses up," "reining," dumb jockeys, and the pillars 64-103 



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